The pairings for Round 8 are listed below. The first player listed is White.
The player's score at the beginning of the round is in parentheses.
| Round 8 Pairings | |
| Marco (3½) - Janowsky (6½) | Napier (2) - Showalter (4) |
| Barry (1) - Lawrence (2½) | Pillsbury (3½) - Schlechter (2½) |
| Fox (4) - Hodges (1½) | Mieses (4½) - Lasker (4½) |
| Chigorin (3) - Delmar (2) | Marshall (6) - Teichmann (5) |
(57) Marco - Janowsky, Ruy Lopez [C77]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Nxc6
bxc6 9.0-0 Be7 10.Qd3 0-0 11.b3 Ng4 12.Bf4 Bf6 13.h3 Ne5 14.Bxe5 Bxe5
15.f4 Bf6 16.Rad1 Be7 17.g4 Qb8 18.Kh2 Qb6 19.Nd5 cxd5 20.Bxd7 Rad8
21.Ba4 dxe4 22.Qxe4 Bh4 23.Qd4 d5 24.b4 Qd6 25.Rd2 Qe7 26.c3 Rd6 27.Qd3
c6 28.Qxa6 Re8 29.Bd1 Re6 30.Rf3 Qc7 31.Kg2 h5 32.Qd3 Re4 33.b5 Rxf4
34.bxc6 hxg4 35.Rxf4 Qxf4 36.Re2 Rxe2+ 37.Qxe2 Qg3+ 38.Kh1 Qxh3+ 39.Qh2
½-½
(58) Napier - Showalter, Ruy Lopez [C84]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.Qe2 0-0 8.e5
Ne8 9.Rd1 f6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nxd4 d5 12.exd6 Bxd6 13.Nxc6 Qd7 14.Qf3 Bb7
15.Qb3+ Kh8 16.Qxb7 Bxh2+ 17.Kxh2 Qxd1 18.Qxa8 Qxc1 19.Qd8 Qf4+ 20.Kg1
Qc1+ ½-½
(59) Barry - Lawrence, Ruy Lopez [C84]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.0-0 Be7 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nxd4
0-0 9.c3 Nxe5 10.Re1 d5 11.f3 c5 12.fxe4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Bg4 14.Qd2 Ng6
15.Bc2 Qb6 16.Nc3 Rad8 17.Nxd5 Rxd5 18.exd5 Bb4 19.Qf2 Bxe1 20.Qxe1 Qxd4+
21.Qf2 Qxd5 22.Bd2 Re8 23.Bb3 Qd7 24.Re1 Rxe1+ 25.Bxe1 h6 26.Bc2 Nf8
27.Bc3 Bh5 28.a3 Bg6 29.Bb3 Qd3 30.h3 Qe4 31.Kh2 Nd7 32.Qg3 Qf5 33.Qc7
Kh7 34.Qxb7 Nc5 35.Qd5 Qf4+ 36.Kg1 Qe3+ 37.Kh2 Qf4+ ½-½
(60) Pillsbury - Schlechter, Ruy Lopez [C87]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4
