The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-02-05
CHESS AND CHECKERS.
Business Meeting Tomorrow
Night Of the Sedalia Club
Local and General lettings.

received, but will no doubt come to hand
for use in this column next Sunday. Prob
lens for this department will be received
with pleasure, either from members of the
club here or from players in other cities.
The Chess and Checkers Club of this
city will meet tomorrow evening at 1870
o'clock, at the club room over Taylor's
jewelry store, on Ohio street between Main
and Second. All who are fond of those
games are invited to be present. Strangers
IN the city will receive a cordial wecome-
-Mrssrs. Teed and DeVisser, Of the
Msnhatten Chess club. have written TO the
Philadelphia Chess club requesting them
to make out certificate Of defeat, which
the New York club expects TO hang up In
its rooms as a memento of the late match.
Ii appears il was agreed that the losing
club should make out an ornsmented list
of the names of the winners and losers and
send it to the winning club.
OF the recent visit of DIR. Zutstort, the
chess champion of the world, TO ST. Louis,
the Globe Democrat says: I'm summing
ND the visit of the great master, it may be
said that he has shown himself to be Just
what the general verdict has pronounced
him to be: a player OF most wonderful
powers, a gentleman of true worth and
scholar of varied attsinments. His coming
has done much toward elevating the royal
game and increasing an interest In It.
Preachers, priests, professors, physicians,
LAWYERS, bankers, and business men general
" have either played with the distinguish.
ed parsonage or witnessed his performances,
and all are of the same opinion that he
possesses an extraordinary mind"
DR. zUrEroRT AT LOUISVILLE.
The great and unriyslled chess player
played against twenty-eight antagonists,
not long since, at Louisville. The South
ern Trade Gazette give a highly entertain
ing sketch of the game, as follows:
Tables for the players were ranged
| around the hall in a hollow square, inside
of which the doctor passed from one player
to another, receiving each ones move,
| making return, and passing on to the
next player, leaving him To- study the next
move until the doctor reached him IN turn
again.
Play began at 4 40 p. m., and lasted
until 8 80. At 6 PIN. fonr of the doctors
| more had Joined the caravan. Mr.. G. Siege
scored the first game at z rs. Mr.. Tradus
won his game at :55. The latter gentle
man is firm believer in the meadow
Hay" Mr. Lyons resigned his game at
o'clock, and zone by one the roses fell'
until al 8 !: so Mr.. Lovenhart gave in and
the performance was over. The doctor
then repeated rapidly and without an error
the game between himself and Mr.. Green,
to the establishment of the bystanders,
many of whom agreed that it was a greater
feat than blindefOld play. In.the evening
the Doctor played four simultaneous con-
sultation games, winning three and losing
one.
On Wednesday play began at 4:45 p. m.
His opponents were Messrs. Dembitz, Watts,
LYONS, Hogue, Woodruff, Lovenhart,
Blancagniel, Wilcox, Broad6us, Clark,
Omberg, and John E. Green. A parallel
row If tables extended acros the hall, and
teller walked from one game TO another
and called the moves as they were made.
J The doctor sat at some distance In one end
of the hall, with his back toward the play
ers, with his head dropped upon his breast
and his arms folded for the most part OF the
time. His face wore an expression OF In
tense thought and the buzz of conversation,
the shuttle of feet or the entrance and exit
of visitors seemed to impress him no more
than if he were both blind and deaf
The plav went on with necessary slow
ness, from the frequent interruptions OF the
teller calling the moves and numbers on
the boards, which were numbered from one
to twelve consecutively. AS the games
progressed the fascination OF the contest
drew the bystanders into sympathy with
the PLAYERS, and each board had its little
corps of volunteer advisers, who essayed to
anticipate every move and study out new
D routes to victory over the redoubtable
P champion. Tins, without intention or
$ collision on the part Of the listed players,
the game virtually became "cOnsulta-
tion," and the plucky little doctor was in
{ effect playing every chess-playlng visitor IN
the hall. Up to 7:30, when the play was
suspended for supper, no one was able to
say that he had any advantage over the
champion, and the result would have sold
evenly in the pools.
The game was resumed at S:45, with fresh
zest, and a large number of visitors had
gathered to see the finish. The doctor be-
gan by calling off the position of every
piece and pawn on each board
making but three errors, which he imme
n diately corrected when the teller came out
Il "wrong." What renders this performance
4 all the more remarkable, is the fact thai
/ nearly all the openings were OF irregular Of
close variety; only two gambits being
PLAYED out of the entire twelve games.
At midnight Mr.. Hogue, at board No.
resigned. At 1880 the doctor offered Mr.
Dembitz, at board No. u. draw, which
was accepted. Mr.. Broaddus, at board No
IL, secured draw at lilo. Mr.. Watts, a
board No. 9, resigned at LIS. Mr.. Lyon
lost his game at 1:30. Mr.. Green, boart
No. 8, was besten at 2:10. Mr.. Clark, boar(
No. 5, resigned at the same time. Mr.. Low
enhart, board No. 2, followed a few min
q. utes later. AT 800 the doctor resigned Il
Mr. Omberg, board No 10. At $50 he re
signed to Mr.. Woodruff. at board z, an,
CT offered a draw to Messrs. Wilcox and Blan
cagniel, at boards Nos. 8 and 4. The tots
a score was: Drawn, lost. 2; won, 6. 4
.I:Lt Lost tho hoa,.