Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-14
CHESS AND CHECKERS.

At the local chess club preparations are
being made for a busy season, and the
membership is augmented by those who
have spent the summer out Of the city.
There Is talk of club tourney and a Rice
gambit tourney in the early fall, and the
| continuous tourney will begin October l..
Judge Campbell of Ohio was a visitor
during the past week. and it is understood
that he will remain in the city during the
winter. Among others who have recently
visited the club are: MeSSrS. Parham OF
Philadelphia and Banjamn of Atlanta, Ga,
and both gentlemen, after lively engage
| nlents over the board. agreed that there
We're some good uns in the list OF members
Harry N. Pillsbury, the American cham
pion, will open his next tour of this coun-
try in a very short time. 1t is understood
that his first engagement Will be at the
Brooklyn Chess Club, where he Will remain
for at least one week. beginning September
Ii. The program will include match games
against single players, consultation games
against home and visiting teams, blindfoid
g;.mbit demonstrations. After his engage,
ments In New York at the Brooklyn ana
Manhattan clubs he will play In Phliadei-
phia and the other eastern cities reaching
Washington about October 10.
Writing on the outcome of the Rice
gambit match under recent date from
Paris Prof. Rice has the following to say,
according to the Brooklyn Eagle:
Now that the match Is over the oppo-
nents of the gambit will probably claim
that the test proves 1t unsound on account
of the score OF 31z to 2h against 1t. TO me,
however If 1t does anything, 1t would prove
the soundness of the gambit, inasmuch as
1 never claimed that 1t need do more than
draw In order to be equal to any other
opening The score. therefore. OF one win
and three draws out of six Is em1nently
satisfactory. However, l do not consider
the question one of numbers To judge 1t
that way would be the same as judging the
1,,rv tine
correct attempts to solve against the actual
solutions, that, If the former are more
numerous, the problem would be judged
| unsound. A solution establihes soundness
and a million unsuccessful attempts cannot
detract from 1T. Indeed, 1t Is wonder to
me, considering the two lost moves almost
invariably made in America, namely. Is.
B-B4, followed By 18.. Kt-Q2, that white
1 am satisfied todayfThat the proper line Is
to proceed to the attack at once, after
Black has castledp by BOB, followed by
P-B4, II the Queen takes the QP, and then
by kt-B3, which gives White the attack at
| once and Is entirely within the spirit of the
game Some analytical games played here,
Riviere took part With me. seem to demon
strate the correctnesSeof this line beyond
In the Netherlands Chess Associations
saxony, won the fist prize, losing only two
games out Of fouEtsAn. The other prizes
were awarded as follows:
2. o. Duras. Prague; score. liz to ~.
3. B. Leussen. Holland; score, 10 to 4.
4. B. Speyer, Hollaffd; score, 91a to AZ.
5. A. Neumann. Vienna; score, to 6.
.. ]. F. 8. Esser,S Holland; score. 7 to Z.
Z. Frederick Brown, ]. w. LeKolste and
M. LANCE, with 61a to ~ each.
In the recent tourney of the Western
Chess Association s. p. Johnston. champion
of the Chicago Chess and Checker Club.
scored the following pretty win over Max
Judd, the st. Louis expert: