The book of the Hastings International Masters' Chess Tournament, 1922;: Containing all the games played with annotations by the winner, A. Alekhine, ... account of the tournament by Sir G. A. Thomas
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The book of the Hastings International Masters' Chess Tournament, 1922;: Containing all the games played with annotations by the winner, A. Alekhine, ... account of the tournament by Sir G. A. Thomas

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Author: William Henry Watts (1878-1941) editor; annotated and signed by Alexander AlekhineYear: 1924Publisher: Printing Craft LtdPlace: LondonDescription:68+[4 ad] pages with photographs of each of the players, diagrams, tables and index. Octavo (9" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with blind stamped ruled edges in original jacket. Annotations by A Alekhine. An account of the tournament by G A Thomas. (Betts: 25-65; Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5344)  Autographed envelop by Alekhine laid in. First edition.In September of 1922, the organizers of the Hastings chess congress decided to hold a masters tournament which would pit two English masters against four of the best from the European continent. The participants of the double round robin were Alexander Alekhine, Efim Bogoljubov, Akiba Rubinstein, Siegbert Tarrasch, George Alan Thomas, and Frederick Yates. Alekhine managed to edge out superstar Rubinstein by half a point in the final, winning his most famous

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