Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-02
IN CHESS CIRCLES

A championship tourney at the local
chess club is being talked Of, and IL the
engagements of several OF the leading play
ers allow them to take part, the interest
will be sufficient to make the affair a GER
taintv.
No answer has been received from the
Junior Club of Philadelphia in regard to an
informal proposal from it for meeting
over the board, and to which the local club
made favorable reply.
In the Washington birthday meet New
York State Association. Rosen, who took
part in the Paris international, 1900 and
Roething tied for first place; H. Helms of
the Brooklyn Eagle took third place and
Jaffe fourth. In the second class the places
went to Tennenwurzel. Rubenstein, Witkow
and Curt. In the Pennsylvania meet. same
day, hampton, to 0. took first place and
Voigt, Koch and Ferris. 3l2 to w. tied for
remaining three places.
A letter from DR.. ]. L. Ormsbee announces
that the officers OF the chess clubs over
the country will be appointed local commit
tees Of solicitation for the fund OF the sew
enth American chess congress. to be held
at st. Louis exposition next year. He adds
it Is hoped that Lasker will accept pro-
fessorship at the Missouri State University,
and that II he Is willing will be given the
preparation Of a book Of the tourney.
In regard to the correspondence tourney,
north VS.. south, he says the outlook is en-
couraging. and promises to have many
players from every state in the union.
The st. Louis club and Missouri Chess As
ISOLATION are doing very great work dis
interestedly, and moving every spring that
promises to forward the congress.
Quite number of visitors have been seen
at the local club lately. Mr.. Tracy of Chi
cago stopped for a couple Of days passing
the time in skittles, with no attempt at hard
play. Mr.. Norman Of Lynchburg. Va
a h0 nj
champion Of Virginia (and may yet do SOP.
had several games with Mr.. Achen-
bach. the local man getting a little the bet
ter of the fray. Mr.. Cohen Of the Baltimore
club put in an afternoon Of sldttles. Prof
Rice Of Rice's gambit fame, of the Manhat-
tan club, who also keeps up a connection
with the Washington club, is in frequently,
Invariably spending his time with different
opponents in trying the variations of his
gambit. Col. Won Stamp, formerly OF the
local club, now in the immigration bureau,
New York. was in town for a few days.
The English, like the Americans, make
their periodic attempts at forming nation
al chess association. They have their
county association as We have our state,
but the desire always is to have one general
body. 1t is their turn now, and may they
have success.
Like our correspondence Journeys between
the sections, the English conducting
a north and south Including London)
tourney. and the latter are away ahead.
In the continuous stream of propositions
to make an equitable division Of prize
funds in international Journeys Herr Tietz
Of Carlsbad puts forward one, which comes
through the German publications and the
British Chess Magazine, that looks men-
torious Of the principle be acknowledged
that so many set prizes in any given tour
ney according to the total points scored is
wrong). He divides the players into two
ciasses-victors, who win a majority of
their games, and non-victors. The prize
fund is divided into two corresponding
amounts the prize fund proper to the vic
tors and an indemnity fund for the nom
victors The proportions are not predeter-
mined, but depend upon the play. II the
upper half of the players should lose moth
ing to the lower there would be no conso-
lation fund. as they win nothing except |
among themselves, but this never has hap
pened and probably never can. At the |
last Monte Carlo the victors won 61ls per