Das Internationale Schachturnier des Schaclubs Nurnberg im Juli - August 1896

Author: Tarrasch, Siegbert (1862-1934) and Christian Schroder from the library of Prager SchachklubYear: 1897Publisher: Verlag von Veit & CoPlace: LeipzigDescription:iv+294 pages with frontispiece, diagrams and tables. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4") bound in three quarter leather with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine. From the library of Prager Schachklub (Linde-Niemeijeriana:5244) First edition.After the German Championship at Leipzig in 1894, the committee of the Nuremberg Chess Club, of which Tarrasch was a member, had lobbied heavily to obtain the next championship in 1896. After St Petersburg it seemed to Tarrasch that his home ground was a perfect setting for restoring him to chess supremacy, so the club set out to attract the best players available including the four contestants at St Petersburg. Interest was high and thirty-nine masters sent in their entries. Twenty were chosen, but at the last minute two of these - Berthold Englisch, the veteran German master, and Am