Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-03
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come if only introduced.
THE WORLDS FAIR TOURNAMENT.
The following was contributed to THz
DISPATCH by President Hopkins The part
| relating to the Checker Congress will be
| consideration. CHECKER EDITOR
The undersigned. Worlds Fair Checker
| Committee of the Chicago Chess and Checker
Club, appointed by Harvey L. Hopkins, Pres.
| ident, in pursuance to resolutions Of the
| members of the club in their last annual
meeting assembled. respectfully submit to
you the following as an outline of pro-
gramme for holding Il Worlds Checker Con-
gress and Checker Tournament in Chicago
during tie Worlds Columbian Exposition
in 1898:
For the purpose OF formulating a final pro-
gramme that will as nearlv as possible be
satisfactory to all the checker players of the
world, this committee earnestly and re-
spectfully invites all OF the checker players
of the world to write or otherwise present
their opinions to this committee, with refer
ence to this outline't programme, and to
eral and in particular, such communica.
tions to be received by this committee on or
before September ]. 1892, at which time this
committee, after having received and duly
considered all of such opinions, will formu-
late final programme, and preseptit to
the checker players of the world, through
checker periodicals and publications.
To make this congress and tournament
fully meet the recognized important require
ments of this undertaking, it will be neces-
sary for harmonious unity of action on the
part of all checker players OF the world, and
to this end this committee especially desires
their aid in the manner stated, in the forma-
tion of the final programme. SO that this
committee will in. fact represent all of the
checker players Of the world.
THE CHECKER TOURNAMENT.
Checker players to be divided into three
professionals and amateurs. No player will
be permitted to play in more than one class,
nor in a class lower than where his name
appears herein, and n o player will be barred
from playing in a higher class.
The following are to be limited to the pro-
fessional class from which no member W ill
be barred
James Willie. VIM. Reid. .....J: Ferrie
Robert Martins. JAS: Moir. Richmond
c. F. Barker R. Jordan J. Hefner
c. II. Freeman.........A. Jordan.....J. 2. Reed
Note-Players believing that other players
should be limited to the professional class
will please notify the committee, giving
reasons.
The following named sem1-professional
players to be barred from the amateur class.
Wm Wm stoys Re.tss EpstTiss Taizs kaxjs
VIM. m Campbell. R. Druinrd b HtL'e T.. 5. Head
Wm Wm sEy 4 MbaIsTsse Ksa Raane
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A. 4. schStfsr ~. A. Kear. Sr:.. E Clark
Il & g. ksiE S Lasads. a1stdnsr
J. Fl. Irwin. ". Edgerly..J. Young.
PM. Bradt.N IL. H. Walker. II. IL Hatzler.
Note-Players believing that other play
ers should be barred from the amateur
class, or limited to the professional class
will please notify the committee. giving
reasons. All other players may enter the
amateur class, or instead they may enter
either of the other classes.
Three thousand dollars in prizes to be
paid to the winners at the close Of the
tournament, as follows:
PROFESSIONAL cLAss-sl. 500.
$500 to first .. $3.50 to third. =. $50 to rfth.
800 to second..... 9Co to fourth :. 100 to sixth.
sEMI-PRoFEssIoNAL CLAss-sI.oo0
$3.50 to first. 800 to fourth $3.50 to seventh.
2S 5 to ssirS to sS S to to eEhh
$50 to tenth.
AMATEUR cLAss-&5oO
800 to first. $50 to fifth .... s25 to ninth.
50 to second. g to sixth. -. 25 to tenth.
50 to fourth. IS to to eighth. 5 to twelfth
S25 to thirteenth.
In addition the first prize winner in each
class will be given an appropriate medal
To the professional class. so
To the semi-professional class Is
10 the amateur class 10
Entries to close on the first day of May,
1898. The requirements of entries are that
this committee, through its Secretary, shall
receive by mail, or otherwise, the name and
postoffice address of applicants, together
with the entrance fees, on or before the time
stated, May l, 1893. Playing to commence
August 10, 1893. The Worlds Checker Con-
gress is to he opened on or about August" 8,
1893
The style of play is to be restricted, but
there being SO many styles of restricted
play, as the Barker-Reed style. the Wyllie-
Dryden style, the Searight- -Mckelvy style,
the Wyllie-Jordan style, and others, this
committee desires to obtain the opinions of
the many eNponents of the game before
deciding which style to adopt.
The games and plays of the tournament
shall be in accordance with the standard
la ws, as laid down in Anderson's third edi-
tion.
The committee shall name referees for
the tournament, and, II .bjection be made
to referees SO named by three or more con-
testants in the class affected, another
referee shall be named, or all of the contest
81 referee by majority vote, at the option of
this committee. The games shall be the
sole property of the Chicago Chess and
Checker CLUB and each player shall furnish
the Secretary of this committee written
copy on blanks to be furnished by this
of each and every game played
bv him in the tournament, within one day
games played in the professional class, and
good games OF the other
classes will be published and supplied at
rates.