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The 1969 United States Chess Championship and the World Championship Zonal Qualifier by Siegel, Morton

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The 1969 United States Chess Championship and the World Championship Zonal Qualifier

by Siegel, Morton

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Newburgh: USCF Pb, staple-bound, 71pp, b/w photos and drawings. Undated, est. 1969. Good, slight wear, clean contents. Includes round-by-round commentary, 66 games with brief notes, player bios. and openings survey for the tournament held in New York in 1969. Reshevsky was the winner ahead of Addison and Benko in a field of 12. The top three qualified for the Interzonal. Descriptive notation.. Soft Cover. Good.
  • Bookseller Glynn's Books GB (GB)
  • Format/Binding Paperback
  • Book Condition Used - Good
  • Binding Paperback
  • Publisher USCF
  • Place of Publication Newburgh
  • Keywords chess, games, hobbies, chess tournament, new york 1969

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The 1969 United States Chess Championship and World Championship Zonal Qualifier
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The 1969 United States Chess Championship and World Championship Zonal Qualifier

by Morton Siegel

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71 pages with illustrations, photographs and tables. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") issued in wrappers. (Lusis: 1537) First edition.Includes notes on the players and an opening survey. 66 games with annotations and commentary. This was a Zonal tournament, in which the top three finishers, Sammy Reshevsky, William Addison and Pal Benko qualified for the 1970 Interzonal in Palma de Mallorca. By failing to play in this US Championship, Bobby Fischer apparently gave up all hope of playing in the 1972 World Championship, to which the Interzonal was the first stepping stone. Why Fischer refused to play and how he got in anyway is therefore, a tale worth recounting. Bobby Fischer had both played for, and won the US Championship 8 times, usually by hefty margins, and along the way had racked up an eye-popping record of +61-3=26 (by an amazing coincidence, Sammy Reshevsky had an identical +61-3=26 record after 90 US Championship tournament games, not counting his match with Horowitz or his playoff vs. Kashdan. The… Read More
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