1959 Zurich Chess Tournament Program

Author: Swiss Chess Federation signed by Mikhail Tal, Paul Keres, Bobby Fischer, Svetozar Gligoric, Bent Larsen, Wolfgang Unzicker, Fridrik Olafsson, Gedeon Barcza, Josef Kupper, Edwin Bhend, Jan Hein Donner, Dieter Keller, Edgar Walther, Andreas Dueckstein, Max Blau, Erwin Nievergelt with the tournament judges and organizers Year: 1959Publisher: Swiss Chess Agency (Schweizer Schachdienst)Place: ZurichDescription: 16 pages with photographs and tables. Royal octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's pictorial stapled wrappers. Signed by all the contestants. First edition.  Ten grandmasters were invited to compete against six top Swiss masters, including the Swiss champion, at Zurich's Kongreßhaus from May 18th to June 8th, 1959. Among the grandmasters invited were Mikhail Tal and Paul Keres from the Soviet Union, Bobby Fischer from the United States, Svetozar Gligoric from Yugoslavia, Bent Larsen from Denmark, Wolfgang Unzicker from Germany, and Fridrik Olafsson from Iceland, a num