Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-29
LASKER At LAST
MAKESAM MATCH
Consents to Play Rubinstein
of Russia for Worlds
Chess Title.
PILLSBURY WAS ONE :
OF GREATEST PLAYERS
Had Most Wonderful Memory
Ever KnoWn-BankS Gives
Fine Exhibition.

DR.. Emanuel Lasker chess champion
OF the world. has at last consented 10
play a match for his titie--or such 10
the news as given in the latest foreign
chess columns to hand. His opponent
will be A. X. Rubinstein OF Russia and
when all is said, Rubinstein deserves
the honor. The work of this young
player for the last year has been the
most remarkable exhibition OF chess
ability since the meteoric career of Paul
Morphy- DR.. Laskers gameness in
selecting SO formidable an antagonist
will do much TO restore confidence in
the odd master" which was somewhat
shaken by his unfortunate quarrel with
Capablanca. Indeed. the Cuban has
hardly shown the class necessary for a
challenger for the worlds highest chess
honcrs during the last year. while
Rubinstein during the past season es-
tabltshed a record for consecutive vic
tories In international master tourna-
ments, Ave, which has never been
equaled. He is the logical candidate
for a match with Lasker PLAY in mis-
great event will probably start in April
or May, 1914.
No games were finished in The Stars
correspondence tourney during the pasi
week, but the referee has talked With 4
hohioCl VI the players, and returns
should come in rapidly from now on
We trust that the tournament OF IN.
Rice Chess Club got under way
Wlthout further misfortune So many
sad accidents and postponements have
befallen this event-if it is at this time
an event-that we hesitate to announce
its start until the returns from the first
round are in.
Dear Sir: Can you tell me. to decide a
oct, how long Pilisbury has been dead?
INQUIRER
Harry \. Pillsbury died June II. l9ns
His career as chess master lasted bur
nttie over ten years, and his best
work was done in winning the immortal
Hastings tournament OF 1895, HIS first
Internal ional masters tournament From
1880 to 1903 he participated I'm ten inter-
national tournaments. tied for first prize
In two OF these events. took second
money four times. third place three times
and fourth once. Yet his fame rests moi
upon this great record. second only TO
Lasker's in this generation. but upon
his incredible feats I'm blindfold simulta-
neous exhibitions. On his last visit to
this city. about 1901, he player % games
Of blindfold simultaneous chess and nine
games of checkers in an exhibition be-
fore the Washington Chess. Checker and
Whist Club. He lost one game and drew
two at chess. and, to the best OF the
writer's recollection. won all OF the
checker games, and he did not hesitate
thirty seconds during the entire exhibi-
tion in giving his reply TO any move
One OF the greatest unwritten chess
books Is THE Life and Games of H. ~
Pfllsbury," by an American-some one
who knew him and could give correct
portrait of the most marvellous memory
the world has ever known.
A slender collection OF Pillsbury's
games. together with a short and incom-
plete record OF his life and accomplish
ments. was published i'm Germany in
1908. The title OF this work In .'Schach-
meister II. y. Pillsbury. Elm Gedenk-
blatt fur den .beruhmten Biindlings-
spieler. Won Ludwig Bachmann"
The following is one OF the games which
have recently turned the spotlight upon
Alfred w. Donegan, a former Washing
ton Chess and Whist Club star, now
American consul at Magdeburg. Germany.