III Internationales Schachturnier in Karlsbad von 28 April bis 20 Mai 1923. veranstaltet durch die Direktion des Hotels Imperial und die Stadtgemeinde Karlsbad in Verbindung mit dem Karlsbader Schach-Club

Author: Bernhard Kagan (1866-1932)Year: 1923Publisher: Schachverlag Berhard KaganPlace: BerlinDescription:198+[2 ad] pages with diagrams and portraits. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in maroon cloth with original wrapper with black lettering to laid on front cover and spine black lettering to spine. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5355) First edition.The third master tournament to be held in Karlsbad, Czechoslovakia was held from April 27 to May 22, 1923. Twenty-two masters were invited, the same as in 1911, but only seventeen were able to accept their invitations. Among the players who could not attend for various reasons were Milan Vidmar, David Janowski, and Fyodor Ivanovich Dus Chotimirsky. Friedrich Saemisch was brought in as a reserve to create an even number of players. The eighteen participants played their games in the Helenenhof Imperial Hotel. Among them were an array of European chess masters, including Alexander Alekhine, Efim Bogoljubov, Siegbert Tarrasch,