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Bobby Fischer Uncensored by David and Alessandra De Lucia - 2009

by David and Alessandra De Lucia

Bobby Fischer Uncensored by David and Alessandra De Lucia - 2009

Bobby Fischer Uncensored

by David and Alessandra De Lucia

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394 pages with diagrams, plates, photographs, and facsimiles. Quarto (11" 8 3/4") original proof sheets with corrections by David De Lucia. Final proof copy before publication.

Among the highlights of this collection are signed childhood books, numerous signed chess books, unpublished childhood photographs, high school notebooks in History, Math, Biology, English, Science and Geometry. There are a number of notebooks written by Bobby in his later years, topics ranging from Batsford's algebraic edition of My 60 Memorable Games, Fischerian Chess, Fischerandom Chess and of course the Jews. There are approximately 100 of his game scores written in his hand including his "Game of the Century" against Donald Byrne. There are possibly four unrecorded chess games from his 1964 simul tour across the United States that appear in this book. The collection includes galley proofs along with the 484 page working typescript of his famous book, My 60 Memorable Games, with extensive corrections in his hand. The collection also possesses three of his passports, his social security card, draft card, teenage insurance card and his Young Men's Christian Association card. Bobby's childhood accordion, harmonica, pocket transistor-radio, 15 puzzles and fledgling Lincoln cent collection are also preset. There are three of his chess sets, 7 pocket chess sets, Bobby's Bar Mitzvah chess clock and his patented chess clock, with position shuffler, of which only three exist.

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  • Publisher De Lucia
  • Place of Publication Darien, CT
  • Date Published 2009
  • Keywords Chess, Ajedrez, Schach, Echecs
  • Size Quarto
Pierce Gambit, Chess Papers and Problems
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Pierce Gambit, Chess Papers and Problems

by Pierce, James (1833-1892) and William Trimbrell Pierce

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[9]+226 pages with frontispiece and diagrams. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bjound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover and black embossed decoration to cover. (Betts: 15-6) First edition.Contains an analysis, with illustrative games, of the variation commencing 5. P-Q4 (d4) in the Kings Gambit, by W T Pierce; "Chess Papers", a collection of miscellaneous articles and poems, by J Pierce; and 134 problems by both authors, including 42 two-movers, 65 three-movers, and 27 longer problems, with solutions at the end (a few self-mates are included).Condition:Corners bumped, spine ends and corners rubbed, spine head chipped, soiled, spine age darkened else a good to very good copy issued without jacket.
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Wiener Schach-Zeitung. Organ fur das gesamte Schachleben
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Wiener Schach-Zeitung. Organ fur das gesamte Schachleben

by Albert Becker (1896-1984) [editor]

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384+[24] pages with diagrams, tables and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 3/4") bound in green cloth . Includes Unterhaltungsbeilage. Volume XXXI (31). (Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5957) First edition.The Wiener Schachzeitung, an Austrian chess magazine, published in German which was one of the great magazines of chess ran from 1898 through 1916 and then from 1923 through 1938. Originally founded in 1855 by Ernst Falkbeer, but was only published for nine months. In 1887 it enjoyed a rebirth, but even this publication lasted only nine months. In 1898 Hugo Fahndrich, Alexander Halprin and Georg Marco re-established the name again. As time went on Georg Marco became the sole editor and even the publisher. Marco edited the magazine until 1914 and during that period it became the best chess magazine in the world (Golombek:342). When it was renamed in 1923 it was called the Neu Wiener Schach-Zeitung and was edited by I R Wahle and A Lewitt; however, within a year it had recaptured its old title… Read More
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A treatise on the game of chess: containing the games on odds, from the Traite des Amateurs: the...
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A treatise on the game of chess: containing the games on odds, from the "Traite des Amateurs:" the games of the celebrated anonymous Modenese; a variety of games actually Played; and a cotalogue of writers on Chess

by Cochrane, John (1798-1878)

