The New York herald., 1922-08-01
STARS OF TURF CARDED TO OPEN
CAPABLANCA WINS
IN CHESS TOURNEY
Defeats NJ. Euwe of Holland
in First Round of Interna-
tional Masters Meeting.

LONDON, July 81 (Associated Press).-
Jose r. Capablanca, the world champion
chess master, to-day defeated NJ Euwe
OF Holland In the first round of the in
ternational tournament at which will be
decided the worlds championship.
Other results OF the play in the first
round were victories for M. Snosko Bo-
rowski over V. L. Wahltuch, England
Z. D. Bovoljubov of Russia over H. e.
Atkins. England. and A. Alechine. Rus
sia. over Davide Marotti. Italy.
Three games were drawn--those be-
tween S. Tartakover OF Austria. and M.
Morrison NJ. Rubenstein, Poland, and
r. Reti, Hungary, and G. Moroczy. Hun
gary. and NJ. Vidmar. Jugo-Slavia.
The other game. between Yates and
Watson. was adjourned.
Andrew Bonar Law. Unionist leader
In the House of Commons, in officially
opening the international chess tourna-
ment to-day. which will decide the
world championship, said chess play
ers knew that their blunders We're
irretrievable and. therefore, moved with
circumspection. but that politicians
ing the consequences of their follies
that they took no pains TO avoid get
ting thenSelves into messes.
The former Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer said that during the war he
sought some recreation which required
such complete concentration of the facul-
ties that grave preoccupations were OBJ
liberated for a time from his mind, and
after trying many others he found in
chess the ideal diversion.
Lord Dunsany the playwright, who
with the Lord Mayor of Westminster
officially welcomed the players to Lon
Cnf, at INN xxyao acf1 f1d
that chess masters should turn their
brilliant intellects to more practical uses.
but personally he thought it best that
they We're content to occupy themselves
with the game. for IL Jose Capablanca,
the present world champion. for in
stance. went into more serious pursuits
the little island of Cuba might become
the conqueror of half the world. as
was the case of Corsica.
To-days chess play presented some
interesting games. 1t was the opinion
of NJ. Capablanca that NJ. Reti of
Hungary, NJ. Alechine of Russia. M.
Tartakover of Austria and NJ Ruben
stein of Poland would prove the chief
contenders with NJ. Euwe of Holland
as an unknown quantity. The contest
between M. Capabianca and NJ. Euwe
attracted the chief attention to-day M.
Euwe had the white and chose the Ruy
Lopez opening.
M. Alechine had an easy victory over
Marotu. who resigned In the Maroczy
and Vidmar contest the exchanges left
each player with a queen and six pawns
and neither cared to run the risk of
trying to win from such a position. In
the Rubenstein and Reti combat the
latter secured a position to make a
perpetual check. He accepted his OPP
ponent's offer to call 1t a draw.
M. Wahltuck resigned after very
few moves. being faced by the slashing
attack of Snosko Borowski. In the
contest between NJ. Tartakover and NJ
Morrison the latter owing 20 an ap-
parent blunder lost a pawn and 1t
seemed like certain victory for Tartak-
over.
The Canadian defended his bad posi-
tion so ably that he achieved a triumph
in turning what seemed like a certain
defeat into a draw.