IInd World Student Chess Championship: Lyons, April 1955

Jaroslav Sajtar (1921- )

Edité par International Union of Students, Prague, 1955

63 pages with illustrations, table and diagrams. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4") issued in wrappers. (Betts: 25-238) First edition. A survey of the tournament with 28 selected annotated games. (1. USSR; 2. Yugoslavia; 3. Hungary). This brochure is intended as a general outline of the results of the IInd World Student Chess Championship held in Lyons. The Championship is organized annually by the IUS in cooperation with a national chess federation under the auspices of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and enjoys great popularity everywhere. The championship grew out of the international tournaments arranged by the IUS in earlier years and since the Oslo Tournament in 1954, has been officially recognized by FIDE as the World Student Chess Championship. After the successful student chess championship held in Oslo, in 1954, at which the Czechoslovak student team was awarded the title of World Champion, the FIDE Congress in Amsterdam decided to organize regular world student chess championship. The organization of the IInd World Student Chess Championship was entrusted to the French Chess Federation in cooperation with the International Union of Students, which was the first to come forward with the initiative to organize these interesting student contests. Condition: Wrappers soiled, corners bumped light edge wear, else a very good copy. N° de réf. du vendeur BOOKS003830

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Titre : IInd World Student Chess Championship: Lyons...
Éditeur : International Union of Students, Prague
Date d'édition : 1955
Reliure : Soft cover
Etat : Very Good
Edition : 1st Edition