The Book of the Cambridge Springs International Tournament 1904

Author: Reinfeld, Fred (1910-1964)Year: 1935Publisher: The Black Knight PressPlace: New YorkDescription:vi+84+[2 ad] pages with diagrams and tables. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with black lettering to spine and cover in original jacket. Annotations by Irving Chernev, Ruben Fine, David Janowski, Georg Marco, Frank Marshall, W E Napier, Fred Reinfeld, Richard Reti, Carl Schlechter, Dr S Tarrasch and M Tchigorin. The Modern Chess Library Volume 1. First edition.The 1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress was the first major international chess tournament in America in the twentieth century. It featured the participation of World Champion Emanuel Lasker, who had not played a tournament since 1900 and would not play again until 1909. After the tournament Lasker moved to America and started publishing Lasker's Chess Magazine, which ran from 1904 to 1907. However, that was not the only chess magazine spawned by the tournament. The Daily Bulleti