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The chess tournament. A collection of the games played at this celebrated assemblage. Illustrated by copious diagrams, and notes, critical and explanatory
by Howard Staunton (1810-1874) from the library of Poul Hage
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
lxcii+377+[24 ad] pages with diagrams, and notes, critical and explanatory. Small octavo (7 4/4" x 4 3/4") Original publisher's red linen binding with front cover and spine in gilt. "Bohn's Scientific Library". Bookplate by Poul Hage. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5180; Betts 25-1) Reprint.
London 1851 was the first international chess tournament. The tournament was conceived and organized by English player Howard Staunton, and marked the first time that the best chess players in Europe would meet in a single event. Adolf Anderssen of Germany won the sixteen-player tournament, earning him the status of the best player in the world.
The tournament was planned as a knock-out contest involving sixteen of Europe's best players. Invitations had been extended to foreign masters Vincent Grimm, József Szén, and Johann Löwenthal from Hungary; Adolf Anderssen, Bernhard Horwitz, Carl Mayet, and von der Lasa from Germany; Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant and Lionel Kieseritzky from France, and Carl Jaenisch, Alexander Petrov and Ilya Shumov from Russia. The British players were to be Howard Staunton, Henry Thomas Buckle, Marmaduke Wyvill, Elijah Williams, Captain Hugh Alexander Kennedy, Samuel Newham, and Henry Bird.
Poul Hage (1906-1984) was born in Brandelev. He was Danish champion in 1937, 1938, 1949 and 1950.
Condition: Bookplate by Poul Hage on front pastedown. Name on front end paper. Book block loosened. Toned inside. Cover dusty and slightly bumped. Spine faded, slightly stained and with defects else good to very good.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C2651
- Title
- The chess tournament. A collection of the games played at this celebrated assemblage. Illustrated by copious diagrams, and notes, critical and explanatory
- Author
- Howard Staunton (1810-1874) from the library of Poul Hage
- Book Condition
- Used - Good to very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bell and Daldy
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1873
- Pages
- lxcii+377+[24 ad] pages with diagrams, and notes, critical and explanatory
- Size
- Small octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Chess, Ajedrez, Schach, Echecs
- Bookseller catalogs
- /chess;
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