The Book of the New York International Chess Tournament 1924 (Containing the Authorized Account of the 110 Games Played March-April, 1924) by Editor-Hermann Helms; Collaborator-Alexander Alekhine - 1984-10

Dover Publications, Incorporated, 1924. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Dover Publications, 1924. Trade paperback. Fair.. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Competitors in this tournament include many still well-known chess names: Tartakower, Maroczy, Alekhine, Reti, Bogoljubow, Yates, Capablanca, Janowski, and Lasker! Lasker was the overall winner.

Dover Publications, Inc.. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

xviii+271+[27 ad] pages with photographs, diagrams, table. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First published in 1925 by the American Chess Bulleting. 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 old dethroned lion would perform. Lasker ran away with the tournament, scoring a phenomenal 80% against the elite of the chess world. Brilliancy prizes went to Reti for his win over Bogoljubow, Marshall for his win over Bogolijubow and to Capablanca for his win over Lasker. The event was crowned by Alekhine's… Read More

New York : Dover Publications, 1961, 1961. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. xi, [9], 271 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm. ; ISBN: 0486207528; 9780486207520 ; LC: GV1455; Dewey: 794.1 ; OCLC: 2with original annotations by Alexander Alekhine ; edited by Hermann Helms." ; containing the authorized account of the 110 games played March-April, 1924 ; "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… Read More

N. Y.: Dover Paperback. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dover Publications, Inc. paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!