New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-23
MARSHALL WINS QUICKLY
Chess Champion Beats WaICott
in First Round of Tourney.
TAKES THIRTY-F0UR MOVES
Capablanca Draws a Bye and
Will Play His First Game
To- day.


PLAY in the national chess tournament,
n which are entered the best metropolitan
EXPERTS. representatives of Boston and Chi
caco. in addition to +. j. Marshall. United
States champion. and J. r Capabanca,
Cuban Champion began according TO sched-
ule at the cafe Boulevard shortly before
noon Yesterday Capabanca, who will ar
rive here to-day from Cuba in time to start
I'm the second round was the only absentee
oud received his bye in the opening round.
The winners Of the opening round were
Z ]. Marshall. r T. Black, champion OF the
Prooklyn Chess Club; Charles Jaffe, Paul
.Icrner and Oscar Chajes, Illinois State
champion. Only one drawn game was re-
corded. and this was credited to a. Il.
Krevmborg, of this city. against Albert 3.
Hedges, the redoubtabe Staten Island
player.
CHIEF interest centred around the table
AZ which Marshall was engaged with C. II.
Nalcott the New England champion. II
proved 10 be unexpectedly short. lasting
orly thirty-four moves when it was scored
to Marshalls credit as result of wal
colts overstepping the time limit, an I'M
, usual occurrence in a first class tourna-
ment The opening. like all other games.
with the exception Of the one at the sixth
board. was Queens Gambit declined, Mar
| shall having the white pieces. Walcott
odopted the classical defence Of P--Q 3,
which gave white the freer development.
/ Later Marshall posted knight TO excel
| lent advantage. This piece troubled the
/ New Highlander much. Complications en-
I
Walcott's clock licked on and finally in
dicated the expiration OF two hours, after
/ thirtv-four moves had been made. The
rules Of the tournament require thirty-slN
/ moves in the FIRST two hours and eighteen
moves an hour thereafter. Waicott ac-
cording1y forfeited the game forthwith.
Though not actually hopeless. his posi-
ton was such that Marshall by best play
would no doubt have won in any event
The defeat Of I. Tenenwurzel Of the Rice
/ Chess Club, by o. Chaies, OF Chicago, was
! somewhat OF a surprise, as the Westerner
was regarded as a doubtful quantity. He
made a distinctly favorable impression yes
/ Ierday, and much is expected from him
/ henceforth. This opening vas distinctive
( from the rest being a Four knights open
/ ing on the eleventh move Chajes forced
/ the undoubl!ng Of his pawns, and the New
/ Workers. kings side became quite crampeo.
/ The Iatters twelfth move lost time. en-
aiding Chajes to strengthen his attack by
O-R5. Tenenwurzers fourteenth move left
/ him with helpless knight and two moves
/ later he lost a pawn. Next Chajes won
the Exchange" and scored the game In
! forty-three moves.
{ The game between r. T. Black and Mag
nus Smith. the two Brooklyn representa-
tives. was well fought. Smith resortng to
Lasker's defence of Kt-K6. Black OBJ
tanned a strong pressure on his opponents
queen side pawns. Toward the end Of the
game both players were pressed by time,
and Smith overlooked a possible drawing
variation. on the thirty-fifth move Black
succeeded in winning the exchange and a
pawn Smith resigned after forty moves
had been recorded.
The Hodges Kreymborg game was the
most stubbornly contested OF the round, a
spirited encounter going over fifty moves.
Kreymbore, black, conducted the opening
some what indiferenty, Of which Hodges
took advantage, with & splendid attack III
the centre. Kreymborg lost a pawn and
later on another. Bur the game had
reached somewhat complicated ending, IL
which Kreymborg, fighting the defence
stubbornly outmanoeuvred the veteran eX'
pert and regained a pawn. The contest set
tied down 10 Il rock and four pawns agans
a rock and three pawns, finally ending in &
,draw.
Scientific chess gave Joiner a victory
over Morris after forty-siX moves. The
latter erred on his fourteenth move anC
made another weak one az his sixteenth
turn. BY not exchanging queens on th'
twenty-fourth move Morris might have haC
a playable game, but from that point OF
his fate was settled.
Jane had the distinction of winning th'
shortest game Of the round against Baird
who resigned after eighteen moves. Baird
defence gave him a cramped position, o
which Jaffe took full advantage. III
: pushed his attack vigorously, sacrificed
. piece ana won out In fine style
The pairing for the second round to-da!
follows: Kreymborg vs.. Chajes Walcott vs.
Hodges, Smith vs.. Marshall, Baird vs.
Black, Joiner VS.. Jane, Capablanca VS.
. Morris and Tencnwurzel q bye.
9 The details Of yesterdays games follow
FIRST BOARD-OIrEEN'S GAMBIT DE