Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-10-27 | Page 1 | Narrow Escape of Champion Lasker

NARROW ESCAPE OF CHAMPION LASKER Chess Expert Pushed Closely in a Game by Lipschuetz the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Player NE NE' YORK Oct 27 Lasker j Lasker the worlds world's champion player chess cr narrowly nar nar- narrowly e escaped being beaten by the local expert Lipschuetz In a mat match h game same at t the Manhattan Chess club last night Lipschuetz started the game same with a Vienna opening and had a chance of ot administering a mate in fn five moves mo beginning beginning be be- ginning binning with his hs twenty sixth mocHe move mo He however allow allowed d L to escape as he did tot pot see ece th the mate The hc game rne wa was finally adjourned at an early hour this his morning to be resumed on 1 Wednesday afternoon atter Showalter s sent nt a dispatch to Lasker yesterday y resigning the adjourned game raine from Monday evening The Thu Kentuckian Ken Ken- tuck Ian said It Jt tt was waa as a a. hopeless case and that hat further further play would be useless u cles