Author: Richter, Kurt (1900-1969); Alexander Alekhine; Alfred Brinckmann and Fritz SaÌmisch
Year: 1942
Publisher: Verlag Walter de Gruyter & Company
Place: Berlin
Description:
140+[4 ad] pages with cross-tables, diagrams and pictures. Octavo (8" x 5 1/2") issued in original wrappers. Bücherei des Grossdeutschen schachbundes, Book 9. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5627) First edition.
The second Europaturnier (the first one took place in Stuttgart in May 1939) was held in Munich in 8-14 September 1941. The event was organised by Ehrhardt Post, the Chief Executive of Nazi Grossdeutscher Schachbund and was a 16 person round robin event. Max Euwe had declined the invitation for Munchen 1941 due to his "occupational obligations", as manager of a groceries business. This time he refused to participate, because Alexander Alekhine was invited. Euwe mentioned futile reasons. The real motive was Alekhine's offence of Euwe in his antisemitic articles. Alekhine wrote six Nazi articles which first appeared in the Paris newspaper Pariser Zeitung in March 1941. He wrote a series of articles for Die Deutsche Zeitung in den Niederlanden called "Jewish and Aryan Chess." The articles were reproduced in Deutsch Schachzeitung. Among others, Alekhine had written about the "Jewish clique" around Euwe in World Chess Championship 1935. The event was won by G�sta Stoltz, who scored a spectacular victory (1 1/2 points ahead of Alekhine and Erik Lundin), and won 1,000 Reichsmarks. His trophy (donated by the Ministerpr�sident Ludwig Siebert) of Meissen porcelain is worth close to $1,000. Alexander Alekhine and Erik Lundin tied for second through third with 10� points. Efim Bogoljubow captured fourth with a score of 9�. Bj�rn Nielsen and Kurt Richter tied for fifth through sixth with scores of 9. Jan Foltys was clear seventh with 9 points.
Condition:
Lacks frontispiece, wrappers soiled, corners bumped, small tear at front head hinge else a good to very good copy.
Year: 1942
Publisher: Verlag Walter de Gruyter & Company
Place: Berlin
Description:
140+[4 ad] pages with cross-tables, diagrams and pictures. Octavo (8" x 5 1/2") issued in original wrappers. Bücherei des Grossdeutschen schachbundes, Book 9. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5627) First edition.
The second Europaturnier (the first one took place in Stuttgart in May 1939) was held in Munich in 8-14 September 1941. The event was organised by Ehrhardt Post, the Chief Executive of Nazi Grossdeutscher Schachbund and was a 16 person round robin event. Max Euwe had declined the invitation for Munchen 1941 due to his "occupational obligations", as manager of a groceries business. This time he refused to participate, because Alexander Alekhine was invited. Euwe mentioned futile reasons. The real motive was Alekhine's offence of Euwe in his antisemitic articles. Alekhine wrote six Nazi articles which first appeared in the Paris newspaper Pariser Zeitung in March 1941. He wrote a series of articles for Die Deutsche Zeitung in den Niederlanden called "Jewish and Aryan Chess." The articles were reproduced in Deutsch Schachzeitung. Among others, Alekhine had written about the "Jewish clique" around Euwe in World Chess Championship 1935. The event was won by G�sta Stoltz, who scored a spectacular victory (1 1/2 points ahead of Alekhine and Erik Lundin), and won 1,000 Reichsmarks. His trophy (donated by the Ministerpr�sident Ludwig Siebert) of Meissen porcelain is worth close to $1,000. Alexander Alekhine and Erik Lundin tied for second through third with 10� points. Efim Bogoljubow captured fourth with a score of 9�. Bj�rn Nielsen and Kurt Richter tied for fifth through sixth with scores of 9. Jan Foltys was clear seventh with 9 points.
Condition:
Lacks frontispiece, wrappers soiled, corners bumped, small tear at front head hinge else a good to very good copy.