The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-07
CHESS-PLAYING CONTESTS
National Tourney Games in Which EX-
perts from Several States Take Part.
A Student So Far Furnishes the Interest in
Free-for-All List-But Three Contest
ants for the Championship.

The United States Chess Association
tourney began yesterday morning, at
o'clock, at the Hotel English. The attend
ance was not as large as was expected,
though the players entering for the free
for-all were sufficiently numerous to give
interest to the contest, which could not be
said of the playing for the championship,
in which thus far but three have entered,
William Halter, of Missouri: Albert White,
of Ohio, and Warwick HI. Ripley. of In
diana, each one of these being the accred-
tied champion of his State. Before the
playing had fairly begun, no little amount
of conversation took place about plays and
players. with reference to various openings
and defenses, such as "Giuco Piano."
Evans Gambit," Scotch Gambit," phil
idors Defense" 1.-The Indian Opening"
''Siciliau Defense" -Four Knights Open
ing" Queens Fianchetto," and the like.
Quitea number Of young men are among
the players, who also include several
gentlemen with gray boards. While the
elderly gentlemen appear to best under
stand the theory of the game. the young
fellows seem to play the best game. Among
the interested lockers, on yesterday was
Mrs. j. II. Louden, of Bloomington who
this contest other than as a spectator. The
youngest player in the free-fOr- all is X. n.
WhitefOrd, of Charlottesville, nineteen
years old, who next month will be in the
senior class at Wabash College. He has
never played except among the local play
ers at Crawfordsville,. but is looked upon
as a skillful and formidable opponent.
He is the son of Rev. NJ. N. Whiteford. a
Presbyterian minister formerly professor
yesterday was lover DIR. Leech, of JudsOn
who has long been an authority on the
game, and the second was over H. l.. Bur
| g0yne, of Cincinnati, which was promptly
denominated ''Burgoyne's surrender"
The Ohio players who arrived yesterday,
| In addition TO President Cochran and Secre-
| tary NordhOff, were Major w. Il. Lowe, j.
| i. Won HOene, III. l.. Burgoyne and Owen
Evans, of Cincinnati: Prof. E. b. Cox, of
Aenia, and Albert White, of New London.
The Indiana players are c; o; Jackson.
| Kokomo; III. @. Brown and E. p. Brown,
Anderson; r. n. Whiteford, Charlottesville;
Major James i. Mulkey. Bloomington; DE-.
castle; DR.. E. X; Lewis. Dr. J.; T; Avery, w.
DEM. Hooper, Samuel Dalzel1, Capt. II. H.
| Wilhelm John M. Mccain, DR.. j. A. Comp
| ton, Ewald Over, John Wilson and Warwick
81. Ripley, Indianapolis.
In the free-for-all were twenty contest
| ants In the first round Avery lost to Lowe;
| Mulkey to BurgOyne: Dalzell to Evans, after
drawing one game with the same; Leech to
WhitefOrd; II. G. Brown to Jackson; Over
| TO Cox; Lewis to johnson; NordhOtf to Won
| Hoene; Brown to Wilhelm; Mccain to Will
| son.
Second Round-Burgoyne lost to White
| ford: jackson to Johnson; Cox to Lowe;
| Wilhelm to Wilson; Leech to Mulkey; Lew
| is to II. c. Brown: Avery to Over Mccain
! to L. z. Brown; Won HOene to Evans; Nord-
| hoff to Oelzell.
In the third round Burgoyne lost to Fl. G.
| Brown; Leech to Avery; Wilson to Johnson;
Cox to Jacksou; Z. p. Brown to Mulkey;
| Mccain to Lewis. Not completely
| In the fourth round Avery lost to Bur
| goyne and Wilson to Jackson. Jackson
mated in seventeen moves, making it al
| most certain that he will receive the prize
| offered by Dr. f. r. Lewis-S10-tO the
| player mating an opponent in the fewest
] ished.)
The Jackson Wilson game was as fol-
| lows: