International Masters' Tournament of the Manhattan Chess Club October - November, 1918
by Hermann Helms (1870-1963)
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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About This Item
46 pages with plate of tournament scene and 4 tables. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6"). (Betts: 25-61; Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5331) First edition.
Contains an introduction, all 42 games (30 with short annotations by the players), biographical sketches of the players and a history of the club. Five countries were represented, with the following contestants. J R Black, O Chajes and Frank Marshall represented the United States. J R Capablanca represented Cuba, J S Morrison, Canada. D Janowski represented France and while residing in Gary, Indiana, B Kotich represented Serbia. First, Jose R Capablanca with a score of 10 1/2, trailing well behind was Boris Kotisch with 9. Frank Marshall came in third with a disappointing 7. Fourth was Oscar Chajes with 6. David Janowski, another disappointment with 4. the other scores were Roy Black with 3 1/2 and J S Morrison with 2. Chajes and Capablanca one the two brilliancy prizes
Condition:
Front wrapper detached else a very good copy of a scarce tournament.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C0977
- Title
- International Masters' Tournament of the Manhattan Chess Club October - November, 1918
- Author
- Hermann Helms (1870-1963)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- American Chess Bulletin
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1918
- Pages
- 46 pages with plate of tournament scene and 4 tables
- Size
- Royal octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Chess Echecs Ajedrez Schach
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