Evening star., 1896-02-15
WILL PLAY TONIGHT
Mt. Peasants to Meet the Washing
tons in Whist.
TEAMS FOR The JUNE CONGRESS
Games of the Local Chess
Players.
CLUB CHECKER TOURNAMENT

The Mt. Pleasant and Washington clubs
will play heir match in the inter-c!ub
whist contest this evening at the rooms Of
the Washirston club, on 18th street. The
Washington club will probably he repre-
scented by Messrs. Lake, Turner. Knight
and Hoover. The Mt. Pleasant Club team
consists of Messrs Davis, Taliafa.'ro, Young
and Brown.
While it is understood that two teams
will visit the Brooklyn whist congress in
June from this city 10 represent the Capital
Bicycle Club, nothing has Yet been done to-
ward selecting the fours. and no system of
regular practice seems to have been de-
yised
The Baltimore Whist Club is beginning
to prepare for the congress- Selections are
already being made for the big four. Mr..
| Julius Hail. well known in this city. was
invited to accept a place on the team. but
declined The team will probably consist
| Of Whelan, Duval, WILDER Smith and Steele.
with Bouton and Mckay alterna teS.
! Among the other strong players of the
| Baltimore club are George lho:nas, Jonn
| Howard and DIR. Walls The latter. at one
| time PLAYED on the Baltimore team. He
| is now a resident of this city. but is not
! giving much time to whist because oil pro-
fessional duties. I9e expects to attend the
| BROOKLYN congress, and may take part in
| the pair contest, if he can induce Julius
| Hall to join him.
Among the Chess Players.
The Hanna-Wright chess match was re-
sumed at the Washington Chess Club We'd
nesday evening. The game was the fourth
one between them, and should Hanna win
| it would decide the match. Consequently.
| the game stubbornly contested, and a
! great deal of time was consumed by both
! parties in the early stages Of the game.
! At the end of an hour and half OF play
| each party had made but about thirty
moves, while the rules require that nifty
moves be made inside of two hours. Mr..
Wright had had slightly the advantage all
through, and the positions were such that
he could move faster than MS opponent
| Mr. Harna consumed two hours and one
| minute in making forty-Jhree moves ai.d
| Mr. Wright. ho had couple OF minutes
to spare. consumed ii. made his move and
| claimed the game, under the rules, by red-
son of AIr. Iianna's having exceeded his
time limit. The claim was allowed. The
| score now stands two oach md 10 win the
| match one party viii have TO win ma
jority of two games.
Usina and Patterson played the first game
of their match "Wednesday evening, USina
winning in fifty-one moves. Patterson had
the advantage for forty-one moves, when
he fell do wn." The second game was
played Thursday evening, Mr.. usina play
ing the superior game and winning in forty
one moves.
Two games were played in the O'Farrell-
| Walker match. In the first the captain
!
resigned after sixteen moves. The fourth
game WAS more evenly played. The open
| ing was queens gambt accepted, and Capt
O'Farrell. playing black, won pawn on the
eighth move, and, 10y sllillful playing, main
tanned the pawn and increased his ad'
vantage, winning in forty-eight moves.
| Martin defeated Gwyer in their first game
! a French defense, in twenty moves, Gwyel
losing his queen on the sixteenth move. The
| second game was also won by Martin or
Thursday evening, in forty-four moves. He
had the advantage a large part OF the game
Capitol Club Chess.
Usina continues to lead in the chess tour
na.nent at the Capital Bicycle Club. He WOE
two games during the week. and now has
the fine score of p wins and losses. Quack-
| enbush is still second, with IL wins and
losses to his credit. He has several hard
games yet to play. Tie score Of the othe,
contestants is practically unchanged, as fol
lows: Barrick, won 2Gla, lost 3!a; Douglas
won 4 lost :; Carr won H. lost 111a; Mac
| daniel won Il, lost Il; RiIes, won s. lost l6
; | Falck won D. lost 21; Calverswon 80, los
, 1872, and J. l.. Writ, won 0l., lost 23l2.
Outside the District.
In the Brooklyn Chess Club champion
ship tournament, nelmar, VINO has been il
i, tie Lead all along, lost a game TO John c
Tatum which allows Rocamora to take TIL
, lead with the score of won and = lost. Del
mar and Helm are tie Tor second place
, each having won eight and one-half an
lest two and one-half. Showalter was com
PEELED to retire from the tournament
:. Helm is now conducting the Brooklyn ent
> of the WaShinston-BrooIilyn correspond
ence games. Saturday evening he playe
sixte en- games simultaneously at the Pre-
eressfve Chess Club, New York, wi.lnini
ten. losing one, and drawing five
1 A match has been arranged between Nj
]. w. Showaiter, chess champion Of tn
: United States. and MIR. e. kemeny, Phila
A delphia's crack player The first game wa
schedu ed to be played today, at the Frank
lin Chess Club, Philadelphia, but was post
poned on account of the illness of Nh
Showalter.
1 The Charkow Russia) Chess Club has in
| yited Ste.nitz and Schiffers, fifth and siXt
prize winners at Hastings, to play mate
of twelve games at Charkow for 1.Zs'3 rou
e h!es (S74U 400, two-thirds to go to the wiz
C ner and one third to the loser.
s According to the teleSraphic reports, III
r first of a series Of games was played at S
S Petersburg January %. the contestants he
: ing Lasker and Pillsbury against Steinit
: and Tschigorin. The game was won b
e the first named pair.
Club Che eker TOurnaIs-es.a.
: The checker tournament at the Mt. Ve'
non Club is deprived OF Q large share {