Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-17
IN CHESS CIRCLES.

The Y. NJ c. A. Chess Club of Brooklyn
defeated the Princeton University Club in
five straight games recently, played by
correspondence.
The twentieth century correspondence
tourney has added six players to the 153
with which it started some weeks since,
and few more are wanted. The country
is divided into sections. and seven players
are desired to each section. 1t is to fill in
these vacancies that additional players are
needed. There remain three vacancies from
this section.
The big correspondence match, the east
vs. the west, also wants additional players.
Eighteen are wanted from the west and
thlrty-four from the east. There are now
2US players already booked for this mon
ster match. Entries for these matches can
be sent to Pillsbury Correspondence Asso-
citation, 81 4Oth street, Chicago, Ill.
In chess at present the most interesting
ent Is the six-cornered match in Brook
lyn between Marshall, Lipscheutz. Hodges,
Showalter and two other strong players.
The match has just closed, Lipscheutz TAX
ing first prize, Showalter second and
Hodges third. Marshall was out Of the
race at all stages. In view of his fine rec
ord the previous SUMMER in the London
minor tourney. which he won in such fine
style, and his phenomenal record at Paris
this year, beating the winners of the first
and second prizes, Lasker and Pillsbury,
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that he is subject to an asthmatc COM
plant, and that just after the ocean voy-
ages to these two events he was improved
to the best condition, but that on return
to his old surroundings the complaint re-
turns. Lipscheutz won both his games
from Showalter, and a match between these
two players is likely to follow.
Ign and Philadelphia clubs for Thanksgiv-
ing day, with sixteen players to a side,
may have to be postponed on account OF
the inability of the Franklin to get all its
best talent together. Unless this can be
accomplished a more favorable date will
be substituted, as the desire on the Brook
Ign side, who have their full strength to
go in with, Is that they meet the best the
Philadelphians can produce. Thanksgiving
day was originally chosen because Pills
bury will be in the Quaker city about that
time, and 1t was desired he should take a
board with the Franklin, Of which he is
member
Prof Cattell Of the department Of psy-
chology of Columbia University has asked
Pillsbury to arrange a blindfold seance at
that institution the latter part Of this
month for the purpose Of making a study
Of his methods and the brain phenomena
attending.
two knights defense, brought about by
these initial moves: 1, P-K4. P-K4: 2.
Kt-KB3, Kt-QB3; 3. B-B4, Kt-B3. From
this point three striking situations are
evoked. two depending on white, viz. he
may play POI (besD or Kt-Kt5, which
produces a most lively game, involves
black in a difficult defense, but which Is
defensble, and brings his king to the mid
die Of the board. This is the friend liver
game of the chess player The examples
given this week are of this particular va
ration. But black can also add another
form to the game. For example, If white
play on his fourth turn Kt--kt5, black an
swers POT, 5PXP. and black can elect
kip or Qkt-R4 (best), which gives black,
although he is pawn short, at least as
good a game white. His board is open
and his force may be developed more rap
Idly than whites, SO that he ought to get
the attack and make things interesting for
his opponent.
This example of the opening was between
Tinsley, the Well-known English expert,
and an automaton player, who, as the score
shows, must have been good one: