New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-02
THE CHESS WORLD.
BY "THE KINGS BISHOP"

BY THE klNGS BlSHOr'
The most important event in local chess crcies Is
the handicap at the Manhattan Chess Club. orlshaf
Iy there were twenty five competitors, who were play
ing in five classes. The following out the win
ners in each class and are engaged In maj
tourney: Glass I-Messrs. E. Demar and MAJOR han
ham Glass II--Mcssrs. E. W. Dahl and f. a. foru :
Glass III-McssIs. l.. Marguer and l.. Helm CLASS "
Messrs. G. II. Richards and F. ii. featon CLASS "
Messrs. r. F. Northrop and G.. Loeb. On Friday high'
the scores of these gentlemen. were as iolo"s :
Messrs. Delmar and Hanham have won three games
each and lost none Mr. Dahl lost four and won two
Mr. Ford lost one and won two; Mr. Marguicr lost one
and won none: Mr.. Richards won two and lost TWO
Mr. Yeaton lost two ard one; Mr.. NOrthrop loSt
one and won one and Mr. Loeb lost four and won ONO
The honorable secretary of the Franklin Chess
Club of Philadelphia Mr. Brldehelm, proposed to the
Manhattan Chess Club Of this city TO engage In q
set of two team matches. one to be played on tne
92d of November In NewYork, the other within SIX
weeks after the first encounter
At the Columbia Chess Club the members also intend
To play annual handicap games. but there are only
fifteen entries. whereas twenty are required.
new club under the of the international
Chess Club has been started at the cafe NO. W DV-
sion-st. There arc thirty members
A new chess club was also formed in Hoboken
The following are the new officers OF the Brooklyn
Chess Club Charles A. Gberg, president Dr. W. oler-
SON. FIRST viceprcsldent; W. F. Emo second vcepresl-
dent: Dr. G.. ID. Broughton, tr. secretary; W. Duval'
treasurer: Executive Committee, Messrs f. Rose A W.
Shepard, ID. J. Finlay. W. c. Bsby, b. s. Giey W. D.
Powers The officers reports show that the last season
was the rosperous the club has ever had he III
soaue leaving handsome balance In the treasury.
The staten Island Chess Club. which was only
formed last summer, has fifteen members, ana Is
going to arrange for a perpetual tournament
Very little In the shape OF news or interesting
items has come from abroad this week. Appended
however are o few items which may DO Of interest
IN the readers OF The Tribune:
The speaker Of the House of Commons has written
Eto sienor Aspa secretary OF the bennington Chess
club accepting the presidency Of the club, which Is
one NJ the strongest In the Mdlnds.
'rae prize OF 8 guineas, given by Mrs. r. H. Lewis
for the most brilliant game IN the Manchester touIna
ment WA awarded to Herr Schallop for his defeat oil
a. One ~ the wtttiest OF modern dram&tsts, now
,pf(rt,maeiy lost 10 the world OF letters, could not
when he wrote that life is too short for chess have
what an Increasing hold that king OF games
would have taken upon his countrymen as the years
u,eni on The international Chess Congress Is sig
niacanf illustration Of this advance and another
he needed il Is To be found In the fact that Is est
mated that In the London district alone, where only
three or four years ago there were perhaps twenty
loca Gibbs there are at least seventy or eighiy
The chess board, Indeed is becoming ubiquitous. J.
Is now TO be found not only in the smoking room o.
~ tie best-apponted London clubs. but Ia thss o.