New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-17
WITH QUEENS AND ROCKS.
WHY THE INTERNATIONAL CHESS MATCH
WAS A FAILURE,
COME SUGGESTIONS As To FUTURE CONTESTS
NOTES FROM HOME CLrBs-PRoBLEMS
AID ANSWERS

AND ANSWERS.
~. international match between lhe MAMMAL an
.,,d prItisb chess clubs is thng OF ''e past anu
i,honob the first team match lot "iii0" '"e '"''
h,s been mt 10 work. cannot " 'd'!eu d Su'VeS9 II
"'9 inches worth the trouble and expense
hos taugnt the lesson that team chess
matches. IN WINS" "
are practicable. - ,,
rha tribune published statement by Manager
r,ana Capperton, of the Commercial cable COM
80 on wednesday. in which the fact was dis
49,, mat out of the seven hours allotted 10 play
49,. oobla did only hours work on either END;
-. 10 20 saw the time was lost in translatiag the
o,,os from the German into the English notation
and vice versa and by the medtiationS OF the pay
ere As the average number OF moves maze on "o'h
sides vas twenty-five each board and as at
prescribed time limit of twenty moves an hour ne
PLAYERS were actually about three ana ha'i hours
engaged in meditation. II follows that tw" ana a
half 10 three and a half hours were lost in trans
latns the moves and 10 this fact the failure OF the
match must be attributed But for the loss OF time
not one. but all the ten. games WOULD nave oeeh
played to a finish. .
IL is really imnaterial whether the match "ou'd
have been won by the Manhattans or not. had the
games been finished but under the circumstance
the directors OF the Manhattan Chess CiuD are no
10 blame for having accepted the P'opo','lo -
The Britshers to call the match urd" O'
n.ne games were left unfinished. Analysis his,.
no do,,ors,rated but an analysis is not pay oNei
The board and it is Just as wei! tha' 'iie i'S ~
match between Britishers ana Americans WV N"- "
"honors divided ,-,,.. ..,,ro
,e racards future encounters OF similar mature
:, vii be easy for club to make more Sd"Sl"V-
-ro,rements after ne experiences gained on
warcb o TO begin with. the moves must he sent IN
English notation. although the caoie "NpehSeS
nigh; be a little greater. The players shouIu oe
torsther say on a platform in a big hall. with the
llp al
,hernore 70 each table must be assigned an OIL
e,ial keeper whose additional duty it should
ne 70 write the moves for the operators cause their
immediate dispatch. and then wait unit! reply
arrives return TO the board 10 when ne was as
signed, make the move on the Oo'iN anu 81 ""
until the game is finished
For the convenience of spectators duplicate sets
of chess men and boards might be placed in the
body OF the hall, as was actually done on March >
I'm the Victoria Hal of the Criterion restaurant,
London With these preparations II would be easy
.,ourb 70 play match on twenty-five boards by
means Of one cable. but even if an accident SHOULD
happen on one or boards. play could be ad-
,ourned and resumed the next day. as has been done
in important match games.
The Tribune has been requested by julius l.V-
ingson the president OF the City Chess Club TO say
thai the club has secured the ladies' parior at the
Union SQUARE Hotel for next Saturday, in order TO
play the match with the Brooklyn Chess club. IN
der the auspices of the Metropolitan chess League
As these will be the final games of the series ana
will also decide which club viii win the first trophy
offered by the new league. great interest VIII be
evnced at the meeting of these clubs. and President
Livingston wishes TO have Il understood that chess
players especially members Of clubs affiliated with
the league. will be made welcome.
Speaking OF the league games. mention must be
made that the Staten Island Club resigned their
match to Newark, contest which should have
taken place Thursday night at Newark. and c.
Hymes OF the latter club, agreed with A B. Hodges.
OF the Manhattan Chess Club. TO call their game.
left unfinished the occasion OF the meeting OF
these clubs on February %. a draw. Yesterday the
Manhattans were 10 play the Metropoitans. and, as
has been stated the final games OF the series Will
be played between the City ard Brooklyn clubs on
Saturday next
Taubenhaus has started for Glasgow, and is due to
arrive there Tuesday. Previous 10 his departure
he gave highly successful farewell performance OF
simultaneous play at the Metropolitan Chess Club
On Friday j. W. Slowalter visited the Staten ISL
and Chess Club. when this expert met twelve players
IN a Simultaneous seance. The single player won
ten games lost one and drew one, and he accom-
pshed this remarkable feat in exactly three hours.
Appended is OF the games played