Nd7 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nc4 f6 12.Na5 Nb8 13.Qe2 Be6 14.Be3 Qe8
15.Nb3 Nd7 16.Nh4 Bd6 17.Rad1 a5 18.Nf5 a4 19.Nd2 g6 20.Nxd6 cxd6 21.Bh6
Rf7 22.Nc4 Bxc4 23.Qxc4 Nb6 24.Qb4 Nc8 25.f4 Qe6 26.fxe5 Qxe5 27.Rf1 Ra5
28.Rd5 Rxd5 29.Qb8 Qe8 30.exd5 f5 31.dxc6 Qxc6 32.Qb4 Re7 33.Qd4 Re5
34.Rd1 Kf7 35.Rd2 Ke6 36.Bg7 Re1+ 37.Kf2 Re4 38.Qd3 Nb6 39.Re2 Rxe2+
40.Qxe2+ Kf7 41.Bd4 Nd7 42.c4 Nc5 43.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 44.Kf1 Qd4 45.h3 h5 46.b4
axb3 47.axb3 h4 48.Qc2 Kf6 49.b4 Ke6 50.b5 Kd7 51.Ke2 Kc7 52.Qd3 Qf4
53.Kd1 Qf2 54.Qd5 Qf1+ 55.Kd2 Qf4+ 56.Kc2 Qf2+ 57.Kb3 Qe3+ 58.Ka4 Qe8
59.Qf3 Kb6 60.Qf2+ Kb7 61.Ka5 Qa8+ 62.Kb4 Qe8 63.Qf3+ Kb6 64.Kb3 Kc7
65.Kc2 Kb6 66.Kd3 Qe5 67.Qf2+ Ka5 68.Qxh4 f4 69.Qf2 d5 70.Qf3 dxc4+
71.Kxc4 Qxb5+ 72.Kd4 Kb6 73.Qd5 Qb2+ 74.Kd3 Kc7 75.Qf7+ Kd8 76.Qd5+ Ke7
77.Qe4+ Kf7 78.Qxf4+ Kg8 79.Qc4+ Kh7 80.Qh4+ Kg8 81.Qd8+ Kh7 82.Qd7+ Kh6
83.Qg4 Qb1+ 84.Kd2 Qa2+ 85.Ke3 Qb3+ 86.Kf2 Qb2+ 87.Kg3 Qc3+ 88.Kh2 Qc7+
89.Qg3 Qc1 90.Qe5 Qa3 91.Qh8+ Kg5 92.h4+ Kf5 93.Qd4 Ke6 94.Qf4 Qd3 95.Qg3
Qe4 96.Kh3 Kf6 97.Qg5+ Kf7 98.Qg4 Qe5 99.Qd7+ Kg8 100.Qd8+ Kg7 101.Qd3
Qe6+ 102.g4 Qc6 103.Qd4+ Kh7 104.Kg3 Qc7+ 105.Kf3 Qf7+ 106.Qf4 Qb3+
107.Kg2 Qc2+ 108.Qf2 Qc6+ 109.Qf3 Qc2+ 110.Kh3 Qc7 111.Qd3 Kg7 112.Qd4+
Kh7 113.g5 Qc8+ 114.Kg3 Qc7+ 115.Kf3 Qb7+ 116.Kf2 Qe7 117.Qd5 Kg7 118.Kf3
Kh7 119.Kf4 Qc7+ 120.Ke4 Qe7+ 121.Kd4 Qa7+ 122.Ke5 Qe3+ 123.Qe4 Qb6
124.Qd4 Qc7+ 125.Ke6 Qf7+ 126.Kd6 Qf8+ 127.Kc7 Qf7+ 128.Qd7 Kh8 129.Kd8
Qf8+ 130.Qe8 Kh7 131.Kd7 Qf5+ 132.Qe6 Kg7 133.Kd6 Qf2 134.Qe5+ Kg8
135.Qe4 Kg7 136.Qe7+ Kg8 137.Kd7 Qxh4 138.Qe6+ Kh7 139.Qf7+ Kh8 140.Qf6+
Kh7 141.Ke8 Qa4+ 142.Kf8 Qa8+ 143.Kf7 Qf8+ 144.Ke6 Qc8+ 145.Ke7 Qb7+
146.Ke8 Qb5+ ½-½
This game, one of the longest ever in international play, was adjourned after move 69 and completed on May 11, 1904.
