American Chess Bulletin 1933 (Volume 30: 1933)

H. Helms

Hardcover

Description:
Helms describes how the first FIDE President, Dr. Rueb, "devoted eight years of unselfish, altruistic endeavour to the establishment and upbuilding of an official body which shall promote and regulate chess interests throughout the world". Elsewhere, ACB quoted Koltanowski's The Chess World about Pirc, who had just finished second at Hastings. "Vlasimir Pirc is a pleasant young fellow, but rather shy (so the girls at the New Year's Eve dance at Hastings said)? his standing grief at Hastings was that everybody insisted upon pronouncing his name Peerk, whereas it should be pronounced Peerts". (Reviewed by BCM)