The Book of the International Chess Tournament held at the Manhattan Chess Club New York, 1948-49

Author: Kmoch, Hans Joseph (1894-1973)Year: 1950Publisher: Albert PinkusPlace: New YorkDescription:vi+130 pages with diagrams, two plates including frontispiece, tables and game index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") issued in reddish brown pebbled cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Annotations, analysis, general history of the tournament and round by round commentary by Hans Kmoch. (Betts: 25-189) First edition.The tournament of 1948-49 was not as large as those of 1924 and 1927, but it was an important one, because of the participation of the three famous grandmasters Euwe, Fine and Najdorf. Unlike the two preceding tournaments, it was not planned a long time in advance, but organized spontaneously by the Manhattan Chess Club when it was learned that Euwe, Najdorf and Stahlberg by mere chance would all be in New York at about the same time in December 1948. I might appear somewhat pagan to schedule play on Christmas and New Year, but the organizers had no choice since some of the players c