New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26
! MANY CLUBS BID FOR
! CHAMPION CHESS GAMES
Great Interest Shown in Pro-
posed Match Between LaSker
and RubinSteln.
MARSHALL WANTS TO PLAY
American Champion Would Wei
come Challenge for HIS
Title-Scores of Berlin
Riga Matches.

Chess critics who, according to dis
patch printed in The Tribune last sunday
IRE trying by every means possible TO
prcvent the proposed match between
1asxer end Rubensten. are not likely to
meet with success in their attempt, to
nudge from a letter. which was written
under date Of October ?, by DR.. Lasker
10 a friend in this city. Or. Lasker
writes:
Personally. ] have no doubt that the
match will come TO pass Yet, nothing is
certain. Men may fall sick, etc. l re-
neat. that in my opinion. all will go well
MANY clubs have asked for games. Al
this moment / am negotiating for all OF
the twenty games and may not be able TO
FIJI all demands. Also many declare that
they are willing to subscribe for the book,
though the lists have not been opened
here as yet"
The American champion. Frank j Mar
shall. who will make a tour in the United
states and Canada beginning early next
month. is said to be very anxious to re-
ceive a challenge for mis- title. since ne
has been resting on his laurels ever since
he beat J. W. S"hwalter in a match some
five or six wee He cannot under
stand the IL. 'aSmuch as even
masters. who hey are strong
enough 10 COM l.ernational grand
masters tournaneh., 40 not come forth
with challenge.
Marshall would neither make hard rules
and regulations nor would he require
large purse or retainer fee for such
match All ne wants is fight, which, in
all probability. would stir up chess mat
tiers in America. He hopes to be able 10
meet some prominent patron sufficiently
interested in things pertaining to chess to
find him an opponent worthy of his steel.
Some time ago The Tribune announced
the victory of the Riga Chess Club over
the Berlin Chess Society in a match.
played by telegraph, in which two games
were played simultaneously and while
one of these games ended in a draw, the
other was won by Riga. The "Rigasche
Zeitung" brings the full score of the
game won by Riga. with full annotations
by the winning team, namely, the famous
end game and problem composers. Karl
and Robert Betting, Professor Boil and
a. LUeth.
As will be seen from the appended
score of the game, il was a Ruy Lopez
open at Berlin, and almost from the
very start things became interesting. in
asmuch as the Riga consulting party
sprung, on their sixth turn, a surprise
on the Beriners. The latter, of course,
had expected that Riga would select the
defence made famous by Professor Boil
and termed the Riga defence hence. a
lot of analysis. most probably INDUCED
in by the Germans against the Riga de-
fence, was wasted.
With the aid of the annotations, which
were literally translated, the student will
detect no end Of interesting positions. and
altogether this particular game may be
looked upon as one which. in years to
come, will serve as a sample of how to
conduct attack and defence in the Ruy
Lopez.
Moreover. it establishes the great ana
lytical power of the Russians and suffi-
GENTLY explains the reason why the Riga
Chess Club has placed so many victories
On correspondence chess to it's credit
Following is the full score of the game:
RITy OpFZ