Das Zweite Internationale Schachturnier in Karlsbad 1911

Author: Milan Vidmar (1885-1962) Year: 1912Publisher: A Stein's VerlagsbuchhandlungPlace: PotsdamDescription: 2 volumes. 192 pages with frontispiece, plates, diagrams and tables; 192 pages with frontispiece, diagrams and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's wrappers. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5302) First edition. Carlsbad 1911 has emerged as one of the truly memorable tournaments of chess history. It was a strong, single round-robin duel to the death which required 25 rounds and five weeks to complete. A total of 325 games was played. An indication of Carlsbad's popularity as an international chess mecca is that the organizing committee headed by Victor Tietz received more than 40 applications to play. A number of well known masters, however, were absent from the fray - among them Lasker, Tarrasch, Marcoczy, Capablanca, Bernstein and Janowski. By the end of the seventh round Schlechter led Teichmann by two full points - followed closely by