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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Weiss, Max (Weisz Miksa), Problematicus: 150 Schachkuriositaten - Gesammelt von Problematicus (pseud.) Leipzig, 1910. Weit & Comp. IV. 80 p. with chess diagrams. First edition. Later half-cloth binding. The front cover of the publisher's paper cover is glued to the binding board. Scarce. Miksa (Max) Weisz (1857 - 1927) was an Austrian-Jewish chess player born in the Kingdom of Hungary. The New York 1889 tournament was organized to find a challenger for the World Chess Championship, but neither Chigorin (who had already lost a championship match) nor Weiss pursued a title match with Steinitz. In fact, having become one of the top players in the world, Weiss quit international chess after this tournament, though he did play a few Viennese events. Around this time, Weiss began working to create a Viennese school of chess players. In 1905 Weiss was employed by S M von Rothschild bank in Vienna. ( O,O ) /)__) , .…