Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
CHESS AND CHECKERS

The checkers players got to work last
night at the Capital City Chess and
Checkers Club, playing the first round In
the club championship tournament.
which is fo,r-cornered affair." the con-
testants being Farquhar. champion of
the District; Potts. Mundelle and Pumph-
rey. Humphrey won two games from
Mundelle, and FarQuhar won one game
from Potts and lost one to MIN. The
other games were started late. and re-
suits will be given next week. Play will
take place Saturday nights until the
schedule is completed. Some OF the
games played in this tournament will be
published from week to week.
The chess players are dividing their
time about equally between analyzing
the Evans gambit and playing
their games in the tournament now in
progress at that opening. Quite num-
Der Of games have been played during
the week. however, the leaders in the
two divisions now standing as follows:
Division A-Zapoieon, 20; Pratt, 20:
Fry, 2xI1a; Walker, 81: Peet, IL.
Division B-Molkow, 20; kistler, IL;
Weeks. 81; Rizal, ny; Wootton, 81:
Davidson, 81.
In the A division Fry has a fine start,
as he has met three OF his most dan
gerous opponents--Walker, Lowell and
Peet. ZapoIeon, Pratt and Walker all
| started well, too. and there ought to be
a warm fight for the prizes from now on.
Division B is also engaged in an in
teresting contest, IN which 1t is very diff
ficult to pick a winner.
Some predict that Molkow, who won
the recent kings gambit tournament,
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have made good beginning. and lit
tie luck will make big changes In the
lineup sometimes. 1t will be remem-
bered that Rial made the highest
score In the kings gambit tournament,
but could not compete for prize, as
he entered too late; incidentally he has
not lost a game so far In the present
contest.
Last Friday night Club Champion L.
B. Napoleon entertained the crowd by
playing against twelve men simultane-
ousiy. He won nine games outright
drew one and lost two. Although Ne
had but twelve men opposed to him
the score was considered excellent, as
among the twelve We're six or seven of
the strong players of the club, who
often win in exhibitions OF this sort.
Pratt and Fry succeeded in beating
him, while Davidson scored the only
drawn game of the evening. Zapoleon
is well adapted to this kind Of play,
being versatile in the openings and not
averse to mixing it" on occasions.
Several letters have been received of
late as well as verbal inquiries regard
ing nights of play at the Capital City
Club and it might be we'll to state
here that the club Is open every day
and night of the week and games may
be had at almost any time. The OFF,
GERS of the club are authorized to give
non-members the privilege of the club
for, ten days, and visitors from other
sections of the country. especially, are
invited to take advantage of this Of
fer. The dues are 81 per month, and
no initiation fee is charged. Fry's game
with Walker. which appears below, will
be found interesting chess, as Fry
played the Stone-Ware defense to the
Evans, thought by many to be an in
ferior variation.
The other game was played by Rial
and Kistler. two Of the leaders in the
B diyic,on Other games will be given
later, as well as some of the games
from the checker tournament, which
started last night