December 04 1926
Twenty-Five to One 04 Dec 1926, Sat Press and Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, New York) Newspapers.comTWENTY FIVE TO ONE
Here is Jose R. Capablanca, world's chess champion, engaging 25 opponents simultaneously at the Marshall Chess club in New York. The odds apparently didn't mean much to the champion, for he won 22 of the matches and tied three. Milton Hanauer, New York State champion, Rudolph Smirka and Fred Reinfeld, managed to hold him even.