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ix+[blank]+xiii-xv+[blank]+Errata leaf+376 pages with frontispiece and catalog of writers on the game of chess. Octavo (9" x 5 1/2") bound in quarter leather with gilt lettering to spine and marbled edges. (Whyld and Ravillious: 1822:6). First edition. John Cochrane (1798-1878), Scottish Master, did not achieve note as player who had big practical successes. Spending most of his life in India (1824-69), his clashes against top players occurred during 1841-42, while on vacation in London. Cochrane played on equal terms against George Walker (1803-1879), William Davies Evans (1790-1872), and others. He even managed to win a match (6-4) against the Frenchman Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint- Amant (1800-1872), though in a series of games against Howard Staunton (1810-1874) he was defeated convincingly. All his preserved games show a player totally committed to tactics, a player who liked to attack and sacrifice, sometimes beyond reasonable risk. Condition:Rebound in quarter red leather, some pencil… Read More
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Schachmeister Steinitz. Ein Lebensbild des ersten Weltschachmeisters dargestellt in einer...
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Schachmeister Steinitz. Ein Lebensbild des ersten Weltschachmeisters dargestellt in einer vollstandigen Sammlung seiner Partien

by Ludwig Ernst August Bachmann, (1856-1937)

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4 volumes: 1859-1877: xiv+418 pages with frontispiece, diagrams and tables; 1878-1883: 232+[ii ad] pages with frontispiece, diagrams and tables; 1884-1893: viii+482+[vi ad] pages with frontispiece and diagrams; 1894-1900: xviii+391+[iv ad] pages with frontispiece, diagrams and table. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/4") bound in beige cloth with original covers laid on. [Biblioteca van Der Niemeijeriana:3131] First edition.Wilhelm (later William) Steinitz (May 17, 1836 – August 12, 1900) was an Austrian-American chess player and the first undisputed world chess champion from 1886 to 1894. Some contemporaries and later writers described him as world champion since 1866, when he won a match against Adolf Anderssen. Steinitz lost his title to Emanuel Lasker in 1894 and also lost a re-match in 1897. Statistical rating systems give Steinitz a rather low ranking among world champions, mainly because he took several long breaks from competitive play. However, an analysis based on one of these rating systems… Read More
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Wiener Schach-Zeitung. Organ fur das gesamte SchachlebenVolume IX (9)
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by Marco, Georg (1863-1923) [editor]

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vii+416 pages with diagrams, tables, illustrations, photographs and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine and blind-stamped ruled edges. From the library of Hans Thanhofer. Volume XI (9). (Bibliotheca van der Linde-Miemeijeriana:5957) First edition.The Wiener Schachzeitung, an Austrian chess magazine, published in German which was one of the great magazines of chess ran from 1898 through 1916 and then from 1923 through 1938. Originally founded in 1855 by Ernst Falkbeer, but was only published for nine months. In 1887 it enjoyed a rebirth, but even this publication lasted only nine months. In 1898 Hugo Fahndrich, Alexander Halprin and Georg Marco re-established the name again. As time went on Georg Marco became the sole editor and even the publisher. Marco edited the magazine until 1914 and during that period it became the best chess magazine in the world (Golombek:342). When it was renamed in 1923 it was called the Neu Wiener… Read More
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Pierce Gambit, Chess Papers and Problems
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Pierce Gambit, Chess Papers and Problems

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[9]+226 pages with frontispiece and diagrams. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bjound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover and black embossed decoration to cover. (Betts: 15-6) First edition.Contains an analysis, with illustrative games, of the variation commencing 5. P-Q4 (d4) in the Kings Gambit, by W T Pierce; "Chess Papers", a collection of miscellaneous articles and poems, by J Pierce; and 134 problems by both authors, including 42 two-movers, 65 three-movers, and 27 longer problems, with solutions at the end (a few self-mates are included).Condition:Corners bumped, spine ends and corners rubbed, spine head chipped, soiled, spine age darkened else a good to very good copy issued without jacket.
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Wiener Schach-Zeitung. Organ fur das gesamte Schachleben
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384+[24] pages with diagrams, tables and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 3/4") bound in green cloth . Includes Unterhaltungsbeilage. Volume XXXI (31). (Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5957) First edition.The Wiener Schachzeitung, an Austrian chess magazine, published in German which was one of the great magazines of chess ran from 1898 through 1916 and then from 1923 through 1938. Originally founded in 1855 by Ernst Falkbeer, but was only published for nine months. In 1887 it enjoyed a rebirth, but even this publication lasted only nine months. In 1898 Hugo Fahndrich, Alexander Halprin and Georg Marco re-established the name again. As time went on Georg Marco became the sole editor and even the publisher. Marco edited the magazine until 1914 and during that period it became the best chess magazine in the world (Golombek:342). When it was renamed in 1923 it was called the Neu Wiener Schach-Zeitung and was edited by I R Wahle and A Lewitt; however, within a year it had recaptured its old title… Read More
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A treatise on the game of chess: containing the games on odds, from the Traite des Amateurs: the...
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A treatise on the game of chess: containing the games on odds, from the "Traite des Amateurs:" the games of the celebrated anonymous Modenese; a variety of games actually Played; and a cotalogue of writers on Chess

