The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-24

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put back. made a long ,ietour toward New
Orleans. where he stopped 10 give a seventeen.
game hlindfold exhibition. incidentally losing
S Say.u one ss game, n1s b ts'n ps nroc ssos, TO van. ,ss
meeting all the leading, players o. that city
with marked success. Among his perform.
s ,s"ms " Mere snp', sI, ys Nnd s ses ss SSsIrs
spectiyely. OF the thlrty.eight games thus
conducted. without sight Of boards or men. he
won no less than twenty-nine. lost SIX and drew
three,
Arunor was current in M%etropolltan circles
on "Wednesday night to the effect that Amos
burn would, be included among the br,tlsh
prove true. Burn. It Ia snid, has n addition 10
a misunderstanding with the British Chcss
club, which was made manifest last wear when
personal grievance against Blackburn. This.
nament IN, 1897. A. that time Blackturno
owski. the French champion. he made a bad
slip. which enabled his opponent to draw when
n defeat should hayo heen his Just portion, In
t Tafn' Jh ha o s.icS fol iSu win' Fl Thi so SSal'u nsEs
ran killed the Liverpool expert and now he does
to Black burne In tho cable match. particularly
"a he considers himself at least the latter's
equal. ~,
ing OF y. J. Lee. tho London professional.
whose services are called upon this year Tor
the frsttime at the second board. Helsnot con:
the Iend nnsS london iS DC any Sm asts%fs' ' /. han %'f been
expected that Atkins. the English amateur
cham pion. who won first prize last year In the
a Amsses r, 'bs 'Os saoonS board Sou'a H.. retain bo%ev S,s
moved down a reg. and had Barry for his op-
ronent. while Sbowatc, had The newcomer.
lee, to take care o. Both OF these Americans
their credit In the cable contest Next on the
lat for the Brtishers came Bellinaham. who
last year figured e board nine. when he drew
with Newman. n : Arrangement was due TO
the remarkable showing he made In a recent
series Of games with Burn at Liverpool. OF six
games he won three. lost ono And drew two, a
promotion. Jackson was dropped q. BIT. having
last year been signally beaten by Hodges. md
Mas paired with state Champion Marshall Of
BrooSlyn, These two met at the London minor
tournament. last August. when tn" Brooklyn-
ite. winner Of that contest, defeated him In
good style. The other members OF the Gamc
were placed according to expectation.
The Americans preserved the same order as
last year at the first, seven boards. Marshall
moving up into the place, made vacant BIZ the
absence oi Johnson OF Chicago. Bamp'on Of
Philadelphia. the only new man, was placed
next t. him and ahead Of his townsman. New
man. while Bclmar brought up the rear In
did not hgure in the match. the team was a
thoroughly representative one OF the chess
strength Of thi. c3nntry.
In the day. n mishap hef"ll the Phi!atelphian,
hampton. who, about the same time. dropped
"A pawn to Jacobs through mishandI!ng the
opening moves N ne deishcs o. the Engl,sn-
iously declined fy f""QI As It transpired.
the Quaker was the first OF any, OF the players
TO his eolors, owing to the steady and
by tho relentless I.onioner, His resignation
occurred at $50 O'Clock, the game lastlna only
twcnty.,hrre moves ana enabling tho Eritons
cord In Gu Bile m latch chess,
Another game ended he'll an hnur Ia,er when
new men on the Other. side. The game was
contested on the lines Of a Queen's Gambjt De-
cltned., IN which neither player could establish
outcome after twenty-four moves,
general survey Of the state Of afHsirs Of the
remaining games. which are to be. resumed at
the Americans would ALMOST, surely make good
the deficiency Among the doubtful games on
which no forecast can safely be basel are
those Of Ptlsbury. Barry and Hodges. any one
ments. Not one OF these Americans, can be
said TO have any the worst Of u On the other
down as having distinctly the best OF the arsu-
ment. being "a a matter OF fact counted on 10
win, primar's chances are likewise most
rromis ng, while Marshall is In a position TO
Black burne defended with the Philidor against
pillsbury and pinned whites knight with the
Intention Of reg9intng the pawn thereby sncri-
emerging with a rawn ahead Eventually q
very complicated position arose; II Which
instead Of. Mkt plnsbury has still tho
pawn, but BIack burne has the, attack,
A Qus'n's Pawn opening by Lee was met by
Showalter, with 0 knights attack. originally
introduced 10y. Tschigorin. Lees game be-
cam worse and worse, and after the Ken;uck-
ian had planted one Of his Knights at Q6 the
end became only "A question of time.
Atkins borrowed, a lenf from Janowskl by
ADOPTING the Frenchman's variation Of the 81
Ell an Defence. Judging from his play the
p ptStdd" b fail!e trea G"1't the 'e"a attack HSt T "n mHa ,Mi
principles without. however. obtaining n tan.
advantage, Toward the end Of the sps-
Barry's king's side and a spirited battle is
promised for to-day.
Perhaps the best contested game. was that
on board 8 between Hymes ard Mills. Ike;
that the, Scottish, champion by plrning the
queens knight threatenet to win a pawn.
i bgt Win nr = hS9 1,KHt a : HINES o sr@s,ls. the
CIV, up a pawn. which Mills did not dare to
take. II he had done SO the game would have
brcn over. Even as played Hymes has bright
: N"iat defended with the sicilian against
Lawrence and subsequently with aQueen's
flanchet,0,: Tho opening moves were book:
queens bishop. file. which he used to good
advantage, winning a pawn.
Mar-hall selected slow variation Of the Ruy
Lopez against Jackson on the seventh table
somewhat on til" ines in the match played by
Sieiuitz aga.nst Blackburne and Iukertort.
The game was evenly contested Tor a time.
! alter, however. il became slightly In favor OF
the Britisher. The exchange Of queens tended
to minimize the latter's chances to win.
hampton declined a Kings Gambit offeredby
jacobs. made an error in the opening. lost n
pawn md later on the EnGlishm an proceeded
in brilliant Style and won the game after
twenty-,hree moves.
AQnpen's Gnmb bit Declined between Newman
and Ward on the ninth table was played on
wcll-known lines. but was devoid Of any par
ticular feature. After twenty-four moves the
players agreed to draw.
Trenchard. as in former matches. played the
Stoncwall opening on the tenth board against
De'mar. The latter instituted n pretty sKtr-
mish with his pawns on the queens side. hut
Trenchard blocked that wing Of the hoarl.
The American then attacked in the centre,
whcre be tOund a cool target In the opponents
weak kings pawn, and the game was adj
lourned
Following are the scores ot the games:
FIRST TAB~LE-PHILIDOR DEFENCE.
ItILsBURY RL,rAnURSF. PILLsBrRY. pL.CKbuRSE.
America. Great Britain. Amor a, Great Britain.
ume. h ack. WhIt-. R'dct.
aktFKBo P-9S i kt"NSs P-RRt'.
ap-Q4 Bits B-Ks KIP
4PNP 4-k2 lsPxKt KNF