The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01

When Marshall. at the conclusio. OF the
tournament, was asked low II is that IA.
made such a poor showing and why .s
an International player in the very from,
rank he deemed it worth while to piav
IN contest for very small prizes, he had
this TO cay:
Il consider II my duty TO play In every
tournament Independent OF whether there
are Dig or small prizes offered I have
10 90 that IN the Interest OF chess and
"hlle don't mean 10 assert that I do
not believe IL commerciaiisin of chess
IL - not the money only I am looking
after l have the intention OF psrticI-
paung In the International tournament at
81. Petersburg. and II / can get the imam
cial support OF the American chess fra
ternity certainly shall gu and though,
II would be good practice for me to play
IN this tournament The reason ] am
doing SO poorly IN these contests IL prin-
cipally- the circumstance that | cannot
snora to lose game and l therefore
have to be satisfied with IL draw, and AZ
| made two draws in the last tourua-
neht l. OF course, lost one point. which
threw ME out as a candidate for cham
pionship honors In the final round"
There :. a likelihood OF match being
arranged between him and Norman i,
Whitaker OF Washington for the United
States championship. Whitaker has made
oNertures TO the champion and 10 prepared
to play i'm the fall II Marshall Is I'm this
country. Next Tuesday evening Marshall
will play Simultaneously against the MEN,
b-rs of the Queens County Chess Club OF
Richmond Hill l.. l., taking the place of
II. Helms, who will follow him In "a similar
performance two weeks later. Next Satur-
day Marshall will be the guest OF the
Elizabeth Chess and Whist Club OF Eliza
beth, n. j.. playing against all corners.
As DTrkinl,iN fGrpOIlOptti IN Iny =
Black and Rosenthal will play Of the tie
Oh March 10, March q: and March - at
the Manhattan, Rice and Brooklyn Chess
clubs respectively.
In a held OF fourteen, in rapid
transit. handicap tourney at the Brook
Ign Chess Club on February %, Hermann
Helms won the rirst prize by defeati ding
y. G. Selover, Jr.. in the final round. DR..
:. T. King and ". y. Jennings were semi
finalists The time limit was ten seconds
= move.
At his home In the Hotel Ansonla, Prof
Isaac l.. Rice. who celebrated his sixty
fourth birthday last Sunday, Was pre-
sented with $4,000 in Rice Gambit stocks,
artistically and appropriately printed
Under the laws of the State Of Caissa
the Rice Gambit corporation was duly in
corporated, with Isaac L. Rice as presi-
dent. Mrs. Isaac l.. Rice of anti-noise
fame. as vice-president; Julius Finn as
treasurer and Hartwig Cassel as secre-
tary. When Mrs. Rice was seen at the
Rice Chess Clue on Monday evening she
stated that MIR. Rice had been very
liberal With the shares handed to him,
and that fully one-halt had been pre-
sented TO members and friends OF his
family.
II Is Mr.. Rice's intention to send quite
number Of shares to European chess
masters, but he will take care that they
would not be placed on European markets
before April L.
During the progress OF the Trsbitsch
memorial masters tourney at the Vienna
Chess Club game was played by Dr. S
Tartakower and r. Spieln,ann, In which
the former player excelled by very brill
liant tactics. The game