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The Match Tournament at St Petersburg 1895-6 a Turning Point in Chess History by Owen, John C - 1989
by Owen, John C
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The Match Tournament at St Petersburg 1895-6 a Turning Point in Chess History
by Owen, John C
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Yorklyn, Delaware: Caissa Editions, 1989. Hb, red boards, no dj ( as pub.), 118pp. Good, small dent top of spine, light speckles/marks along edge of page block, contents clean. Includes background, commentary, and the 36 games with annotations, of the 1895-96 St Petersburg chess tournament involving Lasker ( the winner), Steinitz, Pillsbury and Chigorin . The author discusses the outcome on the participants, especially Pillsbury. Also included are a couple of exhibition games. Descriptive notation.. Hard Cover. Good.
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- ISBN 10 0939433109
- ISBN 13 9780939433100
- Publisher Caissa Editions
- Place of Publication Yorklyn, Delaware
- Date Published 1989
- Keywords chess, games, hobbies, st petersburg 1895, chess tournament, 19th century chess
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The match tournament at St. Petersburg, 1895-6: A turning point in chess history
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Yorklyn, DE, USA: Caissa Editions,. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0939433109 . FINE red cloth-covered boards with Bright Gilt titling to the spine and the front cover, which also has the Caissa 'logo', rather larger than usual, in bright gold. No dustjacket as issued. A few very light spots and a few marks to the page fore-edges but the remaining edges are crisp, and white. Internally NO Inscriptions or Marks. (2pp) + 118 pages, with black & white photographs of the 4 combatants at the front and b/w Chessboard/Moves throughout. " At the closing banquet of the Hastings (1895) tournament, Chigorin announced that the top prizewinners had been invited to St. Petersburg for a match-tournament to begin in December that year. The top finishers Pillsbury, Chigorin and Lasker, plus fifth-place finisher Steinitz agreed to play; fourth-place finisher Siegbert Tarrasch declined. It is worth noting that St. Petersburg posed unusual…
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