The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31
CHESS FOR PLAYER,
LOVER AND STUDENT
Iron Cross for Bravery Given to
DR.. Tarrasch and ~ Other
Players.
MANY SEE CAPABLANCA

News comes 20 hand that Or. FRITZ
Tarrasch, son Of the German cham
pion, DIR. s. Tarrasch. has received the
, Iron Cross for bravery, along with forty
seven other members OF the German Chess
4 Association Altogether SIS members OF
| this organization had to Join the ranks
, OF the German army. OF these thirty
were killed In battle and forty-nine
\ wounded.
Although only five days notice was
| given to metropolitan chess players, the
entertainment given by the Cuban cham
| pion, j. II. Capablanca. was so well at
tended that the dining room at Carnegie
! Hall proved much too small to place com
| fortably all those many chess players who
/ did not want to lose the opportunity OF
/ hearing the Cuban expert in a lecture and
. to see him play simultaneously on Tues
| day evening. Under the circumstance
the AFFAIR proved to be highly successful
! from an artistic and also from financial
point OF view. As was stated in THE SUN,
only three OF the thirty-two parties en-
| gagged against him In a simultaneous ex-
hlbltion were able 20 draw their games,
the rest being vanquished. one and all.
! The list OF players Is appended:
! I, Albert Schultz 2, Charles Kranlch
3. q. w Hammerschag 4. Karl s. Fols /.
3. II. Moxson. s Stromberg and jacob
Schneider Of the Boys High School; 6,
, Max Wolfson, Joseph Schneider and \.
Cavarocchi; s, DR. A. Zaccardi; ., w.
Malowan. 10, \. r. Coates. IL, Hans
| Erdel. ., II. II. LimOufg; 10. DIR. q. c.
Arata: ~. -. G. Werner; IS, b. $. Itch
I field; l6, V. s. Kruger and II. J. Hail.
/ Jr.: II. Mrs. Natalie Nxiorff: rs, G. r.
NNdorff: 10. s. de Leauw; 20. A. II
Gregg 81. r. G. FIBER: %, Townsend
Cushman: 90, J. W. Osborne "a, Edward
Garcia: %. J. W. Bensowitz and J. w
Zimmerman OF The Commercial High
School 20. Or. r. Schlesinger
James w. osborne. H. r. Limburg and
V. :. Kruger and II. J. Hall. Jr, Of the
Crescent Athletic club. in consultation
were those who succeeded in drawing
their games.
The Manhattan Chess Club tournament
manager requests THE Sun to announce
that Capablanca has been engaged for a
similar exhibition at the club next Thurs
day evening.
Frank J. Marshall. the United States
champion put In a very busy week a
Chicago, whore he gave exhibitions at th'
Kenwood Chess Club. the Hamilton Club
the Chicago University Chess Club, the
Western Electric Chess and Checker Clul
! and the Chicago Chess and Checker Club
lie also played against twenty opponents
! at reception given In his honor at tn
, residence of A. H. Loeb. the well know
patron OF chess in tho Windy City. Al
} together Marshall played 172 games, o
which he won 149, lost and drew II
| In consequence OF 'he champions visl
chess I'm Chicago received great boom
Marshall then departed for the fal
West by way of Racine, Milwaukee, Madi
son. 81. Paul, Minneapolis. Wayne. Neb
Lincoln. Colorado Springs and Denver
The subsequent dates In his itinerary are
/ February II. salt Lake city 10, Boise
Idaho; 10, Spokane. Wash; IL IL an
10, Seattle. Wash; 20, Vancouver. II. c,
%. Tacoma, Wash. "a, Portland. ore
%. Sacramento. Cal. % TO March /, Sai
Francisco March 3. Los Angeles.
/ when Marshall Is through with the Pa
"iac coast he will return East by wev /"
Topeka. Kansas city. Louisville. Lexington
Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, Harrisburg
Scranton and Wllkesbarre. He also ma
make a trip to New Orleans, taking Il
Memphis and Nashville on the way.
e The executive committee Of the Empir
! City CHEFS club announces that the clu
has removed to more suitable aud com
2 modious quarters I'm the st. Marks Cafe
D 1885 Broadway near the lj7th street sub
t way station. Play in the handicap tour
4 nament. I'm which thirty-two members a.
Z engaged. Is progressing according to SEIZED
ule. Altogether the club is said TO b
. very prosperous.
$ At a meeting Of the Queens Gamb
y Association, held at It's rooms, 1913 Yves
Z l5S,h street. the following officers wer
o elected for the ensuing year: h. Altman
n president: Thomas \. Wilson, secretary
J, &. A. WieZ, recording secretary, ana Jo
n seph II. Spray. treasurer. The club II
tends shortly to hold handicap tourna
!. ment for which special prizes will 3
:, awarded.
/ The appended game was played by tn
A Cuban champion, j. r. Capablanca
h against L. Monine and T. Rice In con
o sultaton at the Argentine Chess Club :
n Buenos Ayrcs on September II of las
e year The notes are 10y Capablanca. tn
game: