Hastings and St Leonards Twenty-Fifth Annual International Christmas Congress Programme

Author: Hastings and St Leonards Chess Club signed by all participantsYear: 1949Publisher: Hastings and St Leonards Chess ClubPlace: Hastings and St Leonards Description: unpaginated with tables and advertisements. Octavo (8" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's stapled wrapper's. M. Euwe, L. Szabo, Barda, Horne, N. Rossolimo, W.A. Winser, L. Evans, I. Konig, J.A. Fuller, B.H. Wood, L. Prins and A.C.S. Pindar. First edition.  This program allowed the holder to be admitted to the event as a spectator. The Twenty-fifth Annual Hastings Congress was opened at 3.45 p.m. on December 29th [1949] by Lord Simon at the White Rock Pavilion. With 137 competitors the Congress was clearly maintaining its popularity amongst the average player and with a marked increase in strength in the foreign masters taking part some fine chess could be expected. This last circumstance was due to an increase in the corporation grant that enabled the organizers to make the prizes in the Premier Section really ha