The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15
CHESS FOR PLAYER,
LOVER AND STUDENT
La>ker'> Philosophy of thc
Chess Fraternity and
the Masters.
SIMULTANEOUS REt ORD
Li,cl, Programme 'onfr"ntS
Metropolitan Chess
PLAYERS.

Champion H., EmauuN Lasoc, has just
concluded "a professional tour ,u Germany
and Austria. and after visiting twenty
seven chess clubs o. was found taat b."
mad pIay.d s6N game, 800 an. of which
h.. had Won $50. lost - ana drew '".
Preceding each simultaneous tNu.'.tuI
h,. delivered "A lecture. After lbs RETURN
q, Berlin the champion had he iol"N''S
20 say about his tour IN D'r Nrhat'"Gft
'Only pleasant "reminiscences are I''l
Il my tiip. on which / visited twenty
seven chess clubs in Germany and Aus
trIa To hr able t. say THAT ie lnu'', '''
rarely can one speak of cur 81 hap''-
ness without fnd.rs drop 81 bitterness
Rut | cannot I'culcc' s'nGl' tfIN'i'
which / would have lihed 20 nave gone
through I'm any other waN cannot
r,cpllect having met q chess shNrr whose
acquaintance didn't please lne IN '''"'
way.
~ i quite natural that the chess
master Is fetcd and horor"d u must W.
decd be "A hopeless cas-" " me Worn '' II
master would not he readily 'r,'E lH'd'
but this recognition l. only Ih me ''' '''
~ admiration want to saN = is Only
cold d,. burning straw. Nuo YEA. ~ M
rathv between man and man comes "h''
after he purclv CHESS proWoss "I NUS
ter steps into the Background ana ""''
thov begin talking about aims "' S'H''''
interest 10 mankind .,
"rntss, As generally Was heNeN"n u 90
,anop,I, is not territory wholly nt
i,srlf Strluitz has proved tt' ch'-- h'7
tn r,uGl a mission IA the world Tor W'H'
kind aprrt from the fact th'l I.' .'N
movement made IN recent YEARS ). ~,
rurely technical part of chess Is o. .' ne
q, tn all IT Is here whor" ln" .'N'
masters have 80 fulhl their mission. nlN
truth so far mas not penetrate" .''''
minds of chess players. hay" ir'' 20
expound this theory in my lectures '"'
h,ncya | have strengthened tu'''h
relationship between chess masters anu
the public at large
los, month the 81. Petersburg 'h'Ns
,puh celebrated It's tenth Ncar of oNls''h'"
with n BANQUET and \ RAPID t"hN' '""'
NOV in which sixteen masters were -.
gagged Among those present ~ Wv
BANQUET WAS the cuban ChAWN'"lH ~ "
car .blanca, who At his entrance 'h'" Wv
dining room was received with nun'n APP
nlausc and checrine. In return ne maze
a speech I'm English, in which II" EfN"
Won't to his astonishmont at ia" great
popularity Of the royal game III l'"SS'"
and he made II point 10 Wl'T ms S"l-
cerest thanks for the hosrli"I.N We re-
ceiyed ever since his sojourn IN RUSSIA.
Narrower. he paid hish compliment to
the body of the Russian chess masters
who according to his idea, '"uld rank
very high along with thos" of any other
country. l., A,
sixteen masters participated IN tN"
rapid transit Tournaments ln'N "'i"
di vidcu into four sections. IN Whhh tHch
man had to play two games with every
other man in that section. Inc winners
of the sections had to play or Tor th"
prizes Capahlanca lost ON" game 10
Loewenfisch, drew one with fNenssohh
and won the rest of the games, thereby
winning the first prize ENcnsSohn was
placed second, I.o,wenilsch third, Won
Freeman fourth, AlcChin 0fth' Salw"
sixth, Tauhenhaus seventh ana 'nt"m-
kin eighth and last
ON THURSDAY evening tho twin cham
Mons Of the Empire state, George j
Rcihon and Leonard u. MAYER, gave u
simultaneous exhibition at tn" Manhattan
| Chess club against twcntN-uiuo players.
with the result that they won eleven
games. lost ten aud drew eight
| The Eoston Chess club challenges all
| corners to play against tts team on Feb
| ruary %. play tn begin at the rooms of