Year Book of the American Chess Federation Volume 2, 1937 Comprising Sixty-five Games from the Philadelphia Tournament

Author: Reinfeld, Fred (1910-1964)Year: 1937Publisher: The American Chess FederationPlace: MilwaukeeDescription:x-[11]-86 pages with frontispiece, tables, diagrams and photographs. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 6 3/4") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. (Betts: 25-125) First edition.In the early years of the tournament, the number of entrants was small, and play was conducted as round robins with preliminaries, Championship Finals, and Consolation Finals. At first, the tournament was the championship of the Western Chess Association (originally the Northwestern Chess Association), and was a round robin among whoever happened to show up. It remained a round robin through a semi-inviational phase, but gradually introduced preliminary and final sections to accommodate more players. The exact area controlled by the Western Chess Association varied from the Mississippi Valley region to all of the United States and Canada west of Pennsylvania and New Yo