Das Zweite Internationale Schachturnier in Karlsbad 1911

Author: Vidmar, Milan (1885-1962) from the library of Schach Club AltmunchenYear: 1912Publisher: A Stein's VerlagsbuchhandlungPlace: PotsdamDescription:2 volumes: 192 pages with plates, diagrams and tables; 192 pages with frontispiece, diagrams and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x6 1/2") bound in cloth with gilt and white lettering to spine and front covers. From the library of Schach Club Altmunchen (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5302) First edition.Carlsbad 1911 has emerged as one of the truly memorable tournaments of chess history. It was a strong, single round-robin duel to the death which required 25 rounds and five weeks to complete. A total of 325 games was played. An indication of Carlsbad's popularity as an international chess mecca is that the organizing committee headed by Victor Tietz received more than 40 applications to play. A number of well known masters, however, were absent from the fray - among them Lasker, Tarrasch, Marcoczy, Capablanca, Bernstein and Janow