Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-11
MANY CHESS EXPERTS
OPENING THE INTERNATIONAL
CONGRESS AT osTEND.

OSTEND, Belgium, June 10-The first in
ternational chess congress was opened al
the Kursaal in this city today by Manager
T. Gunsberg of London. 1t was found that
fifteen experts were ready to start in the
great masters tourney on Monday MORN
next, namely: Marshall, Tschigorin Black
burne Burn Teichmann. Leonhardt, Tar
rasch, Bardeleben, Maroczy, Schlechter'
Marco Wolf. Janowski Alapin and Tau
benhauS.
Mieses, who had promised to be present,
sent word that he would be unable to play.
Under the circumstances 1t was decided not
to shorten the contest In any way, but TO
conduct the tourney in two parts SO that
every player would have to meet every
other competitor twice.
After adopting the Berger schedule for
the arrangement of the rounds the con-
testants proceeded to draw their numbers
in order to fix the schedule for the whole
contest. TschigOrin drew number one'
Blackburne number two and Janowski num-
Der three, and the other players drew the
numbers from four to fifteen in the follow
ing order: Marco Burn, Tarrasch, Mar
shall, Leonhardt Schlechter, Teichmann,
Wolf, Maroczy, Tubenshaus, Alapin and
Bardeleben.
The schedule for the first part of the
tourney was consequently arranged as fol-
lows:
First round-Blackburne Bardeleben. Janowski
vs. Alapin, Marco VS.. Taubenhaus, Burn VS..
Maroczy, Tarrasch Wolf. Marshall vs.. Teich-
mann, Leonhardt Schlechter; Tschigorin. bye.
Second round-Teichmann VS.. Leonhardt. Wolf
Marshall. Maroczy vs. Tarrasch, Taubenhaus
Burn, Alapin Marco, Bardeeben vs.. Janow-
ski Tschigorin VS.. Blackburn; Schlechter, bye.
Third round-Janowski vs. Tschigorin. Marco vs.
Bardeleben. Burn VS. Alapin, Tarrasch vs. Tauben-
Schlechter Teichmann; Blackburne, bye
Leonhardt Taubenhaus vs.. Marshall, Aiapin VS..
Tarrasch Bardeeben VS. Burn. Tschigorin VS..
Marco. Blackburne vs.. Janowski; Teichmann. a bye.
npt- R1acE Rnrn vs.
Tschigorin, Tarrasch vs.: Bardeleben, Marshall VS..
Alapin. Leonhardt Taubenhaus, Schlechter VS..
Sixth round-Maroczy VS.. Teichmann, Taubenhaus
schleichter., Alapin Leonhardt. Bardeleben
Burn. Janowskl VS.. Marco; Wolf, bye.
Seventh round-Burn VS.: Janowski, Tarrasch VS..
Bardeleben. Sehlechter vs. Alapin, Teichmann vs..
Taubenhaus, Wolf VS.. Maroczy; Marco. a bye.
EE s %S R
Leonhardt, Blackburne Marshall Janowski
VS. , Tarrasch, Marco vs. Burn Maroczy bye -.
Jsnowski; LeOnhardt VS.. BlackburDe; Schechter
VS.. Tschigorin; Teichmann Bardeleben; Wolf
VS.. Alapin; Maroczy vs. Taubenhaus; Burn bye.
Tenth round-Alapin VS.. Maroczy; Bardeleben VS..
Wolf; Tschigorin vs. Teichmann; Black6urne vs..
Marshall; Burn VS.. Tarrasch; Taubenhaus bye.
Eleventh round Marshall VS.. Burn; Leonhardt
VS. Blackburne; Wolf vs. Tschigorin; Maroczy VS..
Bardeleben; Taubenhaus VS.. Alapin; Tarrasch a
Twelfth round-Bardeleben vs. Taubenhaus:
Tschgorin Maroczy; Blackburne VS.. Wolf;
Jnnowsh Teichmann; Marco VS.. Schlechter;
Burn Leonhardt; Tarraseh vs. Marshall; Alapin
bye
Thirteenth round - Leonhardt Tarrasch.
Schlecheter Burn; Teichmann VS.. Marco; Wolf
vs. Janowski: Maroczy VS. Blackburne; Taubenhaus
VS.. Tschigorin; Alapin VS.. Bardeieben; Marshall a
bye.
Fourteenth round-Tschigorin vs.. Alapin: Black
burne Taubenhaus; Janowski Maroczy;
Marco VS.. Wolf; Burn Teichmann; Tarrasch
Schlechter; Marshall VS.. Leonhardt; Bardele-
beI bye.
Fifteenth round-Schechter Marshall; Tech-
VS.. Tarrasch; Wolf Burn; Maroczy VS..
Marco: Taubenhaus Janowski; Alapin vs..
Blackburne; Bardeleben Tschigorin; Leonhardt
bye.