Taron Catur na Duniya na 1904 a Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania, ya zama wani muhimmin mataki a tarihi a matsayin gagarumin gasar ƙasa da ƙasa ta farko da aka shirya a Amurka. Wannan taron ya zama lokaci mai ma'ana ga Zamanin Zinariya na catur, yana wakiltar gada tsakanin al'adun gargajiya na Turai da tasowar fagen catur na Amurka.
Taron Manyan Masu Fice na Tatsuniya
Gasar ta kunshi 'yan wasa goma sha shida mafi ƙarfi a duniya, wanda ya sanya ta ɗaya daga cikin gasa mafi ƙarfi a farkon ƙarni na 20. Jerin sun haɗa da:
Emanuel Lasker: Mai riƙe da kambin zakaran duniya kuma babban ƙarfi a dabarun catur.
Mikhail Chigorin: shahararren ƙwararren ɗan Rasha kuma jagoran makarantar catur ta Soviet.
Dawid Janowski: Wani ƙwararren mai dabaru na Poland da Faransa, sananne saboda wasansa mai ƙarfi da ƙirƙira.
Frank James Marshall: Matashin ƙalubalantar Amurka wanda ya girgiza duniya da lashe gasar ba tare da an doke shi ba, ya kammala a gaban Zakaran Duniya.
Wasu daga cikin sauran mahalarta masu daraja sun haɗa da Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Carl Schlechter, da Richard Teichmann.
Cire giciye na Sarki daga ƙirar asali ta Staunton mataki ne da aka yi da gangan don haɗin kai, domin girmama bambancin asalin 'yan wasa na ƙasa da ƙasa ta hanyar mayar da wasan zuwa tushen sa na addini-baƙi da na almara. Wannan ƙira ta kafa allon catur a matsayin fili mai tsaka-tsaki na hankali, ba tare da wata takamaiman ma'anar addini ba.
