New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-23
TIE MANHATTAN CLUE wIxa
IT'S MEMBERS RECEIVE FIRST AND sEcoND
PRIZES In THE CHESS TOURNAMENT


PRIZES IN THE CHESS TOURNAMENT
rse chess tournament Of tho New-York State Chess
Association began yesterday morning In the eonce Raj
Of tho Turn Veren. IN East fourtnss Ihrs-s"o COM
petitors among whom were Messzs. DeinAE Lps'ne~~
loyd Hanham Ryan and Hslpern entered FOR the con-
rs, rrba Association offered the following prizes First
prIze gold medal and championship; second psile!
500 third prize sl5 fourth prize $40; hfth prize ses
the winner OF prize 70 be entered IN inc n~f
national tournament of tho Sixth American Oness .on
press which begins on March a5 tina champion OF me
Association 49,.
The present tournament played on even erms tnS
ulayer being paired rss round by the com''ee
for tho second round. by pairing the psirs the "ih7
and losers in tho round playing respectively ssass
each other In the second round ana 90 Oh .h
system Of pairing which compulsory on accounts VI
the duration OF the tourney being limited 70 one % no
days OF course introduces largely the clement Oh uS ns
the contest which eliminated to gress ea'en' :"
Grand tournaments by each player having 70 play one
80 ,,,A evsyv other competitor At the present meet
,ng too the players had draw by lot always of sne
arst move this arrangements rendering IL possiDe io
ulsysr 70 labor under the disadvantage OF losing 'h w
ia every round. The rapid time INIT Oh ''i'v -
. FAST a, that in the forthcoming great congress, anu
The result therefore, cannot be considered an uenAss
test OF tho relative skll Of the contestants ,
Play began at IL a. IA, ana was conunuea 49, =
N M In tho first round tho winners were MessfS
iI.nham. Lord. Ldpschuz Ryan, Hapern' oeen' 'onn-
,or Rard Stein Scripture, Sternoerg HehaoSy Sesne.
Nroent underhi and Kalten6aeh In tao second rouno
,nev were Messrs Halpern Lipschutz, hanhan Ryan
paird Lloyd, seailc and Johnston
In the third round very closely contested and inter
..,,nc game was played between Messrs. hpschu"
a rovd The former opened with Ne guioe'
a,ono in somewhat Irregular manner.
rnsbrg his O. Il. p square at an early stage ln''e
=, odyancing his queens pawn to queens thifa-t"
ol eoursc-wAIch subjected him to harfasSns couA-
,rsttack for some time. Lloyd lost IN" gaze through
s..sss,nr the time limit Delmar defeated Fitch.
s,outly contested game between Messfs Aanhsn
"a naI,d resulted In Interest then was centred
g. ,s s,rueales for prize in tho fourth round be-
.~ Mr. ualpem, who had proved victorious In the
.Srss proyious rounds and Mr. Ryan, and between MI
,..srty he Young champion OF the Manhattan Club.
S ,,a,oy usnham Of the New.York Club After an
excI,iug contest the former game terminated In r Rysns
s,vor his opponent playing tiSe now exploded French
800, In The latter game. guIoco piano. Lpschuts
nv sue play was left tho ending with Knight and ave
ns,s, neans. knight and four pawns and re gradually
,reas,d his advantage By winning two more pawns 90
,nat Major Hanham resigned on tae hty-third move.
Thus chief honors fall the Manhattan CLUB tho nrss
aoa second prizes being by Messrs- Lipsehus ana
Ryan OF that association.