Harry Golombek

The World Chess Championship 1948

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There were many controversies concerning this event that are still debated and discussed today. It was a matter of prestige for the Soviet Union that a Soviet player win to prove the superiority of the Soviet system. However, Stalin decided that the match was to be decided by having the best player win and rejected proposals to fix the matches. Reshevsky was leading at some point and they were seriously concerned that an American and moreover a Jew might win. However, finally Reshevsky was defeated over the board, not by some fixing. What raised eyebrows is that Botvinnik defeated Keres by 4-0. Botvinnik was a Jew and while that was a strike… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Sloan, Sam (Solist)

ISBN: 978-4-87187-406-9
EAN: 9784871874069
Produktnummer: 31379607
Verlag: Ishi Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 238 S.
Masse: H21.8 cm x B14.1 cm x D1.7 cm 310 g
Gewicht: 310

Über den 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