Das Grossmeisterturnier zu St Petersburg im Jahre 1914 Sammlung samtlicher Partien mit ausfuhrlichen Ammerkungen Lm… by Siegbert Tarrasch (1862-1934) - Second - 1921 - from The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (SKU: C0433)

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Das Grossmeisterturnier zu St Petersburg im Jahre 1914 Sammlung samtlicher Partien mit ausfuhrlichen Ammerkungen Lm… by Siegbert Tarrasch (1862-1934) - Second - 1921 - from The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (SKU: C0433)

xxiv+185 pages with diagrams and tables. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4") issued in blue stiff boards with black lettering to spine and front cover. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5322) Second edition. The tournament celebrated the 10th…
xxiv+185 pages with diagrams and tables. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4") issued in blue stiff boards with black lettering to spine and front cover. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5322) Second edition.The tournament celebrated the 10th anniversary of the St. Petersburg Chess Society. The president of the organizing committee was Peter Petrovich Saburov. Members of the committee were: Boris Maliutin, Peter Alexandrovich Saburov, and O. Sossnitzky. They intended to invite the present top twenty chess players, with world champion Emanuel Lasker, challenger Jose Raul Capablanca, and the two winners of the All-Russian Masters' Tournament 1913/14 (Alexander Alekhine and Aron Nimzowitsch). Unfortunately, Amos Burn, Richard Teichmann, and Szymon Winawer declined for reasons, such as old age. From the other side, Oldřich Duras, Geza Maroczy, Carl Schlechter, Rudolf Spielmann, Savielly Tartakower, Milan Vidmar and Max Weiss could not accept due to tensions of Russia with Austria-Hungary…