The Groningen International Chess Tournament 1946

Author: Machgielis (Max) Euwe (1901-1981) and Hans Kmoch edited by B H WoodYear: 1949Publisher: ChessPlace: Sutton ColdfieldDescription:164 pages with diagrams and tables. Tall octavo (9 3/4" x 7 1/2") bound in original publisher's dark green cloth with gilt lettering. Magazine portrait of the players tipped to page opposite title. Analysis by Max Euwe, commentaries by H Kmoch. Translated and edited by B H Wood with assistance by J Creevey and J Jackson. First published in Dutch 1947. (Betts: 25-166). First edition. The "miracle" tournament of Groningen (August-September 1946) - the miracle being that an event of such magnitude could be organized in war-torn Holland a mere fifteen months after the war - set a new trend in international tournaments. Except for Bogoljubow in the early 1920s and Botvinnik in the 1930s, only two Soviet players had been allowed to play abroad between the wars. Rabinovich at Baden-Baden,1925 and Ragozin at Semmering 1937. Here for the first time a whole team