The sun., 1916-01-09
CHESS FOR PLAYER,
LOVER AND STUDENT
JanOwski Will Arrive Soon and
Tourney Will Begin on
January II.
TWELVE PLAYERS ENTER

erIand That he had decided 10 ie"Ne bor-
deaux on the steamship Lafayette on
January I, and he therefore is due to
arrive IN this city early this week. The
management of the Rice memorial tour
nament therefore was justified In post
poning the beginning OF the contest to
January II. This will give Janowski
chance to recover his land legs and
get into form during the week he VIII
have between his arrival and the be-
ginning OF activities.
Arrangements already have been com
pleted TO play two or three rounds OF
the tournament At the Brooklyn and
Manhattan chess clubs. while one round
is scheduled for New Haven. under the
auspices Of the Yale Chess Association
and the New Haven Chess club. and an
other at the staten Island club. not TO
be confounded with the Staten Island
Chess club Az on former occasions.
several rounds will be played In public
in this city, and II also Is likely that
two or three will be played at the New
York Athletic club.
1t has been decided 20 admit twelve
players These will play in eleven
rounds each man playing one game
with every other competitor. and nj the
conclusion the four men having tne
best scores will engdg" in - supple
nentnry tournament, each man 10 play
one additional gam" with every other
PLAYER OF tho quartet. The scores made
by th"se men In both the preliminary
and supplementary contests will be
added together and tho prizes then will
be distributed according to the maj
scores. There viii be iive prizes. namely
$500. $500. $500. sl0o and $50. The
nom prize winners viii receive 81 for
every game won and $3.50 for every
drawn game Moreover small fee for
incidental expenses incurred by tn"
| non-prize winners will be paid To- them.
| OF cours. the management will pay all
expenses for the trip to New Haven.
The field viii, b. composed ne follows ::
J. r. Capabanca Of Havana, II.
Ianowaki OF Paris. II. Kostic. late of
| Euenos Ayres. !. bernstein of this city.
y w. Banks Of Detroit, %. Chaies OF
I this city. n w. Fox Of Washington
, and the local experts \. u. Hodges. \.
Kupchik. + * Perkins. !. Essential.
! \. Schroeder and |. Tenenwur2el.
A stated before. tn" first round with b"
| played at the rooms OF the Brooklyn
| Chess Club Play will he conducted
from 3 to and TO 10 =. VI. The
| games will be- played under q lime
% %."''t ~. ~" .,t,, .,,o,...
! for two hours and subsequently At fifteen
| moves to IN. hour. All tn" other rules
! and regulations are Identical with those
| adopted AT the last masters tourna nr.tt
| and William NJ De Wiser again mas
consented To set as referee
Ow.ns TO the schedule ana the cham
| pionship tournament OF tn" Metropolitan
'hesS L+agu" IN 'he 'rS' lo"l ,ou''"-
this contest so tar' because non" "i 'ne '
| prominent ''upS nav ""'' -'' 80 ~ ~
/ combat. u mas herh Gus" o' pis I'Sl'
! eating small ones ana al Inc '"u''iN."'.
/ OF the tourfh ROUND IN" S''"h'rs "' ,ir
! 'H'"e prominent 'H"H 'n '"' '''S"'
| was
! Is,,r l.. pr. Progressive chess
| r,,,,h ,,,r ooi, las, "a.
| Mluhlf-au CHESS cub won 20
.os.
II mus VIII ne seen that each Of thes"
clubs had bye In one OF the rounds
! l.. Rice Progressive Chess club with .
| points and the Manhattan Chess cum
! with 81, This lead might be of great
| inheritance in case the clubs at the md
/ of .he tournament should bee tied as r,-
CARDS In. number 4 Won and lost
| r,,s,.ea
| In the rfth round. which was sch"d-
! ul.d Ia he plaved last night. the brook
I,u Chess club had 10 meet the Isaac
H. Rice Progressive Chess club. Tile
Rice club will have to meet the Man
! haitian Chess club U In" sixth round.
20 be played on January -, and on Feb
ruary Brooklyn VIII p'aF WITH IN"
| Manhaitau-
|
! tui,,,s Finn FARMER state champion.
,,.nr .Iy. ,r exhibltiou OF simultaneous
,,n, ~ ,b. r,ons of the Empire city.
rr%.ss ,,'nh 2-S5 broadway. on saturday
,,.'','t,,, Innntrv ~. ON the same date
,,t. r,r ,b,. ,,ub ,hnmpiouship and
!
| series or loUr REQUIRES o' '"' "I'"-
! !nGs VII! he Delivered oN herman '',"S
! before the lnrnp np"fS OF IN" hio"N'!H NJ
stitute Chess 'luh on SATURDAY eve,
rlrgs, February ana IL, ana Mar'h
| and "
| Th,rtN-iiN" players, representing rish-
teen states, in ADDITION 'o iour province,
| of Canada, started IN 'he 'll'u ""',u''
| championship '"urh"nl.nl u, l'r Va
'l"ia, '"' NV ~
IN" hrst rouhu "' VIM wa =,
week. New York state lads with rs
entries, followed by rennsylya"i, ami
| Illinois each with three New Jersey,