The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-27
CHESS FOR PLAYER,
LOVER AND STUDENT
Local Clubs Getting Ready for
Season and Planning Many
Competitive Events.
LEAGUES TN FIELD AGAIN

Lpal clubs are beginning 20 &c, ready
for the season. At the Manhattan Chess
club the attendance of members is inn
proving greatly aud the tournament COM
n.ttcs is preparing an interesting pro-
rramme which will include championship.
general and handicap tournaments. \
certain day in each week. probably Thurs
day evening, will IL set apart for stimuli
"a neOus performances and similar enter
tninments. The members will be called
together on October y for tho quarterly
meeting. when II Is expected that other
ways ana means VIII be- found To make
things still more lively during the winter
months to come.
Two DAYS later the members of the
BROOKLYN Chess Club will hold their an
nual meeting for the election "t four
new directors and for transaction OF
such other business as is Of intcr,t to
the club. IN addition t. their continuous
tournament. very popular contest
among the members OF the club all the
year round. they also will have a cham
piunship tournament and exhibitions Of
an interesting nature.
In spite of the war and the intense
neat there was no letup In the attend
ance Of members and visitors ut the
Progressive Chess Cub. On Saturdays
and Sundays especially the rooms were
crowded. and inasmuch as the tour
nament managers contemplate arranging
two big tournaments 10 be begun early
next month thcre is every reas to
believe that the season will BE- '-hly
successful.
Roth the Metropolitan and Int'.scho-
lastic leagues are about 10 get Atu ar-
tion. meeting OF the delegates o! the
Metropolitan League was called last night
At the Manhattan Chess Club. ON the
programme stood the election OF officers
for the ensuing year the alteration OF
the rules and regulations TO govern the
league matches and other important ques-
Mons. nd the discussion was carried on
.4tl the wee hours this morning. on
Wednesday the delegates OF the later
scholastic League win meet in order to
arrange the schedule OF games for the
season.
II appears that the war did not inter-
rrre with the regular publication OF for
cign chess monthlies, which have arrived
a little later than usual. II is rather
interesting TO see mentioned in the re-
view OF chess events towns which are
mentioned In the war news In our daiiies.
We read OF tournaments at Berlin. Stutt-
CART. Rromberg. Vienna, Budapest, Lem
berg. Tarnowitz and Koslow In Deutsche
SchdchseitunD II ls stated that the mas
ters recorded the following successes IN
1879; Rubinste!n, 500 of II games DIR.
Berns,cln, ~ OF IS; Spielmann. o3'a
OF 81; DR.. Tarrasch, 22iA OF 80 Niemzo-
w,sch, 22ia Of 81; Alechir, II OF 2s
Duras. ~ OF "A. Schlechter. ~ OF SO
Reti, IN Of 81; Marshall and Teich,
mann. 29ia out OF 90 each; Lowry and
pr. Olland. 5ta out OF 10 each; DR..
Perlis, l5H OF 90; Brewer. * OF "a;
Sterk. . Of II Lewitzki, Is OF S5 Flam-
berg, 1871. OF 49, Mieses and Przepiorka.
SO out OF II each; r. Cohn, 81 Of 65, &c,
Mr.. g S Howell. the well known Amer
lean chess player and member Of the
american cable chess team, mas been
abroad. having visited many South Amer
lean countries, and recently he spent a
few weeks at Havana During his stay in
the Cuban metropolis he played num-
her Of games a. the local chess club with
the best players, including one with j.
Corzo, the score OF which game IN here
with appended;