Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-26

pleasant way TO spend your noon
hour Is to play chess or checkers at the
Omaha Chess and Checker club. The
monthly dues are a trifle: the pastiIne is
a clean one and will benefit you mentally
and morally; and the location of the club
Is convenient. being on the third floor of
the Continental block, Fifteenth and
Douglas streets. The best players In the
club will be delighted to teach you the
game OF chess II you are not an expert,
or to beat you at It IL you are.
Although the main tournament at
Mannheim will include only twenty mas
ters. the three most important OF the
other contests, including the two ''Haupt"
tournaments, afford entrance to no less
than 15 players Of lesser note. Not the
least OF the rewards for the winners OF
the Haupt Journeys Ia the elevation TO
the rank OF master. The intense enthus-
iasm aroused throughout Germany by
these contests speaks well for the growth
OF chess in that country, and warns us
of. the United states that we may not
loiter by the wayside and hope wtthSl to
arrive first at tho goal.
The question of securing the attendance
of the stars at ST. Petersburg struck
about the only inharmonious note heard
during the congress, and seems to have
been responsible for a strike" among a
number OF continental masters It is
said that an amount over twice the value
OF the first prizc had TO be paid in order
TO assure the presence OF IIasker. Capa-
blanca and Rublnstein. leaving practically
nothing TO offer tho rest, 1t is under
stood that Lasker himself received no
less than 81 800 apart from what he won
as prizes.
That the COMMITTEES was quite helpless
in this matter is only too apparent. Its
chief aim was 10 bring about one of the
greatest OF modern tournaments, With
prizo fighters making fortunes out oi
their profession, no one will begrudgN
the great chess masters whatever bonuses
they may be able TO command. StiIl tn,
u sympathy OF the chess fraternity will
SO out 60 those OF the masters who haw,
not been deemed entitled TO equal favors
: II n has coma 20 the point where cheS
= experts are To be paid for their services
u irrespective OF whether or not they ar
0 prize winners. then surely those master
who do not posses quite the same Welt
n beruf should not be permitted to leav
n empty-handed when fortune DEGREES tina
u they occupy places low down in the list
y But as all tournament committees ar
n fully aware. the raising of funds is a mos
% thankless job, and has its limitations. L
d the end this question, like most Others
II must be solved by the law OF supply an
, demand but In the meantime the strike
is OF the masters referred to will not hav
of been in vain. n thereby future COMMITTEES
As will be made TO give more careful heed {
j. their rights.
n As a matter OF information. Il may b
n added that America would not have bee
represented at St Petersburg. althoug
a sum OF something more than $500 wa
set aside for MArshalls expenses. hs
not q committee OF the Manhattan Chei
| club set to work and raised as muc
more for the American champions tamIl
D. which had to be provided for during h
* absence. OF this committee Herbert ]
N LAnburg was chairman. with o. w. Fle
e as treasurer and r. N. stacy. the We
=. known western player as booster-ii
Il chief-American Chess Bulletin.
DR.. r. Gebhardt. OF Coburg preside
OF the German Chess association, and
p. saburoff, OF 81. Petersburg, repr
~ senting the new Russian Chess assoc!
in ton. have issued summons as pr
er visionAl chairmen OF the Information
~ Chess federation. for a meeting 20 he he
,et at Mannheim during the present tourn
ment, for the purpose OF completing q
organization OF the federation. Il is a
-. dressed 10 ''al chess federations. char
- Mons protectors and friends" but Z
lrt notice has come somewhat late I
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