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now looks as though the challenge which Mar-I shall sort to Dr. Lasker will result in something more than talk. The match will most likely be ' played and will probably take place around next April. Jt is supposed that the stakes will be aboafc two thousand dollars a side. A very interesting game comes from the Coburg tournament, a game which meant much to Schlechter, inasmuch as, if ha won this game, he would win first prize, but if he lost the gume he tied for first place with two other masters.
The game was not a Declined game. .WHITE. BLACK. Skhlpchter, Swiderskl.
2. Ensigns. (a) Schlechter should have exchanged the Queen's pawn before this move. Just this failure to block the Black Q B res-alts in disastrous breaking up of his King's side five moves later.
Black is obliged to retake with the King's pawn, otherwise White's centre pawns would dominate the situation. (b) Even at this stage 11 BPxQP was better. (c) 20 R-K Kt seems called for. (d) And here 21 Kt-Kt 3 would be answered by the same move, 21 R-B 3. White's King's side is indefensible.
Here is the position after White's thirty-sixth move in a game between Schrader and Uedemann afc St. Louis in Major Tournament: BLACK. Uedemann to play. 5 'S'f'SY. 4 t , W HITE Schrader.
Black eats him alive by 30 RxKt, 37 Kt x R. RxKt, 38 QxR, F-Q 6 (ch), winning the Queen As a matter of fact Uedemann continued with VG P-Kt .'J, and Schrader drew the game by C7 R-Kt .(ch), P x R, 38 Q-Kt 6 (ch), etc. PROBLEM NO. 3 BT DR. KOXBAD BAYER.
BLACK. WHITE MATES IN THREE. ChecKcrj GAME 1 SECOND DOUBLE CORNER. U. E. POMEROT BLACK. II, K. PILLSBCBY-r'WHITB
(a) Same as Wyllle-Freeman to this point. This initiates a new line of play. (b) 10.26 dra-ws easily aD4 is safer. (c) This loses, draws.
GAME 2 DOUBLE CORNER. H. N. FILLSBCRY BLACK. M. C. PRIEST WHITE.
(1) The position is worthy of a diagram. By H P i arry N. 1 Isbury White.
White to play, beU appears and Black still has the better game after recovering his piece ewing to the pieces on 1 and 3. (a) 16.20 allows a neat draw; and Elaek can only draw. (b) and Black again recovers the piece Trith. the better game.
The game was not a Declined game. .WHITE. BLACK. Skhlpchter, Swiderskl.
2. Ensigns. (a) Schlechter should have exchanged the Queen's pawn before this move. Just this failure to block the Black Q B res-alts in disastrous breaking up of his King's side five moves later.
Black is obliged to retake with the King's pawn, otherwise White's centre pawns would dominate the situation. (b) Even at this stage 11 BPxQP was better. (c) 20 R-K Kt seems called for. (d) And here 21 Kt-Kt 3 would be answered by the same move, 21 R-B 3. White's King's side is indefensible.
Here is the position after White's thirty-sixth move in a game between Schrader and Uedemann afc St. Louis in Major Tournament: BLACK. Uedemann to play. 5 'S'f'SY. 4 t , W HITE Schrader.
Black eats him alive by 30 RxKt, 37 Kt x R. RxKt, 38 QxR, F-Q 6 (ch), winning the Queen As a matter of fact Uedemann continued with VG P-Kt .'J, and Schrader drew the game by C7 R-Kt .(ch), P x R, 38 Q-Kt 6 (ch), etc. PROBLEM NO. 3 BT DR. KOXBAD BAYER.
BLACK. WHITE MATES IN THREE. ChecKcrj GAME 1 SECOND DOUBLE CORNER. U. E. POMEROT BLACK. II, K. PILLSBCBY-r'WHITB
(a) Same as Wyllle-Freeman to this point. This initiates a new line of play. (b) 10.26 dra-ws easily aD4 is safer. (c) This loses, draws.
GAME 2 DOUBLE CORNER. H. N. FILLSBCRY BLACK. M. C. PRIEST WHITE.
(1) The position is worthy of a diagram. By H P i arry N. 1 Isbury White.
White to play, beU appears and Black still has the better game after recovering his piece ewing to the pieces on 1 and 3. (a) 16.20 allows a neat draw; and Elaek can only draw. (b) and Black again recovers the piece Trith. the better game.