The 1974 World Chess Olympiad by Keene, Raymond Dennis and David Levy - 1975: Nice France

viii+200 pages with tables, diagrams and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's orange cloth with silver lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. The 21st Chess Olympiad, organized by FIDE and comprising an open team tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between June 6 and June 30, 1974, in Nice, France. Bobby Fischer was still the reigning World Champion, but had not played a single game of tournament chess since he won the title in 1972 and was not present in Nice either. However, the American team still managed to secure third place in his absence. For the same reason, for the second time in a row, the Soviet team was not led by the current world champion. It did, however, feature three previous (Tal, Petrosian, and Spassky) as well as one future champion (Karpov). The team won by 8½ points, the biggest victory margin yet, and took home their twelfth consecutive gold medals, with Yugoslavia and… Read More