NEW CHESS CHAMPION
CAPABLANCA DEFEATED
(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association)
BUENOS AYRES, 29th November
Alexander Alekhine became the new chess champion of the world by winning six games from Cnpnblnnea in a match lasting thirty four games, of which twenty-five were drawn and three won by the Cuban. The conditions provided that the winner of the first six games should secure the title. Gapablanca received a purse of 5200 dollars and Alekhine 4000 dollars. The match lasted several months.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 1 December 1927, Page 5
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