Fünfzehn ausgewählte partien des schachmeisterturniers in Kaschau vom 3.-19. August 1918

Author: Mieses, Jacques (1865-1954)Year: 1918Publisher: Hans Hedewig's Nachfolger, Curt RonnigerPlace: LeipzigDescription:31 pages with diagrams and table. Octavo (9" x 6") issued in original publisher's wrappers. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5330) First edition.Kaschau, a city of some 30,000 inhabitants in 1918 was one of Hungary's principal chess centers. Since the brilliant Rudolf Charouse (1873-1900) had spent most of his life there, the tournament was dedicated to the memory of the gifted Hungarian master once considered a likely challenger for Lasker's crown. Mieses, author of a slim 31 page pamphlet on the Kaschau tournament (featuring but 15 selected games owning to a wartime paper shortage), asserts that it was one of the most important chess gatherings since the outbreak of the Great War. Regrettably absent from the list are the names of Fleischmann and Maroczy, both of whom could not participate because of professional duties. Also missing was Spielmann, who lik