Wereldkampioenschap Schaken 1948

Author: Machgielis "Max" Euwe (1901-1981) signed by  Michael Botwinnik, Max Euwe, Paul Keres, Samuel Reshevsky and Vassily Smyslov Year: 1948Publisher: De TijdstroomPlace: LochemDescription: 252 pages with diagrams, plates and tables. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's beige cloth with brown lettering to spine and front cover in original pictorial jacket. Forewords by J J Gielen and W A J Visser. A History of the tournament by Dr J Hannak. Signed by participants. (Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5732). First edition. The 1948 World Chess Championship was a tournament played to determine a new World Chess Champion following the death of the previous champion Alexander Alekhine in 1946. The tournament marked the passing of control of the championship title to FIDE, the International Chess Federation. Mikhail Botvinnik won the five-player championship tournament, beginning the era of Soviet domination of international chess that would last over twenty ye