Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-26
THE CHESS TOURNAMENT. Great Interest Manifested - Tauben. hauss Wins ahe First Game-Arranse. Enents and Regulations.

NEW YORK, March 25.-The sixth Ameri- can chess international tournament was be- gun this afternoon in the hall of the Union Square building. Long before p. m., the
 hour of commencing the first series of games,
 the hall was crowded with the players and
 friends closely inspecting the arrangements
 of the committee for the contest. They found
 everything to their satisfaction. One end of
 the hall was enclosed by an oak fence, the
 rails of which were thick garnet ropes. In
 the enclosure were placed ten tables, each
 provided with checks and the rest of the
 paraphernalia. The players number 20 and
 represent Germany, Russia, England, Poland
 and America. Each contestant will
 play two games with every other player.
 The prizes are $1, GOO to the winner, $75O to
 second man, $500 to third, $500 to fourth,
 $400 to fifth, $500 to sixth and $200 to sev-
 enth. The tournament will continue ten
 hours day from to II p.m, with an inter-
 mission between 5 and p. nl., for seven or
 eight weeks. When the roll was called at 1
 p. m. by President Turner it was found that
 G. w. Showalter the only absentee
 His opponent, Max Judd, was therefore the
 first to secure a bye. The other play
 CTS commenced the contest in the following
 positions: J. Gunsberg vs. Amos Burn,
 D. R. Mcleod vs. Mir. Taubenhsust, H. E.
 Bird vs. J. Baird, MT. Tochigorin vs Eugene
 Delmar, J. Blackburn vs. J. M. Eanuaham
 s. Lipschutz vs Mir. Pollock, D. G. Baird vs D. M. Martinez, G. H. D. Gossip vs Mr. Burrille.
 The first game concluded was won by Taubenhaust, the Frenohman, who defeated Mcleod, champion of Canada, in the seven- tieth move. Time of game, two and one- half hours.
 Weiss beat Burrill in thirty three moves; Blackburn beat Hanahsn in twenty-six moves; time two hours, fifty-fve seconds It was brilliant game. In the twenty sec- ond move Blsckburne sacrificed his queen and announced mate in four moves Lip schuz beat Pollock of Dublin, who resigned at the thirtieth move.
 There was good attendance when the I play was resumed at 7:30 p. m. Among those present were: William Steinitz, Dr. Richardson, of Boston Mass, Bishop Fitz- gerald. During the recess Gunsberg and ! Burn decided to call their game 0 draw ] Each of these men seemed to be afraid of were made only two knights and l pawn were exchanged on each ] side. At 9:30 the game between D. G. l Baird and Martinez closed. The former won in 38 moves; time Az hours. The contest l between Baird and J. W. Bird at 9:15 was 1 declared draw. Fifty-four moves were l made and at the close each player had left on I the board rock and four pawns; time of game five hours. Another draw occurred l in the game between Gossip and Mason. I The only game that was not finished at Il 80, the end of the session, was that of Tschigorin and Delmar. Each man had four pawns, 8 bishop, rock and queen. The position of the chess men WAS such as to admit of either player winning. At some time during the tournament, when both players finish game early, they will be per mitted to play ont the adjourned games