The Book of the Nottingham International Chess Tournament 1936 - 2nd hand

The international chess tournament held in 1936 at Nottingham, England, was one of the memorable tournaments of chess history. It brought together the current World Champion, all of the living former World Champions, and most of the masters who were ranking contenders for the title at that time.

Thus, those fortunate enough to witness the event were able to behold the following assemblage of chess wizards: Euwe, the reigning World Champion; Lasker, the aging but still formidable grandmaster who had been World Champion from 1894 to 1921; Capablanca, champion from 1921 to 1927; Alekhine, who had lost the title to Euwe the previous year and was to regain it the following year; Botvinnik, destined to win the world title a dozen years later; Reshevsky, who won the United States title for the first time the same year; other rising young players like Flohr and Fine, and stars of the older generation such as Tartakover, Vidmar and Bogoljubov.

Understandably, with such a field, the tournament was exceptionally hard-fought, and when it was over, only one and a half points separated first place from eighth. Some of the games were spectacular, like the game between Botvinnik and Tartakover, that won the brilliancy prize; others evolved into complex, massive positional struggles, or erupted with powerful attacking combinations; a few were definitely experimental. There was a wide variety of styles, and a generous selection of openings and defenses; there are over thirty different types of games.

This book records all 105 of the master games played in that notable competition; most of them rank among the finest of modern times. All of them, masterful as they are within themselves, become doubly exciting and instructive under the penetrating scrutiny of Alekhine who, besides holding the world title for 18 years, won a reputation as the keenest chess analyst who ever lived. This book offers the reader a golden opportunity to capitalize on the late master’s consummate understanding of the game.

• Casa editrice Dover
• Code 1153us
• Anno 1962
• Pagine 291
• Isbn 0-486-20189-9