Third Russian national chess tournament Kiev 1903

Author:  Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin (1850-1908)Year: 1972Publisher: Caissa Limited EditionsPlace: Stanton, DEDescription:xii+152 pages with diagrams and plates (one folding).l Octavo (8" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. (Lusis: 1416, Linde-Niemeijeriana:5261) facsimile Caissa Edition Limited, volume 1. Number 300 of 300 copies.With this facsimile edition of the Kiev 1903 tournament book Caissa Limited Editions kicked off its new series of deluxe limited edition chess book for the discriminating collector. the increasing demand for some of the rarer and most important works on the Royal Game can only be accommodated by reprinting, but as the same time it is doubtful that wide appeal will be accorded a book such as Kiev 1903 in the Russian language, despite the quality of the book and the significance of the tournament. The great Russian master Tchigorin, who was largely responsible for the surge of chess in Russian at the end of the