CHESS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 21, 23 November 1910, Page 8

CHESS.

All communications to be addressed ta the Chess Editor, “The Weekly Oraphio and Sew Zealand Mail,” Box 764, Auckland. The Auckland Chess Club meets on Thursday, and Saturday evenings, at Ko. 24, His Majesty's Arcade, Queen-street (2nd floor). Position No. 68. By F. .Schrufer. Black.

An Evans. Played at Rio Janeiro:— White. .Black. Dr. Caldas. A. Silvestre. 1. P—K4 P—K4 2. Kt—Kß3 Kt—Qß3 3. B—B4 B—B4 4. P—QKt4 BxKtP 5. P—B3 B—R4 6. P—Q4 PxP 7. Castleg P—Q3 8. Q—Kt3 Q—B3 9. P—K3 PxKP 10. R—K B—Q2 11. QB—Kts Q —B4 12. KtxKP KtxKt 13. P—B4 P—KB3 14. QxP R—Q 15. PxKt Pxß 16. R—B QxP 17. Kt—Q2 Kt—K2 18. QR—K Q—QB4 19. B—B7eh K—B 20. B—Kt6ch B—B4 21. Bxß Ktxß 22. Kt—K4 Q—Kt.3 23. RxKtch K —Kt 24. Kt—Q6 PxPfeh 25. K—R. P—KR3 26. Q —Qsch K—R2 27. Q—K4 K—Kt 28. Q —K6ch K—R2 29. R—B6 KR—B 30. Q —Bsch K—Kt 31. Rxßeh RxP. 32. Qxßch KxQ 33. R—KB mate Hamburg Masters' Tourney. ■Marshall's play was fully iu keeping with his reputation as a very brilliant, but variable, star. If throughout the tournament he could only have maintained the level of the form displayed in his games against Tarraseh, Spiehnann., and Salve, there is probably no one—not even Schleehter—who could have withstood his audacious genius. But his average play was not of this high order, with the result that he had to be content with fifth place. Tarrasch’s final position of tenth on the list has given rise to a good deal of surprise and comment. By some it is taken as an indication that his style is out of date, and ‘ihe has been left behind by the advancing science of the game.” The proof of this, by the addueement of concrete illustrations of the modern and the Tarraseh style, would make interesting reading, if it were true, which we doubt. His intellectual legs are certainly long enough to keep pace with the slow advance of the “science” of the game. Any falling-off that may be noted in his play should probably be put to the account of the arch-enemy, with whom none may presume to keep step when the forties are scaled. Though still in the heyday of his manhood, Dr. Tarraseh is 48. Yates’ play throughout the tournament was much better than his score indicate*;, and fully justified

ilia entry, at which there was some cavil. In the “Berliner Lokalanzeiger,” for instance, Dr. Tarrasch described, in an unfortunate moment, the representative of England as “a certain Air. Yates, unknown in the widest chess circles, who may be an excellent player, but as yet possesses no qualification whatever that justifies hie entry into a master tournament.” For this utterance, Herr Marco takes Dr. Tarrasch severely to task in the July-August issue of the “Wiener Schachzeitung,” pointing out that the Committee, whose interest it is to make the meeting as brilliant and interesting as possible, are the best judges of the qualifications possessed by any player whose entry they accept, and citing several instances of the inclusion of players, ■with little more than local reputation, in first-class international tourneys. Among other precedents, that of Charousek is recalled, who. at a time wherr his name was hardly known, was admitted to the Nuremberg tournament S>f 1896 by no other than Dr. Tarrasch himself. But the unkindest cut of all ■was administered in a particular galling manner by the very man whose ability he had ventured publicly to doubt. The score of Yates’ fine victory over Tarrasch has already appeared in this column. While, from the standpoint of the promoters of a tourney, its success is to be measured by the closeness of the contest and the number of visitors it attracts, from that of the chess world generally, the quality of the games played, and the extent to which the literature of chess is enriched by brilliant examples of masterly play are the sole standards by which its success cask be judged. Solution to Position No. 67. 1. K Kt