London 1922/The 1921 World Chess Championship Match
Historic London 1922 Jos Capablanca was the superstar of chess in
1922 and London was his first serious chess in the 15 months since
he had won the championship title from Emanuel Lasker. Capa was the
chessplayer whom even non-players could identify. But the
tournament signified not only Capas return to the game, it was also
something of a revival of international chess after four years of
war and four more of recovery. The new world champion would ease
into first place undefeated ahead of future challenger Alexander
Alekhine. The young Dutchman Max Euwe was honing his skills that
would eventually take him to the top of the chess world. And
Richard Rti was about to unveil his Opening of the Future 1.Nf3!
London 1922 is important for all these reasons, but it also served
as the setting for the creation of the famous London Rules which
would govern the way in which prospective challengers to the title
would have the right to play the champion. As an added bonus, all
fourteen games of the 1921 Lasker-Capablanca have been added to
this new 21st century edition, with annotations by Capa himself!
