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New York Masters (1911) Organized by the American Chess Bulletin, the 1911 New York Masters was designed as both a strong national tournament as well as a warmup for Marshall and Capablanca prior to the San Sebastian (1911) tournament. The dates of 1/22/1911 - 2/3/1911 were chosen and no rest days scheduled with this in mind. Capablanca could not arrive from Havana to play any sooner than 1/22 and both he and Marshall had to leave on 2/4. Most games were played at the Cafe Boulevard, but Rounds 8-11 were played at the New York chess clubs that helped sponsor the tournament (Manhattan CC, Staten Island CC, Brooklyn CC, and Rice CC). The time control was 36 moves in 2 hours and 18 moves per hour after that. Games began at 11:30 AM with a meal break at 5:30 PM and resumed at 7:30 PM. Marshall played solidly, losing no games and giving up four draws. In Round 4, Capablanca played a dubious gambit against Black (Capablanca vs R T Black, 1911) and could not recover from the poor opening. Despite a strong finish (7 wins and one draw in his last 8 games), Capablanca could not quite catch Marshall, and finished second. Capablanca would have his revenge at San Sebastian (1911), winning a much stronger tournament in his European debut. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 1 Marshall X = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 10.0 2 Capablanca = X = = 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 3 Chajes = = X 1 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 9.0 4 Jaffe 0 = 0 X 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 9.0 5 Johner = 0 1 0 X 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 6.5 6 Walcott 0 0 0 0 1 X 1 1 0 = 1 1 1 6.5 7 Black 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 1 0 0 1 1 1 5.0 8 Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 1 1 1 1 5.0 9 Hodges 0 0 = 0 1 1 1 0 X = = 0 0 4.5 10 Tennenwurzel 0 0 0 = 1 = 1 0 = X 0 = = 4.5 11 Kreymbourg = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 X 0 1 3.0 12 Baird 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 1 X = 3.0 13 Morris 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 = X 2.5 Original collection: Game Collection: 1911 New York Masters, by User: crawfb5.  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 78  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Marshall vs G Walcott 1-0 34 1911 New York Masters D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 2. C Jaffe vs D G Baird   1-0 18 1911 New York Masters D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 3. O Chajes vs E Tenenwurzel   1-0 43 1911 New York Masters C49 Four Knights 4. W G Morris vs P Johner   0-1 46 1911 New York Masters D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 5. R T Black vs M Smith   1-0 41 1911 New York Masters D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. A Hodges vs A Kreymborg   ½-½ 50 1911 New York Masters D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 7. D G Baird vs R T Black 0-1 54 1911 New York Masters C50 Giuoco Piano 8. G Walcott vs A Hodges 0-1 29 1911 New York Masters C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 9. P Johner vs C Jaffe 0-1 58 1911 New York Masters A84 Dutch 10. A Kreymborg vs O Chajes 0-1 51 1911 New York Masters B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 11. Capablanca vs W G Morris 1-0 27 1911 New York Masters B40 Sicilian 12. M Smith vs Marshall 0-1 42 1911 New York Masters B40 Sicilian 13. R T Black vs P Johner   0-1 24 1911 New York Masters D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 14. E Tenenwurzel vs A Kreymborg 0-1 58 1911 New York Masters D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 15. O Chajes vs G Walcott   1-0 43 1911 New York Masters D00 Queen's Pawn Game 16. A Hodges vs M Smith   0-1 37 1911 New York Masters C13 French 17. C Jaffe vs Capablanca ½-½ 50 1911 New York Masters D02 Queen's Pawn Game 18. Marshall vs D G Baird 1-0 29 1911 New York Masters D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. P Johner vs Marshall   ½-½ 38 1911 New York Masters C42 Petrov Defense 20. D G Baird vs A Hodges   1-0 28 1911 New York Masters C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 21. M Smith vs O Chajes   0-1 36 1911 New York Masters B58 Sicilian 22. Capablanca vs R T Black 0-1 43 1911 New York Masters B20 Sicilian 23. G Walcott vs E Tenenwurzel   ½-½ 36 1911 New York Masters C42 Petrov Defense 24. W G Morris vs C Jaffe   0-1 38 1911 New York Masters A83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit 25. Marshall vs Capablanca ½-½ 38 1911 New York Masters D00 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 78    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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