The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-29

CHESS AND CHECKERS.
Meeting of the Club To morrow
Night-General Invitation
Notes of Interest.

The club room has been very hand
somely papered and kalsomined since the
last meeting OF the members.
The club room of the Sedalia Chess
and Checker club is over Taylor's jewelry
store, on Ohio street, between Main and
Second.
The club sends its greetings to a
couple of esteemed members. now absent al
Springfield, this state-W. III. Lee and
Henry NJ. Taylor.
The Louisville chess club has lately
organized with thirty members. The club
has secured room on the second floor OF
the Polytechnic building and will always
De pleased to meet players from elsewhere.
The BAzoo has ordered 4 ont of chess
type, also of types for checke s, and sOlicits
for publication original problems In those
two games. the chess and checkers depart
ment will be feature hereafter of the
Sunday BAzOO.
A library for the club has been started,
from Mr.. W III. Lee, OF New York city
Ii each member of the club would donate
one or two books, a fine little library
would be the result.
"A business meeting OF the city club
will be held tomorrow evening at the club
room. After some business matters are
disposed of, a general tournament at chess
aud checkers will take place All inter
ested In these games, citizens who have not
yet joined the club, and strangers in the
city, are cordially invited to be present to-
morrow evening. The trouble begins at
7:3O.
DON'T KNOW THE GAME
A mathematical writer, in the editorial
correspondence department of Prof Rich.
ard A. Proctor's paper, knowledge, says
upon the question of Setting up Chess
mem" Recently the question arose wheth-
er it was probable that the commencement
of game of chess all the pieces were ever
before on exactly the same squares? Now,
without reversing the board, the White
Pewns may be arranged in 40,320 different
ways. For each one of these positions the
Black Pawns can also be arranged In 40
800 ways.-Times Democrat. This is the
most absurd thing that any "mathemati-
clan" ever got of. Each pawn can be put
in eight different positions; there are eight
pawns -SxS equal "a, the maximum mum
Der of ways in which the pawps can be
placed at the beginning of game The
man who applies Formulation to chess does
not know the game.-Southern Trade Ga
zette.
HOW THE COLONEL WAS sT4LENATED.
A favorite opponent of the colonel was
one Major Blackstone, and many q fierce
BOUT they had together The colonel was
quite corpulent-the major tall end slight.
When they became interested over game
The colonel would rest his elbows on the
liable, his chin in his hands, and puff and
snort like a stern-wheel steamboat in shall
low water. The major sat upright with
folded arms. never stirring except to make
his play. Both would get so absorb ID in a
particular position as to forget the board.
One night they were playing at the Oldtown
,lub. The game was going against the
colonel. The major was a Rock and sew
.ral pawns ahead. A wsggish fellow, look
ng on, saw that If the colonel could get rid
II pawn he could force a stalemate by
checking with his Rock. Both players were
10 ih' mt CT the game they did not MOTTO
him as he quietly removed the pawn,
Ind then, in a stage whisper, to a bystan-
colonel saw the correct move and maize it.
Never saw IT," said the major. "Been
here for halfdO moves but i over
ooked it" stoutly replied the colonel. The
boys" had TO get out~ide to have their
augh-neither players ing aware of the
rue state of affsirs.-Southern Trade Ga
ette.
TRY IT ON.
We find the following in the Clinton
Advocate. "Mr. Z. r Marvin, of Soda.
ia, is to play game of chess, blindfolded
O. night. The game will be played at the
ay Gould house. To do this requires
an slmost superhuman mem
ry." Boonville has several players who |
an do the same thing, and their memory
sn't superhuman either. Our chess play |
nc friend informs us that any one who |
ouldn't play better game, blindfolded. |
han Mr.. Marvin did doesn't understand |
he first principles. "-Boonville Topic.
III Boonville has a chess PLAYER that can |
anguish NJ vim, in blindfold or regular |
anne, trot him out. A match can easily !
e arranged.