German Veteran

In 1921, Cuban Capablanca wrested the world's chess championship from Dr. Emanuel Lasker, German. But in the international chess masters' tournament which began in Manhattan on March 16 and was completed last week, Dr. Lasker triumphed--in the grand manner.

For more than 30 days, through ten duels of two games each, Dr. Lasker had been at or near the top. Of the 20 games, he lost only one to Capablanca. He was forced to draw six games, but Capablanca in addition to losing one game (to Reti, CzechoSlovak) was drawn to a tie in nine games.

The final standing:

Won Lost Drawn

Dr. Lasker, Germany 13 1 6

Capablanca, Cuba 10 1 9

Alekhine, Russia 6 2 12

Marshall, United States 6 4 10

Reti, Czecho-Slovakia 9 8 3

Bogoljubow, Latvia 8 9 3

Maroczy, Hungary 6 6 8

Dr. Tartakower, Austria .... 4 8 8

Yates, England 5 11 4

Ed. Lasker, United States.. 2 9 9

Janowski, France 3 13 4

For every game won, a player scored 1 point, for every game drawn 1/2 point. Thus Dr. Lasker scored 16, and Capablanca 14 1/2.

Prize money went: to Dr. Lasker, $1,500; to Capablanca, $1,000; to Alekhinc, $750; to Marshall, $500; to Reti, $300. But everybody got a prize. Among the innumerable special awards was a silver cup from W. M. Vance of Princeton and $75 in gold from Albert H. Loeb of Chicago, to Reti for his game against Bogolju-bow, deemed the most brilliant game of them all. Loud were the patriotic plaudits that American Marshall should do so well, and to him was given the second brilliancy prize--also for a game against Bogoljubow. Bogoljubow, the so brilliantly defeated, got a prize for the best defense, in recognition of his perform-ance against Maroczy.

The tense silence of the tournament room was broken only once during the long months struggle, and that was in the second to last round when victory was cinched by Veteran Masker. Players looked up from their boards, spectators jostled the victor, shouting and clapping.

Emanuel Lasker, before his defeat by Capablanca, had held the championship for nearly 30 years. He alone links the names of Steinitz, Tschigorin, Pillsbury to the present. After studying in Prussian schools and winning a Doctorate of Mathematics at Heidelberg (see Education, this issue), he took up chess professionally.