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1920 KENT COUNTY CHESS ASSOCIATION PROBLEM TOURNEY
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Current price : €120,00
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# of bids: 11
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Location: Spain
Started: 2020-06-16 23:09:02
Ended: 2020-06-18 21:37:00
Seller: victorneus (878)  
High Bidder(s): Rain Man (1141)
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"KENT COUNTY CHESS ASSOCIATION

PROBLEM TOURNEY"

BROMLEY CONGRESS (April 5-10, 1920)

Very rare, extremely scarce and incredibly hard to find

By Brian Harley (1920)

 

Harley, Brian: "KENT COUNTY CHESS ASSOCIATION PROBLEM TOURNEY". JUDGE'S AWARD AND COMPETING PROBLEMS. BROMLEY CONGRESS April 5-10, 1920. PUBLISHED BY THE KENT COUNTY CHESS ASSOCIATION.

London and Mansfield, Printing Craft Limited, 1920. Original softback edition. 32 pages (covers including in pagination). 18 x 12 cm. In English.

 

Fair: Widely used, as can be seen in the photos. Covers with some dirty and stains, and tiny breaks in spine. Some wrinkles (with the spine quite rubbed), some browning, and light and small stains in edges of pages. However, a complete copy and in good condition to work with it.

 

L/N. 2655; Betts 32-23.

 

Betts: "Contains 49 problems (34 two-movers, 15 three-movers), with judge's comments and solutions."

 

All problems were submitted and judged by Harley. Alain C. White had checked for “anticipations”.

Three-move Section:

1st prize ("THE IDLE KING"to P. F. Blake

2nd prize ("PICTOGRAPH") to P. F. Blake

3rd prize ("WHO IS IT?") to Dr E. Palposka.

Two-move Section:

1st prize ("THE LIGHT BRIGADE") to C. G. Watney

2nd prize ("BROMLEY") to P. F. Blake

3rd prize ("ZOMER") to J. J. Rietveld.

 

VERY RARE, EXTREMELY SCARCE, AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND.

 

In the 31 editions of the Klittich-Pfankuch Auktion that I know, 2003 November - 2006 June, and 2008 November - 2020 June, a copy of this booklet was never auctioned.

 

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Item weight 28g

Option 1: SHIPMENT AS REGISTERED LETTER

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Option 2: TRANSPORT AGENCIES. Mainly for shipments of packages (in EUROPE is economic or very economic), or expensive items that need a shipment fully insured (GLS insured up to 750 Euros, SEUR insured up to 520 Euros, TNT, etc. ........). If you are interested, please do not hesitate to ask me for this option.

Please, email me to know the price of the shipment and its different options, as supplementary insuring.

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