New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
HAVANA PRIZE
WINNER SHOWS
SKILL AT CHESS
In Simultaneous Match kupchik
Loses but One Game
In Nineteen.
THEN WINS A TOURNAMENT
North Jersey Chess Club Formed
to Replace Hudson County
Organization.


In his exhibition OF Simultaneous chess
given at the rooms Of the Manhattan
Chess Club, A. Kupchik. fourth prize win
ner in the Havana masters tournament
played against nineteen opponents, max
ing a score of fifteen wins, three drawn
games and one loss in the remarkably
fast time OF one hour and half. j. Bern
stein alone won his game from the young
master, the drawn games being scored
By Mrs Goldmark, s. Cou.etz and e. IL.
Gluck. Following the exhibition, Kupchik
took part in a rapid transit tourney with
a field of eight, and won the first prize
by defeating q. j. Beihoff, twin-state
champion. in the final round. Belhon won
second prize.
a new chess club named the North Jer-
sey Chess Club, OF No / Newark street.
Hoboken, has sprung into existence. and
will take the place of the Hudson County
CHESS Club in the Metropolitan Chess
League G. T.. Armstrong. New Jersey
state champion. was elected president OF
the new club, and T.. Z. Cobb, OF No II
Pine street, New York. the secretary and
treasurer. J. II. Stapfer Is the team cap
tain and +. Il. Cobb, the Metropolitan
Chess League delegate.
The New Dorp Chess club. OF New
Dorp Staten Island. has elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year: II.
W. Mowery, president: +. ". Barker,
vice-president: A. +. Talbot, secretary;
Fred Engleman. treasurer, and A. H.
Renshaw, librarian.
Cornell University has fallen in line
with Brown and the University of Penn
syvana In the Triangular College Chess
League and will enter team OF four
players in the forthcoming annual tourna-
ment at the rooms Of the Brooklyn Chess
Club. The following men have been So
lected 20 play for Cornell: l. y. b. Per
kirs. G. l.. ~. 2, A. G. Enrich. G. F.
~: 3, W. Grafman. c. f., 10; T. A. W.
C1urman, Az, ~ Substitutes: J. Cross
man. Az, &c. and O. p. Hotson. Ag. l6.
At the conclusion OF the first half Of the
Brooklyn Chess Clubs annual champion
ship tournament, a triple tie exists be-
tween r. T. Black. VI. Schroeder and J. r.
Taft. Jr.. each having scored TO ?. A. G.
Cass was third, with 3is 10 81, and +. B.
Heel fourth, With to- Four composers.
u. J. Densmore, ". c. Bixby. W. NJ. de
Wiser and =. Richardson, have entered
the problem competition OF the Brooklyn
Chess club. for which prize OF IS has
been offered. II IL open TO members only.
In the team match OF two rounds be-
tween sides Of fourteen players each, the
Paterson Chess club scored a decisive
victory over the West Hoboken Chess
Club By n total score OF 1914 10 III. In the
first round only / point separated the
totals. Paterson winning by ia 20 e's. In
the second round. Paterson clinched the
victory TO the tune OF 9 TO 3. At the top
board. J. II. Stapfer and J. II. White. two
former state champions. met. Stapfer
winning both timeS AZ board No. = {.
T. Armstrong. state champion. scored Ia
points.
During his stay at Berlin the young
Cuban chess master, Capablanca, played
the following two games at the care
Kerkau. with Mieses and Teichmann. re-
spectively: