1930 Scarborough International Tournament

Author: Golombek, Harry (1911-1959) [editor]Year: 1962Publisher: The British Chess MagazinePlace: LondonDescription:ii+50 typescript pages with tables and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. BCM Quarterly number 6. (Betts: 25-94) First edition.Contains the sixty-six games of the principle tournament, with an introduction and round-by-round account.At their 23rd Annual Congress due to be held at Scarborough in Yorkshire from June 23 to July 5, 1930 the British Chess Federation decided to substitute for their British Championship event an international tournament containing six strong foreign masters and six of the leading home players. The players invited from abroad were Akiba Rubinstein and Savielly Tartakower (Poland), Geza Maroczy (Hungary), Edgar Colle (Belgium), Ernst Gruenfeld (Austria) and Carl Ahues(Germany). Unfortunately, Tartakower fell ill and was unable to come; his place was filled by Vera Menchik, the only woman to attain rea