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Gabriel Velasco
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The Life and Games of Carlos Torre |
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No copies available |
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| Published in: |
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English |
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Paperback |
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100 |
| Date: |
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2015-02-25 |
| ISBN: |
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1888690070 |
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Russell Enterprises, Inc. |
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1.13 pounds |
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1.0 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches |
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1 |
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| Description: |
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Product Description
The definitive book on the enigmatic Carlos Torre. 105 tournament games of the Mexican genius. Carlos Torre was born in Mexico in 1904. His family moved to Louisiana in 1915, and Carlos began playing chess. By 1922, he was the strongest player in New Orleans, and in 1924 he moved to New York City in search of stronger competition. In the first six tournaments he played there, he finished in first place in five of them. He later took first place in the 1924 New York State Championship (Capablanca did not play, possibly because he was not a US citizen, Marshall did not play either in the tournament). Torre then played in the "Western" US Championship in 1924 (should have been renamed the Midwestern Championship, since it was in Michigan), and again he finished first (Reshevsky took fifth place). The next year he went to Europe to play in three different tournaments, and the rest is history.
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