Author: Reinfeld, Fred (1910-1964) [editor]
Year: 1935
Publisher: Black Knight Press
Place: New York
Description:
iv+84+[2 ad] pages with tables, indexes and diagrams. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with black lettering to spine and cover. Annotations by I Chernev, W E Napier, R Fine, D Janowski, R Reti, G Marco, C Schlechter, F J Marshall, S Tarrasch and M Tchigorin. Modern Chess Library volume 1. (Betts: 25-46; Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5266) First edition.
The 1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress was the first major international chess tournament in America in the twentieth century. It featured the participation of World Champion Emanuel Lasker, who had not played a tournament since 1900 and would not play again until 1909. After the tournament Lasker moved to America and started publishing. The surprising upset victory of Frank Marshall marked his rise to prominence in American chess and he would eventually reign as champion of the United States for twenty six years. Cambridge Springs 1904 marked the end of Harry Nelson Pillsbury's chess career. He would not play another tournament before his death in 1906 at the age of 33. All of the world's top players were invited to the tournament. Gaza Maroczy was unable to attend due to his career as a mathematics teacher. Tarrasch, having finished behind Lasker at Hastings and Nuremberg, was carefully avoiding tournaments in which Lasker was participating. In fact the two would not face each other in a tournament until the St. Petersburg 1914 chess tournament, eighteen years after their last meeting at Nuremberg. The tournament started on April 25, 1904 and ended on May 19, 1904. It was a single-round-robin tournament where each player would play one game against the other players, for a total of fifteen games. Games were played on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. Wednesday was for adjourned games and Saturdays were for Rice Gambit consultation games. Games started at 10:00 am and played until 3:00 pm and then continued at 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm if necessary. The time control was 30 moves in 2 hours, then 15 moves per hour. There was a "grandmaster draw" rule that prohibited draws of less than 30 moves, unless the draw was forced. On April 16, 1904, eight of the strongest chess players from Europe arrived in New York by ship (S.S. Pretoria). This included current world chess champion Emanuel Lasker coming from Berlin, Russian champion and number two player in the world Mikhail Chigorin coming from St. Petersburg, number 6 player in the world Carl Schlechter coming from Vienna,Berlin champion and number 7 player in the world Richard Teichmann, French champion and number 8 player in the world David Janowski coming from Paris, Viennese champion and number 11 player in the world Georg Marco coming from Vienna, German master and number 15 player in the world Jacques Mieses coming from Leipzig, and 6-time London champion Thomas Lawrence coming from London. Along with the European masters, the Americans had, American champion and number 3 player in the world Harry Nelson Pillsbury coming from Philadelphia, New York champion and number 10 player in the world Frank Marshall coming from Brooklyn, former American champion Jackson Showalter coming from Kentucky, Brooklyn Chess Club champion Albert Fox coming from New York, former Brooklyn champion William Napier coming from Pittsburgh (he won the British championship after this tournament in 1904), former US Champion and New York State Champion Albert Hodges coming from Staten Island, New England champion John Barry coming from Boston, and 4-time NY State Champion Eugene Delmar coming from New York. Of the top 11 players on the world, only Tarrasch (#4) , Maroczy (#5), and Blackburne (#9) were missing. Frank Marshall, age 26, won the Cambridge Springs International with 13 points out of 15 (undefeated) and winning $1,000 (equivalent to $20,000 in today's money!). He won 11 games and drew 4 (drew with Lasker, Marco, Chigorin, and Napier). This event was considered Marshall's greatest triumph. Lasker and Janowski (both 35 years old) tied for 2nd-3rd with 11 out of 15. Lasker lost to Schlechter and Pillsbury in round 6. Janowski lost to Marshall, Lasker, and Fox. The players split $900. Marco (age 40) took 4th place ($200) with 9 points; Showalter (age 43) took 5th place ($165) with 8.5 points; Schlechter (age 29) and Chigorin (age 53) took 6th-th place (split $135) with 7.5 points; Mieses (age 38) and Pillsbury (age 31) took 8th-9th place with 7 points; Teichmann (age 35) and Fox (age 23) took 10th-11th place with 6.5 points; Napier (age 22) and Lawrence (age 33) took 12th-13th place with 5.5 points; Hodges (age 42) and Barry (age 31) took 14th-15th place with 5 points; Delmar (age 53) took 16th (last) place with 3 wins, 3 draws, and 9 losses, for 4.5 points. Delmar was the oldest player. Napier and Fox were the youngest players.
Condition:
Red and blue pencil notations and marginalia throughout Corners bumped and rubbed, spine ends rubbed, some staining to cover else a good copy.
