Obliged to Tradition ... A Bibliography of the Commemorative Publications of the German Chess Clubs founded by 1914

Author: Ralf Jurgen Binnewirtz (1951- ) and Hans-Jurgen Fresen Year: 2008Publisher: Scacchi e Scienze ApplicatePlace: Venezia (Venice)Description:214 pages with frontispiece, color plates, diagrams, illustrations, photographs and index. Quarto (12" x 8 1/4") bound in original wrappers. First edition.The criteria for including a club into this bibliography were: 1) A verifiable club founding in Germany up to 1914 - The term "German" or "Germany" is used geographically; 2) the existence of at lest one commemorative publication (without restriction in regard to the publication date). However, whether the club still exists today was not a criterion, and thus clubs, which had been disbanded a long time ago (as, for instance, the SV Anderssen Frankfurt a.M>) could be taken into account. The basic design of the bibliographical entries is almost self-explanatory and does not require extensive explanation. All chess clubs were included chronologically according to the foundation date of the