An Official Record of the Proceedings of the Wertheim Memorial Chess Congress New York June 3rd - June 17th, 1951

Author: Jack Lee Spence (1926-1978)Year: 1952Publisher: The Nebraska Chess AssociationPlace: OmahaDescription:vi+31+[1 ad] typescript, stenciled on rectos only with tables. Folio (11" x 8 3/4") issued in quarter cloth and wrappers. Round by round account compiled from newspaper reports and annotations by several of America's leading masters. Spence limited editions number 5. (Betts: 25-205) First edition limited to 200 copies of which this is number 54.Wertheim Memorial held 3-17 Jun 1951 at the Manhattan Chess Club to honor former Manhattan Chess Club president Maurice Wertheim, who had died the previous year. There were problems; a number of masters were unavailable for one reason or another, Carlos Guimard's plane was held over a day in Puerto Rico, Max Euwe had to leave on the 18th, Reuben Fine, Al Horowitz, George Shainswit, and George Kramer (who commuted in daily from Philadelphia!) could only play at night, and Samuel Reshevsky had to have several games rescheduled. To cut down