AThe Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn, New York Thursday, October 18, 1923 - Page 25 — (Column) by Hermann Helms, — Capablanca Asks Guarantee For Match With Marshall — Jose R. Capablanca, from his home in Havana, has sent a reply to the letter received by him from Frank J. Marshall on the subject of a possible match for the world's championship, the text of which was duly printed in The Eagle. Although he does not stipulate the exact conditions, which, however are pretty generally known by now, the world's champion declares himself in readiness to contest such a match with the United States champion, as the latter had suggested.
At the same time he calls for a guarantee of the purse of $10,000, the amount agreed upon by the European masters when they came together at the London international tournament last year.
Besides the purse, an additional sum is needed for expenses. Capablanca omits to mention what these will amount to, but presumably that will depend to some extent upon circumstances. In any event, discussion of these will probably constitute a part of the negotiations, which cannot very well be concluded until after Jan. 1.
The following is the text of Capablanca's note to Marshall:…
Marshall Defeats Twenty. Twenty-three players opposed Frank J. Marshall, chess champion of the United States, in his first simultaneous exhibition of the season at the rooms of the Marshall Chess Club. Only one of these adversaries, William N. Witt, of Montclair, N.J., was able to win his game from the international expert. V. Filliponi and John J. O'Donnell, both of this city, were successful in drawing against the champion.
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Capablanca Asks Guarantee For Match With Marshall 18 Oct 1923, Thu The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) Newspapers.com
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