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International Chess Congress, London 1922 (Paperback)
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International Chess Congress, London 1922 (Paperback)
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London 1922 was the greatest tournament held in the capital of the
British Empire since Emanuel Lasker won an historic double-rounder
there in 1899. Now the old world of Edwardian niceties had been
swept away by four years of carnage on European battlefields, while
in the chess world a freshly crowned king reigned -- the New World
heir to Morphy and, according to Reti, the chief representative of
"machine age" efficiency in chess -- the invincible world champion,
Jose Capablanca. Facing him were the massed legions of European
chess excellence -- Alekhine, Vidmar, Bogoljubow, Rubinstein,
Tartakower and Reti himself. As it was, the champion easily
outstripped his continental and British rivals, while
simultaneously reporting the tournament for the Times of London.
This book faithfully records Capablanca's victory while reproducing
all of his notes from The Times, together with comments from the
original tournament book but with all the supporting diagrams that
Watts and Maroczy would have wished to include. Their notes are
reinforced by a wealth of other authoritative sources such as
Alekhine, Sir George Thomas and the regular Times chess
correspondent, Tinsley. The book also recounts the "fairest move
ever made," when Vidmar resigned to Capablanca in the latter's
absence, as well as detailing the "London rules," elaborated over
champagne at the Savoy Hotel, which governed world championship
play until FIDE took over the title in 1948. The editor is Dr.
David Regis, a noted website author, who has also published a
number of chess books.
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