New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-13
WITH QUEENS AND ROCKS.
THE BROOKLYN CHESS CLUB AND THE
BRITISH CHALLENGE.
BE PLAYED-A LETTER FROM STEINITZ-
NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE.


NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE.
To judge from present appearances the Brooklyn
Chess Club will in al probability accept the advice
given by The Tribune some time ago. shorty after
the arrival OF the challenge of the British Chess
Club for another cable match. namely. to accept the
challenge. Last Monday a meeting OF those d.
rec;ors OF the cub who have resigned their
Offices tho subject OF me cable match was taken
up. and after discussing the points. 1t was decided
to cave this matter the directory which is 10 be
elected next month. Under the circumstances this
was the best TO be done.
membe, OF the club who was seen by re-
porter for The Tribune. said that there is no doub,
that strong and able body OF men will take office
next month. and that these will have not the
slightest difficulty In finding the money and the
payers for the proposed cable chess match. "Of
course, he continued they will accept the chal-
ienge and we have every reason 10 believe mat the
leading American players will support US and pay
for the honor Of their country. But even II we should
not succeed in getting the best talent, We shall be
able TO make up a good team However, time aone
Will tel whether we shall be successful in this and
other UNDERTAKINGS"
The member OF The club referred to admits that
thinks that matters Will be Strengthened next
month and that the Brooklyn Cness club VII
,stelnitz, VINO j.. undergoing trea iment Il the
that place under cate OF September 81 that ine De
ginning Of ths match Win i1Eer mas oeen n de he
budapest tournament. he had asked for ,?:nother
in his letter. expresses great confluence Of being
able to hold his own in his match, ana as
onxo1s 10 have the sum Of The stakes Increased
He therefore asks would-be hackers 20 forward
their stakes under the usual conditions 10 me reaS
urer of the Moscow Nussia) chess Club.
bnS b e nG yay at hs
plicatons for membership are daily received at
clubs and it is fair to suppose that the season
promises many interesting features.
Sn shand q be tns made of Se
ment the closing rounds of which are now being
Dr. Henegeer. Feibe and Raubitseheek came 9ui
with an equal scor and 1t ava was in
each winning one game ana the second
round Is being Phyed at not the Newark Chess
Club hand over that illuminated score sheet TO
fairly and squarey by beating the Newark men
in a homeland home match? If the JerSey ine, ,,
will call at the Manhattan Chess Club they VIII
find such a memento of a chess battle. which was
presented by the defeated Franklin men to the
Cured months after the former bout. ana the
Newark men should therefore hurry up ana Gs
Mr. and Mrs pelmar were celebrating their cs, sll
at their house, No 7o5 East one-hundred and
player and his wife, Or. o. P. Heneggsr. president
Of the Metropolitan Chess Club. and Mrs Heneg-
9sp Ie Of sVerware We're received by the couple
match between Dr. Tsrrasch ana Maroczy Is
further will come of it, for the present at any
In any ma sr wod be- ore k a
to interest chess-payers than between Iarrasch
''' DR. ~ Tarrasch has undertaken to annoate the
games played in the recent tournament. for which
the games will be worth st9dyihg a Do1H viii
se pSSsSed m GSms pb4sd anu
WhiI" in Nuremberg Tschigorin declared his in
tention of arranging tournament in st Peters dss
burg in the future. limited to trst-ca las!
prize winners such contest would Hnd9uDefhhy
fair young PLAYERS to get up 'ne ond harc be
Conc of Naroczy if the recent tournament had been
| limited TO hrst-class prze-winners only, not 10
mention Janows ana otnGr Savs aken FIRST and
| second prizes in international chess contests sis nil
Nah . Gazette had with Blackburne at Hastings
| The English champion expressed the following
some fine chess played there though the average
of the play was perhaps not quite eIuai TO TN tne
very little if any friction eXeeP, IN b tnb w ass
days play before A9@ nn% had
| and curiously enough. the rules did not provide
Blackburne thinks that Lasker though he deseryed
a high place. had good deal of luck aj tha ma,
N nayn ulo good chess that Pilsbury bore him
SELF ma marveousy well in spite Of very trying ply.
fine style though at times he was overconiident
carnival Wesk sounds rather bh ,h Snpm rhe
| two are not necessarily antagonistic has been
| proved during the last week AT f1tstlHeS Inv
Rival may be a classic and idyllc festival at Nice
or Cannes but no; indigenous to the supssra,u b Sa
| English midde-class society which produces tnc
| cheap trppers Suffice 1t to say that the loreIsn
way of making merry ranspianted 10 da horle
and ST Leonards degenerates into farce ana horse,
play, which find significant echo at inc JUSTICES
| court the next morning. Ii was, therefore, Brcd.
relief to players at Hastings to ma mar ,hey
could escape from squirts and conietti, anu ina
| there was an anidote to all the tumult ana tur-
| moil TO be found at the Chess club room IN Ine
Queens Hotel where some very interesting coIi-
| snltation games played last week. ne
| nIayers were II. Chapman. consulting win bIach-
hurne IN the one side, and Marco, with various
members of the club partners. on the other size
| Marco had agreeaby surprised the Hastings chess-
| ,Iavers nv having them unexpected Visit, tie
outcome Of which were the games played last week
or these games the most interesting one piayeu OH
| August q, follows: