New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-25
LASKER AGAIN IN THE LEAD.
TARRAsCH SECOND IN THE NUREMBERG
TOURNAMENT
sTEINITZ. wALBRoDT AND JANowsKr PUNCHED
IN THIRD PLACE-PI.Ay OF THE
CHESS MASTERS

CHESS MASTERS
Nuremberg July ?4.-At the end Of the fifth round
or the International Tournament; Lasker again g.
suined the lead. principally owing his victory ove
Showalter. who had a certain draw but played fol-
win Pillsbury was defeated by Blackburne. Will.
Steinitz drew against walbrodt. Tarrasch by de-
feaiing Janowski to-day. follows Lasker. one
half point behrj. Janowski. Steinitz and Walbrod
are half a point behind Tarrasch
II was late last night when Winawer and Charou-
sex agreed 10 draw their game left unfinished In the
fourth round OF the tournament. Although Charou.
SEX had much the best OF the game. Wnawer man.
aged 10 draw after eighty-four moves
To-day the players met in the originally scheduled
first round, it being the Nth OF the series the pair
ing being as follows:
ask.4 rs y ro5s.s Us T'shso,n
ffn sss VS. hsana45. IS sara'h
BY TIE time OF the first adjournment Schlechter
and Tschigorn had won their games.
DETAILS OF THE PLAY.
The often selected variation. as played by Tar
rasch and Wabrodt In Hastings, was the subject
Of discussion the first table. where Marco had
Schallopp were engaged Up TO the time of adjourn
ment ths game proceeded equally throughout. In
the end game. however. Marco got a winning ad-
vantage. and Schaopp resigned after fortyfour
At the second table Schlechter also opened with
the Spanish attack the opening moves being iden-
teal with those in the -Showater match game
as played in New-York two years ago a game
which the Viennese player won Winawer. however
got decidedly the better game. and Schlechter's
chances were very poor. indeed When the position
grew complicated Winawer pressed for time
made a series OF weak and lost the game after
twenty-nine moves
perfectly even game a: least up 70 the time OF
adjournment. was played between Lasker and sho-
walter me latter selecting the variation from the
Tsrrasch-W albrodt ma tch. by the former about
two years ago az Nuremberg In the afternoon
pltting the Kentuckian. with a sure draw In hand.
wanted TO force a win and had to pay the penalty
Of losing the game after sixty-sx moves
Like Winawer. Teichmann also got into time dif-
fcuties In Four Knights game with Schners, In
which the opening moves were identical with those
OF the Tschigorin-Plllsbury game won by the latter
In ST, Petersburg The Iondoner had then the best
OF the game but few hasty moves gave Schfers
the advantage shortly before adjournment was
taken for dinner. Teichmann fought on for some
time in the afternoon. but he had to resign after
thirty moves.
Blackburne accepted a Queens Gamblt. offered by
Pillsbury on the fifth table. 1t the well-known
Tarrasch-Meses variation. adopted In the Dresden
Congress which game ended in draw Pisoury
co, a good enough position, but a blunder which he
committed In the latter part of the morning session
"a likely TO prove fatal This game was also ad-
tourned at O'Clock.
Charouseks Two Knights defence against Albin
did not prove n iccess. inasmuch the latter got
an overwhelming advantage in the middle stage OF
thes game as did Tarrasch In a similar defence
adopted by Taubenhaus al Nuremberg two years
ago However the game adjourned at
o clock After the resumption Of play. Albin played
beautiful chess and secured q fine victory after
thirty-seven moves.
Some time ago Tarrasch won game with the
Ieipsic amateur Saechling. 1t was Giucco Piano
This game was copied by Porges and Tschigorin on
the seventh table to-day. Shortly after the open
ing moves were made Porges played a seemingly
brilliant combination. which, however. proved un-
sound Tschigorin after carefully defending the
onslaught took 10 aggressive tactics, and won
spirit edlv played game after forty lone moves
AS might have been expected. Steinitz again Sc
lected the g. B-B4 variation 10 the Ruy Lopez
offered by Walbrodt on the eighth table. The lat
ter. however played carefully, never allowing
black TO penetrate his position. Eventually Wal
brodt seemed TO get the best OF the argument but
steinitz drew the game by perpetual check AFTER
forty-six moves.
II is generally expected that the Partisan, Janow-
ski has found his Waterloo at the hands OF Tar
ras sch in a Ruy Lopez. opened like the Teichmanil-
raubenhaus game played In London. The German
DOCTOR established a winning position In the middle
stage and after a hard struggle lasting for sixty
nine moves Tarrasch won the game
The openings Of the games follow in full;