Harry Golombek

Broschiertes Buch

World Chess Championship 1948, The

Beschreibung

Inspiration and controversy alike still surround the 1948 match tournament. Why for example was the Polish grandmaster Miguel Najdorf not invited when US Grandmaster Reuben Fine dropped out?

Autor

The author, Harry Golombek was a British chess grandmaster, chess arbiter, chess author, and wartime codebreaker. He was three times British chess champion, in 1947, 1949, and 1955. Golombek represented England nine times in chess Olympiads. He earned the title of International Master in 1950 and was awarded an Honorary Grandmaster title in 1985. He was the chess correspondent of The Times newspaper from 1945 to 1989. He was an official of the FIDE and served as Arbiter for several important events, including the Candidate's Tournament of 1959 in Yugoslavia, and the World Chess Championship match 1963. He was born 1 March 1911 and died 7 January 1995. He also wrote "Capablanca's Hundred Best Games of Chess" ISBN 9784871875752

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hardinge Simpole
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 355g
• ISBN-13: 9781843820055
• ISBN-10: 1843820056
• Artikelnr.: 22084482