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Cable Chess Match Won By The British 28 Mar 1909, Sun Brooklyn Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) Newspapers.com
…it the top board. The master player, It is thought, will be awarded the special brilliancy prize of $25, donated for this purpose by-William S. Hurley, vice president of the Borough Bank. Starting with a lead of two wins, the results of the efforts of A. B. Hodges and H. G. Voigt on Friday, the American side added only one more victory, which was scored by Marshall. Four Americans at boards 6, 6, 7 and 10, were defeated, two of them most unexpectedly. C. S. Howell, New York State champion, took liberties with a drawn position and drifted into a losing line of play, while H. Helms, with a decisove advantage over his opponent, entered upon an unsound combination, the result of a momentary hallucination, and lost the "exchange." He held out until 6:30 o'clock yesterday evening, en he resigned to R. P. Mitchell rather ios, have the game go to the referee decided the match in favor of the…
was uu lead by 2 points, ine advantage was quickly cut down, however, when three Americans succumbed in succession Euth, at 12:25; Schwietzer, at 1:20, and Howell, at 3 P.M. Marshall wound up his game with Blackburne with an announced mate in five moves at 5:35 P.M., and Stadelman drew his game at 6 o'clock. Helms and Mlotkowokski were left fighting to the bitter end, hoping for chances that never came. At the conclusion of play, the cable match committee of the Brooklyn Chess Club cabled as follows: Heartiest congratulations for all on your well earned victory." Former Attorney General John W. GriggB and former Controller Edward M. Grout were interested spectators of the play in the afternoon, and among other onlookers were Professor Isaac L. Rice, Julius Finn, Jose R. Capablanca, Mrs. Frank J. Marshall, Herbert M. Barrett, B. B. Heal, Chancellor Mahlon Pitney, Dr. F. W. Wunderlich, F. C. Manvel, A. F. Kreymborg, A. M. Howe, D. B. Van Vleck, F. Rose, S. G. Ruth and P. B. Driver.
Details of the Play.
Marshall succeeded in repelling the dangerous attack" instituted by Blackburne, and after exchanging queens made his advantage of a knight against a bishop tell in his favor. His announced mate in five moves was as pretty a bit of chess as was ever sprung on the veteran English master in these matches.
The play between Barry and Lawrence was solid, but not particularly eventful, and a draw was the legitimate outcome. Howell had a knight against a bishop, with rooks and pawns on the board, and he deemed It his duty to try for a win. In this he erred and by overstraining the position he ran into a losing line of Play.
Helms outplayed Mitchell In the black side of a Ruy Lopez, but soon after resumption of play in the morning he endeavored to force matters, only to find, when too late, that his combination contained a flaw. It cost him the exchange, but he had passed a pawn on the queen's side of the hoard, to which he pinned his hopes. After effecting an exchange of queens, Mitchell played a flawless game, keeping the upper hand until time was called.
Schwietzer made a gallant resistance against Dr. Wahltuch of Manchester, but his efforts were of no avail. Dr. H. Holmes of Liverpool had always a recourse in hand, as Stadelman endeavored to make headway and the result was a draw with honors even.
Mlotkowski, in an ending with two rooks and sundry pawns on each side, allowed Sergeant to outmaneuver him and the final position showed two united pawns against a single pawn on the rook's file. In addition to a rook apiece. Ruth simply fought out a hopeless cause and he never recovered from the deadly "bind" obtained by Jacobs on Friday. It was a positional advantage merely which the Englishman enjoyed, but it answered his every purpose.
Appended are the pairings and results:
The final record of the match will be made known upon receipt of the adjudication to be made on the position between Mlotkowski and Sargeant by Baron Rothschild of Vienna.
The record of these matches now includes six wins for America, four for Great Britain and one tie match.
Following are the scores of the games played to a conclusion yesterday:
