The Rice Memorial Chess Tournament New York, 1916

Author: Sergeant, Philip Walsingham (1871-1952)Year: 1916Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co; British Chess Magazine and American Chess BulletinPlace: London, Leeds and New YorkDescription:108 pages with diagrams, tables and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5326) First edition.In late 1915, Isaac Leopold Rice began planning the Rice Jubilee Tournament to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of his discovery of the Rice Gambit. His death on November 2, 1915 came as a blow to American chess. Aside from his eccentric support of the gambit, he was a generous promoter and benefactor of the game in many areas, and his passing was sincerely mourned. However, in keeping with his wishes, his widow donated the funds necessary for the operation of the tournament, which was renamed the Rice Memorial in his honor. The contestants were: Jose Raul Capablanca of Havana; David Janowski of Paris; Borislav Kostic o