Karlovy Vary / Marianske Lazne 1948

Strong international tournament

All 190 games annotated

Filip, Miroslav / Foltys, Jan and others: Sachovy turnaj Zapadoceskych Lazni 1948. 

Praha, Prace, 1949. Orig. hardcover. 292 pages + 1 plate (group photo of participants). 21 cm. In Czech. LN 5747. 450 grams. Book code 501393.

Good / missing dust jacket: light/some general signs of use, no major flaws.

The winner was Jan Foltys (13 of 19) ahead of Barcza, Steiner, Pirc, Stoltz, Opocensky, Vidmar, Podgorny, Sajtar, Yanofsky, Prins, Rohacek, Tartakower, Golombek etc, 20 players round robin.

All 190 games annotated, round summaries, crosstables, indexes . After famous events in 1907, 1911 and 1925, this was the 4th strong tournament in spa town Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad, Carlsbad).

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