The two following games have been finished in the sixth round of the Shanghai Chess Championship Tow nament:—D. Poliakoff, 1—V. Shishkin, O, E. C. Treyer, 1—M. Fineland, O.
D. Poliakoff again displayed excellent form winning in a very decisive manner. The game between E. C. Treyer and M. Fineland was an exciting affair of wild combinational play involving sacrifices and counter-sacrifices. At the adjournment; M. Fineland had the advantage of four pawns for a Knight, but trying {o force a win by traps he eventually lost.
Pieces the other adjourned positions are even except between P. Lapiken and H. Krouk, the latter being a Knight up. S. Kosovsky has a slight positional advantage against P. Wagner, while in the adjourned position of M. Diamant and K. Fedor-Bishops of opposite colour with number of Pawns are left.
The results of the games played in the.sixth round of the Major Tournament are as follows:—
H. Stellingwerff, 1 H. W. Snow, 0. V. Karmilof, 1%. Prof. J. A. Ely, 12 H. Klinghardt. 1. A. Beloff. 0. S, Konon, V 3. Diniz, b.
A E: Hrapoff, 0.
The seventh round to be held next Wednesday, April 20, has the following programme of play:—
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