New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
German City Will Be the
Mecca for All Lovers
of the Game.
MARSHALL ONLY
HOPE OF AMERICA
Minor Tournaments Also At
tract Many Entries from
All Parts of World.

Mannheim. in Germany, will be the
mecca for all chess players who are
able TO absent themselves from their
daily vocations for the next three
weeks. for tomorrow will see the be
ginning Of play in the international
masters tournament and other com
petitions Of the German Chess Asso-
citation there.
Those who cannot attend 10 play or
watch will derive secondhand enjoy
mcnt from n perusal OF the games, and
among these are included the deVotees
Of the game in every quarter OF the
globe. Sufficient time has hardly
elapsed in which 10 digest the fine
games produced by the masters i'll the
recent tournament at ST. Petersburg,
which. by the way. will be brought out
in book form both in Russian and
German (the latter by DR.. Tarrasch),
but new games by such experts as
Rubinstein, DR.. Tarrasch, Marshall,
etc. are always looked forward to with
cagerness on the part of those who are
able TO appreciate them. The commit
tee Of the Mannheim tournament mas
been overwhelmed with applications,
and places could be found for only
twenty out of the thirty-nine IN the
masters class.
America gets representation through
Frank J. Marshall, the United States
champion and fifth prize winner at 81
Petersburg. The entries for the three
most important of the other contests
on the programme. including the TWO
"Haupt" tournaments. the winning OF
which entities the victors 10 the rank
of master" have attracted entries APP
proximating 125 players. All OF when
goes TO show that chess is more than
holding its own on the Continent, IN
further proof Of which It may be
stated that on the Continent the meet
inc Of the German Association two
years hence will undoubtedly be held
at Bad-Oynhausen. the royal Pruss IAN
management of which has made bid
of 5000 marks in addition 70 the sum
of 8 900 marks the municipality is SAID
20 be prepared 10 contribute.
The count of tickets representing the
games played by the members OF the
8rooklvu Chess Club in the last quar-
ter of its continuous handicap tourna-
nent revealed the following three WIN
ners of the percentage prizes: First
x. {. Selover. jr.. 1853, with % games
ont of -: second, Rafael Mora, 100,
with 81 out of 95; third, c. !. Crowell'
.G.2. with 151 out of 242. There was
lcc.. competition for the special prize
for the highest aggregate OF WINS our
irr the quarter. but finally w ,. lie
nan. with 211 games, won out. ,. IL.
Cragg was only five games behind.
From batch Of games played IN the
ynnraI handicap tournament OF the
Manhattan Chess Club. and submitted
20 II. Helms for adjudication as to their
merits with respect to the prizes put
up for brilliancy. two have been Sc.
lccted as worthy Of being singled out
for distinction. The first prize was
awarded to J. Rosenthai, former state
champion. for the game won from r.
Garcia at the odds of pawn and move
md draw. AMI the second to W. New
hold for the came the latter won from
/ Dave. secretary of the club.
Johner. former champion OF the
Manhattan Chess Club. of TINS city
rlaved the following interesting game
sgainst the Hungarian expert, Il,
krever. at the recent international
cambit tournament at Baden near
Vienna: