AFebruary 04 1924
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, Monday, February 04, 1924
Foreign Chess Stars to Sail For U.S. Soon
New York, Feb. 3—[Special]—Plans for the New York International Chess Masters' tournament opening at Hotel Alamac March 16, have progressed so far that arrangements have been completed for the five foreign experts, who will make a special trip here to compete, to sail on the steamship President Cleveland of the United States lines, leaving Hamburg Feb. 27.
Dr. Emanuel Lasker, Richard Red, Dr. S. Tartakower, E. Bogoljubov, and Geza Maroczy constitute the foreign contingent. All of these players are certain to come. A place will be left open for Sir George Thomas of London, the British chess champion, who has not yet responded to the invitation.
Alexander Alekhine, the Russian champion, now is in Chicago. Jose R. Capablanca of Havana, the world's champion, expects to be here about March 10. The other experts are in this country. They are Frank J. Marshall, David Janowski, Edward Lasker, A. Kupchik, and O. Chajes. The competition will be limited to twelve contestants.
