World Chess Championship 1921

[e][h]World Chess Championship 1921

League Information

Series:

World Championship

Sponsor(s):

Commission for the Encouragement of Touring throughout Cuba

Time Control:

Classical

Type:

Offline

Location:

 Havana

Venue:

Union Club

Prize Pool:

$25,000 USD

Start Date:

1921-03-15

End Date:

1921-04-27

Number of Players:

2

Liquipedia Tier:

S-Tier

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Chronology

1910 Nov-Dec

1927

The World Chess Championship 1921 is the crowning match to determine the new World Chess Champion featuring the defending World Champion going up against the challenger.

Format

• First to 8 wins, draws excluded or most points after 24 games
  • 60 minutes time control for 15 moves

Prize Pool

$25,000 USD are spread among the participants as seen below:

Place

$ USD

Participant

 1st

$12,000

Jose Raul Capablanca

 2nd

$13,000

Emanuel Lasker

Initial prize distribution: $11,000 USD for Lasker and $9,000 USD for Capablanca.
Additional $5,000 USD were donated after 5 games: $3,000 USD for the winner and $2,000 USD for the loser

Participants

Challengers

Emanuel Lasker¹

Jose Raul Capablanca

¹ Emanuel Lasker resigned in June 1920 and declared Jose Raul Capablanca the new world champion. Capablanca didn't want to become champion without playing match, so he convinced Lasker to play. Lasker agreed but insisted on being named as the challenger

Results

March 15, 1921

Emanuel Lasker

5:9(Bo14)

Jose Raul Capablanca

Game 1 - 50 movesD63: Queen's Gambit Declined

Game 2 - 41 movesD37: Queen's Gambit Declined

Game 3 - 63 movesC66: Ruy Lopez

Game 4 - 30 movesD61: QGD, Rubinstein Variation

Game 5 - 46 movesD63: Queen's Gambit Declined

Game 6 - 43 movesC66: Ruy Lopez

Game 7 - 23 movesD63: Queen's Gambit Declined

Game 8 - 30 movesD12: QGD, Slav Defense

Game 9 - 24 movesD33: QGD, Tarrasch

Game 10 - 68 movesD61: QGD, Rubinstein Variation

Game 11 - 48 movesD63: Queen's Gambit Declined

Game 12 - 31 movesC66: Ruy Lopez

Game 13 - 23 movesD63: Queen's Gambit Declined

Game 14 - 56 movesC66: Ruy Lopez

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Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Game 6
Game 7
Game 8
Game 9
Game 10
Game 11
Game 12
Game 13
Game 14

Emanuel Lasker resigned after Game 14