The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-22
CHESS FOR PLAYER,
LOVER AND STUDENT
Havana Aldermen Again Donate
Money to Encourage
Chess Playing.
CAPABLANCA GETS $1,000
Tarrasch on the st. Petersburg
CongresscNew York
state Meeting.
CAPABLANCA GETS $1,000

Once more the Aldermen Of the city OF
Havana have shown their willingness In
supporting chess, appropriating the sum
Of $1,000 for the Cuban champion, J. r.
Capablanca. This money Is to be paid to
him partly as compensation for the work
he did In organizing the proposed inter-
national Havana congress. an event
which did not realize, and partly toward
his expenses In connection with the ST.
Petersburg international congress, which
Is TO be- opened in that city on April 20.
Unless the Mayor Of Havana sees ut to
veto the resolution Of the Aldermen Capa-
blanca will receive the $1,000. OF course
many other formalities will have to be
gone through before the city treasurer
will be able to forward n check to Capa-
blanca.
After a close nght Alechin and MEM
zowitsch were tied at the conclusion OF
the Russian national masters tourney,
just completed at st. Petersburg. Flam-
berg being In third place with 10 points.
while tbs winners scored 1871. points each.
As the winner of this contest should re-
ceive place In the International con-
gress, Alechin and Niemzowitsch will be
called upon to play a tie match OF four
games up to settle that question.
The German champion. DR.. Sigismund
Tarrasch who also received an invitation
to the st. Petersburg international tour
ney. made the following comments in
German exchange:
THE St Petersburg committee in
sending out invitations to the congress,
to be opened on, April 20. have con-
sidered only those masters who, since
the first international chess tournament
In 1868, had succeeded In winning at least
once first prize In an important inter-
national tourney 1t is extraordinarily
surprising how small the number OF such
candidates is only twenty-four. Eight of
these Andersen. Kollsch. Steinitz, Zuker-
tort Mackenzie. Tschigorin. Pillsbury and
Charusek. are dead The sixteen still
alive are Wnawor. Blackburne. Gunsberg.
Weiss. Tarrasch. DIR. Lasker. Burn
Maroczy. Janowski. Marshall, Schlechter.
Rubinstein, Bernstein. Duras, Capablanca
and Teichmann tthe names are given In
chronological ORDER. To all of these in
vitations were sent, although some on ac-
count of old age. others for other rea-
sons, have practically retired from active
tourney play. Winawer, Weiss and Lasker
too have declined the invitations and IL
said that Gunsberg probably will not
accept either.
The other twelve, hence Just half on the
eligible list. have promised TO participate
in play. Another competitor, namely
the winner OF the Russian national mas
ters' tourney. probably Alechin or Mem
. .owltsch. will be added to the list, which
fact, as regards smallness OF field In
IN International contest, will establish Il
-ecord. Under the circumstances and in
order to create additional interest In the
affair. IL would he wise TO either order
4 double round tourney. that Is to say,
contest In which each player would have
20 play two games with every other COM
petitor, or make all those who at the END
OF one round have scored more than half
their games play another tourney for the
prizes. Then about eighteen rounds In
al would be necessary TO wind up the
tourney.
IAN opportunity ought 10 be given TO
the winner TO be ptted against the winner
II the proposed Lasker-R ubinstein cham
pionship match. and tho congress should
make IL its business TO solve II possible
the difficult question regarding future
worlds championship matches and also
should undertake to form an International
hess organization. The president of the
;erman Chess Association, Prof. DR.. Geb-
hardt OF Coburg has promised to attend
the congress In St Petersburg in order TO
explain the stand of the German Chess
Association in matters pertaining to the
championship question and to the forma =
ton of an international chess organza-
ion. The 81. Petersburg congress prom
ises therefore to be of unusual interest
to the chess fraternity at large
Following are the final scores IN the
Russian national masters tournament.
lust concluded and referred to above: