An excerpt told by Golombek:
<‘In 1941 I was stationed in an artillery unit in Northern Ireland, and my service there was relieved by a weekend trip to Nottingham where I was due to play on top board for the British against the Allied Forces. I anticipated an easy victory, as my opponent was an unknown Lieutenant Cartier of the Free French Army. I had the delightful disappointment of discovering that le lieutenant Cartier was no less a person than my old friend Dr Tartakower. When France fell, he had made his way to England via Oran and a British battleship; and there he was, looking just as quizzical as ever, incongruously attired in British battle-dress. Though by now approaching his middle fifties, he was as gallant and determined as ever in his fight for what he believed to be right.’>

I will submit them as soon as I can.>

It would appear Tarta didn't know women well, unless they were different some 3 generations ago ;-)

But, on a more serious note, Dr.S.Tartakower did write a lot. At a moment I can't even think of anybody who was more prolific than Tartakower between 1920 to about the early 1950s.

So even if he didn't write an autobiography in a strict sense, all his literary work, books, and magazines' essays, would, in a way, represent an autobiography.

<Tartakower used to visit daily and play almost exclusively with an old gentleman to whom he gave odds (I forget whether a knight or substantial time-odds). The amateur was accommodating, lost virtually every game, and paid up after two or three hours. One afternoon the doctor was late and the old gentleman was en prise, so I took the opportunity to become his opponent and to collect from him. After an hour or so Tartakower arrived and looked aghast at what was probably his rent and roulette money being usurped. He sat down on the same side of the table as the amateur and fixed me with a cold stare. I soon took the hint and gave way.

We left the café together later that evening and it seemed that Tartakower had not fully forgiven me. He was too polite to reproach me directly, but began a gentle probe. My French was poor, but he rarely uttered English words. “You have been an undergraduate. What did you study?” “History, doctor.” “Ah good, can you help me with a historical question?” “I’ll try.” “In what year was the Battle of Hastings?” “1066.” “Bravo, felicitations!” It was well-known that the doctor liked to use this last phrase sarcastically to people he thought had overstepped the mark. We said our farewells, I left for London the next day, and seven months later wrote a sympathetic obituary for the Guardian.’>

That's all I could find on Edward Winter's page. It's not much (a shame regarding his interesting life and great chess talent).

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

<David Lovejoy (Mullumbimby, NSW, Australia) asks whether anything substantial has been written about the life of Savielly Tartakower, beyond his own two-volume collection of best games. We believe not. There is a small monograph on him, Ksawery Tartakower by Stefan Witkowski (Warsaw, 1994), but little else.>

<As regards Tartakower’s own extensive writings, some of his most interesting reminiscences appeared in a series of articles in Chess Review in the early 1950s.>

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... (scroll down to 3904)

<Claes Løfgren (Randers, Denmark) writes:

‘An addition worth mentioning to the sparse Tartakower literature is Schack-parad 2: Stormästaren Tartakower (Stockholm, 1987) by Erik Lundin. This fine book is based on autobiographical articles by Tartakower published in Tidskrift för Schack between 1947 and 1955, bound together with comments by Lundin and others. It features many wonderful games, anecdotes and reminiscences about tournaments and fellow masters throughout his career of almost 50 years.’>

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... (scroll down to 4147)

<Yakov Zusmanovich (Pleasanton, California, USA) adds:

I picked up a copy by Dover publications that telescoped both volumes into one as a paperback work that was originally put out in 1985. Whether you could find one now is an open question. Anyway hope this helps you in your quest.

<karpova> Thank you for the links, information, and the general response to my question. That Lundin book sounds like the best possible find at the moment.