The sun., 1912-07-21
At THE CHESS BOARD;
GAMES AND PROBLEMS
Ruhinstcin Unexpectedly Joins
the Field at
,Rreslau.
TARRASCH AND RI BI NSTElN
IlOircr Of London Comments Fa-
vOrably on New YOrk-Ha-
vana Congress.
IA RRASCHANDR RUBINSTElN

champion DR.. Siegbert Tarrasch was carry
ing everything before him, winning four
International tournaments contested In
Breslau, 1880; Manchester. 1890, Dresden,
1902. and Ieipsio, 1854. What made this
performance all the more remark able was
the fact that his record WAS the following
Bresiau Won. 0: lost. o; drew. s-=i7.
Manchester: Won, IL: lost. o: drew. 7:=i5'i.
Dresden: Won, 0; lost. 1; drew, e-i?.
1eipsic: Won. is; lost. 3; drew. i==i?h.
II will thus be seen that in these four
International events he won forty-three
games. lost four and drew twenty-five.
which Is quite u remarkable record con-
sidering that In the first three named tour
neys he only lost one game. to Albin. When
looking. however. at the names OF the other
competitors who played In these four tour
uaments II must be admitted that in neither
NJ these events WAS the field ANYTHING like
a. strong as nowadays. Neither Tschigorin.
fasker. Pillsbury. Steintz nor other re-
nowned experts were In the ring and the
frst time Tarrasoh had to meet these men, at
Hastings In 1898. he was placed only fourth
Again A. Nuremberg In 1893. when strong
field had entered at Nuremberg. Tarrasch
was placed third and fourth and the same
year at Budapest he was not placed at all
At Vienna In 1903 he secured tho first prize
after a tic match with Pillsbury and later
on te carried away first prize at Ostend
In none OF these latter tournemcnts. how
ever, was a field comparable with the one at
Nuremberg and Hastings.
Under the circumstances and taking the
strength Of the field into consideration the
Russian champions record il much better
one Rubinstein. whom Champion Lasker
considers the strongest wing player. won
the san Sebastian and Poestyen Journeys In
brilliant style and there is every reason TO
believe that he will be equally successful in
the international tournament which was
begun at Breslau last week. Should he
succeed again in carrying away the first
prize his record would perhaps be the finest
ever established by any past or present
master.
Comparing the two fields which did duty
q. Poestyen and Breslau 1t will be found IN at
the following players entered in both
COhn. Duras. Rubinstein. Balla. Spielmann.
Marshall. Yeichmann. Barasz. Breyer and
Schlechter. Sterk. Saiwe. Alapin. Yates.
Hromadka, Leonh ardt and Joiner, who
played at Poestyen. are absentees at Bres-
lsu. Their places were taken ny Mieses
Prezepiorka. Treybal. Tarrasch. Lowtzky.
Carts. Burn and Lewitzky. Consequently
the field at Breslau. If anything must be
called superior to that OF Poestyen. princi-
paily on accoun, of the fact that both Burns
and Tarrasch are in the ring.
While one must not pay innch attention
to the results in the opening rounds. still
in contest where every player meets
every other competitor only once a victory
Or defeat. even In the opening rounds is of
much importance to player inasmuch
as il is very difflcult indeed TO recover ground
when only seventeen rounds are scheduled.
1t is to be hoped chat the American cham
pion. Marshall. will continue to do good
work. as he did in the orenons round
when he defeated Tarrasch in spite of the
fact that he had to play the black pieces.
However. whosoever will be the leader
al the end. the race. with this fine field In
action. will be an interesting one. and
although it is quite anticipated that a goodly
number OF games will not be scored by
merit only there never was "A contest
in which some games which ought 20 have
been won wer" lost and vice vcrsa,-the
chess literature will surely be enriched
10y great many line games which after
all is the main object in arranging internal
tional and national tournaments
J.. HoYer of London in commenting on
the programme of the proposed New York
Havana international championships tourna-
ment made the following remarks IN the
Fieh Of July l3:
ship tournament was mooted hy MIR hoTer
IN the programme of the bstend tuilrna- =
Ien'. oI Whltn ne Nhu IN. management.
Ii was proposed to hold a grand masters
tournament. the winner OF which should
ship OF the world. DR.. Tnrrasch was the
winner, and he played a match for the
cham pionship of the world and was de-
subsequently. independent Of Os'end. AS
the management OF the Ostend Congress
could not come to terms with DR.. Lasker to
programme The winner of the champion
ship series proposed in the New York -Ha-
Isy claim 10 the cham pionship OF the world :"
Interesting selections of games from
the recent sectangular and Poestyen in
tcrnat!onal Journeys are herewith ap-
pended:
QUEENS GAMBIT DECLINED