Author: Augustus Naebinger "A N" Towsen (1905-1991) editor from the library of Lothar Schmid
Year: 1952
Publisher: Gamecraft Company
Place: New York
Description:
67 pages with table, photographs, illustrations and index. Octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's pictorial stapled wrappers. From the library of Lothar Schmid. (Betts 28 - 209) First edition.
54 games of the tournament with Weaver Adams capturing first place with a score of 7/10 followed by Elliott Hearst a half point behind. Third through fourth was shared with Ariel Mengarini and Edgar McCormick each with six points.
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: Lothar Schmid's book plate to front wrapper verso. Light edge wear with bumped corners else very good.