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New York (1918) New York 1918 was originally planned as an 8-player double round robin tournament. Norman Tweed Whitaker began a game a day before Round 1, became ill and withdrew from the event, leaving it as a 7-player field. New York (1924) appears to be the next international tournament that the city would see in this series. (1) Round 1 saw the most famous game of the tournament. Marshall sprung his prepared variation of what has come to be known as the Marshall Gambit, but Capablanca wove his way through the complications at the board to win the game. Kostic drew with Chajes. In Round 2, Marshall lost to Chajes, and Marshall was never able to overcome the bad 0-2 start and catch Capablanca and Kostic. Janowski lost to the eventual tail-ender, Morrison, and this was the beginning of a lackluster result for him. In Round 4, Marshall beat Janowski, but this was a bit too late to reverse his fortunes. Kostic beat Morrison, but drew five of his first six games. Despite going undefeated in the tournament, this would not be a sufficiently fast pace to catch Capablanca, who would score a blistering 10.5/12. Capablanca XX == 11 11 11 1= 11 10.5 Kostic == XX =1 =1 =1 1= 11 9.0 Marshall 00 =0 XX 10 1= 11 11 7.0 Chajes 00 =0 01 XX 10 11 1= 6.0 Janowsky 00 =0 0= 01 XX 10 01 4.0 Black 0= 0= 00 00 01 XX =1 3.5 Morrison 00 00 00 0= 10 =0 XX 2.0 References: (1) New York (1924), (2) Original collection: Game Collection: New York 1918, by User: crawfb5.  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 42  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. O Chajes vs Kostic   ½-½ 52 1918 New York C11 French 2. Capablanca vs Marshall 1-0 36 1918 New York C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 3. R T Black vs J S Morrison ½-½ 73 1918 New York C41 Philidor Defense 4. J S Morrison vs Janowski 1-0 44 1918 New York C77 Ruy Lopez 5. R T Black vs Capablanca   ½-½ 44 1918 New York C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 6. Marshall vs O Chajes 0-1 48 1918 New York A46 Queen's Pawn Game 7. O Chajes vs R T Black   1-0 38 1918 New York C42 Petrov Defense 8. Janowski vs Kostic ½-½ 49 1918 New York D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 9. Capablanca vs J S Morrison 1-0 32 1918 New York D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 10. Marshall vs Janowski 1-0 37 1918 New York A46 Queen's Pawn Game 11. Capablanca vs O Chajes 1-0 45 1918 New York C10 French 12. J S Morrison vs Kostic   0-1 71 1918 New York D00 Queen's Pawn Game 13. Kostic vs Marshall ½-½ 39 1918 New York D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 14. Janowski vs R T Black 1-0 52 1918 New York D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 15. O Chajes vs J S Morrison 1-0 20 1918 New York C41 Philidor Defense 16. R T Black vs Kostic   ½-½ 78 1918 New York C41 Philidor Defense 17. J S Morrison vs Marshall 0-1 84 1918 New York C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 18. Capablanca vs Janowski 1-0 30 1918 New York D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. Janowski vs O Chajes 1-0 27 1918 New York A46 Queen's Pawn Game 20. Marshall vs R T Black   1-0 36 1918 New York A53 Old Indian 21. Kostic vs Capablanca ½-½ 41 1918 New York D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 22. J S Morrison vs R T Black   0-1 46 1918 New York C42 Petrov Defense 23. Kostic vs O Chajes 1-0 28 1918 New York C78 Ruy Lopez 24. Marshall vs Capablanca 0-1 39 1918 New York D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 25. Capablanca vs R T Black 1-0 41 1918 New York C42 Petrov Defense  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 42    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Jun-28-15    MissScarlett: The <American Chess Bulletin>, February 1919, reported that for this event, Chajes won the first brilliancy prize for O Chajes vs Janowski, 1918, and Capablanca the second for Capablanca vs Janowski, 1918. 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