Fourth annual report of the United States Chess Association with twenty-six games, played at the Lexington, Ky., meeting, the constitution as amended, and a list of members
Fourth annual report of the United States Chess Association with twenty-six games, played at the Lexington, Ky., meeting, the constitution as amended, and a list of members
Fourth annual report of the United States Chess Association with twenty-six games, played at the Lexington, Ky., meeting, the constitution as amended, and a list of members
Fourth annual report of the United States Chess Association with twenty-six games, played at the Lexington, Ky., meeting, the constitution as amended, and a list of members
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Fourth annual report of the United States Chess Association with twenty-six games, played at the Lexington, Ky., meeting, the constitution as amended, and a list of members

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Author: United States Chess Association from the library of Lothar Schmid

Year: 1893

Publisher: Keating and Company

Place: Cincinnati

Description:

50 pages with frontispiece, diagrams, tables and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. From the library of Lothar Schmid. First edition.

Contains information on the organization, the conference report, and the statutes, as well as a list of members. Pages 10–44 describe the Championship Tournament with a short report and a larger section of the games. Also included is a brief account of the Free-for-All Tournament. J. W. Showalter won the tournament in Lexington in 1891, ahead of W. H. K. Pollock and J. M. Hanham.

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 wrapper verso. Edge wear with some edge chips, corners bumped else a good copy of a scarce item.

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