Answers.Body: <p><strong>St-Petersburg 1914</strong></p>
  <p>Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch wrote the book of the famous tournament <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Petersburg_1914_chess_tournament" rel="nofollow noreferrer">St Petersburg</a> 1914: it has been translated to American English by Dr. Robert Maxham, as <em>International Chess Tournament</em>, Caissa Editions, Yorklyn, DE, 1993</p>
  <p>You may find it for a <a href="https://www.schachversand.de/buecher-medien/turnierbuch/st-petersburg-1914.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">reasonnable</a> <a href="https://chesscollectorshop.com/products/798" rel="nofollow noreferrer">price</a> - but not <a href="https://www.amazon.fr/St-Petersburg-1914-International-tournament/dp/0939433176" rel="nofollow noreferrer">there</a>.</p>
  <p>Great discovery: the first translation from 1915 can be read <a href="https://archive.org/details/grandinternation00unse" rel="nofollow noreferrer">online</a>!</p>
  <p><strong>Hastings 1895</strong></p>
  <p>It is a great surprise to me that the <a href="http://www.chessbookcollection.com/items/show/1989" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Tournament</a> <a href="http://www.chessantique.com/chess/chess_pages/books/HastingsChessTournament1895.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">book</a> of the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings_1895_chess_tournament" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Hastings</a> tournament (won by Pillsbury in 1895), written by the players and compiled by Horace F. Cheshire, is available <a href="https://archive.org/details/cu31924029919820/page/n7/mode/2up" rel="nofollow noreferrer">online</a>.</p>
  <p><strong>Vienna 1882</strong></p>
  <p>One of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_1882_chess_tournament" rel="nofollow noreferrer">greatest</a> tournaments of the 19th century, and of chess history, whose tournament <a href="https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/SCSB-7314888" rel="nofollow noreferrer">book</a> can be downloaded in pdf <a href="https://www.bestfilebook.com/gets/book.php?id=n_EWAAAAYAAJ&amp;item=Games%20of%20the%20Vienna%20Tournament%20of%201882" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> - or read online if you create a free account (they say - I haven't tried).</p>
  <p>A reedition can also be <a href="https://www.amazon.fr/Games-Vienna-Tournament-1882-Selection/dp/B00AWKGNNQ" rel="nofollow noreferrer">purchased</a> for a very affordable price.</p>
  <p><strong>There will me be much more</strong></p>
  <p>Many second-rank masters (Vidmar, Bernstein...) made some money from writing official tournaments books that were eagerly looked for by other players as the main source of information on the evolution of the game (no database, no internet).</p>
  
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Body: <p>I'm interested in books covering the major chess tournaments between 1880 and 1930, roughly speaking. I would prefer the official tournament books, like <a href="https://books.google.it/books?id=x5BZAAAAYAAJ&amp;pg=PR1&amp;redir_esc=y#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this one</a>, but translated in English. Can I buy them online? Are they available for free somewhere?</p>
  <p><strong>Update</strong>: Some tournaments I'm particularly interested in:</p>
  <p>Tournaments:</p>
  <ul>
  <li>Nuremberg 1896</li>
  <li>Vienna 1898</li>
  <li>Ostend 1905</li>
  <li>Ostend 1906</li>
  <li>Ostend 1907 (including the Master tournament, not only the Champion tournament)</li>
  <li>Barmen 1905</li>
  <li>Paris 1900</li>
  <li>Cambridge Springs 1904</li>
  <li>St. Petersburg 1909</li>
  <li>Carlsbad 1911</li>
  <li>Moscow 1925</li>
  </ul>
  <p>Matches:</p>
  <ul>
  <li>Lasker-Steinitz 1894</li>
  <li>Tarrasch-Chigorin 1893</li>
  <li>Lasker-Schlechter 1910</li>
  <li>Lasker-Tarrasch 1908</li>
  </ul>
  
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Comments.Text: I haven't seen an official tournament book translated.  Some, of course, are english to begin with.  Sometimes an unofficial English Version of a tournament book is made such as Raymond Keene's London 1927.  Batsford published a facsimile of Staunton's London 1851.
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ThreadText: # Books on old tournaments
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-11-29)
  
  I'm interested in books covering the major chess tournaments between 1880 and 1930, roughly speaking. I would prefer the official tournament books, like [this one](https://books.google.it/books?id=x5BZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false), but translated in English. Can I buy them online? Are they available for free somewhere?
  
  **Update**: Some tournaments I'm particularly interested in:
  
  Tournaments:
  
  * Nuremberg 1896
  * Vienna 1898
  * Ostend 1905
  * Ostend 1906
  * Ostend 1907 (including the Master tournament, not only the Champion tournament)
  * Barmen 1905
  * Paris 1900
  * Cambridge Springs 1904
  * St. Petersburg 1909
  * Carlsbad 1911
  * Moscow 1925
  
  Matches:
  
  * Lasker-Steinitz 1894
  * Tarrasch-Chigorin 1893
  * Lasker-Schlechter 1910
  * Lasker-Tarrasch 1908
  
  **Tags:** history, tournament, books, famous-events
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I haven't seen an official tournament book translated.  Some, of course, are english to begin with.  Sometimes an unofficial English Version of a tournament book is made such as Raymond Keene's London 1927.  Batsford published a facsimile of Staunton's London 1851.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2021-11-30. Score: 6
  
  **St-Petersburg 1914**
  
  Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch wrote the book of the famous tournament [St Petersburg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Petersburg_1914_chess_tournament) 1914: it has been translated to American English by Dr. Robert Maxham, as *International Chess Tournament*, Caissa Editions, Yorklyn, DE, 1993
  
  You may find it for a [reasonnable](https://www.schachversand.de/buecher-medien/turnierbuch/st-petersburg-1914.html) [price](https://chesscollectorshop.com/products/798) - but not [there](https://www.amazon.fr/St-Petersburg-1914-International-tournament/dp/0939433176).
  
  Great discovery: the first translation from 1915 can be read [online](https://archive.org/details/grandinternation00unse)!
  
  **Hastings 1895**
  
  It is a great surprise to me that the [Tournament](http://www.chessbookcollection.com/items/show/1989) [book](http://www.chessantique.com/chess/chess_pages/books/HastingsChessTournament1895.htm) of the first [Hastings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings_1895_chess_tournament) tournament (won by Pillsbury in 1895), written by the players and compiled by Horace F. Cheshire, is available [online](https://archive.org/details/cu31924029919820/page/n7/mode/2up).
  
  **Vienna 1882**
  
  One of the [greatest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_1882_chess_tournament) tournaments of the 19th century, and of chess history, whose tournament [book](https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/SCSB-7314888) can be downloaded in pdf [here](https://www.bestfilebook.com/gets/book.php?id=n_EWAAAAYAAJ&item=Games%20of%20the%20Vienna%20Tournament%20of%201882) - or read online if you create a free account (they say - I haven't tried).
  
  A reedition can also be [purchased](https://www.amazon.fr/Games-Vienna-Tournament-1882-Selection/dp/B00AWKGNNQ) for a very affordable price.
  
  **There will me be much more**
  
  Many second-rank masters (Vidmar, Bernstein...) made some money from writing official tournaments books that were eagerly looked for by other players as the main source of information on the evolution of the game (no database, no internet).
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Indeed, I should have specified that I do find some books for sell online, but they are way too expensive...  
  > **username_2**: @AlessandroDellaCorte : depending on your budget, I added two other online platforms from where it is more affordable.  
  > **username_2**: @AlessandroDellaCorte see my edits. Internet is wonderful sometimes.  
  
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