New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-03
WITH QUEENS AND ROCKS
WHAT rs GOING ON IN THE WORLD OF
CHESS.
NOTES AND COMMENTS ON GAMES PAST AND IL

..o--,., .xr, COMMENTS ON GAMES PAST AND ~
nr prAYEp-PRoBLEMs AND ANs"h"'
. o, talk any more about the uncer-
.,,,. ~ cricket: II Is not In 1t with CHESS ms
..s the remark made by an Enghsn"'a' "
varhattan Chess Club on MONDAY ""e.S -
orter Of The Tribune was speaking |" '." =.
$40 on the city Metropolitan chess ma'c"' anu "
docs look queer that team conpo'e' -,
,ado-. "a 9howalter, Delmar. Halpern' Hu".'"e
.ea'e' 1.oarodskv and others should not have
asuv heaten the "Metropoitans, as none oi the
latter players have more than ciuo repu'".o'
boast Of Under these circumstances 'he 'e
deserve the highest possible praise lot inc SAM
they made and their defeat by the odo sa"ie 10
eouaI to a brilliant moral victory. Next 10 Ar"-
- . hold bis own against Showalter by draw
ing his game. the palm falls TO Rauo''sone" "
vounester of eighteen years. who defeated Jasho
prodsky I'm spite OF having the black pieces u p'as
Some critics said that dangerously uhdefraeu '''
man and sacrificed the exchange without oe',e
Obliged to do So and thus lost MS game' ou' '
was not so Raubitschek had a good game iroh
the beginning had the better position In the middle
game stage and he certainly would have won II
White h ad PLAYED his best later on in the game 10
idpe from the elegant and correct way RaupitscheK
conducted the ending there Is no telling what 'h's
young player might achieve, If he were 10 continue
in his STUDIES - .
ON Tuesday the Nets" will cross swords with the
Newark men at Newark This should De an e~ceeu
ngly interesting encounter.
Iasker is said to have wholly recovered from his
illness. and Is now touring In England. Al present
he Is the guest OF the Liverpool club.
The British Chess Club has fixed the date for the
match to be played ten boards by cable with the
Manhattan Chess Club for March .. The British
ers will have a strong team. which will be selected
from the following cracks: Donisthorpe Guest
Heppell. IIirsch IIofcer. Hunter. Locock. Lord
Love. Wills Mortimer. Mundell Owen Trenchard
and woodgate. The directors OF the Manhattan
Chess club have yet selected their team
but 1t is expected that all the first rates have de-
clared their willingness to play.
The Metropolitan Chess League has been success
ful so far and IL therefore need not be wondered at
that efforts being made in certain quarters in
this city toward the establishment of still greater
league, United States Chess League. for the pur
pose Of arranging national and international con-
tests OF first magnitude The idea is make IT an
exact counterpart OF the German Chess Bund. an
organization which has done more good toward pop
ularizng the game In the Fatherlan1 than anything
else tried before the establishment OF this wonderful
association OF chess clubs.
AIbn Is having a nice time at the Franklin Chess
club Philadelphia He Is playing fine chess and
is handsomely treated by the members OF the club
Taubenhaus had TO change his mind there was
no steamer leaving this port for Glasgow YESTERDAY
He went 10 Boston where he did his best to enter
tain the members OF that citys club. but he will
start next Saturday for Europe.
The game which t. being played by correspond
cnce between Paris and 81. Petersburg is going on
slowly No new moves however. have come to hand
since the publication OF the in these columns.
NJ j. Taubenhaus. the Partisan chess expert. ar
rived in Boston Friday. and Will play stimuli
taneous tourney at the Boston Chess Club on Mon
day night It IL expected that about twenty boards
will be opposed 10 hin.
Following are the two missing games from the
lie pia yef
al Uivana the scores OF which games were lost in
nails