CHESS TOURNAMENT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19196, 9 December 1925, Page 11

CHESS TOURNAMENT.

CHAMPIONS AT MOSCOW. WIN FOR A RUSSIAN. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 5.5 p.m.) MOSCOW. Dec. 7. In the Moscow chess tournament a most exciting struggle for place resulted in Bogoljubov, with 15 points out of a possible 20, defeating Dr. Lasker and Jose Capablanca, the world's champion, who each scored l?^. Torre, a youthful Mexican, was fourth. A feature of the tournament has been the test of ultra-modern methods of opening with pawn play, in which Bogoljubov was the foremost exponent. But Dr. Lasker made a fine struggle with the older methods,. Capablanca suffered two unexpected defeats early in the tournament, but he finished with a fine series of wins. Torre, of whom Capablanca said, "In a few years this boy will surpass us all," defeated Dr. Lasker in a very brilliant game. CAPABLANCA SURPRISED. SKILL OF HIS OPPONENTS. LONDON. Nov. 29. The Weekly Dispatch says that Jose Capablanca, the world's chess champion, has been surprised by the high standard of the Russian players. He does not believe that hs has any chance of winning the Moscow tournament, in which he and many other leading exponents are now engaged. The Daily Mail says it anticipates that either Torre, a youth of 20 years, who, it says, is destined to be the world's greatest chess player, or Dr. Lasker, will win the Moscow tournament, thus qualifying to meet Capablanca in the contest for the world's championship, which the Russians are organising. _________