New York 1924 chess tournament
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New York 1924 was an elite chess tournament
held in the Alamac Hotel in New York City
from March 6 to April 18, 1924. It was organized by the Manhattan Chess Club
. The competitors included world champion
José Raúl Capablanca
and his predecessor Emanuel Lasker
. Nine other top players from Europe and America were also invited. Emanuel Lasker met Alexander Alekhine
, Efim Bogoljubow
, Géza Maróczy
, Richard Réti
, Savielly Tartakower
and Frederick Yates
in Hamburg. They steamed with the SS Cleveland on February 28, 1924, and joined Capablanca, Frank Marshall, Dawid Janowski
and Edward Lasker
in New York. The tournament was played as a double round robin
, with each player meeting every other one twice. Emanuel Lasker got $1500 for his first prize, generous payment for expenses and still complained. Capablanca gained $1000, compensation for costs and an extra fee.
Chess tournament
A chess tournament is a series of chess games played competitively to determine a winning individual or team. Since the first international chess tournament in London, 1851, chess tournaments have become the standard form of chess competition among serious players.Today, the most recognized chess...
held in the Alamac Hotel in New York City
New York City
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from March 6 to April 18, 1924. It was organized by the Manhattan Chess Club
Manhattan Chess Club
The Manhattan Chess Club in Manhattan was the second-oldest chess club in the United States . The club was founded in 1877 and started with three dozen players; membership later reached into the hundreds before the club ended its existence in 2002...
. The competitors included world champion
World Chess Championship
The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the board game chess. Men and women of any age are eligible to contest this title....
José Raúl Capablanca
José Raúl Capablanca
José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera was a Cuban chess player who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. One of the greatest players of all time, he was renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play...
and his predecessor Emanuel Lasker
Emanuel Lasker
Emanuel Lasker was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher who was World Chess Champion for 27 years...
. Nine other top players from Europe and America were also invited. Emanuel Lasker met Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine was the fourth World Chess Champion. He is often considered one of the greatest chess players ever.By the age of twenty-two, he was already among the strongest chess players in the world. During the 1920s, he won most of the tournaments in which he played...
, Efim Bogoljubow
Efim Bogoljubow
Efim Dmitriyevich Bogolyubov was a Russo-German chess grandmaster who won numerous events and played two matches with Alexander Alekhine for the world championship.-Early career:...
, Géza Maróczy
Géza Maróczy
Géza Maróczy was a leading Hungarian chess Grandmaster, one of the best players in the world in his time. He was also a practicing engineer.-Early career:...
, Richard Réti
Richard Réti
Réti composed one of the most famous chess studies, shown in this diagram. It was published in Ostrauer Morgenzeitung 4 December 1921. It seems impossible for the white king to catch the advanced black pawn, while the white pawn can be easily stopped by the black king...
, Savielly Tartakower
Savielly Tartakower
Ksawery Tartakower was a leading Polish and French chess Grandmaster. He was also a leading chess journalist of the 1920s and 30s...
and Frederick Yates
Frederick Yates
Frederick Dewhurst Yates was an English chess master who won the British Chess Championship on six occasions...
in Hamburg. They steamed with the SS Cleveland on February 28, 1924, and joined Capablanca, Frank Marshall, Dawid Janowski
Dawid Janowski
Dawid Markelowicz Janowski was a leading Polish chess master and subsequent French citizen....
and Edward Lasker
Edward Lasker
Edward Lasker was a leading German-American chess and Go player. He was awarded the title of International Master of chess by FIDE. Lasker was an engineer by profession, and an author.-Background:...
in New York. The tournament was played as a double round robin
Round-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...
, with each player meeting every other one twice. Emanuel Lasker got $1500 for his first prize, generous payment for expenses and still complained. Capablanca gained $1000, compensation for costs and an extra fee.
Results
The final results and standings:| # | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | xx | ½0 | 1½ | ½1 | 11 | 11 | 11 | ½1 | ½1 | ½1 | 11 | 16 | |
| 2 | ½1 | xx | ½½ | ½½ | 01 | ½1 | 11 | 11 | 1½ | ½1 | ½1 | 14½ | |
| 3 | 0½ | ½½ | ** | ½½ | 10 | 1½ | ½½ | ½½ | 11 | ½½ | 11 | 12 | |
| 4 | ½0 | ½½ | ½½ | xx | ½1 | 0½ | 01 | ½0 | ½1 | 1½ | 11 | 11 | |
| 5 | 00 | 10 | 01 | ½0 | xx | ½½ | 01 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10½ | |
| 6 | 00 | ½0 | 0½ | 1½ | ½½ | xx | 01 | ½½ | 11 | ½1 | 10 | 10 | |
| 7 | 00 | 00 | ½½ | 10 | 10 | 10 | xx | 01 | 11 | ½1 | 01 | 9½ | |
| 8 | ½0 | 00 | ½½ | ½1 | 00 | ½½ | 10 | xx | 10 | ½0 | ½1 | 8 | |
| 9 | ½0 | 0½ | 00 | ½0 | 01 | 00 | 00 | 01 | xx | 11 | ½1 | 7 | |
| 10 | ½0 | ½0 | ½½ | 0½ | 01 | ½0 | ½0 | ½1 | 00 | xx | 0½ | 6½ | |
| 11 | 00 | ½0 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 01 | 10 | ½0 | ½0 | 1½ | xx | 5 |
Further reading
- New York 1924, by Alexander Alekhine, 2009 edition by Russell Enterprises, ISBN 978-1888690484