23 mars 1927 - New York 1927

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The New York 1927 chess tournament was an elite chess tournament held in New York City from February 19 to March 23, 1927. Play was held in the magnificent surroundings of the Trade Banquet Hall of the Hotel, Manhattan Square.

Following the success of the New York (1924) tournament they organized, 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. Geza Maroczy was asked to be the tournament director and invitations were sent to Jose Raul Capablanca, Emanuel Lasker, Frank James Marshall, Alexander Alekhine, Efim Bogoljubov, Aron Nimzowitsch and Milan Vidmar.

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 organizing committee. He did not reply to his invitation and his place was offered to Rudolf Spielmann, who immediately accepted the invitation.

Capablanca was in superb form and won easily. He also won the $125 First Brilliancy Prize. Alekhine finished second. Later that year, the two played a match for the World Championship, in which Alekhine defeated Capablanca