The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-18
THE WORLDS CHESS CHAMPIONS.
Members of Sixty Clubs to Take Part in the
London Tournament.

Members of Sixty Clubs to Take Part in the
London Tournament.
New York Herald
The British Chess Association. of which Lord
Tennyson is the president and Lord Randolph
Churchill. Sir Robert Peel AID Professor Ruskin
are the vicepresidents, began their grand chess
meeting on Monday at Victoria Hall, London,
in which upward of sixty chess clubs and associ-
atoms will participate or be represented.
There will be a series OF tournaments for play
ers of all grades. and many prizes will be dis
tributed among the brainy competitors. One
tournament will be for amateurs and another for
masters, and a handicap tourney, where the
master gives odds to the amateur. There will
be consultation games and solving matches,
problem competition and four-hand chess. Prizes
will be given for blindfold play, in which Znker-
tort, Blackburne, and perhaps the famous Amer
lean, Louis Paulsen, will exhibit their marvel
GUS power of conducting dozen simultaneous
games without seeing the chess board.
The distinguished president of the association,
the poet laureate of England, awards special
prize, consisting of a complete set OF his works,
TO be competed for by gentlemen connected with
the church, law, medicine, army and navy
Professor Ruskin, as is also his custom, donates
fine set of his works to the best player con-
nected with art. science and literature.
The association cup will be competed for by
two representative members from each club, aud
becomes the property of the successful club.
But the international Masters Tourney, which
is open to masters from all parts of the world,
creates more widespread interest, and
will be q great event in the annals
of the game. Not only the prizes
larger, but in all international contests of this
character where the different countries are rep
resented it is an implied and recognized feature
of the contest that the victor aspires to the
championship of the world, and is entitled to de-
fend the title against any other claimant.
1t was by the winning of the chief prizes in q
tournament of this kind that Dr. Zukertort ac-
CURED the right to dispute the title with Mr..
Steinitz. who had carried off the chief honors in
several international tournaments. The entire
chess world is anxious to see who may be the
next aspirant for the checkered supremacy and
the gathering of the clans has been watched
with intense interest All of the noted English
masters have entered for the fray, and
representative players have arrived from
Germany. Russia and France. America was
not satisfied with their TWO distinguished mas
ters Mason and Mortimer, who had carried off
so many tournamental honors and were booked
for the contest, but decided to send special rep
resentatves from the leading New York clubs
Mr.. 5. Lipschutz, young but talented player
who had won the championship of the club was
sent to represent the New York Chess Club
while Mr.. Hanham was selected by the Mahat-
tan Club, accompanied by the gallant Captain
Mckenzie, who is veteran tournament player,
always sure of making creditable score. Over
q score of European players have signitied their
intention of taking part in the championship
tourney, but 1t is hardly probable that many
will be allowed to enter, as the contest must
close on the 28th inst
The prizes contributed by the association,
which may be considerably increased, will be-
Firstprize. $500 Fourth prize. .......$ 81 25
Second prize.-.---.- $50 Fifth prize.--.-..--. 70
Third prize. 200
The entrance fee is $40, but will be returned
according to the number of games won to such
players as are not prize-winners. This plan, it
will be seen, guarantees certain sum to every
player who wins even single game.
The chess fraternity greatly excited over
the event, and are impatient!y awaiting the first
cable reports of the opening day.