Chess Pie No 2 with Problem Supplement: the official souvenir of the British Chess Federation, issued in connection with the International Team Tournament, London, July 18-30, 1927

88 pages with portraits, diagrams and illustrations. Quarto (11 1/2" x 9") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. With the assistance of M E Goldstein. (Betts: 25-82) and Problem Supplement: Max Meyer No. 2 Problem Tourney 8 unpaginated pages with diagrams. First edition. A pre-tournament souvenir, not the book of the tournament itself. Contains biographical sketches of the players, each with a portrait and representative game; various articles, including "Ideas on solving the two-mover", by Brian Harley, "Chess in Schools", by H Meek; the entries for "Max Meyer No 2 Problem Tourney". In the fall of 1927, the British Empire Club organized an international Masters tournament to be held in London, England from October 10th to the 24th. The twelve chess masters invited to compete at the event were first served a banquet dinner at the Empire Club in London on October 9th. There the time control for the tournament was announced at 30 moves in two hours followed by 15 moves every hour. The participants were among the strongest assembled at the time. Frank James Marshall, a former contender for the world crown, journeyed from the United States. The great hypermodernists Aron Nimzowitsch, Richard Reti, and Savielly Tartakower were also in attendance. Milan Vidmar and Efim Bogoljubov who were two of the very best chess masters living in Europe were also present. The field was rounded out by the very strong British players and British tournament regulars Edgar Colle, William Winter, George Alan Thomas, Victor Berger, Fredrick D. Yates, and William Fairhurst. The only two noticeable absences from the event were the world champion Jose Raul Capablanca and his rival Alexander Alekhine, both of whom were in Argentina at the time contesting the world crown. Nimzowitsch and Tartakower took joint first after a race that started with Tartakower in the lead with Nimzowitsch catching up in the latter half leaving everyone else by the way side. The best game prize for the tournament went to Nimzowitsch for his win over Yates in the tenth round. Condition: Some extremity edge wear and light foxing. Problem Supplement with fore edge wear and darkening else a very good copy.…