Several electronic sources contain errors in the game score. Specifically, Black's move 66 is listed as 66...Qb8, Black's move 116 is listed as 116...Qg7, and Black's move 117 is listed as 117...Kh8. These have been corrected in the move listing above. For additional discussion see Chessgames.com
(61) Fox - Hodges, Ruy Lopez [C90]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 Bg4
9.d3 0-0 10.Nbd2 Qd7 11.Nf1 Rae8 12.h3 Be6 13.Ng3 Bd8 14.d4 Bxb3 15.axb3
Qc8 16.d5 Ne7 17.Bg5 Nd7 18.Bxe7 Bxe7 19.Qd2 Kh8 20.Nf5 Bf6 21.Ra3 g6
22.Ng3 Nb8 23.c4 Qb7 24.Rea1 Be7 25.c5 dxc5 26.Nxe5 Bd6 27.Ng4 f6 28.Re1
Bxg3 29.fxg3 Qb6 30.Kh2 Nd7 31.Raa1 Qd6 32.Qf4 Ne5 33.Nxe5 Rxe5 34.Qh6
Rfe8 35.Ra5 Kg8 36.Rea1 Rxe4 37.Rxa6 Qxd5 38.Rxf6 Re2 39.Rg1 Qe4 40.h4
Qd5 41.Rff1 Rxb2 42.Rd1 Rxg2+ 43.Rxg2 Qxd1 44.Rf2 Qxb3 45.h5 Qe6 46.Qg5
Qe5 47.Qd2 Qxh5+ 48.Kg2 c6 49.Qf4 Qd5+ 50.Kh2 c4 51.Rd2 Qh5+ 52.Kg2 c3
53.Rf2 Qd5+ 54.Kh2 c5 55.Qc7 b4 56.Qa5 Ra8 57.Qb5 b3 58.Re2 Qh5+ 59.Kg1
Qxe2 0-1
(62) Mieses - Lasker, Ruy Lopez [C66]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Be7 5.Nc3 d6 6.d4 Bd7 7.Be3 0-0 8.Qe2
Ng4 9.Bxc6 Bxc6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Nd5 Re8 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.Rfe1
Qf6 15.Nb5 Bxb5 16.Qxb5 Qg6 17.Kh1 Qxe4 18.Bxa7 Qxc2 19.Rac1 c6 20.Qxb7
Qa4 21.Be3 Nd3 0-1
(63) Chigorin - Delmar, King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer [C31]
1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe5 Bd6 5.d4 Nf6 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0 c5 8.Nc3
Nc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Be3 Qe7 11.Kh1 Bb7 12.Qe1 Rfe8 13.Rd1 Nd5 14.Bc4 Nxe3
15.Qxe3 cxd4 16.Qxd4 Bc7 17.a3 Kf8 18.Qe3 Bc8 19.Qe2 g6 20.Rde1 f5 21.Bb3
Be6 22.Ba4 Qc5 23.Qa6 Bc4 24.Qxc6 Qxc6 25.Bxc6 Bxf1 26.Bxa8 Bxg2+ 27.Kxg2
Rxa8 28.Nd5 Bd6 29.c4 Rc8 30.Rc1 Kf7 31.b4 Ke6 32.Rc2 h6 33.Kf2 g5 34.Ke3
Rg8 35.Rd2 Rd8 36.Rg2 Rg8 37.Kd4 Rg7 38.c5 gxf4 39.cxd6 Rxg2 40.Nxf4+
Kxd6 41.Nxg2 Ke6 42.b5 Kd6 43.a4 Ke6 44.a5 Kd6 45.h4 1-0
(64) Marshall - Teichmann, Queen's Gambit Declined [D52]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nf3 c6 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Ne4 8.cxd5
Nxd2 9.Qxd2 exd5 10.Bd3 Bb4 11.0-0 0-0 12.a3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Re8 14.f4 Nb6
15.f5 f6 16.Bf4 Nc4 17.Qe2 b5 18.Bxc4 bxc4 19.Qh5 Bd7 20.Rf3 Qxc3 21.Raf1
Qd3 22.g4 Re7 23.g5 Bxf5 24.gxf6 gxf6 25.Bh6 Bg6 26.Qh4 Qe4 27.Rxf6 Rg7
28.Qxe4 Bxe4+ 29.Bxg7 Kxg7 30.Rxc6 Rb8 31.Rc7+ Kh6 32.Kf2 Rb2+ 33.Kg3 Rb3
34.Kf4 Bd3 35.Rg1 Rb6 36.Ke5 Be4 37.Rg3 Rb8 38.Rc6+ Kh5 39.Rf6 Rb1 40.Rc6
Rb8 41.Rg7 Re8+ 42.Re6 Rc8 43.Rf6 Bg6 44.Rgxg6 hxg6 45.Kxd5 c3 46.Rf1 Kg4
47.Ke4 c2 48.Rg1+ Kh3 49.Rc1 g5 50.d5 g4 51.d6 Kxh2 52.Ke5 Rc3 53.e4 Kg3
54.Kd4 Rc8 55.e5 Kf4 56.d7 Rd8 57.e6 Kf5 58.Kd5 1-0
| Leaders after Round 8 | |
| Marshall, Janowsky | 7 |
| Lasker | 5½ |
| Round 7 | Round 9 | |