The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-02
MINI. WINS CHESS
Winnipeg Team Is Defeated in Tel
egraphic Match-Arthur Hill
Beats Canadian Champion.
Gophers Won Six and Lost Two
Games, Two Were Drawn and
Two Unfinished.

The internat ional photographic chess
match between Minnesota and Manitoba
ended last night at midnight, after twelve
hours Of play, in a victory for the Min
nesotans, by score of six wins against
four losses with two games drawn and
two unfinished. The six Minnesota win
ners were J. ]. Gilett F. N. Stacy, F. A.
Hill, H. A. IIageman, c.. c.. Peterson and
W. j. Tierney. Captain George B. Spen-
Ger and G. F. Johnson had draws, and
the games Of DR.. A. T. Bigelow and Z.
j. Buford stood at 1910 this morning I'M
! finished and left to Champion Uedemann
! of Chicago. arbiter for adjudication. Min
| nesota losses were suffered by z. P. FL
lott, w l.. Chaplin, p. II. Tierney and
II. w. Davis. -.
The result Of the seven games in Sec
ton one, where Manitoba had the opening
with white pieces, was, with names of
players and openings:
Queens rawn--Greenway, Manitoba. "a; spen-
Two Knishts-smith, Manitoba, o. Hill, Mime
Guoco Piano-Brue, Manitoba, o; Stacy, Min
Ruv Iopez-Johnson, Manitoba, 0; Peterson,
Ruy, Lopez-McDiarmid, Manitoba, o; Hage.
man, Minnesota, !.
Guioco Piano-cameron, Manitoba, o; Tterney,
Kings Gambit-smith, Manitoba, i; Tierney,
| Minnesota, 0.
IotalS-ManltODa "; Minnesota, O13.
The score in section two, where Mime
sofa had the opening, stands, treating
the two unfinished games as drawn anc
counted as half games, thus:
French Defense-Rigeiow, Minnesota, y; spen
Ger. Manitoba, -.
Ruy Iopez-Gillett, Minnesota, l.; Hill, Man
Kings Ganabit Elliott, Minnesota, 0; Ben
French Defense--Jonsson, Minnesota, u; Bur
. nell. Manitoba, "a.
Kings Gambit-ch. pin, Minnesota, o; Adams
Danish-Buford, Minnesota, u; Paterson, Man
itoba, y.
French Defense-:Davis, Minnesota, 0; Dur
:, Totals-Minnesota 21a; Manitoba, AZ.
r Total score at fourteen boards-Minne.
: sofa, 8; Manitoba, 6. ''.
In the two unfinished games, which
5 are left to Chicago to adjudicate, Bige.
? low and Buford the Minnesota players
considered by Referee Uedemann, how
ever, that the advantages are sufficient
4 ly developed and marked to enable him tt
= adiudicate the games wins for Minnesota
s Blacks Were Winners.
:; One Of the interesting and unusual fact
y which develop in this internations
I match is, that the black forces in boil
: sections reaped most of the victories
whereas customarily, white having tn
o advantage of first move and the choice o
n the opening, wins more than half of tn
games. In yesterdays match, of the tel
e wins black scored eight and white, onl
i two, which would indicate that the de
! Tense in four times out of five was bette
than the attack. Doubtless the cause TO
this result lies in the abundance of tim
which was allowed the defense in meetin
and circumventing the schemes of tn
attacking forces. Twelve hours of actus
+ play were given to the forty moves whic
marked the limit of the longest games, Q
an average of eighteen minutes to tn
j. move, which gave the attacking force
Is little opportunity to spring any surprise.
" The first three victories announced wer
a all favorable to Minnesota. Gillett's bril-
liant victory in a brief game Of twelv
worth study for the powerful handling {
~ the famous Ruy debut.
q At p. m. w. j. Tierney caught Cam
. eron Of Winnipeg mapping and won tn
= queen and game. At p. M, on the 26t
= round, c. G. Peterson surprised his ca
- madam adversary with a little coup ths
y cost piece and game. H Vi
q WInnIpeg's First.
Winnipeg got no consolation until
o clock in the evening, when p. Fl. Tie
fney of st. Paul was trapped unexpected
by M. Q. Smith and resigned. w.
/. Chaplin. another st. Paulite, then col
in cluded to resign an uphill game to Adam
e- of Winnipeg.
nd Captain Greenway of Winnipeg, wi
= was engaged in a block game Of the Ston
n n, wall opening with Captain Spencer of S
OF the fruitless strain, and offered dra