New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-15
n,sCHIGORIN IN FIRST PLACE
.,r WINS TWO GAMES AND GETS AHEAD
OF PILLsBURY.
aRooKLYN Player WINS HIS GAME FROM
scHrrFERs-srElNrTz BEATEN by BIRD
s,oREs IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE

SCORES in THE FIRST ROUND OF THE
HASTINGS TOURNAMENT
u.s,nes. England Aug. 1.-THE eighth round OF
a.. International Chess Tournament played at the
-. .ey Institute to-day. productive OF In
'.s.,ne results any of its predecessors 1t was
-, day for the Russian. Tschigorin who after
s...sns OF Backburne. his scheduled opponent for
- ,av sal down and polished off Burn in the game
,s,ns adjourned from the seventh round He
49,. added two more 10 his string OF victories and
.s.-s.ore stepped into first place with a score of
even games won out OF eight payed-a remark
-. rerformance when the strength of his fellow
- mpeiitors is considered.
pn,.hu-y who led the field at the close OF yes
..-say's play. again. but had to yield the post
:, honor to the victorious Tschgorin He now &C.
,,sss second place. but Bardeleben. who drew his
r.me to-day may interfere with him there as soon
% he Is enabled to play of his adjourned game with
Mason.
champion I.asker kept up his winning streak and
a now dangerous proximity to the leaders Stein
a., again a reverse and is in consequence for
che time being out of :he race.
The players faced each other in this order:
s vs. FsSuTy 4 TD'n vs. vs. r2 qa2Ts.cs
sehiecher VS. bsrdeieoen- TTerSani Va Marco
S.s Srsn VS. Blackburne "
se!nitz and Bird. the two Oldest players In this
.onsress who have met the chessboard off and
an for the last thirty years, came together In this
ve,erans OF the royal game both bent by the weight
a, wears but keen in their eagerness to
van the game Steinitz had the and be-
nn the game with Queens Gambit. which
mrd declined Both settled down 10 their task
nth will and a good contest followed Bird held
Mis- own we'll and Steinitz evidently troubled over
he thought OF his poor success in the preceding
,unds made extra efforts to break through his op-
.onent's position Being somewhat too eager this
mount. he entered upon ursound combination.
vhich only resulted TO his detriment Bird did
not permit the opportunity to escape. and he In
fsirty-slx
lAsker who never was IN better form added
.rs.n to his own score. and the time nipped
the bud the aspirations o. the youthful Wal
brodt one Of yesterdays leaders A Ruy Lopez.
svered with me Berlin Defence by Wabrodt.
the opening. and the latter. being unable to with
stani the forceful strokes OF the champion. gave In
After twenty-four
schiffers faced Pillsbury. Of Brooklyn. with whom
until Yesterday he had been running neck and neck
for time The American was called upon TO
defend an Evans Gambt and II required all his
skil 10 stand up against the Russians well-drected
onslaught This however. he managed 10 do in
GOOD style and Schirers. becoming impatient at
the stubborn defence. rushed in with idea Of
crushing the Brooklynte. In so doing he COM
united a blunder that cost him the game. after
Sor,y-one moves.
Schlechter who seems be trying TO establish
4 reputation drawing master. had the move
against Bardeeben and sprung on him his pet
opening the Four knights game Naturally, he
Ola not aspire beat the man who conquered
Lasker earlier in the tourney. being satisfied to
play for a draw. In this he succeeded despite
Bardelebens desperate efforts 10 force him to yield
fhe game lasting forty moves.
Mieses again went under being pitted against
Gunsbers who began hostilities with a Kings
Ganbit Meses declining It. Gunsbers had no
walkover. and had his victory, which he did
by pretty play in the ending. this coming in forty
swo moves
Blackburne once tried his luck with a
French defence against the advances OF Tschigorin
and as on Monday. he again played indifferently
in the opening Notwithstanding his poor start. he
put UP gallant fight. and made his adversary WORK
hard down him. his uphill play calling forth much
communication from the onookers. 1t was only
after nfty-six that he finally admitted defeat
The time limit caused Burn 20 lose his game 10
Mason just when the struggle promised TO become
most interesting. Being unable 10 properly ana
lyze a complicated situation in time, he compro
missed his game TO such extent that he lost after
fhirty-one moves.
Albn and Pollock took fifty moves in which TO
decide their argument. Pollock winning in the end
ing Albin had the white pieces and selected a
Giuoco Piano
A bit OF good fortune enabled Tarrasch to win his
game from Tnsley. the latter having at one time
distinctly the superior position Just when every
one thought the doctor was about 10 be bowed
over again. Tinsley made a slip and allowed Tar
rasch TO get the upper hand and he scored after
Sorty-six moves.
At least one heart gladdened a result OF
so-day's play. and that was Nersanis. who up till
now had not scored once. He drew his game with
the Austrian, Marco. after sixty moves and came
near winning Marco. however succeeded In
equirming out OF small hole. and thus saved
himself from disgrace
Telchmann and Janowski likewise took sixty
eNe draW
clned a Queens Gamblt offered by the German.
and an even contest throughout resulted
Tschgorin had the satisfaction of winning. a
second game after disposng OF Blackburne. and
that too. from equally dangerous opponent,
Burn with whom he had adjourned yesterday.
The advantage ne had then was quickly pushed
10 a win the game. Queens pawn opening last
ing IN all sixty-fOur moves
Yesterdays mail brought TO hand the first batch
OF scores, including the games OF the first round
njaved on August 3, the best OF which here
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