Author: Kagan, Bernhard (1866-1932)
Year: 1977
Publisher: British Chess Magazine, Ltd
Place: London
Description:
198+[2 adds] pages with diagrams and plates. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2"). bound in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. British Chess Magazine reprint number 18. (Lusis: 1436) 1st edition thus. Original published in German (Berlin) 1922.
Games mostly annotated by G Marcozy. The third master tournament to be held in Karlsbad, Czechoslovakia was held from April 27th to May 22nd in 1923. Twenty-two masters were invited same as in 1911, but only seventeen were able to accept their invitations. Among the players who could not attend for various reasons were Dr. Milan Vidmar, David Janowski, and Fyodor Dus Chotimirsky. Friedrich Sämisch was brought in as a reserve to create an even number of players. The eighteen participants played their games in the Helenenhof Imperial Hotel, among them were an array of European chess masters, including Alexander Alekhine, Efim Bogoljubov, Siegbert Tarrasch, and Akiba Rubinstein. Only the world champion Jose Capablanca, former world champion Emanuel Lasker, and Frank Marshall were uninvited. Although Alekhine had arrived late due to passport trouble he dominated for much of the tournament until the penultimate round, where his loss to Rudolph Spielmann allowed Geza Maróczy to catch up. Bogoljubov also managed to close the gap, tying with them due to his final round win against Karel Treybal. The three winners earned 3,505 Czech Crowns for their victory, with Alekhine earning an additional "Prize of Honor," a crystal goblet worth 1,000 Crowns, and Bogoljubov receiving a cash prize worth half Alekhine's prize. The tournament also saw the distribution of ten brilliancy prizes, including three "first prizes" which went to Alekhine for his win against Grünfeld, Nimzowitsch for his win against Yates, and Yates for his win against Alekhine.
Condition:
Corners bumped, lightly soiled else a very good copy issued without jacket.
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