Hastings 1895: The Centennial Edition
By Unknown Author.
Description
Hastings 1895 The Centennial Edition, edited by Sid Pickard The greatest chess tournament off all time was held in the summer of 1895, at the ancient Saxon stronghold of Hastings. This "Grand International Chess Congress" attracted the strongest field of players ever assembled, with Steinitz, Lasker, Tchigorin, Tarrasch and Blackburn all present. The list of entries amounted to a catalog of chess luminaries, including Schlechter, Bird, Teichmann, Gunsberg, and Janowski. The games were exceedingly difficult and hard fought, possibly the severest test of chess mastery ever conducted...
ISBN(s)
1886846014, 9781886846012
