New-York tribune., 1907-01-27
VICTORY FOR LASKER.
WINS FIRST CHESS GAME.
Marshall Resigns after Fifty MoUes
an Championship Match.

DR.. Emanuel Lasker defeated Frank j. Mar
shall. after fifty moves, in the first game OF
their match for the worlds chess champion
ship in the assembly hall of the Thomas Jef-
ferson Building. in Brooklyn, yesterday. good
sized crowd was in attendance afternoon and
evening.
Before the game began Professor Isaac L.
Rice one OF the referees. made a brief address
The umpires. r. Clark and E. w Libaire. then
tossed for the move. and on Iibaire MaTshalIs $
umpire. winning Marshall opened the game with
the famous Spanish attack, the Ruy Lopez
much to the surprise of everybody, as It was eX-
pected that the challenger would surely play ms
favorite queens gambit.
The hall was we'll adapted for the match. The
players. umpires. judges and tellers were seated
on the platform, and as move was
made IT was repeated two exhibition boards
to the right and left of the platform, so that all
onloOkers could follow the progress OF the game
Moreover right at the entrance there were
placed six chess tables, where those desiring to
analyze the various positions could do so with
ease. and 1t was at these tables that most Of the
interest centred
After his short address Professor Rice read
number of congratulatory kilograms from c.
H Turner. president of the Baltimore Chess As
sociatlon: James Abbott president Of the West
of the Chicago Chess and Checker Club. and f.
c. B. Jenkins secretary of the Kansas City Chess
Club. among others.
Among the prominent persons present at the
opening We're Judge Josiah T. Marean. Of
Brooklyn; Vice-Chancellor Mahlon Pitney, OF
New Jersey; Controller Herman a. Metz Com
mander b. T. Walling and Lieutenant Charles
Webster. of the navy yard; Professor Isaac L.
Rice. Sam Lloyd J. Herbert Watson, S B. Chit
tenden, DR.. ]. B. Kopf. Henry Chadwick. j. D..
Sedgwyn and II. NJ Phillips.
When looking closely at the principals 1t was
found that neither seemed to be excited or ner-
vous. They shook hands at the start, made the
opening moves rather quickly and several times
during the game left the board when the ad-
versary had to move and mixed with the crowd
| in the body Of the hall As soon as they would
see that the tellers J. H. Taft. tr.. and F. D..
Rosebault, had repeated a move ON the exhibi-
tiOn boards they would quietly walk back 10 the
platform and begin the fight anew.
The game had scarcely advanced eight moves
before the wiseaCres gave their verdict Most
OF them We're of the opinion that Lasker had
the superior position. Suddenly however, there
came a change Of opinion. and IL was thought
that Marshall, by playing the right move, woull
surely get the better position. Marshall did not
make the right move, the wiseaCres thought,
and so they gave up the case as hopeless. When
the game adjourned d o'clock the end
| game stage had been reached Marshall said
that at the worst he could easily draw the game.
Twenty-three moves had been registered
The particular opening adopted has a little his
tory Murphy was the first who suggested the
variation. and OF late years the Bostonians. John
F. Barry and Franklin f Young. have made
this particular variation q special study. Four
or i've years ago Barry played a match game
with Laskcr. selecting this variation a his at
tack. Barry lost the game No doubt Marshall
wanted TO Try his hand at It in order get a
thorough analysis 81 the game over the board.
His main object. he said to get Lasker 10
unknown regions, believing that he could then
hold his own.
The champion. on the other hand rather liked
the programme. for az no stage of the game did
he spend much time on his rejoinders while Mar
shall put I'm lot OF time In studying his moves,
When play was resumed at o'clock 10 soon
became evident that Marshall hghtinR a
hopeless game. The champion pawn
| then another. and after fifty moves Marshall
resigned
The second game will be- PLAYED at the Ever
| EFT House. Fourth avenue and 18th street. in
this city. Tuesday. The score of the game
| follows