Original score sheet of Paul Michel GER - Alexandar Tsvetkov BUL - Buenos Aires ARG 29th August 1939 (group 2 - round 6 - board 1).

The 8th Chess Olympiad: Buenos Aires 1939 was the last Olympiad because of the outbreak of World War II.

Alexandar K Tsvetkov (1914 - 29 May 1990). He was Bulgarian Champion in 1938, 1940 (jointly), 1945, 1948 (jointly), 1950, and 1951.

Paul Michel (27 Dec - 14 Sept 1977) When World War II broke out, Michel and German players (Eliskases, Engels, Becker, Reinhardt) and many other participants of the Olympiad decided to stay permanently in Argentina.

This item originates from the chess book collection of Zahari Stanchev, (April 27, 1920 - January 27, 1980) from Sofia, Bulgaria. Stanchev was Bulgaria's representative to FIDE in the 1960s, a writer of chess books, and an international arbiter.

Year: 1939
Pages: 1
Language: Bulgarian
Condition: Good

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