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264 pages with diagrams, tables, photographic plates, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's pictorial cover. First edition. The international Tournament in cologne in 1898 was one of the few significant tournaments held by the German Chess Association about which the usual tournament volume - the Kongressbuch, was not published. All the other congresses of the Deutscher Schachbund (except the one in Elsenach 1896, which, however, was of local importance only and did not have international status) have been adequately documented in chess literature. This book includes descriptions of the play taken from newspapers and chess magazines of the time together with 54 of the 128 games played, crosstable, photographs, biographies and tournament records of the participants and a brief look at the minor tournaments played alongside the main congress. The main tournament was won by Amos Burn ahead of Charousek, Cohn, Chigorin, Steinitz and Schlecter. Condition: Light edge…
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11th Congress of the German Chess Association Cologne 1898
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Olomouc: Moravian Chess, 1997. Hb, laminated covers, no dj, 264pp, b/w photos. VG(-), clean contents, small bump to top of spine. Includes 54 tournament games with notes drawn from various sources; some nice b/w plates/portraits; biographies of the participants which contain career information, tournament record and sample games (most with notes); results and a few games from the Haupt and Minor tournaments of the Cologne Congress. A total of close to 130 games in all. Amos Burn was the winner of the main tournament, ahead of Cohn, Chigorin and Charousek in joint 2nd, in a field which also included Steinitz, Schlechter, Janowsky and Albin. . Hard Cover. Very Good.
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- Place of Publication Olomouc
- Date Published 1997
- Keywords Chess, Games, Hobbies, Chess Tournament, Cologne 1898, DSB 1898, Amos Burn, Charousek, Chigorin, 11th German Chess Congress
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11TH CONGRESS OF THE GERMAN CHESS ASSOCIATION COLOGNE 1898 (JULY 31 - AUGUST 19, 1898).
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