Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09
CHESS.

a committee appointed lot tue puTpOSt mas
been in communication with chess organiza-
tions throughout the west with view to
forming a National Chess league. In Eu
rope the communication says, such national
bodies exist in Great Britain. Germany,
Italy and perhaps elsewhere. Canada has
one, while in the United States great tour
naments of national and international char
acter have been neglected, as 1t is thought,
for the want of central organization to
which all clubs and lovers of chess should
be allied.
The first general meeting for the perma-
nent organization will take place on April
"a in the rooms of the Manhattan Chess
club in New York. All clubs are invited to
send delegate to this convention, having
previously sent notice of their coming to the
address indicated. The committee which
has assumed the burden OF unifyng chess
interests throughout the country is made
UP of: ]. Mona Lesser, Boston Chess club;
Walter Penn shipley, Franklin Chess club,
Philadelphia; w. F. Morse. Manhattan Chess
club; Patrick o'Farrell, Washington Chess
club; S. p. Johnston, Chicago Chess and
Checker club; Stanley II. Chadwick, secre-
tary, Brooklyn Chess club.
The object of the proposed organization
Is described as follows: For the advance
ment and cultivation of the game of chess
in this country, the arrangement and man
agement of national and international chess
matches and tournaments and the promotion
OF harmonious relations between the clubs
and players in the United States" Each
club having ten members is entitled to
representation, with an additional delegate
to each twenty-five members.
In addition to the two games heretofore
Mi n chnI In lie nn1,t
been completed in the Nebraska Chess asso-
ciation's second tournament: Rasmussen
against Hald, Two knights Defense, won
by Rasmussen in eighteen moves; Powell
against De France, Ceen's Gambit De-
clined, Powell resigned in sixteen moves;
Hammond against Edwards, Queens Gambit
Declined, drawn in twenty-nine moves
only six games remain unfinished in the
first tournament, and these are rapidly near
ing completion. Who will get second place
is still matter of conjecture depending
upon the result of the game between Hart
zell and Tyson; If the former wins he, Ed
wards and Hald must play off tie for sec
ond and third place; but If Tyson wins. it
gives Hald second place and Edwards third
Tyson has a long lead for first place.
Prize winners In the problem solving
tourney have replied to the receipt of tokens
as follows:
kEARNEY, Neb.-I hereby acknowledge
the receipt of the book Two Move Prob
lems,' given as second prize in the prob
lem contest I feel well repaid for nv
trouble in solving the problems from tbA
satisfaction l felt when the solution was
found. T N HARTzEII
ST. EDWARD, Neb.-I acknowledge the
receipt OF copy of Joseph Rayner's ''Chess
Problems as third prize in the recent
tournament, for which accept my thanks
N. G. GRIFFIN
The first prize has also been sent to M,
Thompson, Omaha.
English papers are very fair in their
criticism on the recent cable match. Many
or them admit that the Britishers were
beaten on their merits, and only a few
critics try to explain away the defeat Some
papers, which have always advocated the
ruling out of so many amateurs from the
team and advocated more professional tai
ent, blame the British Chess club for the
defeat, and they argue that such men as
Lee, Tinsley and others should take the
places Of some of the amateurs next year.
1t is announced that the following men
will play in the international chess tourna-
ment at London: For America, Pillsbury.
Steinitz, Showalter; for England, Burn,
Blackburne, Atkins, Lawrence; for Ger
many, Lasker, Tarrasch Walbrodt Lipke.
| for France, Janowski for Russia Alapin.
Tschigorin, Schiffert; for Austria, Schlech-
ter; for Hungary, Charousek, Maroczy.
The third game completed in the second
annual correspondence tournament of the
Nebraska Chess association between A. Ras-
| mussen of South Omaha and Nelson Hald of
Dannebrog both in section A, is as fol-
| lows:
| TWO KNIGHTS DEFENSE
White-Rasmussen Black-Hald
1-P to K 4. l-P TO X 4
| 2-l<t to KB 3. 2-Kt to OBJ
3-B to b 4. 3-Kt to b 3.
| 4-I<t to Ilt 3. 4-P to O A.
5-P takes p. 5-Kt to OR
| 6-B to Kt (ch). 6-P to B3