The Book of the New York International Chess Tournament 1924
with original annotations by Alexander Alekhine
The American Chess Bulletin, N.Y., USA / Printing Craft LTD London, 1925, hardback, 273 pp, pages iv, xiii-xxii -with photos of the players- are missing, condition: reading copy with some minor marks on pages (see photos). On the first page there is a handwritten inscription with the name, address and chess club of the first (?) owner, perhaps 100 years ago. 710 grams.
The 1924 New York International Chess Tournament was considered one of the most brilliant chess tournaments of all time. The greatest players of that time were there and the play was magnificent. This edition contains the original annotations by Alexander Alekhine.
Why was this tournament specially remembered: There was Jose R. Capablanca, World champion known as the chess machine since he has loss only one game in 95 tournaments and matches over the past ten years. There was Dr Enmanual Lasker who had ruled the chess world for 27 years. There was A. Alekhine, soon to be the next world champion. And also there were Tartakover, Reti, Bogoljubow, Marshall, and 5 other great players of that era.
This book contains all of the 110 games, fully annotated by Alekhine. He also added a 23-page essay where he discussed the theory of openings developed in the tournament.
There are no questions for this listing.