by Cochrane, John (1798-1878)

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ix+[blank]+xiii-xv+[blank]+Errata leaf+376 pages with frontispiece and catalog of writers on the game of chess. Octavo (9" x 5 1/2") bound in quarter leather with gilt lettering to spine and marbled edges. (Whyld and Ravillious: 1822:6). First edition. John Cochrane (1798-1878), Scottish Master, did not achieve note as player who had big practical successes. Spending most of his life in India (1824-69), his clashes against top players occurred during 1841-42, while on vacation in London. Cochrane played on equal terms against George Walker (1803-1879), William Davies Evans (1790-1872), and others. He even managed to win a match (6-4) against the Frenchman Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint- Amant (1800-1872), though in a series of games against Howard Staunton (1810-1874) he was defeated convincingly. All his preserved games show a player totally committed to tactics, a player who liked to attack and sacrifice, sometimes beyond reasonable risk. Condition:Rebound in quarter red leather, some pencil… Read More
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Schachmeister Steinitz. Ein Lebensbild des ersten Weltschachmeisters dargestellt in einer...
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4 volumes: 1859-1877: xiv+418 pages with frontispiece, diagrams and tables; 1878-1883: 232+[ii ad] pages with frontispiece, diagrams and tables; 1884-1893: viii+482+[vi ad] pages with frontispiece and diagrams; 1894-1900: xviii+391+[iv ad] pages with frontispiece, diagrams and table. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/4") bound in beige cloth with original covers laid on. [Biblioteca van Der Niemeijeriana:3131] First edition.Wilhelm (later William) Steinitz (May 17, 1836 – August 12, 1900) was an Austrian-American chess player and the first undisputed world chess champion from 1886 to 1894. Some contemporaries and later writers described him as world champion since 1866, when he won a match against Adolf Anderssen. Steinitz lost his title to Emanuel Lasker in 1894 and also lost a re-match in 1897. Statistical rating systems give Steinitz a rather low ranking among world champions, mainly because he took several long breaks from competitive play. However, an analysis based on one of these rating systems… Read More
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Wiener Schach-Zeitung. Organ fur das gesamte SchachlebenVolume IX (9)
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by Marco, Georg (1863-1923) [editor]

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vii+416 pages with diagrams, tables, illustrations, photographs and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine and blind-stamped ruled edges. From the library of Hans Thanhofer. Volume XI (9). (Bibliotheca van der Linde-Miemeijeriana:5957) First edition.The Wiener Schachzeitung, an Austrian chess magazine, published in German which was one of the great magazines of chess ran from 1898 through 1916 and then from 1923 through 1938. Originally founded in 1855 by Ernst Falkbeer, but was only published for nine months. In 1887 it enjoyed a rebirth, but even this publication lasted only nine months. In 1898 Hugo Fahndrich, Alexander Halprin and Georg Marco re-established the name again. As time went on Georg Marco became the sole editor and even the publisher. Marco edited the magazine until 1914 and during that period it became the best chess magazine in the world (Golombek:342). When it was renamed in 1923 it was called the Neu Wiener… Read More
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Oswald Jacoby on Poker

by Jacoby, Oswald [Foreword By Grantland Rice, Introduction By William E McKenney]

