Author: Watts, William Henry (1878-1941) [editor] from the library of Lothar Schmid
Year: 1923
Publisher: Printing Craft Ltd
Place: London
Description:
137 pages with 14 plates, 3 tables and diagrams. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") issued in burgundy cloth with gilt letter to the spine and ruled blind stamped of front cover in facsimile jacket. Annotations by Geza Maroczy. From the library of Lothar Schmid. (Betts: 25-70) First edition.
Contains a brief introduction only, most of the details of organization and general impressions of the tournament having been included in Chess News Sheet, and biographies in Chess Pie. Includes all 120 games from the principal tournament, with notes and 5 from subsidiary tournaments; with portraits of the contestants and indexes of players and openings. (1 Capablanca; 2 Alekhine; 3 Vidmar)
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:
Light rubbing to extremities, Schmid's label to front pasted down else a very good copy in a facsimile dust wrapper.
Year: 1923
Publisher: Printing Craft Ltd
Place: London
Description:
137 pages with 14 plates, 3 tables and diagrams. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") issued in burgundy cloth with gilt letter to the spine and ruled blind stamped of front cover in facsimile jacket. Annotations by Geza Maroczy. From the library of Lothar Schmid. (Betts: 25-70) First edition.
Contains a brief introduction only, most of the details of organization and general impressions of the tournament having been included in Chess News Sheet, and biographies in Chess Pie. Includes all 120 games from the principal tournament, with notes and 5 from subsidiary tournaments; with portraits of the contestants and indexes of players and openings. (1 Capablanca; 2 Alekhine; 3 Vidmar)
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:
Light rubbing to extremities, Schmid's label to front pasted down else a very good copy in a facsimile dust wrapper.