The New York herald., 1921-03-13
HAVANA ALL AGOG
OVER CHESS MATCH
Dr.. Laskcr and Capablanca to
Play First Game on Tuesday
champion Fayorite.

on tie eve OF the great chess match
FOR the championship of the world, which
IL being staged in Havana. where the
first game will BE- played az the Union
Club next Tuesday evening, chess play
ers in all parts Of the globe are on the
tiptoe Of expectancy awaiting the out
come Of the earlier encounters between
DR. Emanuel Lasker Of Berlin and Jose
r. Capablanca Of Havana.
In the estimation Of chess followers
in general these famous experts are
about as well matched as they possibly
can be, Dr. Lasker having to his credit
the remarkable experience or holding the
title for an unbroken span Of twenty-siX
years. while Capabanca, with brilliant
tournament and match record to boast
Cf, has the advantage of twenty years
III age over his rival This will undouSt-
cdly tell in his favor. should the match
become a test Of endurance rather than
the highest chess strategy In That re-
spect Capablanca may be his equal, but
hardly his superior, in the estimation or
most Of those capable Of forming an
unbiased judgment
New People, however are prepared 70
accept the proposition that DR.. Lasker iS
4 TO l favorite, but such actually ls
the assertion made in paper printed
in Capablanca's home tome-Ld PrenSd.
When the statement was shown 10 Dr.
Lasler, who Is moro or less sphynNlike
and non-committa when il comes 70
drawing him out on the subject oI his
opponent. he merely smiled but said noL
a word in the Way Of comment. II goes
without saying that the bulk Of his COM
patriots hope for Capabanca's success.
and he has the good wishes also Of many
friends no has made during his travels
in North and South America and Europe,
but experts who have made it Il point to
study the games of both masters cannot
forego the feeling that there is some
thing in the mathematical and coldly
calculating style of DR.. Lasker that
makes him practically invincible.
Accompanied by Mrs. Lasker DR.
Lasker arrived on schedule time on the
steamship Hollandia and was met BY
DR.. Rafael de Pazos. president of the
Club de Ajedrez, and many chess en-
thusiasts, who extended a cordial greet.
ing to the great PLAYER who had trav-
elled so far TO meet his rival on his
own grouhd in due course he visited
the rooms of the Havana Chess Club,
where the members greeted him most
enthusiastically. He was greatly
pleased with the fine accommodations
Of the club and praised them without
stint He was also delighted to learn
that he was TO play his games with
Capablanca on the same handsome
table used by Steinitz and Tschigorin
IN the match played by those famous
experts in their match for the worlds
championship in Havana in the early
nineties.
Manuel Marquee Sterling. former Gu
ban Minister TO Mexico, distinguished
man of letters and himself a chess
player Of no mean ability, was elected
president Of the HavaNA Chess Club at
the annual meeting. lieh Immediately
after the arrival Of Or. Lasl<er. The
other officers elected at the same time
We're the following: Jose Antonio Celia
bert, vice-president; Jaime Baca-Arus,
treasurer; Manuel Miyares. secretary;
Domingo Arrange, Miguel Albarran, jose
Urbizu and Eduardo Garcia. directors