Evening star., 1895-02-23
PLAYING EXPERT CHESS
Several Tournaments at the Local Club
Rooms.
A Crack Player Attends to Twenty
Simultaneous Games-Winners
and Unfinished Games.


The rooms of the Washington Chess,
Checkers and Whist Club on 18th street
between and G streets were crowded
last evening with an enthusiastic crowd
| Of chess lovers and chess experts. The
| occasion was the birthday tourney held in
honor Of the father of his country, who,
| If he wasn't a chess player, doubtless
| would have been converted into one if he
| could have attended the meetings yester-
day afternoon and evening. The play be-
| gan in the early afternoon and was con-
| tinued with little no interruption until
midnight The first event of the day was
a pyramid tourney in two classes. Prizes
were offered in each, that for the major
tourney being a copy of Freeborough's
| "Chess Openings and that for the minor
| tourney being a copy of Stenitz's "Chess
Openings" The first round in the major
! tourney was completed. with the following
result: Wright won from Key, DeConin
from Gwyer. Tibbetts from Cooke, Tharp
| from O'Farrell, Hill from Davidson, Won
| Slant from Knight, Hanna from Smith,
Hawkins from Briggs, Wieman from
The second round was begun, but could
| not be completed. AS far as it was played
it resulted as follows: Tharp won from
Won Slant, Wright drew to Tibbetts, Hill
| drew to Hawkins, and the game between
Hanna and DeConin was in progress when
| the tourney was temporarily postponed to
| make room for the simultaneous play,
| which scheduled to begin at o'clock.
| The concluding games of the tourney will
be played off some night next week. prob
| ably Wednesday.
! The Minor Tourney.
The minor tourney began at the same
| time as the majcr. The first round resulted
as follows: Hodges won from Alexander,
Bond won from Dexter. Neagle won from
McCleary, Ruebsan won from Upper, At
well drew to Fly1 n; Capt. Key was bye.
In the second round Hodges won from
! Flynn, Atwell from Reubsan, Neagle from
| Capt. Key. This round was unfinished when
| the floor was cleared at o'clock for the
simultaneous play. There was another
tourney for the evening, but owing to the
| large number of e. tries and the length OF
| the simultaneous play it could not take
| place. This was the problem solving tour
| nament, quite novelty in the city. \
| large number of envelopes had been pre-
pared, each containing printed set of five
! chess problems, which were to be solved N
| given time To the winner most cor
rectly solving the problems is to be given a
| handsome scarf pin. Only the Baltimore
players were given their problems last
| night. These gentlemen, four in number,
were obliged to leave early in order to catch
| their train. and they worked out their prob
| lens before they left. They We're Messrs.
| Wieman, Tosch, Uhthoff and Oppenhemer.
| AS they came late they were scheduled
| against each other in the major tourney.
Simultaneous Play.
| At 8 o'clock the tables were arranged in
an oval In the upper part of the great
room, and twenty players. acknowledged
! by all present to be the pick of the Wash
| ington chess talent, took their seats to
compete against Prof. Adolph Albin, the
champion of Boston in simultaneous play.
oF
| the best collection of local players who
! ever entered in a simultaneous tourney in
this city. They were Messrs. Hanna.
| Tharp. Briggs, Davidson. Sonnenschmidt,
Harvey, Lambden, Schitfman. Smith
Jaquette Hawkins, Hodges, Wright. lib
| belts. O'Farrell. Gwyer, Alexander. Geddis,
| Bermann and Cooley. At 10 o'clock an in
| t. rmiSSion Of ten minutes was had. and
play was then resumed and continued until
nearly midnight. Prof Albin won twelve
OF the twenty games, drew five. and lost
to Wright, Harvey and Schiifman.
Other Plays.
| While the chess games and Journeys
were going on the members of the checker
section of the club We're engaged at an in
formal set of games in the rear of the
room. Mr.. ID. Barrott, champion of Mary
land, was pittcd against several of the
| local players Mir. Alexander Mchardy had
the best luck against the Baltimore expert.
| winning two, losing one and drawing one.
1t is expected that the concluding games
| in the minor chess tourney now running in
| the club will be played early next week.
The first prize in this tourney lies between
Messrs. Pattison and Mundel Mr. Mum
| dell has completed his play OF twenty-five
! games, winning sixteen and losing SIX.
| Mr. PattiSon, having won fifteen and lost
| four, has but three more games to play, or
which he must win two to win the cham
picnship.
Preparations are being made for the
|
| cup, which is to begin on the second Mon
! day in March, and will last upwards OF
three months. The cup is now held by
| Mr.. Wright, who, having held it for two
! consecutive Journeys. will win it for his
| irdivdual property if he should lead the
| coming tournament. There will be meet
| ing of the executive commits of the
! club tonight consisting of Messrs McFar
lard, Martin and Pattison. to consider the
| question of revision of the rules to gov
| ern this tourney. 1t is likely that there
will be several changes in the regulations.
This tournament is open to all anna
| teur chess players of the District, and is
rot confined to the membership OF the
| Washington c. c. and W. Club, although
| held under the auspices and in the rooms
| of that organization. There is much more
| int crest in chess this winter than last sea-
| son, as the large attendance at the tour
| rament yesterday and last night attested;
| so it is expected that the entries this year
| for the I.ibbey cup will be much more nu-
| nlerous than usual. They will be received
| UP to and including Monday. the 4th of
| March In addition to the Libbey cup, 9TH
| er prizes will be given equal in value TO
| the entrance fees. and in number to one
| third of the entries
| There. were several well-known chess ex-
| perts present last night from outside the
| club Professor Wiley. one of the leading
1 chess players of the Cosmos Club. acted as
| adiudicator on unfinished games of the
| first round. Among other guests of the
| evening were Admiral Crosby and Maj
| Tupper, also of the Cosmos Club.
| On the Verge of a Precipfcc.
| VANCOUVER, B. c., February 23-The
| Canadian Pacific line has been blocked by