The evening times., 1897-05-28
THE GREAT CHESS MATCH
All of the Final Arrangements
Have Been Made.
CONDITIONS OF THE PLAY
The Teams Selected, Respectively, by
the British Commons and the
ticipate in the Chess Tournament.
VIII Begin Play May 81.

| The international chess match II hiCh h-Ia
| been arranged between the teams of the
English House of Commons and the House
OF Representatives has been definitely set
| ded to occur next Monday, May 81. The ar
raagements iii detail have just been com
pleted by Representative Pearson, of the
| Congressmen. and Sir John Henniker Hea
| ton, of the Commoners.
Onthis side Of the Atlantic the tnatch Will
be played III the room of the House Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and will begin at
| = o'clock in the afternoon.
The final regulations. which were agreed
upon by cable day before yesterday, are
as follows:
l. The team 20 consist of five players
on side
= The pairing of the players and the
ira win = for the fl rst move To be as follows:
ca The boards on each side are t. be num-
bered from l to 3, conSecuuvciy (b) At
1870 D IA, Washington time, on the day
Of tie play, in the presence of the rep
resentat Ces Of the opposite side, the play
eTs OF each side small cac. take a board
and shall make no change therefrom: tcl
The British umpire in Washington, OF his
deputy. shall then draw one Of two slips
of paper, one OF which shall be marked with
an odd number aud the other with au even
number: td II the number SO drawn is an
odd number, the odd-numberrd tables of tiIe
American team. /, , and ., shall have first
move. and If the number 80 drawa is an
even nuInheT. then the cvea-Hurnhered Ia
bIes of the American team. 3nu !, snail
have TrSr move: tel The British umpire. II
his deputy, shall Immediately cable 10 the
other side the result of tie drawing. ar1
each sid. Stial >imult aGeouS!y Cahls 10 the
others ru,- IA mes Of the players in the order
in which they sit at the tables from l II
o c1nSecuyivcly.
, one game to be played between each
pair Of players. the team scoring the great
est number Of points to be the winner
game won to score one point to the winner.
and a game drawn TO score half point
to each player
4 Tie time limit to be fifteen moves
per hour; players clock shall be started
in case he moves first, a the umpire's call
of time and in all other cases a. soon a.
he receives his opponents move. it shall
then he stopped as soon as he records his
reply In case Of mistake in the trans
mission Of move, a reasonable allowance
for the time thereby lost ttu To- st led by
the umpirrt shall he made to the player
damified thereby.
, TIE moves To be etranSmittedhy cable.
The English rotation to be used
6 After play has commenced no con
sultsti9u. reference to books OF manu-
scripts. OF analyzing OF his game, is per
mttcd to any player during the progress
of the match, nor may he lawfully. within
the said time. receive any instruction. ad-
vice hint. or suggestion as TO the conduct
OF the game. and any such instruction,
advice. hint. or suggestion, received VITA
the consent. expressed or implied, of the
competing player. shan involve the pen
alty determined for the infraCtiOn Of this
rule ANY player, however. may be ad-
viscd As to the state Of the score andof any
game ether thanhisown during gthe progress
of the match without violation Of this
rule
:. The match TO take place Monday.
Nav 81. 1897. and continue, II unfinished,
on Tuesday. June l. The hours of play
to he from p. IA. TO Z p Ia. each day
Washington time.
5 In case any game shall be unfinished
on 1 Ut- ullt L al u H. tiit ttt Cict
sl lall determine which player has the ad-
vantage, or whether the game should be
considered a draw
8 Each side shall be represe nted by IN
umpire at the opposite place of play, ana
by five gentlemen, who shall make and
record the moves and kc, p time, each for
a certain player Of the absent side. In
cast Of difference between the reDreSan-
tatives II the respective sides the same
shall be determined by Mt. Ladsl4us Hon
gelmuller Won HengeryaT, envoy eNtraor-
binary and minister plen ipotent!ary of
Austria Hungary t. the United states.
10 The regulations Of tie Hastings
tournament to govern in cases not Specifi-
cally provided for.
IL The penalty for the Infraction of
rule six shan toe the forfeit of the game.
Tie members Of the Housr of RepraSen-
tatives team are Repre- sentatives Richard
Pearson of North Carolina, Levin Irving
Handy of Delaware. Robert y. Bodipe of
Missouri John F. ShafCoth OF Colorado and
T $ Plcwman Of Alabama.
The members Of the British team IRE
Hon Horace CCrzon Plunkett member for
South division Of Dublin county; Dir. Lie
wellyn Atherley Jones, author OF the
Miners Manual" aud member for North
west Durham; Mr- John How ard Parnell
the elder brother OF the late John Stewart
ParupIl. and member for South Mead: Ar