New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-08

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A chess contest OF extraordinary magnitude VIII
take place next Friday. when the picked teams OF
two countries will engage in match on eighl
boards a contest IN which the moves will be for
warded by cable The contendlng teams. as mas
been previously stated in The Tribune. VIII repre-
sent Great Britain on the one side and the Ihi'eu
States OF America the other
similar contest took place last year, put enneu
in a hasco as only game was finished stu IL
was a success. as It became evident that win d.'-
ferent arrangements such contest could be easily
carried through.
The directors Of the British Chess Club Uondom
and the Match Committee OF the brooklyn ChesS
Club. the two clubs under the auspices OF "hich
ORGANIZATIONS Fridays encounter will take place
have shown excellent skill In all the arrangements
and they have evidently taken lesson from last
wears failure They have agreed 10 continue play
on Saturday should there be any games left I'M
finished Friday evening". They have agreed upon
using the English notation for cabling the moves
instead OF the money-saving but ume-"as'ins
tactics which adopted last year when tne
moves were cabed In German notation, ana inaiiy
the clubs have agreed to limit the NUMBER OF
boards to eight instead Of ten 1t Is heediess 10
point out to the reader that these improvements
will materially assist in scoring complete sue
cess.
But apart from this there is still another feature
IN fridays battle over the checkered boards, when
IN ,tsef "a one of the highest possible Importance
to the chess players Of the two great continents.
While last years fight a purely interciuo III
fair the result Of which would have had no par
tjcular meaning. Fridays battle is one whlch VIII
decide whether native American chese Pa!e''
can hold their own or beat representative pody
=, British experts or whether the latter Will be
able 70 beat us thus proving what the late Ut
Zukertort stated at Bradford. Yorkshire, IN 1884,
that the Britshers were twenty years aheao Oh VIC
in the knowledge OF the theory and practice OF the
royal game 80 -.
the Atlantic will watch the proceedings Win 'he
keenest possible interest. the more 80 as great
efforts have been made at both headquarters 10 Sc
cure the best possible material for the ngh'' De
fore looking at the records OF the men VINO VII"
probably take boards. II must be mentioned no"
the arrangements have beer made at this end 10
nrevent any failure. From the following details
1t will be seen that the arrangement was most
efficient that no point neglected. and that 100
high a compliment cannot be paid in acKho"ieus
rnent of this great labor Of love- the comfort OF
the payers the public and the press mas oeeh
carefully studied in the plan of campaign.
The selected battlefield OF the American team
is the Assembly Hall OF the Bank Building, at
Court and Remsen ste.. Brooklyn. The hail is
lofty room, the entire upper floor OF the puiIu'hs
with gallery at its west end and large WINDOWS
on its Court ard Remsen-st. sides On the sou'h
wall of the hall eight immense chess BOARDS VIII
be suspended, eacn WITH Hio'aoiV N''N"'
and they will indicate. the match proceeds the
exact position of the contendng forces In eacn
game during its progress. At the east END OF the
hall a platform three feet high, will be erected
which will be thirty-two feet long and SIX 'eet
WIDE and on which the eight players of the Anerl-
can team will sit with the four official scorers inc
CAPTAIN Of the team and the British umpire, OF
such assistant he may designate .o,,os an
the eoor of the hall to the right and left of the
pla;form-the receiving and the sending depart
ments being entirely separated from enc he pas
sageway four feet wide, which VIII be usea , by
the ws are o By sent tn London
bringing TO the players the moves received from
tables Q, the PLAYERS will b, Placed Iss oa at
viii be kept up by stewards having that DUTY III. In
ssg d% 41 the ab
and another passsgeway' along the suspenaea
boards the south wall Will ,bs sosTds in ac
Cordance with the cab.ed moves received ana sent
and interesting. each move made by every PLAYER.
whether in Brooklyn or in London, being instantly
abundant space on the floor and in the gallery for
all who wish to witness the contest; tim. q, Fri
day the eight players Of each team win each take
table nsmSeTnF to 1Ss & aTaw O one
don one Of two slips Of Rape NUMBER the British
G sS th. 'es mG Number they viii
s ss aS ssss to Bro aa the result
and each side will simultaneously cable to the
which they sit at tables, from to consecutlvely
AT 10 a. m. time will be called and the clocks
an hour. and At D. m. play will be resumed I'LL
continued on Saturday morning at ~ O'CLOCK
HOW THE WIRES WILL RUN.
The Commercial Gable Company has arranged to
put the British and American teams in direct COM
Inunicaton with each other by means OF special
wires Joined TO its cable system. The line OF COM
municaton will be from the Brooklyn Chess Clubs
rooms at Court and Remsen SITS. Brooklyn. across
the Brooklyn Bridge TO the Commercial Gable office
at Broad and Wall SITS. NewYork thence under
Broad and Beaver SITS and Battery Place TO Pier
A. North River. down the ship channel, through
the Narrows and out past Coney Island TO Cape
Canso. Nova Scotia. a distance of $50 miles. From
Cape Canso to Waerv on the n0m w fTas.
VILE round the south OF Ireland to Weston-supero
MHs p Prom the 10 M 1
change. London. distance of l43 miles and from
Ss HOs hos H se the Club VIII
play. The tota distance Is 3,4S3 miles but the
moves Of the players on either side viii be known
onds ''~'' '''''
RECORDS OF THE PLAYERS.
The following sketches OF tho players. OF whom
eight will play and seven be reserve men. may be
OF special interest to the reader:
II. e. Atkins born in Leicester. England
August 20. 1872. and learned to play chess when
twelve years old. He is a wrangler OF Cambridge
University. a notable varsity chess champion and
Is at present master at the Kings School. Canter-
bury
H. E. Bird was born in England In 1881, and
twenty years later had established his reputation
as a master. He is not only famous player
but has achieved inconsiderabls renown as a
writer His name is chess history for near.y q
half century.
j. II. Blackburne born In Manchester on
December 10. 1872 and youth was well known
Is a checker-payer. In 1862 he made his reputa-
ton in chess. particularly as bndfold player.
and since then has played fifteen blndfold games
simultaneously. When playing thus he has
M, In