NOTE : This collection has now been superceded by New York (1927)

Following the success of the tournament they organized in 1924 Norbert Lederer and his associates decided to hold a match tournament of six or seven masters where each player would meet the other competitors four times. Maroczy was asked to be the tournament director and invitations were sent to Capablanca, Lasker, Marshall, Alyekhin, Bogolyubov, Niemzowitsch and Vidmar. Capablanca was the only player who would get an appearance fee.

However, due to an incident in one of his games with Capablanca in the 1924 event Lasker was involved in a bitter and public dispute with Capablanca and some members of the organising committee. He didn't reply to his invitation and his place was offered to Spielmann. Spielmann immediately accepted his invitation.

Bogolyubov wrote back asking for an appearance fee of $1,500 and that the tournament should be replaced by a World Championship match between himself and Capablanca. His conditions were given in the form of an ultimatum which the committee couldn't accept and they also decided that his place wouldn't be offered to anyone else so the number of players was now reduced.

A number of accounts stated that the tourney would be regarded as a qualifier for choosing the challenger for the World Championship. When Alyekhin heard about this he was furious as he and Capablanca had already arranged terms for their forthcoming match in September that year. Alyekhin wouldn't take part unless he was given an assurance the tournament wouldn't affect the conditions that had been agreed previously. The committee with Capablanca's agreement duly telegraphed this assurance and Alyekhin then confirmed his acceptance of the invitation.

Taking place from the 19th of February to the 23rd of March 1927 the tournament had a time control of 40 moves in 2½ hours rather than the then standard of 30 moves in 2 hours and was held in the Trade Banquet Hall of the Hotel Manhattan Square on 77th street, New York.

Five rounds a week were played in the early part of the tourney but this was later relaxed with the introduction of more rest days to ease the strain on the players.

Capablanca registered one of the greatest triumphs of his career taking first place without the loss of a single game.

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                 C        A        N        V        S        M
1.Capablanca   * * * *  1 ½ ½ ½  1 ½ 1 ½  ½ ½ 1 ½  ½ ½ 1 ½  1 1 ½ 1
2.Alyekhin     0 ½ ½ ½  * * * *  ½ 0 1 ½  ½ ½ ½ ½  1 ½ ½ 1  ½ 1 ½ 1
3.Niemzowitsch 0 ½ 0 ½  ½ 1 0 ½  * * * *  1 0 0 ½  1 1 ½ ½  1 ½ ½ 1
4.Vidmar       ½ ½ 0 ½  ½ ½ ½ ½  0 1 1 ½  * * * *  ½ ½ ½ ½  ½ 0 1 ½
5.Spielmann    ½ ½ 0 ½  0 ½ ½ 0  0 0 ½ ½  ½ ½ ½ ½  * * * *  ½ ½ 1 ½
6.Marshall     0 0 ½ 0  ½ 0 ½ 0  0 ½ ½ 0  ½ 1 0 ½  ½ ½ 0 ½  * * * *

Allocation of Prizes :

1st $2000
2nd $1500
3rd $1000

Brilliancy Prizes :

First brilliancy prize of $125 to Capablanca for his 13th round win against Spielmann.

Second brilliancy prize of $100 to Alyekhin for his win over Marshall in the 18th round.

Third brilliancy prize of $75 to Niemzowitsch for his win over Marshall in the 17th round.

Fourth brilliancy prize of $50 to Vidmar for his win against Niemzowitsch in the 14th round.

Capablanca also won a special prize for his win against Niemzowitsch in the 15th round.

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Non prize winners received $50 for each point scored.

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