The Book of the New York International Chess Tournament 1924, Containing the Authorized Account of the 110 Games Played March-April 1924
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The Book of the New York International Chess Tournament 1924, Containing the Authorized Account of the 110 Games Played March-April 1924

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Author: Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine (1892-1946) edited by Herman HelmsYear: 1925Publisher: American Chess Bulletin/Printing Craft, LtdPlace: New York and LondonDescription: xxiv+273+[is errata] pages with frontispiece and 13 portraits of the players and organizers of the tournament, diagrams, tables numerous plates. Royal octavo (9" x 6 1/4"). Bound in original publisher's stiff boards. Edited by Hermann Helms. Annotations by Alexander Alekhine. (Betts: 25-73) First edition. In 1924 New York staged a great tournament by having the three giants of the age: Capablanca, Lasker and Alekhine. It was something like a rematch of the 1914 St Petersburg tournament, with all of them 10 years older. There was a good mixture of veterans (Janowski, Marcozy and Marshall) with younger hypermoderns (Reti, Tartakower and Bogoljubow), though some top challengers (Vidmar, Nimzowitsch and Rubinstein) were absent. Everyone expected World Champion Capablanca to win and wondered how Lasker, the 55 year

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