The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-05
CHESS BY CABLE.
STE|N|Tz AND TSCH|GOR|N PLAY At LONG RANGE
THE SYSTEM EXPLAINED BY THE FORMER.

Especial Correspondence Of TIE IsDEPENDESr.
New YORK, Oct. "A unique and excit-
ing game of chess by cable is soon to be
played. Two famous champions will en-
gage in the contest, but they will not face
each other as is usual. One, the American
champion, 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 ono it will be a novel match. In
round figures matter of 5000 miles will
separate the players, and in the cost it will
far exceed any match ever played. just
how much money will be expended is not
known now, but it will be tidy sum, fol
ono cannot flash words under the sea for
fun.
In the chess world the men are we'll
known. Steinitz has been the hero of
many a contest. He is as we'll known "a
was the gifted Morphy in his day.
Tschigorin has played many matches in
Europe, and he is well-known in this
country, where he has visited often.
The great army of chess players is look
ing forward to the match with unusual in
terest, for not every day is game played
by cable.
Indeed, proposition of this kind would
have Pstonished Morphy, and even now it
must be admitted to be a novelty.
There is a good deal of rivalry between
the men, and although they have met before
they are anxious to meet again and settle
the vexed question of superiority. They
differ much in their style of playing,
6teinitz clinging to what he calls modern
methods. He is not believer in the
methods of Morphy and of other players of
the past period. Tschigorin differs from
him in many respects, but both are admit
teddy great players and the millions of men
and women who play chess will watch with
interest every move that is made.
has been used to the same extent that it
will be in the coming match. There was,
SOme years ago, tournament played by
telegraph by players in London and players
n Vienna, and Steinitz, who is to figure in
he coming match. was one ct the oontes-
100. Then there was more famous con-
lest, in which the players were even more
widely separated than they will be in the
l6air soon to come Oh. for while one party
played in st. Petersburg, the other party
isyed in remote part; part OF Eastern sibe-
sable used as it is to be by Steinitz and
Cschigorin.
A good many persons will wonder how
,hess can be played gby cable; and this is
lot strange. Under any circumstances
i IN not 18th. the easiest game t. play To
natter of course, and to cable backwards
ind forwards all about the various moves
would be q very expensive business. There
ore the chess players who wish to use the
wires in their contests have had to follow
he example of business men, and avoid
hat will allow single figure to tell great
.eal more than figures usually do. Stein
IL and Professor ]. L. Rice, president of
he Manhattan Chess club Of New York
ity, are now busily engaged in arranging
1000 3 side.
The code is necessarily complicated. In
act, there are several systems in the mat
sr. Steinitz 10 in favor of the simplest, for
sasons economical and otherwise. He
alke6 the matter over with the writer
shich the code that he favors will be man
gea. He sat in his home in front of
andsome chess table and rapidly moved
ae chess from square to square as he ex-
lained. He was technical in his express
ons. but those who know anything of
''There are q number of codes for this |
ind of match," he said; "the main objects
70 cheapness and simplicity. It has been |
roposed to have universal system of no
Ition in these matches but as q matter of |
fact there is in existence system that is |
Dry SIMPLE in its way, and that is on the |
hole the best that know Of, although |
range to say but little is known of it.
his system is fathered by Herr
Dhannes Aetger, of KEEL. II is cheap
ethod for telegraphing moves which con-
SITS in sort of adaptation of figures
.roughout for the we'll known German no
ton of moves in abbreviated form. The
cure is good thing to use, for under
and that the cable charge three figures as
le word, and single one in chess may be
ade to mean good deal. It may be ad-
sable to make some change in MetQer's
stem, but as it stands it is the best that
have, and We cannot we'll say whether it
w be wise to change it much until we can
IL just how the cable companies can han
o the matter.
The system may be explained in the fol.
wing manner, which, though appearing
chnical, will be found simple enough
tor little consideration BY any one who
lows anything of chess:
The pieces are numbered in their order
us: King l, Queen 2, Kings Rock 8,
leen's Rock 4, Bishops 5, Kings knight
Queens knight z. The pawn receives
e