1938 - BRANDRETH/SHERWOOD / AMSTERDAM AVRO, hardcover

A new edition of the great A.V.R.O. 1938 Chess Tourna-ment, hardcover,167 pages 64 games, photos of all 8 participants. 1-2. Keres and Fine, ahead of Botvinnik, Alekhine, Euwe and Reshevsky, Capablanca and Flohr. With new, fresh analysis, backgrounds etc, in english algebraic. The break-through of Paul Keres, 22 years only, not loosing a single game against the best players in the world. Old books of this tourna-ment are out of print since many years and one needs to be able to read Dutch, Russian and Czech for the best three.