Ilya Stepanovich Shumov (, 28 June 1819 in

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– July 1881 in

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) was a Russian chess master. He served as an officer in the Russian Navy until 1847, then worked as a civil servant in

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. He was invited, along with two other Russian chess masters, Alexander Petrov and

Carl Jaenisch Carl Ferdinand von Jaenisch (; April 11, 1813 – March 7, 1872) was a Finnish and Russian chess player and theorist. In the 1840s, he was among the top players in the world.Adriano Chicco, Giorgio Porreca, ''Dizionario enciclopedico degli sc ...

, to participate in the

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but he did not arrive. He played several matches in Petersburg; lost to Dmitry Urusov (4–7) in 1853, lost and won against Jänisch (3–5 and 7–5) in 1854, lost to

Ignatz von Kolisch Baron Ignatz von Kolisch (6 April 1837 – 30 April 1889), also Baron Ignaz von Kolisch (German) or báró Kolisch Ignác ( Hungarian), was a merchant, journalist and chess master with Jewish roots. Kolisch was born into a Jewish family in Pres ...

(2–6) and Alexander Petrov (2–4) in 1862, and lost to

Szymon Winawer Szymon Abramowicz Winawer (March 6, 1838 – November 29, 1919) was a Polish chess player who won the German Chess Championship in 1883. Tournament and match results At the Paris 1867 tournament held at the Café de la Régence, his first inte ...

(2–5) in 1875.Edo Historical Chess Ratings – Shumov, Ilya
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References

External links

Chessgames.com – Ilya Shumov
1819 births 1881 deaths Chess composers Sportspeople from Arkhangelsk 19th-century chess players from the Russian Empire {{Russia-chess-bio-stub