Schroeder James Editor (9 results)

Paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo. 7 x 9 in. 35 pp. Illustrated with black & white chess board notations. Near fine in original stapled pictorial wrappers.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 23/13 pages with drawings, tables and diagrams. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's staples wrappers. Signed by James Schroder. (Betts: Not listed) Second edition. The city of Parnu, Estonia1 held its first ever international tournament from July 16-25, 1937. Masters and national champions from Europe were invited to compete against Estonia's native sons who included Paul Keres, Paul Felix Schmidt, and Ilmar Raud. Among the attendees were Czechoslovakian masters Salomon Flohr and Karel Opocensky, Swedish champion Gideon Ståhlberg, and Dr. Savielly Tartakower. Schmidt all but ran away with the tournament, being felled only by Ståhlberg, but clearly establishing the strength of Estonia and her chess masters as a future international figure in world chess. The other tournament read from the back to the front. The Leningrad City Chess Championship is a chess tournament held officially in the city of Leningrad, Russia starting from 1920. The city was called Petrograd from 1914 to 1924, then Leningrad until 1991, and Saint Petersburg afterwards. Only players born or living in or around the city were allowed to participate in this event. Reuben Fine finished first in the 1937 edition with Grigory Levenfish a point behind in second. Third was Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich. Condition: Signed on the front wrapper of the Leningrad tournament. Corners bumped, edge wear else a very good copy. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 2001 ed. edition. 268 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 273 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Good binding and cover. Crease to front wrap. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 20 pages with tables, diagrams and corrections sheet. Quarto (11" x 8 3/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Annotations by Alexander Alekhine, George Marco, Geza Maroczy, savielly Tartakower, Richard Teichmann, George Thomas and James Schroeder. (Lusis 1434) First edition. In October of 1921, ten chess players of strength ranging from master to amateur met at The Hague, The Netherlands to particpate in a round robin tournament. Among the participants were veterans like Jacques Mieses and Georg Marco, and established masters like Alexander Alekhine, Akiba Rubinstein, and Savielly Tartakower. Max Euwe, an amateur, participated by virtue of having become the new Dutch champion earlier in the year. The event was another victory for Alekhine, who would go on to dominate tournaments and the elite for decades to come, most as world champion. Second a full point behind was Tarakower followed by Akiba Rubinstein third a half point behind. Fourth and fifth was shared with Boris Kotich and Maroczy. Jacques Mieses claimed clear sixth with four points. In descending order was George Marco with three; Jacques Davidson with two and half; Max Euwe with two points and F D Yates with one. Condition: Some edge wear with bumped corners else a very good copy.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 273 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 2001 ed. edition. 268 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.