This comprehensive chronological reference work lists the results of men’s chess competitions all over the world—individual and team matches, from 1951 through 1955—with sources. Entries record location and, when available, the group that sponsored the event. First and last names of players are included whenever possible and are standardized for easy reference. Compiled from contemporary sources such as newspapers, periodicals, tournament records and match books, this work contains 1,620 tournament crosstables and 144 match scores. It is indexed by events and by players.

Gino Di Felice is the author of numerous reference books on chess. He works in the food industry and lives in Mosciano Sant’Angelo, Teramo, Italy.

Gino Di Felice
Format: softcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 606
Bibliographic Info: tables, bibliography, indexes
Copyright Date: 2010
pISBN: 978-0-7864-4801-2
eISBN: 978-0-7864-5556-0
Imprint: McFarland

Preface      ix

Symbols and Abbreviations      x

Chess Results, 1951–1955      1

Bibliography      525

Index of Sections      527

Index of Events      528

Index of Players      545

“commendable comprehensive chronological reference work…these books are of major importance for chess history”—Quarterly for Chess History.