The World's Championship Chess Match Played at Havana Between Jose Raul Capablanca and Dr. Emanuel Lasker.; With an Introduction, the Scores of All the Games Annotated by the Champion, Together with Statistical Matter and the Biographies of the Two Masters
by CASSEL, Hartwig
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About This Item
Privately Printed, 1921. Limited. hardcover. fine. Illustrated with 2 portraits of the players and various diagrams of play. 39 pages. Slim 8vo, gilt-lettered burgundy cloth with green patterned endpapers. N.P.: Privately printed in 1921 in a limited edition of 600 copies. A fine copy of this uncommon book.<br/> <br/> Capablanca famously defeated Lasker in the 1921 World Championship in Havana, which took place during his eight-year undefeated streak. Whoever got 8 points first would win and draws did not count. After the fourteenth match, Lasker trailed 4-0 and gave up. This book was published in the same year in a limited edition of 600 copies, priced $6.00 each.<br/> <br/>
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- Argosy Book Store (US)
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- Title
- The World's Championship Chess Match Played at Havana Between Jose Raul Capablanca and Dr. Emanuel Lasker.; With an Introduction, the Scores of All the Games Annotated by the Champion, Together with Statistical Matter and the Biographies of the Two Masters
- Author
- CASSEL, Hartwig
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
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- 1
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Date Published
- 1921
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