Author: EZE (PSEUD Oscar L. Telling) from the library of Lothar Schmid
Year: 1940
Publisher: Whitehead and Miller
Place: Leeds
Description:
ix+41 pages with diagrams, illustrations and tables. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's stapled wrappers. From the library of Lothar Schmid. (Linde 5440; Betts 25-92) A supplement to the "British Chess Magazine". First edition.
Annotations by Tartakower, Maroczy, Kmoch, Znosko-Borowsky and Cole. Savielly Tartakower captured first with 9 of 11 not losing a game. George Alan Thomas was second a half point behind followed by Eugene Znosko Borovsky with eight points. Fourth Boris Kostic with seven points. Marcel Duchamp participated in this tournament and had a score of 4 1/2.
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:
Interior toned. Cover partially faded, back wrapper with tear with crease else very good.