New-York tribune., 1895-08-21
rscHIGORIN LEADS AGAIN
.wr1FTH ROUND IN THE INrERNA.
rIoNAL CHESS TOURNEY.

,sMHY YIELDS TO LAsKER - vERGANl
,sroS,ssrs HIMSELF BY WINNING A GAME
,,..,rss England. Aps. 30 CspecaD The twelfth
s ~ the international Chess Tournament ma.
U,sd U" at the Brasscy Institute TODAY and as .
W, though the four leaders are still the Same
s. ros,ions have changed to some cx;en.
s,rorin drew his game. but. nevertheless stenned
- the lead thanks to the defeat OF Pnlsbury at
nv ,.,ds of the champion. Lasker. The latter who
" ..,dav occupied third position is now tied with
.r.nrrv for second place. and these two are but
- rarne behind the Russian. Bardeleben re-
'',ss his hold on fourth place. but Is no; a; the
.n, dangerous 10 the leaders
IT.. announcement OF the pairing in the afternoon
..rsrs served to draw a large crowd in the evening
s'w,,ness the meeting between Lasker and Pills
s.,y which had been looked forward to with un-
20, interest. The Americans phenomenal playing
s.rstofore had made him prime fsvoriie so that
hon ne succumbed to the champion after stub
.,rr conflict, there was general regret expressed at
he outcome.
THE contestants faced each other in this order:
,..k.r VS. riisbury. nardeleben Jsnowssi.
fschsorin vs. WsSlurod'' Ssisinuz vs. Mess.
nSa,ssmann BlacSburne. Tinsley VS.. Bird
Shlechier vs Bnih
pusbury was at slight disadvantage. from the
,.., that he was second player. Lasker having the
,o,oe OF opening. which turned out TO be A Ruy
,.nex For the second time the Brooklyn expert de-
,naed himself with P-l 3. which speaks volumes
a. his confidence in the now generally despised
s.sntzian continuation Iaskcr could not contrary
:, expectations. make any impression Pills
,nrys position. and 1t not until the end that
\. gained the upper hand by OF his skfu
h,pd,ing Of the pawns. Where Pillsbury erred
!, ,,spcou.agng the exchange of pieces. and bring
az about a situation where I.asker perfectly
:, home The result of his playing into the cham
,s,n's hands in this manner that he out
s.yed and had to bow to the inevitable after forty
moves
Walbrodt cautiously declined to accept the Kings
Gsnbit played against him by Tschlgorin. we'll
moving how much this tricky opening was to the
ms,e OF the brilliant Russian The latter made the
best OF bad bargain and set to work to build up
an attack with which to overwhelm the young
Berlner. SO well. however, did Walbrodt handle the
black pieces that Tschigorin was obliged to retreat
after each frantic onslaught and finally had to give
II I'D order to look to his safety. After fifty
moves a draw agreed upon.
Bardeleben came very bettering his standing,
but the advantage he obtained against Janowsk
through ingenious manoeuvring proved in the end
100 small TO carry the day Queens Gambit de-
cined formed the opening. Jarowski being the Sec
ond player Nothing but the latter's accurate uphill
play could have prevented a defeat. and for this he
deserves due credit After ffty-nine the draw
was decided upon.
Meses added another creditable draw TO his score
by forcing Steintz to divide honors with HIM The
after began proceedings with Queens Gambit,
which the German for the second time accepted
Being enabled to bring about early exchange of
the major pieces. M,eses. by steady play succeeded
holding off the veteran. drawing after thirty-one
moves.
As a result of his encounter with Gunsberg TO-
day the Italian Vergani. now holds his head DIT
higher for he scored his first victory In the tourney
And there is no reason why he should not feel proud
and
after fashion that would do credit TO any OF the
PARTICIPANTS in the contest Vergan tried the Giuoco
Piano and not only held his own well, but early
vent In for aggressive tactics Gunsberg was ratner
unbfounded by the Italians unexpected vigor ana
fslled TO do himself full justice. neat sacrihce OF
pswns on Verganis part forced the Londoner posi-
lion and won for him after thirty-five moves
,,hirs ,ndisnosition was the reason for the quick
cictorv achieved by Tarrasch for the New Yorker
though having the first move succumbed after pu'
wenty-three moves. Tarrasch defehoed Aloin
-Four knights game in good style, shorty piaceo
aim on the defensive. and lost no time IN scoring
he game.
cch,.ch.er also broke the Ice to-day In that he
al,ied his first win thus giving him an even score
Burn was his victim in French Defence which
the latter opposed to the Austrlan,s l. fMA1 IN T. !;
Everything moved along smo0,nya oa make vet an
other draw. In an unwse effort to force the
Burn osn ssysa 9"mSss moNes 'hA'
The two Londoners. Tinsley and Bird. engaged
In an interesting struggle OF seventy moves. ana
hen called it a draw. Bird obtained rather the
heller Dositlon from a Queens Gambt declared Dy
him and very nearly worked victory out OF IT,
He had himself to blame for not adding another ls
rom his grasp and. by clever play, to neutralize
he veterans advantage. ,, 1
onez that the Canadian had defended by means
of 3. P-Q a.. The latter held out for 'h'rty-seVen
Hlackburne accepted a Queens Gambt onered py
Teichmann and was fortunate enough 70 -, WIZ I'm IN
Ffty-six moves, thanks to a hlunder on the ger
-nan's part early In the contest Teichmann re-
listed bravely but found Blackburne too hard
nan 10 concede such odds to, and ne resigned when
no longer able to defend his King. ..,~
Marco defended with Philidor against Scnners;
pofb nayers held their ground successfully against
'hs adverse advances. and draw was the legiu-
mate outcome after thirty-eight moves.
THO record OF the play0's to date Is: