New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-07
WITH QUEENS AND ROCKS
orEER POINT ABOUT THE INTERNA'
T1oNAL CHESS MATCH.
EARLE MESSAGES WHICH REPORTERS DID MOI
EMBELLISHMENTS COSTLY BLoNDH" A'
HIS SEVENTH GAME WITH

cABr,E MESSAGES WHICH REPORTERS DiD W."
sEE-pnIsBURY's COSTLY BLUNDEh IN
HIS SEVENTH GAME WITH
sHowALTER-
According 10 latest news received another chanso
g. ~. condition OF ste,nitz has taken place. ana
INT, time for the worse While his condition cannon
no critical at the present. 1t Is uhtor'u
| natcIv bad enough, and 1t is to be nopeo ''i@'
| change for the better will be reported soon
| Tho English newspapers commenting on 'h'
cable chess match have come TO nand' ING i''"
don Standard" says: ,.,. c,os.
Gin nt Wr D Marean' teegraphed: viii you permit
US TO- advise Hodges offer to draw? SIR Teorse
mon the reply came Hodges offers draw: ~, 10
you accept? Bellinghams consent Gens upon
Your Victory. with heartest goodwill OF oo'h teal"
Sir George Newnes dispatch; Wafoa,ed
| ,hants Tor your message Last year you aeieaevr
ms: this year the pendulum swung Iouhu , "a cot
have nlaved against more sportsmanlike
and we all take away with us the mos em We
syn ,st given three cheers for American play
| ers The reply The American Ph a. ,hese
c,o,e Of which we hope for many more ana
may the best team always "'n'-''" WILL
05T. TX. American umpire Mr. HoGer) having been en
thaaked By the AmeIicsns lor DPS ms on behan OF
.ho IR2rish the proceedings closed with cheers ior
the teams and for Sir George Newnes rot ms ne
| defatiyabe efforts In the cause OF tne Iosal co.
| and In particular in promoting these fa'cheS.
A reporter Of The Tribune showed THIS c"Ppii'e
| 10 one OF the most prominent members -.
American team. This player would 1eei oDnseu "
mo management OF the Brooklyn club II the latter
| woud give reason for signing the caplesrain
"Narean pillsbury" The latter was not the cap
,o,n NJ the team and unless the dispatch "as
signed by oil the American players the nahase
ment had no right to add single payers ha"'e
| to Marean's. .,,s.
After last years experience the match ns s.v
been lost by Great Britain, in spite Of the asssL
ance Of our masters 1t was ~ vei the experilnent
Of having the battle fought by our anateu' saei
also 70 give the RISING Ing .k AN EgeUd by them
In ai imnortant contests The experiment mas sue
ceeded we VIII II not an say issue felt
captaIned by Blackburne our team nave o., sio NJ
| picked team Of the United States
1.-THE Hereford Times writes as follows;
A glance at the score Will show that on the mrs.
eight boards s, prefIjs therefore fortunate that
the Americans consented to play ten boards as side.
and and r 10 than iced and ecutcheon The former Is
several years. and is bss made ne
out Of ii the a,es as
niayer From our knowledge of American mess mess
players ACQUIRED during t save tsa yea there must be
~ ieasi twenty players in the States to-day VINO
u,onld he more suitable for match such as OF ias
week than Mr. McCutcheon. The game az Boaru
| No between Messrs Backburne ana fllspui!
ciaIv the ending At Board No sorry eXhl Li
ton resulted c. d. Locock expecting 10 catcl NE
opponent Mr. Showalter. in an analysis whcH N n III
Tarrasch has lately pointed OUT IN tne JUN W ~.
Nuremberg Tournament. Mr.. ShowaIter, howevei,
nuickly demonstrated by his moves that ne w s
better up in the opening than MT LocSck anu AZ
latter was really beaten man before ne nad maae
| n dozen moves The game at Board No. we a.s9
| give above on this board the American payso
| The opening very weak. and ne had pau eaine
| early Mr. Atkins. however. nearly gave up ms
advantage BY an error on the nineteenth move,
| Whole however Mr. Atkins played an excellent
| game Last year Mr.. Bird played AZ tnis ooa aI
against the same opponent. Mr. turtle. s dns
latter however, had on that occasion the nrst
| move and he played strong game tnroughout,
| which he won. II would comparing the Two
| kins's victory and Mr.. Birds defeat to the dis,
pa ra cement Of Mr.. Bird for the play OF BurilIe
Was as different from last years play as Mt stem
| it's nlay is now different 10 what IL was IN MS
| prime At Board No T. c. Lawrence dld not
make anything good a stand against Barry as
| MANAGED the opening and had early an inferior
position from which he was never able TO recover,
| and he had to resign on the thirty-fourtn move
| For the rest the games call for no specai COM
| ment they were neither above nor below the pay
| usually witnessed in irst-class intercluo matches,
| with the exception. perhaps. or the game Soie vs.
| reed in which the talented young Engshman
| succeeded by long and patient mannuvring, TO
| squeeze a win out OF what looked for long time
| draw.
| Amended Ia the score Of all the contestants in
| .ho Norh,ttan Chess Club Handcap.