Schroeder James Signed (1 results)

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).