Oscar Blum (1886 [1] – ?) was a Lithuanian–French chess master. He was pushed off Lenin's 1917 train by Lenin himself [2] This incident is mentioned in Ben Kingsley's Lenin movie (Lenin...The Train), and in James Wollrab: Russian Winter p. 206 [3]
In 1923 his book Russiche Köpfe was published in Germany.[4] He described Grigory Zinoviev as a dreamer, a sleepwalker, who lived in a world of pure literature.[5]
oscar, blum, 1886, lithuanian, french, chess, master, pushed, lenin, 1917, train, lenin, himself, this, incident, mentioned, kingsley, lenin, movie, lenin, train, james, wollrab, russian, winter, 1923, book, russiche, köpfe, published, germany, described, grig. Oscar Blum 1886 1 was a Lithuanian French chess master He was pushed off Lenin s 1917 train by Lenin himself 2 This incident is mentioned in Ben Kingsley s Lenin movie Lenin The Train and in James Wollrab Russian Winter p 206 3 In 1923 his book Russiche Kopfe was published in Germany 4 He described Grigory Zinoviev as a dreamer a sleepwalker who lived in a world of pure literature 5 Chess editHe won ahead of Nicolas Rossolimo and Vitaly Halberstadt in the 8th Paris City Chess Championship in 1932 6 Dr Oscar Blum played at Folkestone 1933 He participated not in the 5th Chess Olympiad but in the General Congress finishing second half a point behind Eugene Znosko Borovsky 7 8 References edit The Mysterious Oscar Blum English Chess Forum The Mysterious Oscar Blum English Chess Forum Wollrab James February 2007 Russian Winter ISBN 9780595428045 Blum Oskar 1923 Russiche Kopfe Berlin Franz Scheider Verlag Haupt Georges Marie Jean Jacques 2017 Makers of the Russian Revolution Biographies Routledge ISBN 9781315400204 Champ Paris 1932 Chess Notes by Edward Winter NED ch08 The Hague Leiden 1933 Archived August 7 2007 at the Wayback Machine nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a Lithuanian chess figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a French chess figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Oscar Blum amp oldid 1082296692, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
