Evening star., 1915-02-14
Movement on Foot to Hold
Tournament Likely to Be
Carried Out.
CAPABLANCA PLAYS WELL
IN SPLENDID EXHIBITION
Cuban Does Remarkable Work in
Simultaneous Contests in
New York.

Notwithstanding the many. Obvious
and valid objections against the princi-
pie of determining a city champion
ship by tournament play, under the
conditions outlined for the proposed
District championship tournament. the
event would seem TO offer solution
of the present muddle and to deserve
the support of all District chess play
ers. The condition to which we par
ticularly have reference is one which
provides that the winner of the pro-
posed tournament shall be open to inn
mediate challenge for his title. provid-
ed such challenge, or challenges, shall
be accompanied by the offer of a
suitable stake. Obviously, clause OF
this kind is necessary to protect the
champion from flood OF challenges
from inferior players. looking for prac-
tice and the honor of being mentioned
as championship contenders. 1t is
equally necessary to bona fde char
lengers as an assurance that the cham
pfon will not sidetrack worthy as
pirants to his title by electing to take
on the weaker brethren" in glory
matches.
While it is true that match play is
the only satisfactory method of decid-
ing championships of this character.
and has been the method always EN-
ployed in the District in the past. yet
in the present state of affairs a tour
nament such as is proposed would at
least furnish a mark to shoot at and
open the way for matches which would
settle the question beyond doubt
and the question. without any frills OF
precedent or privilege, is simply this:
Who is the strongest chess player in
the District of Columbian"
Capablanca's feat of playing sixty-fve
boards in one simultaneous exhibition last
| Friday evening in Brooklyn is the most
| astonishing performance the world has
| ever seen at this style of chess. At a
number of boards the young Cuban was
/ mir fad 1faf faar
four players being opposed to him, among
them the best amateur players of New
| York and Brooklyn. At the conclusion
of play Capablanca had scored forty
| eight wins, twelve draws and five losses.
| The following list of his opponents will
| show more clearly than any comment the
magnitude Of his achievement:
Hoxs ~ s. kreassE; s v,ar 4 = Ieltws Wv os6orns % a.
Hebb al and f f 4. Rils n q .. n. II. weyrauch: i 10.
?. $. Carter: u: ". B. Chamberlain, g.; L.
A. J. Mandeil Is. H. e. Lecde and L: +.
| korkus: l6. A. T. Lawson: II. Mrs. c. y. IIix
seaman Sea ma and Miss Mayo-smiti: 10. Edward Bcilr
20. J. II; Park: 2l. s. II. shadwick: q. p. =.
| A. s. Jameson: rs A. V. Taylor: %. L. ". Jen-
nings: 2S, L. Meyer and I. Chernofsky: -. DE-
EraHs C. s John @ pr n M Ste snS Il
Growell; 81 R: Won During and r. LOTUS: 81.
F. Ensel%Sn @ W r. 30 nnaonb M g ana nsTI f. and r o.
"a. F. l.. Gillette and E. c. Kliemand: IS. ".
ID. AFTER and NJ. M. Palmer: -. ]. +. Smyth:
o. G. II. Marks and 4. Solomon: q, J. r.
Crane: a. W. Rizmuelier and ]. Braelow: A..
| NJ. zetkin and NJ. yelinsky: &c. $. Roskin anil
| J. Ample: A.. Z. ii. Leede and T. Wright: As.
| H. Macarmac aud b. Diamond: ~ p. Idpschuetz
| and u. schoenbaum: 80. L. Goldstein and II.
NickoIsberg: 81. r: Bartha: 50. ~; walfson: ~.
Il. Stromber- and Fl. Moczow: 81. Jacob and Joa-
eph Schneider: 30. f. Nicholson: sc. Or. J.
Pullman: 81. Greenberg and p. Garms jr.; IS.
Z. Kennel and ]. wurtzel: 80. NJ Hacker and
c. Schneider: GO. s. Mullen: 81. W. Schiein;
CO. T. A. Wilson: 63. +. E. Cobb; "a. W. NJ.
p. Mitchell: Co. e. Rossi-
| In spite of conditions in Europe, two
| chess events of more than passing in
! terest have recently been staged In
| Austria. One of these. the tournament
among the Russian masters imprisoned
at Baden-Baden, has been mentioned iu
this column: the other is the annual
Trebitsch memorial tournament of the
Vienna Chess Club. At the end of the
first half of this event the score stood:
! iSch1echter. 6; Kaufman, 5; Albin. Az
| Reti, 4; Spielmann. 4; Krejcik. Strobl
and Schenkin, each. The following
games are selected from these two
| events: