THE OSTEND CHESS TOURNAMENT.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8230, 6 September 1906, Page 3

THE OSTEND CHESS TOURNAMENT.

Tins great international tournament; came to an eud ou Thursday, July 11th, after- a stern combat of six weeks' duration, Carl Schlechter, of Vienna, being proclaimed the winner of the first prize with a score of 21 points. This (says the Yorkshire Weekly Post) is Sebleuhtor's first absolute viotoiy in a great tournament, although tie lias in all such contests in which he has been enmade a creditable figure. Here is the reuord of his principal doings:—London, 1899, he took sth place; 1900, Munich, tied for first with Pillsbury; second at Monte Carlo, in 1901, and the same in 1904; fourth at Osteud in 1905; and equal with Bernstein at Stockholm iu 190(5. Ueza Maroczy made a fine effort in his laat gs;iue to tie with the winner. To do this he had to boat Bernstein outrigur, a draw being of no use. 1» such circumstances a player is oueioualy at a disadvantage, as he must uitiier risk or lose his place. tVluroezy, hosvvei, skinu'iy prepared a fine attack, oegiuuiiig wilh the sacrifice Of his bishop, and had Bernstein defended iu the host way Maroczy was quite prepared with the wianing continuation. But Uarnstein did not play the nest move, and the ajgressor, being pressed foretime, twice missed tue ooireot reply, and lost. Rubinstein, who takes third place is a young player who tied for seooud place in the Kussian national tournament of January last, and in May defeated such masters as Tohiguriu an i Salwe iu small tournament at Lodz. He plays a careful and aacurate game, but his high place iu this contest was unexpected. Of the otner prize winners Amos Burn ie certainly entitled to most admiration, both for his position in the list and for the quality of the games he has playeu. Maishull has digappointed his friends by his unequal performance. He has played fine chess, notably in his game witfi Burn, but has sometimes suffered from rash ventures. Janowski's ill sucoobs towards the end of the tournament must be attributed to the severity of the contest. Dr Perlis, the last in the final stage, in his first trial in such company may well be proud of the culinary instrument he has earned. At the farewell banquet M. Pecher (president Tournament Committee) iu the chair, M. Marquet, the lessee of he Kursaal, was present, he. well as the prize-winners and the committee. M. Marquet distributed the prizes, and, in complementing MM. Peober and De Lannoy upon the success of the Congress, promised to endow next year's Congress with 40,000 fr. The prizes distributed were as under:—lsc, £l6O, Sohlechter; 2nd, £IOO, Maroozy; 3rd, £6O, Kubenstein; 4th, sth, 6tb, £4O, £32, and £2B, divided between Burn, Bernstein, and Teichtnann; 7th, £24, Marshall; Bth, £2O, Janowskl; 9tb, £lB, Perils. Below is the score of the game above alluded to between Bernstein and Maroczy, in whloh the latter, after instituting a winning combination, improperly followed it up and lost:— ' White, Bernstein; Black, Maroozy. 1 P-Q 4—P-Q 4 ' 2 P-Qb 4—P-K 3 3 Kt-QB 3-Kt-KB 3 4 Kt B 3—B-K 2 5 B-B 4—Castles 6 P.K 3—P-QKt 3 7 PxP—PxP 8 BQ3-P-QR 3 9 Castles—B-Kt 2 10 Kt-K 5—P-B 4 31 Q-B3—R-R2 12 QRQ-PBS lb B-Kt-P-QKt 4 14 F-K 4-PxP 15 KtxKP-Kt-Q 2 16 Ktß 6—BxKt 17 KtxKt oh—KtxKt 18QxB-QQ4 19 Q-Kt 6-K Q 2 20 KR-K-B Kt 5 21 B-Q 2—B-Q 3 22 Q-K 5-QxQP 23 B-B 3—BxP ch (a) t 24 Kxß—Kt-Kt 5 oh 25 K-R—QxR 26 P-B 3(b) -Q-Q4 (o) 27 PxKt—RQ3 28 Q-B 7—P-Kt 5 29 B-K 4—R.R 3 ch 30 KKt—Q-QKt 4 31 B-Q 2-RK 3 32 B-KB 3-KR-K 33 Rxß—Resigns (d) (a) By previous subtle manoeuvres, Maroczy had worked up to this sacrifice, which is quite sound. (b) Black here expected B-B 5, and being short.of time was rather non-plussed by the inferior P-B 3. (a) And here he missed the winning continuation, R-K. (d) Now he must retake with P, and mast lose.