An English translation of one of the most famous chess tournament books. Only Lasker, Tarrasch and Burn from the top players did not take part. The winner was young Rubinstein 15 of 20, ahead of Maroczy 14,5. Follow Leonhardt, Nimzovich, Schlechter, Vidmar, Duras, Teichmann, Salwe, Wolf, Dus-Chotimirski, Marshall, Spielmann, Tartakower, Berger, Mieses, Chigorin (his last tournament), Olland, E. Cohn, and Johner. 21 players round robin - all 210 games are well and deeply annotated by George Marco and Carl Schlechter, their analyses were checked by program Rybka. Unlike the original edition, this book includes 15 photos of many of the players. Translated by Robert Sherwood.
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