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In December 1923, following an aborted attempt to arrange a World Championship match between Capablanca and Alekhine, Hermann Helms, publisher of the American Chess Bulletin, Harry Latz, the General Manager of the Hotel Alamac in New York and Norbert Lederer, the Secretary of the Manhattan Chess Club, set about organizing (1) a tournament to rival Cambridge Springs (1904).
The tournament took place in the Hotel Alamac from the 16th of March to the 18th of April 1924. The participants were Dr. Emanuel Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Marshall, Janowski, Maroczy, Bogolyubov, Reti, Tartakover, Edward Lasker and Yates.
The time limit was 30 moves in two hours and 15 moves per hour thereafter.
Capablanca was expected to be the winner but the 55-year-old Dr. Lasker proved that he was by no means a spent force and ran away with the tournament. In a number of ways, the tournament paralleled the St. Petersburg (1914) tournament with the top three place getters ten years older. It was also notable for Reti's use of his own opening, resulting in Capablanca's first tournament loss in eight years, and a number of masterpieces that were created. Crosstable:
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 Pts
1 Em Lasker ** ½0 1½ ½1 11 11 11 ½1 ½1 ½1 11 16
2 Capablanca ½1 ** ½½ ½½ 01 ½1 11 11 1½ ½1 ½1 14½
3 Alekhine 0½ ½½ ** ½½ 10 1½ ½½ ½½ 11 ½½ 11 12
4 Marshall ½0 ½½ ½½ ** ½1 0½ 01 ½0 ½1 1½ 11 11
5 Reti 00 10 01 ½0 ** ½½ 01 11 10 10 11 10½
6 Maroczy 00 ½0 0½ 1½ ½½ ** 01 ½½ 11 ½1 10 10
7 Bogolyubov 00 00 ½½ 10 10 10 ** 01 11 ½1 10 9½
8 Tartakover ½0 00 ½½ ½1 00 ½½ 10 ** 10 ½0 ½1 8
9 Yates ½0 0½ 00 ½0 01 00 00 01 ** 11 ½1 7
10 Ed Lasker ½0 ½0 ½½ 0½ 01 ½0 ½0 ½1 00 ** 0½ 6½
11 Janowski 00 ½0 00 00 00 01 10 ½0 ½0 1½ ** 5
Prizes:1st $1500
2nd $1000
3rd $750
4th $500
5th $250
Brilliancy prizes:
A silver cup and $75 in gold went to Reti for his win over Bogolyubov in Round 12 (Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924). $50 to Marshall for his win over Bogolyubov in Round 18 (Marshall vs Bogoljubov, 1924). $25 to Capablanca for his win over Em Lasker in Round 14 (Capablanca vs Lasker, 1924). New York (1927) was the next tournament of this series. The main source for this collection was The Book Of The New York International Chess Tournament 1924 published by Dover Publications, Inc. ISBN 0-486-20752-8. (1) Wikipedia article: New York 1924 chess tournament. Original Collection: Game Collection: New York 1924, by User: Benzol.
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| Oct-13-16 | | JimNorCal: Wow! Thanks for posting the link, just awesome.... Jonathan Sarfati: you can hear Capablanca pronouncing the name AlYEKHeen in this rare film footage. |
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Dec-08-18
 | | MissScarlett: Great picture, better for lacking the cheese - how recently was it added and what's the source? |
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Dec-08-18
 | | WannaBe: 11 players, and Yates was a replacement/substitute. One player sat out each round(?) Anyway of knowing who sat out each round? (Without having to go through 110 games and look at each round...) |
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Dec-08-18
 | | Retireborn: <WannaBe> Click on original collection (by Benzol) and you can see who played in each round, and deduce from that who didn't. |
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Dec-08-18
| | WannaBe: <Retireborn> Thanks! =) |
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| Dec-08-18 | | zanzibar: <WannaBe> I think this is what you wanna: <
1 Lasker
2 Reti
3 Janowski
4 Marshall
5 Alekhine
6 Bogoljubov
7 Tartakower
8 Yates
9 Lasker
10 Maroczy
11 Capablanca
12 Marshall
13 Yates
14 Reti
15 Lasker
16 Maroczy
17 Capablanca
18 Janowski
19 Bogoljubov
20 Tartakower
21 Alekhine
22 Lasker
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Dec-08-18
| | WannaBe: Thanks <Z>, looks like the tournament did not simply reverse colours but kept players the same; for the second half like most double-round robin tournaments of today. |
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| Dec-08-18 | | zanzibar: Here's another photo of the players,
http://www.tabladeflandes.com/frank... (Great view of 71st st. and Broadway:
https://www.nyhistory.org/sites/def... ha!) |
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| Dec-08-18 | | zanzibar: <WannaBe> I haven't really looked at the pairing strategy for this tournament - I just fed the CG PGN into my canned routines to get the bye list. Maybe they drew lots again for the 2nd half? Not sure. |
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Dec-08-18
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Hi Zanzibar,
