The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-13
FIFTEEN AT A TIME
PILLsBURY DOES SOME REMARK
ABLE CHESS PLAYING WITH
ST. PAUL MEN
SEVERAL BRILLIANT PLAYS
The Great Expert Plays a Draw
With Bigelow and Loses to Three
Others-Clever Work by w. e.
HilI-Summary of the Games
What Pillsbury Has Been Doing
the Past Ten Days.


Hill-Summary of the Games-
What Pillsbury Has Been Doing
the Past Ten Days.
When Harry N. Pillsbury, the chess
champion, arrived from Northfleld yes
terday afternoon, he felt too tired to
attempt any exhibition play at the
chess and whist rooms. In the evening
play did not get started until O'Clock.
at which hour there was a large gath
erlng, not only of chess players but Of
Whist players, to see the man who was
an expert at the three great scientific
games, chess, whist and checkers The
players against Pillsbury were:
DR.. A. T. Bigelow, A. L. Alness,
y. - spencer, DR.. II. l.. Taylor.
F. A. HILL Gen William smith
W. e. Hill, j. l. JeIIett
n. A. Hageman, w. c. Sergeant.
Dr.. D: W. Rhodes. 2: P. Elliott,
w. L. Chaplin,
Ihe first pause was made at Mr.. Sar-
geant's table on the fifth move, and in
the same round very briefly at Spen-
GERS table, and on the sixth round he
honored DR.. Rhodes and Tierney with
Httietextra consideration. All his
openings were gambits of the open
order. The games were noteworthy
Tor their Infinite variety, no two being
alike after the opening moves In
some he castled early, in others he
postponed casting, leaving himself
the option of going to cover on either
side, In others he exchanged queens
early and played his king for a fight
Ing piece. Gen. Smith, who, for want
Of practice of late years, has lost much
OF his old-time skill, was the first to
get into serious trouble by the loss Of
his queen for a bishop Elliott and
Chapin We're the next to lose pieces
and get into chancery. About the flf-
teenth move DR.. Bigelow's position be-
came dangerous through one of Pills
bury's peculiar threatened combina-
tlons. Spencer had to give up the
exchange to avoid a threatened mate
from an assault by the queen and two
knights on the castled king, which,
with loss OF two paWns previously, put
MN out OF court, practically
Buford played one Of his very best
games, such as he can play at a pinch,
ana the game at the seventeenth move
was without the loss of even a pawn
On either. side, the game being an ir-
regular defense to pawn to Queens
fourth. On the eighteenth move Bu-
ford won a pawn, and on the nine
teenth, after quite lengthy delibera-
tion, Pillsbury offered the exchange,
but Buford preferred taking his piece
back and holding the pawn advantage.
H1erney, supposedly one of the weak
er vessels, held his gambit pawn and
mad gained very strong defensive
and somewhat threatening offensive
position by the twentieth move. At
the twentieth move Hageman was a
pawn behind, but with very fair
position. Elliott at this stage was
playing very steadily and had held
his own, though Pillsbury had a strong
mass On the center. F. A and w. E.
Hill both held good and even posi-
tions, W. q. having quite an attack
threatening. On the twenty-third move
.Buford gained another pawn and was
in g. good position to force exchanges.
Alness lost knight for pawn in this
round, and his stubborn defense was
materially weakened. On this round
Jelletts game showed a knight and
bishop gained for a rook and two
pawns lost, but Pillsbury's center and
strong queens wing seemed to be
worth 1t. Sergeant had lost a piece,
but had two ugly pawns ahead, one
of them past and we'll backed Bige-
low had been steadily improving his
position, and on the twenty-seventh
move Pillsbury abandoned 1t as
draw. DR.. Rhodes fell a sudden victim
to a neat coup on the twenty-eighth
move. On the th1rtleth move Tierney
was two pawns ahead with another
in sight, and looked like sure winner,
his game being even better than Bu-
ford's, surprising every one by the
skill and patience with which 1t had
been handled
A BRILLIANT FINISH.
On the thirt1eth move w. E. Hill
announced mate in three from the fol-
lowing position:
white-K KKt, QKBs, Rosa, K2, Kt
@ B4, Ps at Kt2, @ B3, Kt2, @ R4.
Black-K Kt, Q QB2, K R SO, B K4
Kt ks, Ps at BE-, @ 3D. Kt2, @ Rs.
On the thirty fifth move Pillsbury
resigned to Tierney, who was three
clear passed pawns ahead.
The Buford game, Notwithstanding
the two pawns, should have been
draw but for an oversight, for with
rocks exchanged and bishops Of op-
posite colors nothing could have been
done but dance back and forward.
This evening Pillsbury Is to play
twenty simultaneous games after CIV
Ing the Minneapolis players a shake
up in the afternoon. If there are any
checker players who desire to try their
strength they will be accommodated
In addition to the chess games and at
the same time.
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