4th Candidates' Tournament, Bled, Zagreb, Belgrade, September - October 1959

Author: Golombek, Harry (1911-1959) [editor]Year: 1960Publisher: British Chess Magazine, LtdPlace: LondonDescription:viii+118 typescript pages with tables, diagrams and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 6 1/2") bjound in original publisher's wrappers with pictorial front cover. Corrigenda laid in. British Chess Magazine Quarterly, Number 3. (Betts: 25-279) First edition. All 112 games, annotated, with round by round commentary and indexes of openings, middle-game motifs and endings. Algebraic notations. The 1959 Candidates Tournament was hosted by three cities in Yugoslavia. The first 14 rounds were played in Bled, rounds 15-21 in Zagreb, and rounds 22-28 in Belgrade. This event would select the next challenger to world champion Mikhail Botvinnik, who had just recaptured his title in the Botvinnik - Smyslov World Championship Rematch (1958). Mikhail Tal, Svetozar Gligorić, Pal Benko, Tigran Petrosian, Friðrik Ólafsson and Bobby Fischer qualified from the Portoroz Interzonal (1958). Vasily Smy