Kemeri, First Edition (5 results)

1st Edn. p/b. VG. 246pp. 153 games with Spanish notation, some annotated. 1-3 Flohr, Petrovs, Reshevsky 4-5 Alekhine, Keres.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 246 pages with table. Duodecimo (6 1/2" x 4 1/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First Spanish edition. Kemeri 1937 was Alexander Alekhine's penultimate tune up for his impending rematch with World Champion Max Euwe. In a result that augured poorly for his prospects in the rematch, Alekhine finished only equal 4th with Paul Keres. His misfortunes began as early as Round 4, in which he lost with the white pieces against Vladas Mikenas. As it turned out, this lost point made the difference between clear first and a share of fourth place. In the end, however this tournament was most notable for the career-best performance of Latvian home town favorite Vladimir Petrov, who shared first with Samuel Reshevsky and Salomon Flohr. An understandably buoyant Petrov, who was awarded the Latvian Grandmaster title on the strength of his achievement, shared his post-event thoughts in an interview with the chess journal Sacha Maksla, July 24, 1937: "Of course I am very happy about my result. I did a lot of preparations for the tournament. I studied the openings because I knew that playing the Queens Gambit against such positional players as Flohr and Fine is pretty useless. For the middle game and endgame I feel. that even the top players cannot take me lightly, particularly in the strategic phases of the game. Alekhine did not impress me in this tournament. His play displayed a lot of nervousness about the forthcoming Second World Championship Match between him and Dr. Max Euwe." There were three co-winners: Samuel Reshevsky, Salo Flohr and Vladimir Petrov. Petrovs was one of the world's leading chess players in the late 1930s (e.g., the 8th Chess Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939),[2] but due to the political tragedies that befell the Baltic states in World War II, he became a victim of the Soviet oppression and perished in Kotlas (Russia) gulag in 1943. Condition: Previous owner's name to front end paper else near fine.

rústica con solapas. Condition: muy buen estado. Rústica con solapas. Octavo menor. Colección Los Grandes Certámenes de Ajedrez III. Primera edición. 246pp. 1958. Muy buen estado. Madrid, Ricardo Aguilera, Editor. Deportes.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 279+[iii] pages with photographs, diagrams and table. Octavo (9" x 6 1/2") bound in brown cloth. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5555) First edition. Kemeri 1937 was a chess tournament held in the resort town Kemeri, Latvia, at the Gulf of Riga from 16 June to 8 July 1937. There were three co-winners: Samuel Reshevsky, Salo Flohr and Vladimir Petrovs. Petrovs was one of the world's leading chess players in the late 1930s (e.g., the 8th Chess Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939), but due to the political tragedies that befell the Baltic states in World War II, he became a victim of the Soviet oppression and perished in Kotlas (Russia) gulag in 1943. Alekhine and Keres tied for 4th through 5th. Endre Steiner from Hungary captured sole 6th with six points, followed by Saviely Tartakower Ruben Fine for 7th and 8th respectively. Condtion: Rebound in brown cloth which has some wear to the edges and points else a very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 124 Typescript and stenciled leaves on rectos only with tables and index. Quarto (10 3/4" x 8 1/4") bound in red cloth with cover label in black lettering. Reinfeld Limited Editions number 8. (Betts25-131; (Biblioteca van Der Niemeijeriana: 5556) First edition. . 65 games (of the 135 played), annotated from various sources and arranged by openings; with indices of players, annotators and sources. Chief annotations: Bernstein, Euwe, Kmoch and Reinfeld. Kemeri 1937 was a chess tournament held in the resort town ¿emeri, Latvia, at the Gulf of Riga from 16 June to 8 July 1937. There were three co-winners: Samuel Reshevsky, Salo Flohr and Vladimir Petrov. Petrovs was one of the world's leading chess players in the late 1930s, but Kemeri 1937 was Alexander Alekhine's penultimate tune up for his impending rematch with World Champion Max Euwe. In a result that augured poorly for his prospects in the rematch, Alekhine managed only shared 4th with Paul Keres. His misfortunes began as early as round 4, in which he lost with the white pieces against Vladas Ivanovich Mikenas. This frustrated him so badly that, according to Mikenas, Alekhine would not speak to him for the next three days. As it turned out, this lost point made the difference between clear 1st and shared 4th place. In the end, however this tournament was most notable for the career-best performance of Latvian home town favorite Vladimir Petrov. An understandably buoyant Petrov, who was awarded the Latvian Grandmaster title on the strength of his achievement. Due to the political tragedies that befell the Baltic states in World War II, he became a victim of the Soviet oppression and perished in Kotlas (Russia) gulag in 1943. Later charges of Nazi war crimes were levelled against Karlis Alexandrs Ozols who finished tied for last place in Kemeri. Endre Steiner finished sixth after Alekhine and Keres with a +11 score. Saviely Tartakower finished clear seventh by a half point and a half point behind him for eighth was Reuben Fine of the Untied States. After Fine in descending order was Gideon Ståhlberg with +8 1/2, Vladas Mik¿nas at +8, and tied Ludwig Rellstab, Eero Böök, Fricis Ap¿enieks with +7 1/2, Teodors Bergs (+6 1/2), Movsas Feigins and Salo Landau (+5 1/2), Wolfgang Hasenfuss and Karlis Ozols (+3 1/2). Condition: Corners bumped and rubbed, spine ends and hinges rubbed, some staining else a good to very good copy.