New-York tribune., 1896-01-19
WITH QUEENS AND ROCKS
o.,-srs OF THE TROUBLE IN ST. PETERS
BURG.
~ .rrrlING OVER AN ATTEMPT TO SHUT OFT
NEWsPAPERs-THE BETTING ELEMENT IN
THE BIG CHESS MATCH-coR-
RESPCNDENCE.


qha Tribune yesterday received the following in
,orce-,rc letter from its St. Petersburg corre-
sponGcnt:
81 Petersburg. Jan. The interest which was
a. first shown In the FIRST international chess
,o,rnament in thls city h1s cons doI anly decreased
iertuse SO many things occurred watch m1ds
n.at:ers unpleasant for tee Payers, the committee
Una are daily being made in tne newspapers. OF
wsich the "Novoe \renlya' Is excepted, and TO:
Wita5ut giving nctice to any Of the papers in
r@st cf publishing the games TO the "Novoe
VSTrenya" TO hi, the other newsraqers mon trat
by 20 ding meeting. seni.ng an oiiica. ett.r 20 tie
r'ub requesting the TOURNAMENT committee 10
anu, the sale and to allow a.! the pagers to pay
for the gt bve OF pem Tsy e aaad that M &
are two relatives and editoi5 OF tAe "Novoe
monopoly would Ook bad IN the eyes O. The cAess
listen TO anything, and tod the represen; atves cf
The other newspapers that they could not have
was not treated well by the papers. Tney ride lei
contest, abused the player. and did their level
Another reason which contributed toward much
un.easanne;s was tAe 5eltng element ntrodaesl
which abused the whole affair much more tn n tie
Tes o. the PAPERS h d,SHr aMen ,Sgetnr published t'
II p danssT % en9
maiy s y en- The the point of retiring from pay TIE
cause os this is bet the effect that tbs playcr
would win the tournament. Tschigorn has been
backed to an enormous extent. ana among Others
there IS one bet involving the sum of 5ccJ ruole.
the bet is an Englisaman, WAC had backed PHI: bury
to win. This Mr. :. is terribly disappointed at
ose his money. Mir. :. comes to the club in an
excited state, ne becomes nervous ami cont nuI.iy
wise grown nervous rhs Is The real cause Of M TIE
retire from the tournament"
Your readers have doabtess,y been informed how
Piisoury was done out OF considerable sum b.
buying the sole right OF publishing the games in
SnH hs Farmer I in f this bus m % anssc on is as5
much annoyed. for he. too. will lose money
of the games, and your readers might easily I'M
In tbs city containing the fun scores of the games,
together with incidental news which could not be
got even by the 81. Petersburg papers.
TO prevent the local papers from getting anything
MISSION to- one ruble' Even members had to pay:
they would not allow anybody TO make any notes.
ane s as 9on ss oO of Th Novoe VTe
tested The reporters kicked and there were some
As has been told you in previous letter. you?
coun;ryman Pillsbury, who Kept out of all wTanrl Is
--Sc.n.tz had with Lasker. and so bad 'rsC hi
gor.n-is much liked here. The other day Tsch.Gofm
took him for sledge ride on the Ne'a The team
!oaS an excellent pair Of reindeer sport when ne
hugely enjoyed But he. too. has become nervous,
af;er finding out that he would lose much money.
and even his most ardent admirers think that he
will break down. Such thing would cause Il pan
game with Laskcr the other day, his first defeat a.
The champion,s hands painful SILENCE prevailed IN
out in regard for the AmeriCan's feelings. Pills
burys hackers plainly showed in their faces the mis-
eiyinrs they felt.
plsbury said 20 a local reporter. that he liked
Russ very much. and that he would do his best 10
ncuCe Tschgorn TO play in another similar tourney
IN Warsaw. both Lasker and Steinitz having al
ready announced their willingness to play, as has
also Pil,sbury
BEFORE dispatching this. together with to-day s
Ca?lo. want 10 merton tE1t the arrival Of cepu-
tetoH of French amateurs was announced to-day.
their object being negotiate with the players en-
caged here: but the high and mighty mon who rule
the local Gibbs affairs would not disclose the real
purpose of the visitors.
Herewith is the game contested TODAY by TSch-
gorin and Steinitz. in which the latter threw
his Qveen thus losing game that he should have