New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19
WITH QUEENS AND ROCKS
DULNESS HERE THIS SUMMER. BUT
ACTIVITY ABROAD

ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CHESS
TOURNAMENT IN NUREMBERG sTEINITz
WINS FROM scHIFFERs-LOCAL NOTES.
When the chess season In the metropolis is near
ing end. and when only few contests are sched'
uled to wind up the season proper. them as rule'
news Of glorious battles which are to be fought IN
Europe reaches this country This year Is no excep-
tion Here IL Is almost the end OF the SEASON.
True. there Is the Napier-Ruth match still IN prog
ress at the Brooklyn Chess Club. the second game
Of which was scheduled 10 be played last night;
there is the championship tournament OF the Pro-
gressve Club, a contest which was to have started
last night and there rumors of various o'her
coming affairs the Showalter- Barry match Ior IN
stance. STILL chess life will soon be pretty Wen
etie1 in the local fields. Things are however oii-
ferent IN Europe In London national masters
tournament, with Bird, Fenton. Lee. Loman. Muier'
ROLAND Techmann, Van Lennep and other prom
inent London PLAYERS competitors Will begin next
week This field ought to produce some hne play
and the results Of the games Will be watcheu WITH
considerable interest even in this city.
The great international tournament-a preliminary
nroerarome has lust been issued by the German
Schachbund-w begin at Nuremberg on July ~
1t Is proposed 10 devate from rules hiiher'o III
vogue In the Journeys Of the German Chess i'sSo
citation. namely. not to play three games III wv
DAYS, but one game day. and IL was also oeei'eu
not to make known the pairing OF the players
throughout the tournament at the start nut u
announce each day the schedule OF the games TOT
that day This novelty. which was first introduced
At Hastings last year, proved great success
The hours Of play will be from 3 a. m to p m.'
from to s D. M. and II necessary. that is TO ray
in order 10 finish the games left unfinished al .,
another sitting has to take place at ~ mere VIII
be six prizes Of 1000, $50, 900, 400 S"o ana ="
marks Entries are be sent to Dr. 5. Tarrasch'
No q Fiirther-st.. Nuremberg. and duplicates 10
DIR Max Lange. No. 10 Ouer-st., Leipsic
Although it is pretty certain that there VII DC
another international tournament In Budapest III
connection with the Millennial Exposition no pro-
gramme has as yet been given out.
After the sixteenth round in the vienna Na''o"a'
Masters tournament the score OF the princpal con-
tsstants was as follows: Engsch and Schiech'er'
II each; Marco and Weiss. 1914 each; Sch~arz' w.
Halprn s: Albn. ~; Judd and Znki, each
According TO lates, European papers to hahd' 'he
.core Of the Stcinz VS.. Schiffers match, when Is
probably finished by stands 5i2 TO Az IN taNor
Of Stenitz The latter won the eighth ana MINI"
games and the tenth was drawn.
After the completion Of his match with hemeh'
nj the Franklin Chess Cub Philadelphia, fenh.'
showalter engaged In a series OF match games WIN
the ,oca, crack voigt The latter won the appenueo
game hut the second and third had 10 DC ieit u'-
finished as Showater summoned home 10 Ken
tucky The game referred to above follows: