The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-14
CHAMPION AT CHESS
OF THE LOCAL MEN AT
ONCE
DIDN'T LOSE TO ANY OF THEM
The Games Were Better Than the
First Evening, but the Great Ex-
pert Didn't Allow Any of Them
to Score Victory-A Descrip-
tion of the Contests Played Last
Night.

The G o b e's report yesterday had
the effect of drawing we'll nigh every
chess and checker player in the city to
rooms last evening.
1t was apparent that the twenty-one
tables prepared for the fray would be
held by strong force of ST. Paul play
erS. They weie seated at the tables
in the following order:
l. DR.. A. T. Bigelow; 2, w. c. Sargent;
8. F. A. Hill; 4, w. E. Hill; 5, II. A.
Hcgeman; 6. Cyrus J. Thompson
(checkers); 7, Hezekiah Hall; S, DR.. D.
]. Dobson; II, John Dale; II, w. o.
Hillman; 13, P. H. Tierney; IA, F. A.
Scott; 15. J. Watson Smith; is, DR.. C.
A. Van Slyke; II, Rollin Stewart Is,
]. 1. Jellett; 10, G. B. Spencer; 20, w.
L. Chaplin; q, L. ]. Buford.
The champion played very fast at
first and it was not till the eleventh
ing both Hills and Dr.. Rhodes quite
little thought. Dr. Rhodes had gain
ed pawn. though at the expense Of a
cramped position. On the ninth move
Jellett was castled with good posi-
tion at the loss of a pawn, Whites king
being uncastled on an open file. Spen-
GER held an even game, playing very
fol m which he did not have on Thurs
day. On the thirteenth move Pills
pury castled on F. A. Hills board with
a r'awn and the position the best Of
It, Chaplin, StoltZe, Dale and DobSon
were in serious difficulties on the thir-
teenth move, on which move Jellett got
back his pawn and improved his posi-
tlon. Buford won pawn at the eX-
penSe, however, of position, White
having castled with a formidable CEN
ter. Biselow had lost a pawn and had
none the best of the position
me noteworthy feature thus far was
Flilsburys S attack on the center every
Where. which was especially forceful
on f. A. Hills and Hogeman's boards.
Hezekiah Hall was used up on the
thirteenth round, and DR.. Rhodes was
being assaulted most Hereby with an
open Knights file, both having castled
on the queens side.
Tlerney's board only showed an ex-
change of pawn on the fourteenth
move, and Pillsbury was playing with
that conservative tenacity that had
characterized his game of Thursday.
Dr. Van Slyke row joined those who
were In the hottest kind of water.
Buford's game was even as to material
but cramped with uncastled king and
the kings rocks file open to white
and an ominous cloud gathering
Queens were exchanged on the fif-
teenth move with loss of pawn to
Bigelow. On the eighteenth move Dr.
Rhodes got his pawn back, but the
attack was still there.
The checker game, a single corner
opening with a novel continuation from
the double corner on whites part, now
ended by Thompson resigning.
Jelletts and Tierneys games were
about the best for ST Paul on the
seventeenth move. but white was not
In trouble anywhere. Sargent was
practically gone on the seventeenth
move, with rook going and a passed
pawn standing we'll backed at queens S
sixth On the twentieth move Smith
lost pawn and had to exchange
queens with the worst of the position.
w. E. Hill was in Queer street on the
twenty-first move, with a piece lost.
Peter Tierney practically joined the
lost brigade on the twenty third move.
On w. Tierney's twentieth move
Pillsbury began to shape for one of
his swift flank attacks by planting
rook in the middle of the board. Hage-
man was practically put in the game
bag on the tWenty-fourth move. Bu-
ford was put out of court through that
open door on the kings rocks file on
the twenty sixth move, white having
force and to spare after the threatened
exchanges. F. A. Hill also fell by the
wayside on this move, though he had
six or eight moves of wiggling ahead
of him. Hageman's dispatch was neat
and workmanlike on the twenty sixth
move. Dr. Rhodes, who had made a
most stubborn Defense began to see
| trouble impending on his twenty eighth
move by. the advance of the passed
pawn. w. Tierney's game began to
look moribund, though with the eX-
| change advantage on the twenty
seventh move. Hillman's game with a
pawn to his advantage and knight
| apiece was a practical draw on the
| twenty ninth move.
| On the twenty ninth round Spencer
| had an even game with a long drawn
! out battle before him.
| W. Tierney had an apparent win or
his thirtieth, with exchange and pawr
ahead. But instead of taking a pawr
and protecting his own flank pawn HI
blundered, and White jumped at the
opportunity to slash into his pawns
but he was left on the thirty sixtl
move, with rook and two pawn:
against bishop and three pawns, ;
winning position If he kne how t.
play it by waiting and crowding tn.
king until the single pawn was won
| But he exchanged off the single pawn
and the game was a draw, the onl!
good game to win ST. Paul had. Spen
Ger lost some pawns and resigned OF
the forty-second move.
SUMMARY
| Board. Player. Moves. Result.
l.. Bigelow ..65 -. ......... LIS.
2..... Sargent 40 -. Resigned