Cambridge Springs 1904 by Sherwood, Robert; Soltis, Andy [Foreword] - 2022-09-14

Russell Enterprises, Inc., 9/15/2022 12:00:01 A. hardcover. Very Good. 1.0630 9.2520 6.1811.

Russell Enterprises, Inc., 9/15/2022 12:00:01 A. hardcover. Very Good. 1.0630 9.2520 6.1811. General shelf wear. \r\n

400 pages with tables, diagrams, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's pictorial boards. Foreword by Andy Soltis. Contributions by A J Gillam and Frank Camaratta. First edition.

The 1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress was the first major international chess tournament in America in the twentieth century. All of the world's top players were invited to the tournament. Géza Maróczy was unable to attend due to his career as a mathematics teacher. Siegbert Tarrasch, having finished behind Lasker at Hastings and Nuremberg, was carefully avoiding tournaments in which Lasker was participating.

The tournament started on April 25, 1904, and ended on May 19, 1904. It was a single-round-robin tournament where each player would play one game against the other players, for a total of fifteen games. Games were played on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. Wednesday was for adjourned games and Saturdays were for Rice Gambit consultation games. Games… Read More

Russell Enterprises Inc, 2022. Hardcover. New. 400 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.