The Chess Player, Nottingham, 1998, 83 p., ISBN 1 901034 13 5, condition: very good, 140 grams.

Tony Gillam is a chess historian and writer. He founded the whole Chess Player series and has written extensively about unknown tournaments. Gillam self publishes most of his booklets (as photocopies with a plastic cover).

This book contains four tournaments of 1926. The sixth Hastings Christmas Chess Festival was held from December 25, 1925 to January 5, 1926. Once again ten chess masters from England and the continent were invited to participate in the round robin event. The notable participants of this edition included Alexander Alekhine and Milan Vidmar. Suitably, they tied for first in the final, drawing only with each other and defeating every other player. The third biennial West of England Chess Congress was played in the Town Hall of Weston-super-Mare. Max Euwe the tournament winner was followed by E Colle. The Scarborough 1926 tournament was held shortly after the General Strike of May 1926 and affected the entry. The two sections showed a marked disparity in playing strength. In the A section Alekhine and George Thomas were the strongest and achieved one and two being separated by a half point. The tournament arranged by the Birmingham Chess Club was played in the Midland Institute and the clear winner was Alekhine followed by a distant Eugene Znosko Borovsky and Hubert Ernest Price 2.5 points behind.