Chess Olympiad Nice 1974 World Team Championship Tapa dura - 1975

viii+200 pages with tables, diagrams and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's orange cloth with silver lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. The 21st Chess Olympiad, organized by FIDE and comprising an open team tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between June 6 and June 30, 1974, in Nice, France. Bobby Fischer was still the reigning World Champion, but had not played a single game of tournament chess since he won the title in 1972 and was not present in Nice either. However, the American team still managed to secure third place in his absence. For the same reason, for the second time in a row, the Soviet team was not led by the current world champion. It did, however, feature three previous (Tal, Petrosian, and Spassky) as well as one future champion (Karpov). The team won by 8½ points, the biggest victory margin yet, and took home their twelfth consecutive gold medals, with Yugoslavia and… Leer más

RHM PRESS, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in very good condition. First edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. An excellent copy, gently worn; Pages free of markings; Jacket housed in protective mylar; Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

HarperCollins Distribution Servi, 1975-04-24. Hardcover. Very Good. 2.1983 cent in x 21.7834 cent in x 14.1892 cent in.

HarperCollins Distribution Servi, 1975-04-24. Hardcover. Good. 2.1983 in x 21.7834 in x 14.1892 in. Not Ex-Library. Clean copy in good condition.