The Book of the United States Chess Federation 47th Open Tournament held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania July 8 through July 20, 1946

Author: Hamilton, William R (editor)Year: 1946Publisher: United States Chess FederationPlace: PittsburghDescription:77+[1 ad] pages with photographs, tables and index. Octavo (9" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's spiral wrappers. Foreword by Elbert A Wagner, Jr. (Betts: 25-172) First edition.Contains all of the 127 games played by each of the top 20 players of the 58 entries, totaling 208 games without notes.The Blue room of the Roosevelt Hotel was the scene of the 47th Annual Congress and Open Championship Tournament of the Untied States Chess Federation with Herman Helms as the tournament director. With the extremely large and star-studded field, the tournament officials adopted a "Swiss System" of all players for eight preliminary rounds with place ties broken by the Sonneborn-Berger method to determine the play in the final rounds. The top ten players qualifying for the round robin Championship finals, the next ten for the Premier Reserves, etc. The scores compiled in the pre