New-York tribune., 1900-08-19
CHESS.
THE MUNICH TOURNAMENT.
EXAMPLES OF CHESS AS PLAYED BY THE
MASTERS.

In presenting the second selection of games from
the Munich international tournament, the
following details of the rounds in which these
games were played will be of special interest to
The Tribune readers:
The tourney had been going along satisfactorily
through Prom he Journey
altogether. but he appeared again Wlhhi III ,i6 n3
finish his game with Schlechter. He He, made nine nine
moves only and then resigned sig dirfm bndfoId
exhibitions promising to engage tGrnev aggo
in progress at Munich, and against eight other
strong amateurs
productive of fine play. showalter especially gave gave
an exhi5tioP Of good Chess and bead Dead fn little
short in not beating Maroczy. who had poor
In the game and won hands down against Halprin.
while Gottscha threw away his chances OF e1 beat
and so Janowski won in the end. Professor Ber-
eSange and 6y beaatifg m end tactics the
game. At first Popiel held his own against seheeh-
When PopieI had exhausted his onslaught Schiech-
game m In % short w ord order COIN had Bardeeben easily
beaten, while Bilecard disposed OF Jakob In a
tgs bP PqffrH at Gf the queens raw"
The remarkable feature Of the fourth round was
that less than seven Queens Pawn openings
and Ruy Lopez were played. Schlechter was
Austrian champion Bardeieben played on for
some time. and when he had lost game ne let let
limit rule. He had, however. won game when
Bardeleben failed to move. ShoWalter loSt 10 flIlS-
bury by misplacing his Rook, but he had cramped
position anyhow. will be seen from the score or
the game, which is appended. How the Partisan
went down before Janowsli can also be from
the score, which is given in full. Halprtn. who
really had winning position against Gottschall
unnecessarily sacrificed piece. which. man0uVre
proved unsound, and Gottschall won There was
nothing / the Berger-Marco game, draw from
the start to the finish, while Wolf played a lively
Ruy Lopez against Billecard, winning cleVerly.
The fifth round furnished some hard hghtng and
also some light skirmishng. GOttschall and Ber-
ger, for instance had made matters simple. Ihey
and then they agreed to draw. Bardeleben lost
his Queen in the middle game. and resigned TO
JakOb; Wolf lost a pawn in the opening 10 Marco
who won by means of the odd pawn In the END,
while Billecard held his against Schlechter up
to the end game stage. when he blundered, ana
ScheChter won. MarocZy had an easy task In
bringing down Halprn in a Spanish game, III WHICH
the Hungarian introduced a new variation. The
Cohn-Pilisbury and the Showalter-Janowski games
are given in full Popiel. who was engaged against
Burn, played good chess, and with proper care
should have drawn easily He, however, sacrl-
feed the exchange. missed the right continuation
and lost.
In the sixth round Bardeleben played his nrst
decent game. He a pawn, and BllecaTd nau
to resign Burn managed to beat Jakoo IN tWenCy
moves Popiel had sacrificed piece against rms.
bury in difficult end game position IN the nope OF
drawing but the American played accurately ana
prin and won cleverly, while Cohn got pad game
against Janowski by adopting a weak move In the
opening The Partisan won after thirty-seven
moves. The Berger -Maroczy game was adJourned
and Schlechter accounted for Wolf Here Ioho"S
q selection Of games from this contest: