98 pages with diagrams, illustrations, tables, plates (some in color) and drawings. Quarto (11" x 8 1/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. (Betts: 25-122) First edition. This is a pre-tournament souvenir, not the book of the tournament itself. Contains notes on the competitors, with career records, portraits and a representative game played by each; various illustrations, including reproduction of old prints, pictures of chess sets, etc; a number of articles, including "Some historic chessmen" (by Alex Hammond), "Chess facts and figures" by TR Dawson, 'The end-game today" by H M Lommer and M A Sutherland, "Some Nottingham problem composers", the Strategic French school" (of problems) by Andre Cheron. This item originates from the chess book collection of Zahari Stanchev, (April 27, 1920 - January 27, 1980) from Sofia, Bulgaria. Stanchev was Bulgaria's representative to FIDE in the 1960s, writer of chess books, and international arbiter.

Author: William Henry Watts (1878-1941)
Publisher: Printing Craft
Publisher city: London
Year: 1936
Pages: 98
Language: English
Condition: Good

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