The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-28
CHESS FOR PLAYER,
LOVER And STUDENT
Season Is Now in Full Swing
ut Nearly Every Club in
Metropolitan District
LESSONS FOR BEGINNERS

metropolitan chess clubs. A visitor call
ing at the Manhattan. Progressive. En-
pire City or the Brooklyn chess club will
find. either afternoon or evening. chess
players busily engaged In tournament.
match and offhand games. At the Man
haitian Chess Tub a most attractive
programme was issued and Alfred A.
Lazinsk. the chairman of the tourna-
ment committee. requests THE SUN to
state that he would he pleased to mail
the programme to any chess player on
application.
1t Is difficult to imagine moro pleas
ant surroundings thar those provided for
the members OF this organization. AL
though no social distinctions are made
IL Is there that the best element OF
chess players can be found. Leading
members OF the bar. physicians.
clergymen, bankers. business men, re-
tired officers OF the army and navy.
playwrights. authors and artists are
daily visitors at the club and. OF course.
most Of the leading experts. such as
C~apablanca and kost'c, make the Man
haitian Chess Club their headquarters
when in town.
/ The directors cf the club appealed to
this paper asking US 70 print the state
ment that among tte chess fraternity
there Is "A mistakocn idea about the
playing strength -ss.uifed to qualify for
membership. Many chcn loving people
imagine hat the club Is only for much
advanced players. As a matter Of fact,
although the strongest players daily con-
gregate at the club, a visitor will have
no difficulty in detecting a great many
beginners. who rightly may be termed
"~wo0dehifters' and II In for his reason
than on several nights lectures on the
openings arc being given by tho expert
members OF the club Nd some of the
latter are even ready to give lessons
to beginners and would-be members.
1t was a splendid idea on the part Of
the directors TO allow out of town chess
players to become members Of the club
at half rates. A number Of chess
friends all over the United States lately
have taken advantage Of this offer. as
they practically kill two birds with one
stone. To begin with they have a per-
manent address In town and can always
spend a few hours among pleasant sur
~roundinGs in the club and secondly, they
financially assist an organization which
is taking a leading hand in arranging
national and international events.
At the Brooklyn Chess Club much inter.
est Ii taken in the championship tourna.
ment. and the matches, played under
the auspices OF the Metropolitan Chess
League. are drawing large crowds Of
spectators. Here. too, chess players are
costly housed. Thanks to the munia-
cence OF President rnderhill. one cannot
Imagine a more comfortably fitted up
place than the rooms of the Brooklyn
Chess Club. Nearly every BROOKLYN
chess player Of any standing is a mem.
Der Of this club. and many players from
more distant ~boroughs. such as Rich
mond and The Bronx. are joining the
club daily. The principal attraction is
the continuous handicap n
the challenge matches between players
OF the various classes for beautiful
little trophies provided by President In
derhill.
The most industrious players in town
are. however. to be found at the head
quarters OF the Progressive Chess Club.
The rooms are open practically wenty-
four hours a day. Business begins
latest at 400 and oftent!mes the play
ers will make day and night Of Il. not
leaving the chess tables sometimes be-
fore S or Q o'clock mex day. They
have a team OF very strong players. most
OF them ft TO play In international and
masters tournaments
Higher up in the north there is the
recently established Empire City Chess
club. the membership OF which is ex-
clusivclv composed OF amateurs. Under
the leadership OF $. r. Kemp the mem
bers are kept pretty busy. one tourna-
ment following another in quick sue
cessiou. II is a moS remarkable thing
that President Kemp was able 10 get
together over "A hundred chess players in
so short Il time.
In view OF the fact that Marshall is
said TO be doing extremely well with
his newly established Dlvan. it must be
assumed that the royal game enjoys a
much greater popularity han ever be-
fore.
In tho third round OF the High School
Chess League series Boys High 81
Brooklyn defeated Erasmus ny I 10 o.
Eastern District won from Bry ant by
the same score. he witt Clinton mad,
"A score of 3 to o against Manual Train
ing with | unfinished and Commercial
took the match MI ~Stuyvesant by 3 to
|. The scores Of tho leading teams are
Boys High. 80; Eastern District,
lii DE witt Clinton, s's-ct, Com
nercial. 90; ~Stuyvcsant, 5-7, Cur.
It's. -.
Frank Janet's lecture on problems be.
fore the members OF the brooklyn Insti,
tute Chess club WAS a pronounced sue
cess. The lecturer employed a double
demonstration beard. by means Of which
he showed somo thirty positions illustra-
tive of various themes. and he also
showed tho successive steps taken by a
composer in the construction OF "A prob
lem. lie maintained that the old school
with difficulty as Is chief aim, was being
supplantel by the school which prefers
simplicity, economy and an artistic
setting. Mr.. Janet took occasion TO an
swer the stock arguments of the al
player against tho problem
+. j. Marshall has been engaged 70
give a Simultaneous exhibition AT the
club ON December II
T.. T. Black. Brooklyn champion, vii,
play against all comcrs simultaneously
at the rooms Of the brooklyn Chess
club next saturday evening.
The many friends Of A.. EttlinRcr,
who has Ions been ono OF tho stanchest
supporters Of the Manhattan Chess
club and ono ~ it's strongest players,
will regret to learn that he sustained
a broken hip 40 the result OF an acct
dent and will be confined to his home
for some time To- come.
Following arc the scores OF two games
played I'm a match hetYcen ! w. Sho-
walter and Il, Kostics At Georgetown.
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