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New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1940. First Edition [stated] . Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. Xi, 155 Pp. Grey Blue Cloth Printed In Red, Top Edge With Publisher's Red Stain. Near Fine Book, Unmarked, Unworn, No Fading Or Staining. Dj Complete,Price $1.00, Very Clean And With Light Wear Mostly To Corners With Minor Losses, 1" Tear To Bottom Edge Of Front And Rear Panels, Red Color In Bottom 1" Of Spine Is Faded To Light Yellow, 1/8" To 1/4" Chipping At Top Of Spine With Loss Of Very Top Of A Few Letters In Author's First Name, 1/8" Chipping Along Bottom Of Spine, 1/8" Or Less Chipping At Tips.
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Solaces Bibliograficos
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Solaces Bibliograficos

by Vindel, Francisco (1865-1921)

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xi+193 pages with illustrations and reproductions. Octavo (8" x 5 1/4") issued in wrappers. Prolog by Miguel Herrero. (Not in Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana) (Kruijswijk, Bibliotheca van der Linde - Niemeijeriana aucta, 1222). Limited to 1400 copies. First edition.Although this is a bibliography of Spanish books in chess and checkers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, it also covers other bibliographic works such as the early works of in the Sixteenth Century published in Spanish which were translated for Italian. There are other bibliographic works as well. The work has the title pages of chess works in reproduction.Condition:Some light edge wear, spine heal chipped, some pages unread else a very good to fine copy.
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Der 21. Kongress des Deutschen Schachbundes (E.V.) in Hamburg 1921
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Der 21. Kongress des Deutschen Schachbundes (E.V.) in Hamburg 1921

by Juluis Dimer (1871-1945)

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230 pages with diagrams; tables and advertisement laid in. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's stiff boards. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5340) First edition.The 21st DSB–Congress was held in Hamburg. Ehrhardt Post captured first place with 8 1/2 ahead of eleven other contestants. Friedrich Samisch was second with 7 1/2 points. Third was Willi Schalage with 7; Walter John was next with 6 1/2. Carl Carls, Paul Kruger and Georg Shories tied fifth though seventh with scores of six. There were several Hauptturnier played as well as the master tournament.Condition:Spine sunned, re-cased with original paper boards and spine laid on, pages age darkened, points bumped,about very good copy issued without jacket.
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Deutsche Schachblätter Volume 34
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Deutsche Schachblätter Volume 34

by Kurt Richter (1900-1969) editor

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192 pages with diagrams, illustrations and tables. Octavo (8 1/4" x 6") bound in stiff boards. Volume 34. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:6066) First edition.Deutsche Schachblätter was a German chess publication, published monthly from 1909 to 1943, with a wartime interruption. It was an organ of the German Chess Federation or of the Greater German Chess Federation. After the war, the magazine was published from 1948 to 1952 in Leipzig . A magazine of that name existed in the Federal Republic from 1962 to 1987.Condition:Occasional notations, some age toning, rebound else a very good copy.
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Torneo Internacional del Circulo de Ajedrez Octobre 1939
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Torneo Internacional del Circulo de Ajedrez Octobre 1939

by Moshe Czerniak (1910 1984)

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87 pages with illustration, tables and diagrams. Octavo (9" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5601). First edition.The Torneo Internacional Circulo de Ajedrez was held in Buenos Aires, immediately after the 8th Chess Olympiad, which was held from August 21 to September 19, 1939. The tournament was played between 2nd and 19th of October 1939 at the Circulo de Ajedrez, the main chess club in the city. Play took place at the club's long-time premises at Bartolome Mitre 670, with rounds starting at 8:30 in the evening. All participants, except Paul Keres, had decided to stay in Argentina due to outbreak of World War II. Miguel Najdorf and Paul Keres tied for first with 8 1/2; Gideon Stahlberg and Moshe Czerniak tied for second through fourth with scores of 7 each. Fifth through six was a tie by Paulino Frydman and Carlos Guimard. Robert Grau held seventh place by himself. The other participants were Markas Luckis, Jose Gerschman, Franscio… Read More
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Chess Volume 16
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Chess Volume 16

by Baruch Harold "B H" Wood (1909-1989) editor

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288 pages with diagrams, photographs, tables, plates, lacks index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 7 1/2") bound in half green cloth with green marbled boards. Twelve issues. Volume 16 numbers 181-192. (Betts: 7-91) First edition.Incorporated The Social Chess Quarterly, July 1936 and the Canadian Chessner, August 1937. The later was continued as Canadian Supplement, published in Montreal in typescript and inserted in Canadian members subscribers' copies of the Chess (edited by Dudley M Leain).
Baruch Harold Wood was born in Sheffield, England. He founded CHESS magazine in 1935 and was its editor until 1988, when it was sold to Pergamon Press. He was also a FIDE Arbiter, a correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, and also wrote an interesting weekly column for Illustrated London News from 1949 to 1979. He co-founded the Sutton Coldfield Chess Club.
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chess world Volume 6
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chess world Volume 6

by Cecil John Seddon Purdy (1906-1979) [editor]

