15 Aspirantes al Campeonato Mundial Torneo de los Candidatos, Suiza 1953
Author: Najdorf, Miguel (1910-1997)Year: 1954Publisher: Libreria El Ateneo EditorialPlace: Buenos AiresDescription:2 volumes. 283 pages with diagrams, plates, tables and index. Errata laid in. 301 pages with diagrams, plates and tables. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's wrappers in jackets. ( Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5875) First edition.This event was played in Neuhausen am Rheinfall and Z�rich. The Swiss Chess Federation spent 100,000 Swiss Francs in order to stage the event, which was one of the reasons they insisted that host countries pay the travel expenses for their respective players. Prize money for first place was 5,000 Swiss francs. Alois Nagler was tournament director. All contestants brought a second except for Bronstein and Reshevsky: Miroljub Trifunovic (Gligoric), Salomon Flohr (Taimanov), Julio Bolbochan (Najdorf), Andre Lilienthal (Petrosian), Mikhail Beilin (Averbakh), Carel Benjamin van den Berg (Euwe), Kristian Skold (Sta