Author: Johann "Hans" Joseph Kmoch, (1894-1973)
Year: 1987
Publisher: Caissa Edition
Place: Yorklyn, DE
Description:
xvii+259 pages with diagrams, tables, plates and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Translated by Jimmy Adams. Caissa's World's greatest chess tournament, volume 1. (Lusis: 1457) First American edition.
This is a translation of Mezhdunarondi Turnier v Blede by S O Weinstein and A A Smirnov (1934) which was limited to 5000 copies, itself a translation of the original German MS by Kmoch. This edition includes additional notes and analyses from other sources, an introductory article by Salo Flohr from 64, a concluding article from Neue Wiener Schachzeitung.
Bled 1931 chess tournament was a major chess tournament proposed by Milan Vidmar and held in 1931 in Bled and Ljubljana, Slovenia, then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. His idea was well received in both Ljubljana (his birthplace) and the nearby health resort of Bled. An organizing committee was set up, and at the end of July 1931, following the 4th Chess Olympiad in Prague, this committee commissioned Hans Kmoch to conduct the negotiations with the competitors for a double round tournament to be held at Lake Bled. Jos� Ra�l Capablanca could not be invited due to his disputes with world champion Alexander Alekhine. Fourteen leading chess masters accepted their invitations. The players stayed at the Hotel Toplice and it was here that most of the tournament except Round 19 (held in Ljubljana) took place. Round one started in the large salon on August 23. Alekhine won decisively, not losing a single game and winning the tournament 5� points ahead of Efim Bogoljubow. His gambit style was humiliating for the other players. Sole third was Aron Nimzowitsch, a clear point behind. Tied for fourth through seventh was the American, Isaac Kashdan, Milan Vidmar (Kingdom of Yugoslavia), Salo Flohr (Czechoslovakia) and G�sta Stoltz (Sweden) each a half point behind Nimzowitsch. Savielly Tartakower (Poland) took clear eight with a score of 13. Ninth and tenth was shared by Rudolf Spielmann (Austria) and Borislav Kostić (Kingdom of Yugoslavia. G�za Mar�czy (Hungary) captured sole eleventh. Edgar Colle (Belgium), Lajos Asztalos (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Vasja Pirc (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)rounded out the places twelve through fourteenth respectively.
Corners bumped else a very good copy issued without jacket.
Year: 1987
Publisher: Caissa Edition
Place: Yorklyn, DE
Description:
xvii+259 pages with diagrams, tables, plates and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Translated by Jimmy Adams. Caissa's World's greatest chess tournament, volume 1. (Lusis: 1457) First American edition.
This is a translation of Mezhdunarondi Turnier v Blede by S O Weinstein and A A Smirnov (1934) which was limited to 5000 copies, itself a translation of the original German MS by Kmoch. This edition includes additional notes and analyses from other sources, an introductory article by Salo Flohr from 64, a concluding article from Neue Wiener Schachzeitung.
Bled 1931 chess tournament was a major chess tournament proposed by Milan Vidmar and held in 1931 in Bled and Ljubljana, Slovenia, then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. His idea was well received in both Ljubljana (his birthplace) and the nearby health resort of Bled. An organizing committee was set up, and at the end of July 1931, following the 4th Chess Olympiad in Prague, this committee commissioned Hans Kmoch to conduct the negotiations with the competitors for a double round tournament to be held at Lake Bled. Jos� Ra�l Capablanca could not be invited due to his disputes with world champion Alexander Alekhine. Fourteen leading chess masters accepted their invitations. The players stayed at the Hotel Toplice and it was here that most of the tournament except Round 19 (held in Ljubljana) took place. Round one started in the large salon on August 23. Alekhine won decisively, not losing a single game and winning the tournament 5� points ahead of Efim Bogoljubow. His gambit style was humiliating for the other players. Sole third was Aron Nimzowitsch, a clear point behind. Tied for fourth through seventh was the American, Isaac Kashdan, Milan Vidmar (Kingdom of Yugoslavia), Salo Flohr (Czechoslovakia) and G�sta Stoltz (Sweden) each a half point behind Nimzowitsch. Savielly Tartakower (Poland) took clear eight with a score of 13. Ninth and tenth was shared by Rudolf Spielmann (Austria) and Borislav Kostić (Kingdom of Yugoslavia. G�za Mar�czy (Hungary) captured sole eleventh. Edgar Colle (Belgium), Lajos Asztalos (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Vasja Pirc (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)rounded out the places twelve through fourteenth respectively.
Corners bumped else a very good copy issued without jacket.