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288 pages with diagrams, tables, illustrations, pictures and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") issued in blue and white pictorial wrappers. Volume 6, 12 issues. (Betts: 7-106) First edition.Published from 1946-1967), published monthly from 1946-1965, varies after 1965. Incorporating Check and The Australian Chess Review. Volume 1 was first published in February and is a combined issue of numbers 1 and 2. The Nov/Dec 1967 number was not published. Editor was Cecil John Seldon Purdy. (Betts 7-106, Van Manen 355)Condition:Edge wear. A very good set.
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Wereldkampioenschap Schaken 1948
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Wereldkampioenschap Schaken 1948

by Euwe, Machgielis (Max) [1901-1981]

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252 pages with diagrams and tables. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 6 1/2") issued in beige cloth with brown lettering to spine and front cover. Forewords by J J Gielen and W A J Visser. A History of the tournament by Dr J Hannak. (Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5732). First edition.The 1948 World Chess Championship was a tournament played to determine a new World Chess Champion following the death of the previous champion Alexander Alekhine in 1946. The tournament marked the passing of control of the championship title to FIDE, the International Chess Federation. Mikhail Botvinnik won the five-player championship tournament, beginning the era of Soviet domination of international chess that would last over twenty years without interruption. Before the tournament, Botvinnik was considered the favorite because of his victory at Groningen 1946 and his pre-war results. Keres and Reshevsky were veterans of international competition. Although Euwe was the former world champion, he had played poorly since… Read More
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Wereldschaaktoernooi Amsterdam 1950
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Wereldschaaktoernooi Amsterdam 1950

by Euwe, Machgielis (1901-1981) and Lodewijk Prins

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279 pages with diagrams, photograph and tables. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 3/4") Bound in quarter leather with gilt lettering to spine with origibnal wrappers bound-in. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5791) First edition.
In the winter of 1950 Lodewijk Prins, backed by a committee presided over by Hendrik Jan Van Steenis, organized an international chess tournament that was held at the stock exchange in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Invitations went out to all the strongest chess masters of the day, whether they reside in Europe, the Soviet Union, or the Americas.
The Soviet Chess Federation declined the invitations sent to their masters (they would refrain from entering international competitions until late 1952), as did Lazslo Szabo. Nevertheless, the eventual line-up was still one of the finest selections to be found of the best, active Western chess masters of the day. The field was notable also for the healthy mix of both early century chess mastery and post-war talent emerging for the next… Read More
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Internationales Schachmeister-Turnier zu Mährisch-Ostrau vom 1. bis 18. Juli 1923
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Internationales Schachmeister-Turnier zu Mährisch-Ostrau vom 1. bis 18. Juli 1923

by Bernhard Kagan (1866-1932)

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102+[1] pages with table and diagrams. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in stiff boards with black lettering to cover. Forward by Herausgeber. (Bibliotheek Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5358) First edition.In the summer of 1923, the Witkowitzer Eisenwerke organized a round robin chess event to be held in Mährisch-Ostrau, Czechoslovakia (Mährisch is German for Moravian, Ostrau is Ostrava). In addition to thirteen other European masters, a contract was secured for former world champion Emanuel Lasker to participate. The players were billeted at the Hotel Royal and games were played from July 1-18 in Witkowitz, a suburb of Ostrava. The event culminated in another victory for Lasker, who finished undefeated in his first tournament since 1918, a full point ahead of second place Réti.Condition:Some soiling with a stain at the head hinge, corners bumped spine ends rubbed, some pencil notations through out, previous owner's name on front end paper, pages age darkened else a good to very good copy.
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