Sport: In Moscow

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The last king fell; the last knight rode out in a desperate and vain sortie, defying the white death that comes in the end to the gallantest chevalier and the most stubborn chessman. The gods who had directed the battles—chessplayers, the most famous in the world—put on their neat traveling clothes and left Moscow. The International Tournament, which had endured for six weeks, was over. The winner? There was no excitement about that. E. Bogoljubow, modest Russian, clinched first prize days before the end. Statuvolent Dr. Emanuel Lasker was second, as had been expected; José R. Capablanca (TIME, Dec. 7) wriggled into third place.