Author: Adams, Jimmy (editor)
Year: 1984
Publisher: The Chess Player
Place: Nottingham
Description:
128 pages with diagrams, tables, photographs and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 6") bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. (Lusis: 1422) First English edition.
The first in a planned series of three international chess master tournaments held in the coastal town of Ostend, Belgium was conducted at the local casino from June 12th to July 18th, 1905. Fourteen chess masters were invited to participate in the double round robin event, including major participants and earlier winners of the Monte Carlo tournament series of the previous four years. The best of these players included David Janowski, Geza Maroczy, Siegbert Tarrasch, and Carl Schlechter. As he did in Monte Carlo in 1901 and 1904, Maroczy was clear first with an impressive 19 1/2/26, a full point and a half over shared second place Janowski and Tarrasch. Schlechter placed fourth and Georg Marco and Richard Teichmann shared fifth place (incidentally making this another tournament to contribute to Teichmann's nickname of "Richard the Fifth"). Maróczy's win here along with previous international victories made him a serious contender for a world championship match with Emanuel Lasker, but problems organizing the match in Cuba caused the arrangements to fall through, and Maroczy soon after retired from chess for a over a decade.
Condition:
A fine copy.
Year: 1984
Publisher: The Chess Player
Place: Nottingham
Description:
128 pages with diagrams, tables, photographs and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 6") bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. (Lusis: 1422) First English edition.
The first in a planned series of three international chess master tournaments held in the coastal town of Ostend, Belgium was conducted at the local casino from June 12th to July 18th, 1905. Fourteen chess masters were invited to participate in the double round robin event, including major participants and earlier winners of the Monte Carlo tournament series of the previous four years. The best of these players included David Janowski, Geza Maroczy, Siegbert Tarrasch, and Carl Schlechter. As he did in Monte Carlo in 1901 and 1904, Maroczy was clear first with an impressive 19 1/2/26, a full point and a half over shared second place Janowski and Tarrasch. Schlechter placed fourth and Georg Marco and Richard Teichmann shared fifth place (incidentally making this another tournament to contribute to Teichmann's nickname of "Richard the Fifth"). Maróczy's win here along with previous international victories made him a serious contender for a world championship match with Emanuel Lasker, but problems organizing the match in Cuba caused the arrangements to fall through, and Maroczy soon after retired from chess for a over a decade.
Condition:
A fine copy.