Author: Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941) signed by Emanuel Lasker and Max Euwe, Martha Lasker (wife of Em. Lasker), Carolina E. Euwe - Bergmann (wife of Max Euwe), Hendrick Strick van Linschoten, G. W. J. Zittersteyn (former chairman of the Dutch Chess Federation) and by some members of the honorary committee O. Bening, Jan Hartog, G. C. A. Oskam
Year: 1929
Place: The Hague
Description:
Folded menu card from February 9, 1929 to commemorate Lasker's 60th birthday in the "Nationaal Schaakgebouw" in The Hague: "Feestmaaltijd aangeboden aan. Royal octavo (9 1/2' x 5 3/4") folded.
On the back fold 30 handwritten signatures from participants in the dinner. Signatures of the former world chess champions Emanuel Lasker and Max Euwe, Martha Lasker (wife of Emanuel Lasker), Carolina E. Euwe-Bergmann (wife of Max Euwe), Hendrick Strick van Linschoten, G. W. J. Zittersteyn (former chairman of the Dutch Chess Federation) and by some members of the honorary committee O. Bening, Jan Hartog, G. C. A. Oskam and W. A. T. Schelfhout.
The sheet shows a portrait of Lasker on the front, with Philidor, Morphy, Anderssen and Steinitz in the corners; contains the announcement text and Lasker's chess successes. On the inside the names of the committee and the menu sequence for the dinner.
Condition: Printed on tinted paper. The sheet is dusty, slightly stained, torn in the fold and has creases. Some names are poorly written else good. A chess curiosity rarity