Chess From 1920-1929

Chess in the post-World War I period emerged vigorously with important tournaments, individual matches, and the growth in chess stature of a number of players.

For a capsulized view of great chess events, games, and players, it is hard to top Chess.com's Sam Copeland's very fine piece: https://www.chess.com/blog/SamCopeland/the-top-10-chess-games-of-the-1920s-and-120-honorable-mentions

Tournaments were back in the 1920's. The last major tournament before World War I was the St. Petersburg 1914 event. In the decade of the 1920's, over 50 strong chess tournaments can be identified (Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_strong_chess_tournaments).

World Championship matches were held.

Notably, too: On July 20, 1924, FIDE was founded in Paris, France.  Its motto is Gens una sumus, Latin for "We are one Family" (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE).

This Crossword features a few aspects of Chess From 1920-1929, the period of 'The Roaring Twenties'!

I hope you enjoyed these glimpses of this important period in the history of chess!

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