The Hastings Chess Tournament 1895, Containing the Authorised Account of the 230 Games Played Aug.-Sept. 1895 with Annotations ... And Biographical Sketches of the Chess Masters

Author: Cheshire, Horace Fabian (1854-1922) [editor]Year: 1896Publisher: Chatto & Windus and G P PutnamPlace: London and New YorkDescription:xii+370+[32 ad] pages with frontispiece and 21 additional plates. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher maroon patterned cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Containing the authorized account of the 230 games played Aug.-Sept. 1895 with annotations by Pillsbury, Lasker, Tarrasch, Steinitz, Schiffers, Teichmann, Bardeleben, Blackburne, Gunsberg, Tinsley, Mason, and Albin and biographical sketches of the chess masters. (Betts: 25-28) First edition.The first Hastings tournament witnessed both the rise and fall of a number of brilliant careers. At the beginning of their eminence were Emanuel Lasker, the 26-year-old world champion who was playing in his first major event outside Germany; Richard Teichmann, Dawid Janowski, Carl Schlechter (at 21 the youngest entry), who had made their international debut at Leipzig 11 months earl