New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06

The championship match between Pisbury and
Showalter is now well under way. Up to the time
Of writing each man has won one game, ana wheh
the reader will see these comments two additional
games may have been recorded The scores of
these games. with notes by the contestants, have
been published regularly in The Tribune. and ut
this stage of the contest additional comments
are needed here. Suffice to say that both men are
doing their best, and the match will therefore he
more and more interesting with every additional
game.
The Vienna Chess Congress Committee has now
published its full programme, and The London
Daily News" sees fiji to make the following COM
ments on the rules and arrangements:
Now that there has been time to hear expressiions
of opinion from al quarters as to ths conult1oi1
tournament at Vienna next June. We are able 70
say that unless the committee In Vienna introduces
a radical alteration in their conditions the iorth-
coming tournament will not be the success ~ De
serves to bc, and which We should like u 10 De ~
the participation Of the best players VIII he very
doubtful We feel sure that in thus sivins eS-
preston 10 the general dissent We are oliiy ASSIST
ing the object which the generous promotes Oh ine
tournament in Vienna have in view IN theF unue n,
taking II is announced ihat the W. cr
last the better part OF two months, 49,. !,
may have been done in former long tournameIi.S' IL
is quite certain that the majority Oh the S'or r
players. with the exception OF those VINO are VIZ
Young or very enthusiastic. will not be able; "Hhs
10 business and financial reasons nor Womu t''t -
be willing for the consideration oil heaIt, E,,.r ~
undertake the excessively severe task OF PLAYING IN
a two months tournament in tn" height OF nui n.
mer at Vienna NJ tOurnaTierl should ever ~
undertaken With more than -nty rounds as
human nature cannot stand It, r.G longer you, ,t
ments degenerate into scramble 10y mos ~ no
can hold out longest physically IN Ine ,,e'o' "a
tournament of 1852. in the London tourftiS " =,
1889 and in the New-York tournament OF l'S', ~
was the same everywhere. portion OF the conI,
petors disabled through fatigue ana iosie s am
after game. and imperillng scr Prosrv0 VI ~,
cess Moreover If the committee VIII Du' tnl,h
OF the money value current in hngann amn =, The
lea and compute the cost OF attehdInce al VI.
tournament 10 players from these countries, esi
caIIy from States. they will hnd tnat 'ir our
law in time and labor and expense i H'uSm -
than the remuneration in the shape OF prlMa Gh
ing the average chance for each P;sed success
a. GER wav Why not then arrange a tourni-
ment on the basis? two-round un bn al
WIZ I %v he best men unless greatly Increased
and auasi-certain monetary Inducements "o"'' !"
offered.
7, may no remembered that Tho Tribune sad
something similar when first wiring on Tue '"''
debarring certain players ana limiting me hummer
NJ entries 10 twenty. However. rs the Vienna
Chcss C.lpb offers an unusually great number of
valuable urzcs ii is TO be hoped that the iourna-
mont Will be a success after all. in spite OF the
length Of the contest
As was stated in The Tribune on THURSDAY the
challenge on behalf OF Columbia. Harvard Hrihce-
ton and Yale to oxford and Cambridge tor an
inter-unversity cable chess match CURING le f'''''
vacation was sent nv the directors Of the Man
h,,., Chess club on Wednesday, There is only
one oninion about the proposed encounter between
the British and American students. that the match
would be n popular one. and one which VIII greatly
contribute toward the popularity of the royal game
both in this country and abroad
The Cosmopolitan Club of this city actie'@d Il
brilliant victory over the Staten Island Club' III the
team match the first round OF which took pace
at the Cosmopolitan Club rooms, on FRIDAY HS'
week The Islanders, will be seen from Inc ap
nended record scored only one-half point Inc
return match was scheduled TO be played last FIJI
49, rho score of the first round follows here.
PLAYERS AND RESULTS.
,,,,,,.,s Staten Island Openings.
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