Year: 1935
Publisher: Black Knight Press
Place: New York
Description:
iv+84+[2 ad] pages with tables, indexes and diagrams. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with black lettering to spine and cover. Annotations by I Chernev, W E Napier, R Fine, D Janowski, R Reti, G Marco, C Schlechter, F J Marshall, S Tarrasch and M Tchigorin. Modern Chess Library volume 1. (Betts: 25-46; Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5266) First edition.
The 1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress was the first major international chess tournament in America in the twentieth century. It featured the participation of World Champion Emanuel Lasker, who had not played a tournament since 1900 and would not play again until 1909. After the tournament Lasker moved to America and started publishing. The surprising upset victory of Frank Marshall marked his rise to prominence in American chess and he would eventually reign as champion of the United States for twenty six years. Cambridge Springs 1904 marked the end of Harry Nelson Pillsbury's chess career. He would not play another tournament before his death in 1906 at the age of 33. All of the world's top players were invited to the tournament. Gaza Maroczy was unable to attend due to his career as a mathematics teacher. Tarrasch, having finished behind Lasker at Hastings and Nuremberg, was carefully avoiding tournaments in which Lasker was participating. In fact the two would not face each other in a tournament until the St. Petersburg 1914 chess tournament, eighteen years after their last meeting at Nuremberg. The tournament started on April 25, 1904 and ended on May 19, 1904. It was a single-round-robin tournament where each player would play one game against the other players, for a total of fifteen games. Games were played on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. Wednesday was for adjourned games and Saturdays were for Rice Gambit consultation games. Games started at 10:00 am and played until 3:00 pm and then continued at 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm if necessary. The time control was 30 moves in 2 hours, then 15 moves per hour. There was a "grandmaster draw" rule that prohibited draws of less than 30 moves, unless the draw was forced. On April 16, 1904, eight of the strongest chess players from Europe arrived in New York by ship (S.S. Pretoria). This included current world chess champion Emanuel Lasker coming from Berlin, Russian champion and number two player in the world Mikhail Chigorin coming from St. Petersburg, number 6 player in the world Carl Schlechter coming from Vienna,Berlin champion and number 7 player in the world Richard Teichmann, French champion and number 8 player in the world David Janowski coming from Paris, Viennese champion and number 11 player in the world Georg Marco coming from Vienna, German master and number 15 player in the world Jacques Mieses coming from Leipzig, and 6-time London champion Thomas Lawrence coming from London. Along with the European masters, the Americans had, American champion and number 3 player in the world Harry Nelson Pillsbury coming from Philadelphia, New York champion and number 10 player in the world Frank Marshall coming from Brooklyn, former American champion Jackson Showalter coming from Kentucky, Brooklyn Chess Club champion Albert Fox coming from New York, former Brooklyn champion William Napier coming from Pittsburgh (he won the British championship after this tournament in 1904), former US Champion and New York State Champion Albert Hodges coming from Staten Island, New England champion John Barry coming from Boston, and 4-time NY State Champion Eugene Delmar coming from New York. Of the top 11 players on the world, only Tarrasch (#4) , Maroczy (#5), and Blackburne (#9) were missing. Frank Marshall, age 26, won the Cambridge Springs International with 13 points out of 15 (undefeated) and winning $1,000 (equivalent to $20,000 in today's money!). He won 11 games and drew 4 (drew with Lasker, Marco, Chigorin, and Napier). This event was considered Marshall's greatest triumph. Lasker and Janowski (both 35 years old) tied for 2nd-3rd with 11 out of 15. Lasker lost to Schlechter and Pillsbury in round 6. Janowski lost to Marshall, Lasker, and Fox. The players split $900. Marco (age 40) took 4th place ($200) with 9 points; Showalter (age 43) took 5th place ($165) with 8.5 points; Schlechter (age 29) and Chigorin (age 53) took 6th-th place (split $135) with 7.5 points; Mieses (age 38) and Pillsbury (age 31) took 8th-9th place with 7 points; Teichmann (age 35) and Fox (age 23) took 10th-11th place with 6.5 points; Napier (age 22) and Lawrence (age 33) took 12th-13th place with 5.5 points; Hodges (age 42) and Barry (age 31) took 14th-15th place with 5 points; Delmar (age 53) took 16th (last) place with 3 wins, 3 draws, and 9 losses, for 4.5 points. Delmar was the oldest player. Napier and Fox were the youngest players.
Condition:
Red and blue pencil notations and marginalia throughout Corners bumped and rubbed, spine ends rubbed, some staining to cover else a good copy.