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Dover Publications, 1968-01-01. Unknown Binding. Very Good. 0.6345 cent in x 21.5736 cent in x 13.9594 cent in.

68+[4 ad] pages with photographs of each of the players, diagrams, tables and index. Octavo (9" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with blind stamped ruled edges in original jacket. Annotations by A Alekhine. An account of the tournament by G A Thomas. (Betts: 25-65; Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5344) Autographed envelop by Alekhine laid in. First edition.In September of 1922, the organizers of the Hastings chess congress decided to hold a masters tournament which would pit two English masters against four of the best from the European continent. The participants of the double round robin were Alexander Alekhine, Efim Bogoljubov, Akiba Rubinstein, Siegbert Tarrasch, George Alan Thomas, and Frederick Yates. Alekhine managed to edge out superstar Rubinstein by half a point in the final, winning his most famous game ever against long time rival Bogoljubov, whereas Rubinstein struggled for over a hundred moves against Thomas only to come up short at the end. The 30 games are… Leer más