Das Erste Internationale Schachmeisterturnier in Kecskemét 1927

Author: Alekhine, Alexander Alexandrovich (1892-1946) , Hans Kmoch, G�za Mar�czy and Aron NimzowitschYear: 1928Publisher: Schachvereines Herausgegeben von L TothPlace: KecskemetDescription:xvi+158 pages with diagrams, tables and 4 plates. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/2") bound in js;g leather with marbled boards. Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5405) First edition.This tournament (June-July 1927) was unique in being the only important post-First World War contest played on the discredited group system. The twenty players were divided into two groups of ten each, the first four in each group qualifying for the A final, the next four for the B final and the last two dropping out. As in St Petersburg 1914 thinks did not work out according to the preconceived notions and two grandmasters, Tartakower and Grunfeld, failed to make the top final. Alekhine dominated group A, conceding draws only to Gilg and Kmoch; in B his feat was duplicated not, as expected, by Nimzowitsch, but by