Book of the Warsaw 1935 International Chess Team Tournament.

Author: Fred Reinfeld (1910-1964) and Harold Meyer PhillipsYear: 1936Publisher: Black Knight PressPlace: New YorkDescription: [i-xx]-[21]-180+[2 ad] pages with diagrams, tables and indices. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. Modern Chess Library number 5. (Betts: 25-115, (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5516) First edition. The 6th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and (unofficial) women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between August 16 and August 31, 1935, in Warsaw, Poland. The famous retired Polish master Dawid Przepiórka took the major responsibility as a chairman of Organizing Committee. The Women's World Chess Championship also took place during the Olympiad. The United States took first with a score total of 54 with Sweden a point and half off for second and closely followed by Poland at 52 points. Hungary was always