The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-04
LASKER IN THE LEAD.
THB CHESS CHAMPION LOSES a RUIZ
LOPEZ AFTER FoRTT-sfI MOVES,

stsi-it- Ssss = TASTY Move sss ne Los,
aueet . New Lins 81 Attack whieh was
shiif.iiy Net By the vstsrss Player.
After an interval Of four days. steinIts and
Lasker met for the seventh time IN the Union
Square Hotel yesterday in the match for the
chess championship. There was large num-
Der Of spectators when Lasker opened IRE
with pawn to kings fourth steinitz has often
said that there is only one correct reply to this
move. namely. pawn to kin R's fourth. and 1t was
therefore taken as . matter OF course when
tho champion replied accordingly.
Basker proceeded with knight to kings
bishops third. black responded with knight
to queens bishops third. whersupon white
proceeded with bishop to knights ffth. there
By relying upon the famous Ruy Lore1 as his
attack. Nobody expected any other rejoinder
from Steinitz than pawn to queens third. and
the game thus became similar to the 1fth
game Of the series.
When It was the Teuton's n TIN turn he played
bishop to kings third. and subsequently
queen to queens second. line Of play which
seemed an Improvement TO the one adopted In
the NTH game. However. the German expert
must have had som ething In store. for he
boldly castled on the queens side and
thence proceeded with an attack on the
kings file By means Of pawn TO kings knights
fourth. after black had brought his king into
safety By means OF casting on the kings side.
Subsequent play was Of q very interesting ma
ture inasmucb as the veteran made eortie
OF bis bishop and rock. He first sacrificed the
the piece. being two pawns ahead.
found that stsiSlts: WENT. sixth s'G move va:
rock t9 kings square Ihereupon Lasksr
TOOLS pawn. and After bringin9 his kinr into
5: IA q ~ 18th :S:
S;,.s ' Ss:i;ion SSss SSG' .av!9y
Si:hop's pawn, and nnsilv made room for bis
King by pu.6iPg the king. blshop's pawn:
first. but when the Tsuton LETT the piece on
Ss 81
attack with rocks and queen. the more SO as
given up al hope or tssser, and the mos, OK.
ssuie.s for ' the Si s R iS "a latter ter
threatened all sorts Of thipgs: but there was
White did not select 4 this variation. but col.
Jared the kings bishops pawn instead, some
Gs shs,s vas . sx b nsi ey eass
good. Suddenly Steinitz made 4. hasty move.
lost bis queen and knight. and. after forty.six
Laskor had the following to say about this
The game proceeded on novel lines from
the nth move. when J. In order 20 get
moro advantage out Of tho position. changed
my line OF attack com pletely. The fundamen.
tai difference Of the two treatments consisted
in the early casting on the queens side and
seems. however. that l overreached my attack
Fes ir,t Would have greatly sH';t "sScdiasd
steinitz. By . very finely laid trap. gained
two pawns. and although could have won at
tsrred to GO on with my attack. Appsrently
would have played FL. .R-k b 50. Perhaps
my twenty-third move was unexpected to him.
When sacrificed third pawn he did not see
hia way clear to accept the oner. because 1
would have forced an open kings rocks file.
On steinitz's thirty SECOND tgEn expected
left me with good chances for draw, as the
bishop could not well be taken on account OF
PIX 3 Instead, which was q trife risky. In
consequence J. held . very strong position.
which should have warned black not to at
tempt to force the win. In the end blacks
Winning Shsns:s we're slpo:t a. Sn nh
However. ,steinitz. still playing for . win,
committed q great blunder on his forty-n rst
reslgned shortly aftsrward."
The score OF the match now reads three to
two In favor OF I.asker. two games being drawn.
After a weeks vacation the players will re-
sume hostilities at the Franklin Chess Club In
Yesterdays game follows: