Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-19
LOCAL CHESS TOURNAMENT

The summer tournament, which is about
to begin at the Washington Chess Club.
promises to be Of unusual interest. and
will equal in the number Of entries any
tournament held here for several years.
The entries include Capt p. OFarrell.
Messrs. A. B. Douglas. F. W. Tucker. W.
E. Thomas. w. H. Smith, J. w. Harris.
John Prender. VIM. Finn. w. B. Mundelle.
H. I. Pyne, f. A. Tibbetts and J. E. L.
Ray. The tournament will commence neat
Saturday evening. There is still time 10
enter. The rules adopted are the same as
those In the spring tournament. Each
competitor plays one game a week. and
one game with every other player. There
are three prizes and the entrance fee is 81
The match between Captain p. OFarreI
Of this city and Mr.. J. w. Harris of Alex
andria was won by the captain by the de-
cistve score of to q. The play in these
games was Of high order of merit. The
captain ts now DESTROYS of meeting the
winner in the Wright-Walker match in a
contest for the championship of the Dis
trict of Columbia. Mr.. w. A. Gwyer. IT,
has also expressed a desire to meet tn.
winner In said match. and among the prob
ahliities is match between Captain Oar
rell and Mr.. Gwyer.
Messrs. E. A. Tibbitts and W. A. Gwyer.
tr.. recently completed a match to decide
wv vas ehutieO 10 the special prize Of
Tered by DR.. r. j. Southworth to the person
who had the highest score. next after the
regular prize winners in the championship
match at the Washington Chess Club
Tor the prise: MI. Durham withdrew, and
In playing of the tie Tibbetts won by the
score Oh z to D and one draw.
ed the challenge of the Metropolitan Chess
Club OF New York to play two games by
cerrespondence, and Messrs p. O'Farreli
.. Z. Dunham and James Hill have been
Seiected as the committee to conduct the
games on behalf Of the local club.
Among the recent additions to the Wash
ington Chess Club are Representatives l.. 4.
Handy, Richmond Pearson. Robert Bodine
and II. c. DeGranenreid and Prof. H. 4.
Pyne. The congressman prtpcSe to he in
trim when the time for another contest
with the house of commons arrives II is
common thing to see one or mere of the
nations legislators playing this fayorite
game at the chess club In these days of in
action at the south end of the Capitol.
The result of the Decoration day tele-
graph match between the Manhattan and
FRANKLIN chess clubs is still awaited with
interest. The score stands q. each with
one game, between Mess.s. Halpern and
Elson. yet to be adjudicated by the referee
VIM. Steinitz.
Inc current number of the American
Cness Magazine contains picture of
George Jay Gould of New York. 1t repre-
sents him on a railway car with a pocket
chess board in hand studying some game.
II will also be news to many to learn that
George Vanderbilt, the owner of Biltmore.
at Asheville. N. c., Is fond of the game.
and has valuable chess table and men at
his place in North Carolina
match by correspondence between
Brooklyn and Chicago. twelve players on a
side, is already under way.
match by correspondence between the
Pillsbury and Continental Correspondence
Associations. which comprise nearly all the
strong correspondence players Of the coun-