Budapest 1896 The First Great Chess Tournament in Hungary by Owen, John C - 1994

Caissa Editions, 1994. Hard cover. Very good/No jacket. Excellent condition, clean and unmarked with tight binding.

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205 pages with plates, diagrams and tables. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") issued in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Edited with commentary by John C Owen. Notes by Charousek, Marcoczy and other contemporaries. First edition.This international tournament, held in honor of the 1000th anniversary of Hungary's turbulent existence was the first one ever staged on Magyar soil. Prominent masters from Russia, the United States, Austria, Germany, France and the host nation were on hand to participate in the historic proceedings. When Gyula Makovetz, one of the invited players, was unable to attend, Maroczy, brilliant second-place winner at Nuremberg eight weeks earlier, was given the chance to play. Unfortunately, he suffered a disappointing reversal in form (+4 -6 =2) and finished outside the prizewinner list. The tournament was a bitterly fought affair between two uncompromising warriors, Tchigorin and Charousek - both scoring 8 1/2 out of 12 points (+7 -2 =3). In their seventh-round… Read More

Caissa Editions, 1994-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. 2.2983 cent in x 28.7781 cent in x 19.3853 cent in.