| Title | Author | Publisher | Date | Content |
| American Chess Bulletin, Vol. I., No. 1, June-December 1904 | Hartwig Cassel and Hermann Helms | Reprinted by Publishing House Moravian Chess | 1904 | Essentially the first book on this tournament. Good background information, lightly annotated games, etc. |
| Daily Bulletin of the International Chess Congress at Hotel Rider, Cambridge Springs, Pa. | Hartwig Cassel and Herman [sic] Helms | [Hotel] Rider Press | April 25th to May 19th, 1904. | Subscriptions to this daily bulletin provided part of the funding for the tournament (US$2.00 for the series!). Color commentary accompanied the game scores and advertising. The popularity of this bulletin led directly to the publishing of the American Chess Bulletin listed above. |
| The Book of the Cambridge Springs International Tournament 1904 | Fred Reinfeld | Black Knight Press | 1935 | A tournament book with annotated games and crosstables. |
| Napier, The Forgotten Chessmaster | John S. Hilburt | Cassia Editions | 1997 | This book contains a wealth of information about Napier and much detailed information about the Cambridge Springs 1904 tournament. Between pages 217 and 218 of this book you will find a photograph of the tournament participants standing on the entrance steps of the Hotel Rider. |
| The Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, 1904 | James Munro | Pittsburgh History magazine | Winter 1993/94 | This nice article is reproduced by permission on this site. |
| Great American Chess Tournaments, Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania, 1904 | James R. Schroeder | Self-published; Chess Digest Edition | 1992 | Lightly annotated game scores and crosstables. |
| The Oxford Companion to Chess | David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld | Oxford University Press | 1992 | Great source for biographical information. |
| The Golden Treasury of Chess | Francis J. Wellmuth | David McKay | 1943 | Presents game score of the Rice gambit consultation game played en route to the tournament and selected other CS1904 games (essentially unannotated). |
| Riverside Inn, Vol.4, No.1 | n/a | The Riverside Inn | 1998 Edition | Nice promotional newsletter obtained at the Inn during my 1998 pilgrimage. |
| Some Reminiscences of Bob Smith | Frank Cunliffe | Pittsburgh Chess Club | July 1997 | Article in En Passant (PCC club publication). Rice gambit game. |
| Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, Volume D, First Edition(?) | Various | Sahovski informator | 1976 | Cambridge Springs Defense |
| Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, Volume C, Third Edition | Various | Sahovski informator | 1997 | Rice Gambit |
| Paul Morphy and the Golden Age of Chess | Napier (ed. Horowitz) | David McKay | 1934/1957 | Napier biographical information obtained from dust jacket. |
| My Fifty Years of Chess | Marshall | Chess Review/David McKay | 1942 | Marshall annotates selected CS1904 games. |
| The World's Great Chess Games | Fine | Crown Publishers, Inc. | 1951 (1960 edition) | Pillsbury-Lasker and Schlechter-Lasker are annotated. |
| Complete Chess Strategy, Volume 2 (Principles of Pawn Play and the Center) | Pachman | Cornerstone Library | 1978 reprint | Teichmann - Chigorin (Round 15) is lightly annotated as Game #82. |
| Bobby Fischer - The Greatest? | Euwe | Sterling Publishing Co. | 1979 | Lasker biographical information. The game Lasker - Marshall is annotated under the caption "The King Steps Out". |
| Warriors of the Mind | Keene & Divinsky | Hardinge Simpole Publishing | 1989 | Schlechter-Lasker is annotated. |
| Combinations - The Heart of Chess | Chernev | Dover | 1967 edition of 1960 book | Diagram 262 shows Marshall finishing off Pillsbury in their "changing of the guard" match-up at CS. |
| Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part I | Kasparov | Everyman Chess | 2003 | Game 42 of this book is Pillsbury-Lasker (fully annotated). This book provides much insight into many of the Cambridge Springs competitors. |
| Pillsbury's Chess Career, 2nd Corrected Edition | Seargent & Watts | Dover | 1966 (1922/1937) | Contains these annotated games: Pillsbury-Fox, Marshall-Pillsbury, Pillsbury-Barry, Pillsbury-Lasker, Delmar-Pillsbury |
| Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the Chess Masters | Reinfeld | Dover (republication of Collier edition) | 1995 | Beginning on page 45 Barry - Napier is annotated. This game won the first brilliancy prize. |
| Chess Training Pocket Book, 300 Most Important Positions & Ideas | Alburt | Chess Information and Research Center (2nd, Revised Edition) | 2000 | Position #187 is based on Showalter - Pillsbury. |
| Just the Facts! | Alburt and Krogius | Chess Information and Research Center | 2000 | Biographical information. |
| Chess Life magazine, Chess to Enjoy article | Andrew Soltis | U.S. Chess Federation | September 1992 | In an article starting on page 8, Soltis does a feature on Napier. Also, his monthly tactics quiz features nine positions from Cambridge Springs under the monicer "Combination Springs Eternal". |
| Chess Life magazine, Chess to Enjoy article | Andrew Soltis | U.S. Chess Federation | December 1994 | Page 16 discusses the Rice gambit consultation game played en route to the tournament and the Marco-Janowsky King's Gambit Declined thematic match played on the return trip to Europe. |
| Chess Life magazine, Endgame Lab article | GM Pal Benko | U.S. Chess Federation | December 2004 | Page 46-47 analyzes four of Marshall's endgames from CS1904 (vs. Mieses, Janowski, Teichmann and Lasker). |
| The Pennswoodpusher newsletter, Lead article | Neil Brennan | Pennsylvania State Chess Federation | March 2004 | Some good historical context and nicely annotated games. |