In the reprint of the 1924 book by Alekhine there is a Forward by Andrew Soltis who writes: "They didn’t even know what color they would have each day or who their opponent would be until a drawing was held fifteen minutes before their clocks were started. (This helps explain Réti’s collapse in the tournament’s second half. Due to luck of the drawing he had five Blacks in a row.)" You can see this Forward at the link below - he also mentions, again, the Ed Lasker, Emanuel Lasker conversation about The good Lasker having no knowledge of the 'Marhsall Gambit'. https://static1.squarespace.com/sta... *** |
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| Dec-09-18 | | zanzibar: Good info <Sally>, thx. |
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Dec-09-18
| | MissScarlett: It occurs to me the best explanation for the players' expressions in the above picture is that one of their number has broken wind with disagreeable report. My guess as to the culprit is <Fred Yates>, someone known to have problems with faulty gas leaks. |
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| Dec-09-18 | | zanzibar: Oh lordy. |
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Dec-09-18
| | WannaBe: Great info <Sally Simpson>, much thanks and appreciation. |
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Dec-10-18
| | Sally Simpson: ***
Hi MissScarlett,
I was going to use that picture in my rant about increments. Look how worried they look. They not getting any increments, they do even know who they playing in the first round. Compare it with this smug pampered bunch. ('...and will those not wearing sponsors jackets pleas go to the back.') https://www.redhotpawn.com/imgu/blo... But I could not quite make it work. I finally ditched it when I thought it might have been taken at the closing ceremony and I'm in danger of giving some nit-picker a thrill. Lasker, Capablanca, Tartakower and Reti all appear to be distracted by something happening to their right...The dinner gong! *** |
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| Jan-21-19 | | HarryP: Marshall did quite well in this tournament. The top three were the past, present, and future world champions. And who was next? Marshall. |
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| Mar-04-19 | | sudoplatov: Top five at St. Petersburg 1914:
Emanuel Lasker 13.5/18
Jose Raul Capablanca 13/18
Alexander Alekhine 10/18
Siegbert Tarrasch 8.5/18
Frank James Marshall 8/18
And the top 3 from Cambridge Springs 1904:
Frank James Marshall 13/15
David Janowski 11/15
Emanuel Lasker 11/15
Nice longevity from Marshall, Lasker, and Janowski. |
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| Dec-21-19 | | HarryP: This is the only tournament I've played through all the games of. Surely it is one of the greatest, most exciting, and most lovable tournaments ever. And, to top it off, the tournament book has notes by the one and only Alekhine. |
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Dec-21-19
 | | HeMateMe: I'm thinking it must have been miserable being on a boat with Alekhine for two weeks. He doesn't seem to me like the ideal cabin mate. |
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| Dec-21-19 | | Howard: I browse through the tournament book quite regularly ! |
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| Jun-08-22 | | RookFile: Best tournament result by a player in his mid 50's ever. Forget about it, nothing else comes close. |
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Jun-14-25
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| Jun-14-25 | | Olavi: The same happened in well known six player quadruple tournaments, I guess it was rather to be expected in those (Keres & Reshevsky tied in the 1948 WC). New York (1927)
USSR Absolute Championship (1941) Finding such a single RR is a bit of a challenge. |
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Jun-14-25
| | Sally Simpson: <Hi RookFile> "Best tournament result by a player in his mid 50's ever. Forget about it, nothing else comes close." Ivanchuk, also 56 is doing quite well and enjoying the Roller Coaster. He was recently featured in CHESS June 2025.
Reykjavik Open (2025) (April 9 -15) 2nd on tie break. Semana Santa Open (2025) 16-21) 3rd on tie break. Menorca Open (2025) (April 22- 27 ) First! And then the curse of CHESS magazine kicked in;
TePe Sigeman & Co (2025) (May 20 - 26) Last. Lasker, including his match v Capablanca played in four tournaments during the whole of the 1920's. Ivanchuk has played in seven this year and it is only June. |
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| Jun-14-25 | | FM David H. Levin: In the narrative, the ISBN should be given as 0-486-20752-8. |
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