The record-union., 1898-03-31
CHESS TOURNAMENT.
Will Begin Next Tuesday Night
and be Continued Each Tuesday.

The Chess Annex is not idle these
days, and the members are learning
lessons in strategy that may stand
them in good stead when they go to the
war.
In addition to the games which they
play with Mr. Goodman, they have ar
ranged for the third handicap tourna-
ment, which will commence next Tues
day night, and a number of entries
have been made for it, one le,-- having
announced her intention to enter
among others Mr.. Goodman will play
a number of simultaneous games on
Monday night
The club held a meeting on Tuesday
night and adopted the rules prepared
for the tournament by a committee
composed Of Colonel Peeler and A. S.
WaIlin. It is hoped that a number Of
chess players in the city who have not
yet become members will do so in time
to participate The rules are as fol-
lows:
/. Any member of the Sacramento
Whist Club. or Chess Annex, is privi-
legged to enter the tournament.
. Entries in each tournament must
be announced to the Secretary the
latest
). The Secretary will arrange the
pairs for the parties" giving due no
tice thereof to each contestant before
hand.
/. Contests will be for such prizes as
may be awarded by the Contest Com
mittee, and all players are divided into
four classes, as follows:
First class-Yielding the odds Of a
pawn and move to second class; pawn
and two moves to third class; and the
odds Of a knight to fourth-class play
ers.
Second class-Yielding the odds of
pawn and move to third class, and
odds of pawn and two moves to fourth
class players.
Third class-Yielding the odds of
pawn and move to fourth-class play
erS.
Fourth class-Classification of play
ers to be made by a committee elected
for that purpose before the commence
ment Of each tournament
D. Tournament contests shall be held
on Tuesday evenings of each week
None but tournament games will be
played on contest nights
&. There shall be two games played
| by each contestant with every other
contestant, and if the first game does
not occupy more than one and one
half hours, the second game between
the same parties shall begin at the
same sitting and be concluded thereat,
unless by mutual consent of both play
ers postponement shall be agreed up
on; and If the game is postponed it
shall be played at a future time to be
agreed upon by the players thereof
within the week, but no postponed
game shall be played on the regular
/ tournament night, to the interference
of any schedule game
Z. No remarks shall be made during
the course of any tournament game by
an onloOker, and for any violation of
this rule penalty of 30 cents shall
! be enforced against such offender.
= Any player failing to appear at
any scheduled game after having been
duly notified by the Secretary shall
forfeit one game to his opponent. ua-
less he shall notify the Secretary by
II o'clock M. of the day such game is
to be played of his inability to attend,
or unless. out of town, and he shall
have good and valid excuse. satisfac-
| tory to the President of the Chess An
mex.
D. Ties between players will be
played off and awarded to the PLAYER
nrst winning game, draws not count
ing. The first move between players
IN the same class shall be determined
by lot