CHESS.
MOSCOW. Doc. :. The chess toiirnantout produced a most exciting stuggle for lirst place, which. resulted in favour of Bogoljubov. who secured fifteen points out of a possible twenty, defeatiiig loth Lasker and Capablauca. who each scored thirteen and a half points. Torre, a youthful Mexican. was fourth. A feature of the lournat Imbeen :t test of the ultra modern method.-, of opening pawn jdav. in which Uogoliuhov is the foremost exponent, hut Lasker put up a tine struggle witn the old methods. Capahlunea. though he suflered two unexpected deteats early in the toutnajnetiL. yet finished with a fine series of wins. Torre—of whom (‘apahlatica said: ••fit a few years this boy will surpass us all"—defeated Lasker in a most brilliantly contested name.
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 December 1925, Page 2
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123CHESS. Hokitika Guardian, 9 December 1925, Page 2
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