Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-02
The Washington Chess Club Prepare
for the LongEvenings.
WlHHTHE RCHMONDPLAYERS
Pi||sbury Talks of I. the Coming St.
Petersburg Meeting.
L1PsCHUTZ AND sHoWALTER


plans for it's winter tourney. Mr.. F. NJ
Wright won first place in the Libbey cup
contest for the third successive time, and
the cup has become his personal property
Consequently there will be no more Libbey
cup championship tournaments.
The tournament committee is considering
the advisability of holding a continuous
tourney. lasting three or four months, with
prizes for the person playing the greatest
number of games, and for the player having
the greatest percentage Of games won to
games played. The scheme has worked sue
cessfully at the Brooklyn Chess Club.
Another plan suggested is to have a
tourney, open to all, with individual matches
between the contestants. The entrants
are paired, and during the first month each
pair plays a certain number of games to
determine the supremacy of the two players
The winners in the first month are then
paired and play individual matches in the
second month. The pairing continues until
there is but one player left. players losing in
the individual matches dropping out each
month 1t is believed this arrangement
would be a better method of determining
the championship than the ordinary tour
nament.
Mr.. ]. E. Mcfarland paid flying visit to
the city this week. He came in from field
geological survey and left next day for Chi
caSo to pursue his studies in geology at the
University of Chicago. Mr. Macfarland is
not playing much chess nowadays. He is
strong player, however, and is probably
better posted in the openings than any local
player. Were he to remain here for sea-
son he might have something 20 say about
the District championship. He expects to
return next summer, and may make himself
heard then.
Capt. J. P. Walker has returned to the
city after an absence of two or three months.
He is at the chess club nearly every after
noon, and is still playing the queens attack.
of which he might be called the originator
and perhaps only exponent. 1t is contrary
to the principles of the game advanced by
Well-known players to move out her majesty
on the third fourth move, and vet he
makes good showing against the best of
his opponents
The Washington Chess Club will probably
lose its correspondence match with the Rich
mond Chess Club. The Nirginians have al
ready won two games by superior play A
third game is regarded win for Wash
inston, while the fourth game looks like a
draw. The result is, probably due to the
difference of methods adopted. The Rich
mond club played all the games club.
The local club divideditself into teams, with
the result that one man, the captain did all
the work for the team
The Washington Chess Club will hold its
regular meeting at the club rooms, Ga 18th
street northwest. next Monday evening.
The Capital Bicycle Club will give more
attention to chess this winter than hereto
fore. A chess committee has been selected,
consisting of Messrs. AID. Usina, chairman;
H. G. Douglas d, Chas. Barrck New
tables and che ems have been added to
pl nh "a nhoI lnpey 4 I,a
Baltimore Chess Club to a match across
the board. the teams to consist of about six
men. Among the strong players of the
club are Usina, Douglas. Barrick, Carr, Bor-
den, Quackenbush and Dr. WEIGH.
Mr.. Adler of Harrisburg La. is in the city
and is making things lively at the chess
club by his vigorous play. He plays chess
dashing order. He got the better of Mr.. W.
A. Gwyer, jr, the other evening. Then DIR.
Hawkins who is always earnest, tried his
hand and came out victorious. 1t is said.
he quit even with Mr.. Braid, but the latter'S
count was different.
Mr.. H. N. Pillsbury, the winner of the
Hastings tourney, is at Philadelphia this
week. the guest of the Franklin Chess Club
From there he visits Pittsburg, Buffalo
Rochester and Auburn.
Mr.. Pillsbury was in Boston last week
While there he mailed his acceptance of the
terms and arrangements for the match be-
tween the five masters, namely. Tschigorin
Tarrasch. Lasker, Steinitz and himself, at
St Petersburg in December. In speaking of
the prospects of winning first place in the
coming match, he said he thought Tschigor-
ms chances were superior on account of his
physical condition and being acclimated:
that Lasker's physical condition and Stein
it's age were, perhaps, against them. He
modestly spoke of his own youth as being in
his favor.