Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-28
IN CHESS CIRCLES.

In all the chess circles of the country at
this season, by reason of the heat and alb
sentees. no events beyond the ordinary
skittles and the games of the continuous
Journeys take place. But it is also the sea-
son of outings for chess players as well as
others, and the various sections are now
having their summer meetings for recrea-
ton and play.
The players of the New York Chess As
ISOLATION had their annual outing and tour
ney last week at the Thousand Isles.
Marshall won first prize, and by a close
shave. After winning four straight he de-
Tended his fifth game with karpinski by
his usual Petroff, and by good manage
ment his opponent was after awhile two
pawns ahead, but his time was running
short, and he had to make fifteen moves
IN five minutes, and could not ALWAYS
choose the best The result was that Mar
snail succeeded in drawing the game The
latter was fortunate also in that Roethlng
who took second place, indisposed the
1rst two days and lost his game each day,
put that afterward he pulled himself to-
gether and won four straight while Mar
shalIs score was ~ to 112.
Havana is moving for an international
tournament to follow the Munich
Mr.. Emile Leucht of New Orleans has
presented to the chess club of that city an
almost exact fac smile reproduction of the
famous set of chessmen presented to Nor
ply on his return from his oyerturninp
tour of the chess knights. The men do
mated represent the white men in silver
metal in the form of Roman figures the
KING and queen being statuettes of four
inches height, arrayed in royal robes. the
bishop, about three inches in height, stands
inclined forward, grasping a drawn sword
with blade advanced. The opposing pieces
are of bronze and represent barbarian in
vaders of the later Roman empire. The
king wears covering of bull hide; the
queen. barbarian costume of medieval
times; the bishop is a true laufer (runner),
wearing the winged helmet and bearing a
drawn sword The knights on both sides
are on chargers. appearing on the spring.
The pawns on the white or Roman side are
foot soldiers, with breast plates, helmets,
bucklers and the straight two-edge sword
of the DICTIONARIES. The barbarian paWns
represent the ancient Nisigoth, wearing on
his body the hide and on his head the
horns of the wild bull of the forests His
weapon is huge knotted club.
The Birmingham England) Gazette, in
talking over the late tourney, after dwell
ing on Lasker's firm style of play, says:
Now Marshall has scored a game against
him, a notable exploit in youth of twen-
ty-three in his first tourney, and one that
no one should attempt to minimize. He
won through very fine play; that is the
only fair and reasonable conclusion after
examining the game.
Marshall played splenddly and is
great credit to the states. Some have call
ed his success "A matter of sheer luck and
we agree with them-in sense. We think
a youth who in his first international beats
Lasker. Pinsbury. Burn. Marco. Mieses
and draws twice with Tschigorin very
lucky, indeed. To be possessed of so much
talent and so much indomitable courage is
a great piece of luck. If Marshall can
maintain his present lead he may become
the American champion or even the cham
pion of the world
Below is Marshalls game with MarocZy
in the last round played in the Paris tour
ney-the game which cost him second place
in that great contest. besides several hum
dred dollars of the realm of France. The
notes from the Philadelphia Times: