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Event table notes
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| Event data |  | 
   | Place: New York |  
   | Start date: 1940 |  
   | End date:   1940 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Hannak says only one game was played, won by Marshall. Soltis and Di Felice say two games were played before Lasker fell ill, the second a draw. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 328, 328 |  
   | Hannak, Emanuel Lasker, page 302, 310 |  
   | Soltis, Frank Marshall, page 357 |  |  |