The Hague-Moscow 1948: Match/Tournament for the World Chess Championship Cinda K. Baldwin Author: Jovan Hutton Pulitzer

Author: Jovan Hutton Pulitzer

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The Hague-Moscow 1948: Match/Tournament for the World Chess Championship Cinda K. Baldwin Author: Jovan Hutton PulitzerOn March 24, 1946, the 4th world chess champion, Alexander Alekhine, passed away. He was the first and still the only champion to die while holding the title. To select a new champion, a powerful quintuple round robin was held in The Hague and in Moscow. The 5 strongest players of the era took part in a grueling two month, 25 round tournament, one of the most important events in the history of chess. It produced a new world champion, Mikhail