New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-14
THE GREAT CHESS MATCH.
THE THIRD GAME IN THE SERIES A DRAW.
sTEINITz AGAIN OFFERS THE QUEENS GAMBIT

SlhINITI AGAIN OFFERS THE QUEENS GAMBlT
AND MAKES AZ INTERESTING VARIATION.
I'y degree, the interest in the stenItz GnnSberg
match steadily grp..s. aud although when the masters
sat down 10 begin their third game at 80 p. yc,tcr-
daY. there va, only a small attendance during the
afternoon and evening the club rooms o the Manhattan
Chess club. where the match is being played. were
well filled
s'cinitz, IN Offering AGAIN the Queens Gambit. at
once put additional interest into the encounter.
The offer Va, Just a. promptly declined by Gun,berS
Tuesday and IN exactly the same manner.
Chess PLAYERS who expected that after thu, cunsbere
would proceed with the same defence when nc had
previously adopted were doomed to disappointment for
the Hungarian his third move dcviated from the
first game 10y PLAYING PQ Il ,, instead Of ht-h u s.
Naturally tins change might be considered dc
sirabl" by followers of the game the more so
that this variation promised much In the shape OF
instruction II followed now As an Obvious cohse'
qucncc that Stcnltzs proceedings had 70 DC al'roh
and fitted the new tactics of his opponent Event
ually (;unsterg managed Isolate tho pawn Of his al
Ncrsary the queens file Whlch ousHV I"
have given HIM considerable advantage. sew
cral Of his succeeding moves, however, when
described by the spectators as premature
IL not actually useless enabled Stenitz % double his
rocks The queens lie and to assume consequently
threatening attitude. Gunsberc theicup"h ionhn M
sclf compelled 10 proceed with rapid exchange o'
pieces. Which not only brought &c stcnltLS Isolated
pawn bat gave >tcirz the opportunity OF redecniig
the time which he had lost in the curly part OF inc
game. This viii he readily seen when 1t Is stated
that after twenty moves had been made hioinit>
had consumed one hour and twenty two minutes 20
Iii, opponents nfty.siX minutes, whereas at the tnc
%, the adjournment. after twenty seven moves ha"
been recorded on the score sheet. III. "uhS-
berg, time hour and forty-NlN minutes
and hi, opponent, nj ono hour and forty live minutes
,t.n
II will be seen that after the variation on
tho third move rtcnltz proceeded with
the same development a. I'm ~" first game, by playing
,P n T. ,. Hi, opponent next gained a move by
pI,ving J. II .. instead Of first moving the 1t To b
and then - II he did in the first game lie then
Immediately entered upon an attempt ~ break th'
,.,,,. by o H . . aud Stolnitz played II 10
instead ~ T., y = h" did In the nrs game, ana TINS
rc Inn, .clf looks upon an Improvement upon his
urcyi,r- pl,y Ills eighth move, b X =. however.
va hardly a- good A. 30 =. lie might also nave
done better hy rtaking with the queen M"r"ain
White forced the Withdrawal 0f his opponent :
X r. An exchange Il minor p'o'cs soon fol-
Lowed and u then became apparent that Guns
borg va. aiming At = draw. which was probably
,h.. host thing he could DO for although White
,.,,.o,,. ,,vu wi> Isolated. n greatly h1mpcrcd
il,cl', game and might ultimately become very strong
s,er COLI White succeeded IN concentrating his rCHkN
o, the open king hl". and Hack then altered MS
tactic y m winning purp~"- IN view. II" directed
his .f,ck upon the ISOLATED 9 f. but soon r''osuiHns
,hs, De, could uai make much impression in THIS a.
rcctl,u De- returned asa.n {" u" eA'MilS'"s p""''
with thc yi,"y u drawing.
~ ti. adjournment when ''unshcrg -'alcd MS
,,,.,t, ..,cn,h move. the pc,"- and pt"ns wcTo
even cneh -idc having queen aud on" rock ph u"
hoard Hll,k'- KING and bishop, however, were con
fined while White lad greater freedom iT those
piece. >ncr tie resumption - The play Mt '''''"
- hp' =