New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-21
OPENING THE CHESS MATCH
pELMAR AND POLLOCK PLAY THEIR FIRST
GAME AT sKANEATELEs.
POLLOCK WALKED Gown FROM SYRACUSE ON
sUyDAY-MANY LOVERS OF THE GAME
pREsExr-coNTEsTs TODAY.
BY w. sTEINITZ.

eyonaateles n v July 20-The principal experts
and amateur performers who are to take part vi 1''
canning chess match have arrived here. Inc cNes'
moster pelmar accompanied by his second son.
Fnrene. boy twelve years old. and his rival foho.A
we're landed at Syracuse on Sunday morning. No'
ending anv railway connection with skaneateies
pollock who strongly believes in severe physical ex
o+on nc preparation for the mental contest seized
Tho onportunty OF tampng all the way TO the PACK
wood House, a distance of twenty three miles, lie ao
complished the feat In about eight hours arriving
about q D. m. His opponent came aDou' "i i,o''
later and both appeared to be In excellent cohutou
some connoisseurs expressed the opinion that inc
intimate result Of the contest between the two players
coud only be guessed at, but there was much curiosity
as IN the kind Of game that would begin the hght.
caution Is usually the order Of the day IN the hrst
round Of such a struggle. and generally soro VI
fecler, for strength sent out by both parueS Ap
tends 70 effect drawn battle, and the whole aa ser'
only as a preliminary for getting INTO ioim ~ wa,
considered doubtful, however, whether In hnhUe"
ontes this policy would be advisable for either player
and hot omen fight was therefore anticipated IN inc
first game
Roth players appeared before the board punctualy
al O'Clock the time set for the opening of the game.
Pollock the toss for the first move lie piaye"
P to and the rapid answer OF his opponent U!
making the same move, contrary to the pracuoe
which he often adopts Of selecting the French defence
NNhi'N'"|N'-N
expected lively struggle from the start The game
soon developed into Vienna opening In which Pollock
however. lost time on the sixth move. This eo 10
en- exchange, reducing his attack counter ATTACK
on the Kings side then promptly tahen IN hand
by the fOresghted opponent which evidently caused
White great trouble. PoIlocks clock marked thirty
seven minutes after his tenth move, he having taken
twenty-five minutes his last while Delmars CLOCK
showed altogether sixteen minutes. Whites thir-
teenth move was not good but on the next
turn Black missed opportunity of strengthening his
attack. On the twentieth move Delmar offered 10
give up a pawn which his opponent did not venture
to take though 1t seems to me that 1t would have
been safe and Black could hardly get up suflclent
attack TO cover the loss Of material
However it became evident that POLLOCK was
pursuing another very ingenious plan whereby he IN
tended to clear the centre at the expense OF pawn
and TO confne the adverse Bishop to inactivity Inc
scheme required attention than Delmar ap-
parently bestowed upon 1t when he Unfortunately
tried TO force on his Knights Pawn instead OF en-
deavorng to attack the adverse Queens side pawn IN
the rear. The result Of the omission was that when
the game adjourned at p. m Pollock was on
the point of winning two pawns on the Queens side'
threatening also to win the confined Bishop soon, While
he could stop easily with his King or Bishop the adj
verse advanced knights Pawn