Bled 1931 International Chess Tournament

Author: Johann "Hans" Joseph Kmoch, (1894-1973)Year: 1987Publisher: Caissa EditionPlace: Yorklyn, DEDescription:xvii+259 pages with diagrams, tables, plates and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Translated by Jimmy Adams. Caissa's World's greatest chess tournament, volume 1. (Lusis: 1457) First American edition.This is a translation of Mezhdunarondi Turnier v Blede by S O Weinstein and A A Smirnov (1934) which was limited to 5000 copies, itself a translation of the original German MS by Kmoch. This edition includes additional notes and analyses from other sources, an introductory article by Salo Flohr from 64, a concluding article from Neue Wiener Schachzeitung.Bled 1931 chess tournament was a major chess tournament proposed by Milan Vidmar and held in 1931 in Bled and Ljubljana, Slovenia, then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. His idea was well received in both Ljubljana (his birthplace) and the nearby heal