World Championship Candidates 1953 at Neuhausen and Zurich

Author: David Vincent Hooper (1915-1998) and William Winter (editors) Year: 1953Publisher: K WhyldPlace: NottinghamDescription:[4]+96 pages with table and index. Quarto (10 1/4" x 8 1/2") bound in original publisher's stiff boards with spiral spine. Annotations by David Hooper and William Winter. Errata taped to back inside board. (Betts: 25-221) First edition.Contains an introduction covering the general course of the tournament, the performances of the players and the general openings trends (by Winter); the 210 games with brief notes; and a detailed index of openings (by Hooper). Reissued in 1968 by The Chess Player, as number 77 in The Chess Player series of tournament books.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 brough