The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-04
CHESS FOR PLAYER,
LOVER AND STUDENT
Capablanca Offered to Match
Boris KOstics Against Our
Leading Players.
HIS ABILITY rs UNCANNY

It Is admitted generally In the metrop'
/ oils as we'll as In most towns visited
by the Hungarian master. Boris Kostics
that he is one OF the most intenestinc
foreign experts hat ever came TO his
country. An authority like Capablanca
spoke very highly about him. especially
as to his playing strength. and stood
! ready to back him against any Ameri-
can player with the exception OF Mar
shall to the amount OF $1,000. Capa-
! bla also stated that as a blindfold
player he ranks very high. being a
| regular genius at tina branch OF the
game.
Local chess players had an opportunity
to see Kostics at blindfold play when he
was fulfilling his three engagements al
the Brooklyn Chess Club. at the Brook
lyn Boys High School and at the Man
haitian Chess Club. He certainly made
good. but seeing that only weak teams
were opposed TO him in every instance,
he gave no proof that he could do really
remarkable things over the board as a
blindfold player. Moreover. he en-
tOuIlltlfu tIl lNo VI i'N ''''s
six men. and Mt the Brooklyn high school
only Ave boys. What he did demon
strate, however, was that he had a full
mastery Of the boards. that he was able
to engage in very pretty combination
and that he at times even could show
little bits OF Morphy," as the British
veteran ~Blackburne calls brilliant move
ments and combinations.
But since Kostics began his series OF
1911 L.. a. -.N ~ ~a 81
ports have reached this city from club
secretaries and players full OF praise for
the Hungarian master. They all agree
that exhibitions such as those given by
kostics never before have been seen. and
as was stated in THE Sun last Sunday.
not 4 solitary game WAS recorded
against him In any Of his exhibitions all
the way from New York to Chicago.
When Boris Kostics stopped of AZ
Saginaw. Mich, and gave an exhibit
ton OF his remarkable kill as a blind
fold PLAYER before the members OF the
German!a Society the brilliant Hun
garian expert was opposed by eight
players simultaneously. He defeated
all of them, to the great aston!shment
OF the large audience which gathered
to witness the play. The feat OF maxi
ing a clean score against a team or
average strength was in itself extraor-
binary. hut what impressed the onlook-
ers most were the frequent flashes OF
brilliancy which marked the play OF the
blindfold artist and which were &C.
cepted as little short OF the work OF a
genius, One game In particular was the
marvel Of all who followed II.
In this encounter Kostics yielded the
move in the opening TO his opponent.
who played the Scotch opening and had
the opportunity OF following the line
of the MAJ Lange attack, but evidently
did not feel sufficiently at home In this
complicated variation to match himself
against the skill of the master. whose
reputation had preceded him. Kos
tess opening moves were of the most
daring nature before he brought his
king TO a place of safety. which he did
on the eleventh move When his queen
vas attacked by the Saginaw player at
his sixteenth turn kostics astonished
the gallery by leaving that piece zen
prise He obtained two rocks in re-
turn. a fair exchange. Later on he OBJ
tained the upper hand by means OF very
clever manipulation Of one OF his rocks.
which he twice offered to tho White
queen. The upshot was tina the rock
obtained a winning position on the sew
enth row, The game produced was one
OF the finest b!ludfold performances on
record. The score follows: