The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-05
CAME OF CHESS BY CABLE
TWO PLAYERS BATTLE ALTHOUGH
5000 MILES APART.

| aeinitz, the American Champion,
Will sit in New York and Play, and
Tschigorin, the Russian Champion,
VIII He in st. Petersburg-Steini
Tells How 1t Will Be Done-A Mat
ter of Great representations of
Chess Players Interested.
,tCopuriQhtJ
NEW YORK, Oct. A unique and ex-
citing game of chess by cable is soon to be
played.
Two famous champions will engage in
the contest, but they will not face each
Other as is usual. One, the American cham
pon, William Steinitz, will sit in the rooms
Of the New York Chess Club, and the other.
the famous Russian Tschigorin, will sit in
the Cafe st. Petersburg, in the capital of
the cars dominion.
In more respects than one it will be a
novel match. In round figures matter of
o,VVV miles Will separate the players, and in
cost 1t VIII far exceed any match ever
paved. Just how much money will be ex-
pended Is not known now, but it will be
lidy sum, for one cannot flash words over
the sea for fun.
IN the chess world the men are we'll
AEo"n- Stelnitz has been the hero of many
contest He is as we'll known as was the
gIted Morohy in his day Tschigorin has
pa oH many matches in Europe. and he is
Ven SHOWN IN this country, where he has
visited often.
Inc great army of chess PLAYERS is look
Ig forward TO the match with unusual in
BY cable. s4'o pi0y Oh
,. tuueea' proposition of this kind would
rave astonished Morphy, aud even now IT
NI u, oe admitted to be novelty.
mere is good deal of rivalry between
oe men, and although they have met be.
80 tney are anxious to meet again and
Tooe tne vexed question of superiority.
ST. tI'ter much IN their style of playing,
n TvpinIV1 cnnging to what he calls modern
n ff'SWGoIs, he is not believer in the methods
nari nGFpny and of other players Of the past
~ lou Ischigorin differs from him in
many res ects, but both are admittedly
S so players, and the millions of men and
i ronlen who play chess will watch with
ft u every move that is made.
Il has Tue nrst time that the ocean cable
h ~ zen ~ used to the same extent that it will
"a - Uue coming match. There was some
a by rIn aso' tournament played by telegraph
~ p'S5efs IN London and players in Wen
c1n auu otelnitz, who is to figure in the
ON match, was one of the contestants
H. d long drawn out affair it was, too.
Nh 'u mre was more famous contest, in
s sens No. Uue players were even more widely
An a. leu than they Will be in the affair
(. " p come Off, for while one party played
rno Ss' ! etersburg, the other played in re-
h no;. par OF Eastern Siberia. However,
6s IN I t1 match, was the cable used as it
80 9y Steinitz and Tschigorin.
bbssA 0ou many people will wonder how
bot Ca. gan be played by cable; and this is
cbsso range. Under any circumstances
|plaV -; - not the easiest game to play. To
nai4o1a' oy cable is even more difficult as a
and -, VI course, and to cable back ward
|woni IJ9t iva all about the various moves
zforea p =. very expensive business. There
Ito W. .ae chess players who wish
4 co7tos the wires in their
e eYasests have had to follow the
exnsrooaio OF business men, and avoid much
ALLOW oy adopting cipher code that will
nor - single figure to tell great deal
Prot Tu1l Igures usually do. Steiuitz and
Cbe.. l., =, L. Rice, president of the Manhatta1
busiy e Cluo Of New York city, are now
matc5 engaged in arranging for the coming
Tba "ulch Is to be for 81, 900 side.
fact tue ue is necessarily complicated. In
ter Sc are several systems in the mat
for raaselIl luz is Ia favor of the simplest.
talked ~ Jus economical and otherwise. He
'Ne matter over with the writer yes