Prague 1946

Author: Golombek, Harry (1911-1995) Year: 1950Publisher: ChessPlace: Sutton ColdfieldDescription: [vi]+115 pages with diagrams and tables. Royal octavo (10" x 6 1/2") bound in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Provenance former collection of the John Griswold White Collection of the Folklore, Orientalia and Chess of the Cleveland Public Library. (Betts: 25-174) First edition.The British Museum catalogue gives the date as 1959, but this is likely to be the date of deposit; an advertisement appears in 1952 issue of Chess, but the book looks to be c1950.International chess was severely disrupted by World War II, beginning with the 1939 Olympiad at Buenos Aires. Political tensions had already affected some matches and this became more pronounced when war officially broke out during the Olympiad. Some teams and players withdrew and others remained in South America for the duration of the war. The death of Alexander Alekhine in the spring of 1946 further clouded the situation. After th