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RARE Genuine Autograph of a Grandmaster Chess Player
RESHEVSKY, Samuel (1911-1992). Born in Poland of Jewish parents. Grandmaster chess player, the highest rank one can earn. Of 25,000+ members of the U.S. Chess Federation only eleven were Grandmasters. He won the U.S. Championship eight times. Page, 8”x10.5”, copied from a chess magazine, 1982, which contains a biography of Reshevsky states prior to 1964 he had never lost a match having beaten Foreign and American players including Bobby Fischer. On this page Reshevsky has underlined several of his accomplishments. Below on the lower margin, next to his portrait he has written: “My best games, Samuel Reshevsky.” Of the seven items listed on the Internet that are said to be signed by Reshevsky, only one bears a genuine signature. This is a fine example...$195.00
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