The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18
CHESS FOR PLAYER,
LOVER AND STUDENT
German Master and Namesakc of
Champion Is Held in
London.
Is ANXIOUS TO COME HERE

Edward I.sker, VINO must not be con-
founded with Champion Or Emanuel Las
ker. writes from London under dat" OF
september -. that, because Of being a
German subject. he Is practically stranded
IN London. He cannot earn any living,
having been dismissed from his position,
whclh he held considerable time, and,
to make matters worse an accident hap
pened 10 him which nearly crippled him.
and II will take some time before he
will be restored to health. II he can
obtain permission from the British Gov
eminent, he will leave England FOR this
country at the beginning of next month.
I.asker holds the championship title OF
the city Of London Chess club. There can
hei no doubt that in this case Londou's
loss will be Nav Yorks gain, II he
should manage to get away from Eng
land
News comes from Berlin that, like tho
Rice Chess club OF this city, the Ber-
liner Chess Society will have TO suspend
operations for this year. In view of the
fact that this organization Is looking
back to n successful career Of more than
Il century. II II to be regretted that ow-
ing to the fact that many members arc
engaged In war and others are unable to
pay their dues the war should have hit
the Berliner Chess Society SO hard
~ ~ lshH b'tH lfh'N''i
by a Russian ukase from the European
map. II is all the more pleasing to hear
that s.. Petersburg. Fla, Is all the more
determined TO place herself on the map.
A correspondent informs THE SIN that n
strong chess and checker club has been
established in that city To make mat
tiers still more interesting. the local trade
board will erect handsome pavilonlike
structure for the club, to he about 25x33
feet In size with wide projecting caves
In Il will be chess and checker tables.
with ample rooms and seats and TO the
rear will be laid out croquet and similar
grounds The club also hopes to ar
range some big national tournaments In
the near future.
At meeting OF Brooklyn and Staten
Island High School representatives yester-
day what was formerly the BROOKLYN
High School Chess League was changed
to the Brooklyn Richmond Interscholastic
Chess League. with six schools as mem
bers-Boys' High. Bushwich Commercial,
Eastern District and Manual Training OF
Brooklyn and Curtis High OF Richmond.
II was decided to hold a round robin
championship tournament of two rounds.
with a series OF home and home matches,
Play will begin on October %, the first
round OF Ave play days ending on No
vember 20
At the annual meeting OF the Brooklyn
CHESS CllD -FOUR new directors were
elected and afterward the directors elected
the officers OF the cluH The board is now
constituted as follows; Walter Underhill,
president DR.. s. T King. nrst vice. presi-
dent and treasurer; $, II. Chittenden, Sec
ond vice-president T. X. Eastman, sec
rotary: h. Colwell assistant treasurer
directors, the above named officers and G.
A. Neff, William NJ. Russell J J. Spowors,
c. w Kahles, + Rose, ]. II, Watson and
T., Josephson, Reports of the treasurer
and secretary show the club to be in good
financial standing. There are about one
hundred members in the club, which has
It's headquarters at Court Square,
lyn.
A. ], Eddy, well known chess player
from Chicago, is making the most OF his
visit to New York by engaging Frank J.
Marshall, the United States champion. In
a series OF games at the rooms OF the
Manhattan Chess Club the object OF which
chiefly II to test the queens gamblt de-
clined. In one or the games, tho score OF
which Ii herewith appended, the amateur
from the West gave the champion a scars.