Author: Chess Federation of Canada from the library of Lothar Schmid
Year: 1945
Publisher: The Bishops' Knight Club
Place: Saskatoon
Description:
28 unnumbered+[3 ad] pages with photograph, table and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to cover. From the library of Lothar Schmid. (Linde 5666; Betts 25-164) First edition.
The 1945 Canadian Chess Championship was held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, marking the first time the province hosted a national chess championship. The championship was co-won by Frank Yerhoff (from Saskatchewan) and Abe Yanofsky (from Manitoba), both scoring 10.5 points out of 12. Both players scored 10.5 points out of 12, each with 9 wins, 0 losses, and 3 draws. This was Yanofsky's third Canadian Championship win, having previously won in 1941 and 1943. Yanofsky, who would later become Canada's first chess Grandmaster, would go on to win the championship a record eight times. Yerhoff, on the other hand, was also a formidable player, winning not only this championship but also the Canadian Correspondence Chess Championship in the same year. Nathan Divinsky and John Harold Belson tied for third through fourth a point behind the leaders.
Lothar Maximilian Lorenz Schmid (10 May 1928 - 18 May 2013) was a German chess grandmaster. He was born in Radebeul near Dresden into a family who were the co-owners of the Karl May Press, which published the German Karl May adventure novels. He was best known as the chief arbiter at several World Chess Championship matches, in particular the 1972 encounter between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky at Reykjavic. He was also an avid collector of chess books and paraphernalia. It was reputed that he owned the largest known private chess library in the world, as well as a renowned collection of chess art, chess boards and chess pieces from around the globe.
Condition:
Lothar Schmid's book plate to front paste down else better than very good.