The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-02
CHESS FOR PLAYER,
LOVER And STUDENT
Scores Of Manhattans Turn
"TraitOrs'' to the Royal
Game.
VS.. MARSHALL

Once every year the members Of the
Manhattan Chess Club leave boards and
men alone, forget all about the openings
or modern or ancient origin. consider
gambits. Spanish attacks, Russian.
French or Sicilian defences as not ex-
listing at all. They do not pretend to
know anything about Queens gambit
declined or accepted. and they are abso-
lutely gnOrant Of u a thing a. Kings
or Queens Fianchetto. stu less do they
know about tho Rice gambit. the Evans
Gambit. nor arc they w re that men
like Alligator. Cunningham. Muzio. Salvio.
Cochrane and other inventors Of OPEN
ings n 9ambits ever made chess play
ers happy n contented. II Ia for the
thirty.ninth time that the members Of
traitors TO the noble CAUSE Of chess, for
instead OF INDUCING in their favorite
pastime they sat down in the spacious
lining room Of IN Hotel McAipfn for
their thirty -ninth annual dinner The
chairman Of h dinner COMMITTEES. A.
LAs1nsk, announced early last week that
the "thirty.ninth annual" promised Z
beat all previous similar festivities of
the club. He was sure that At least sew
enty-nve members would attend tho
function. that quite . number Of distin-
euished guests would be present and
that he succeeded in arranging an excel.
lent programme OF must during the
meal. while aftsr dinner speaking will b
a great feature on this occasion. AZ the
time Of writing no additional details can
be given. seeing that the affair began
last nisht and did not end until the wee
hours this morning. It n TO be hoped
that everybody present had q good time
Negotiations beewsen Marshall and
Janowsk1 arc still pending. They have,
however. agreed upon one very Inn
portant point, namely. that twenty games
are 20 b played In the match. drawn
games not 10 count and that the winner
At The conclusion Of tho series must at
least Iced his adversary BY two points.
Shooh that not b the casa the match
will be declared . draw and the purse
--thsre will not he a side bet-wfii then
b. equally divided. OF course Il In their
intention. II arrangements can be made,
to play tho series Of twenty gnres partly
IN this city and partly out Of town.
Harold ". PHILIPPE Of tho Manhattan
Chess Club ave an exhibition Of stimuli
famous play At the headquarters of rhe
League Of Foreign Born Citizens on Sec
ond Avenue, Manhattan. He played IN
AL tweuty-four games. his ANAL score
~cons1Sting Of % wins and l loss. which
was n OF the nv games to b 81
AZ the Dmpirs CITY Chess Cub the
winter handicap tournament was m,c-
cessfully concluded. the winners Of both
sections being 10 follows:
First 6ection-Ffst and second prises.
I. Radm and A. Nelson. 49,. eanh :
third prise, N. J. Keys. -: fourth
and nfth prisss. A simons and A. Fre-
denhsfe. SIS; sixth prize divided BE-
tween A. ep'cehandier and 8. schulden-
fret -.
Second Section - First prize. ".
Thompson. Ill: second prize. c. J.
Posi- -: t11rd prise. E. ]. 04bleine.
Sh-h fourth and Nth prizes divided
between d.. g. Buchenholz and W.
Rhindander. So: sixth prise. f. IN
derson.
While Il Ia intended 10 shortly start
another handicap tournament PreSt-
dent g. 7. Kemp states hat Ira cham
pionship tournament 10 not concluded
as yet.
European exchanges announce that UP
to February 20. 1880 German chess
players had gone to the front OF these
III were decorated with the non CroN.
while ~ were killed on the battlefield.
bOLn NJ INC NuuuHtkau " Ab31C Ia
Rice Progressive Chess clubs the cham
plonahip tournaments are In full swing.
a will be seen from the SCORES Of the
easnes. appended below.
Aocord3pg TO the American CAsss B~l-
iettH Il II for the first time IN che his-
tory Of Intercollegiate chess in this
country that q Girl chess player figures
In tho lineup OF a varsity team repre-
rentfng the University OF Cincinnati.
This unusual player In Miss Jessie
Boeen. recognized a. tho Ohio State
roman champion at chess. With her
brother. f. Boeen. who heads the team
while she playa at the fourth board.
she Ia in charge Of n OF tho ak
games which W. been started by cor
re~spondence with Harvard University.
The University Of Cincinnati! team. Of
which Miss Boeen Ia a member. has
been very successful this season. having
won IN ampionship of the Southern
Ohio Chess League with a score OF
eight matches won and nom lost. The
pairings Of the correspondence match
between Harvard and tho University of
Cincinnati are the following:
Harvard E%llenberger toaptain)
Mas. la Fevre. IAghtnsr, King and
Sloane.
University Of C1ncdnnsH-E. Began,
Brand, Laying tcaptain). Miss Jessie
Bogen. Buttenwieser and Ryp!ns.
The Harvard players are conducting
the white pieces or the odd numbered
boards.
The University OF Cincinnati. which
r. also playing two consultation IA mes
against Yale. Is open to play collegiate
chess teams ON any terms they may de-
sire.
Under date OF March - the Cuban
champion. Y. X Capablanca, writes 10 p
friend In this city from Colorado Springs
that he played forty-six games stimuli
taneously that night at the local club
or these he won for,y-four. lost one and
drew one He is very much pleased with
the chess enthusiasm he found at the
Springs. Last night he was scheduled
to play at the local club in Salt Lake
City. lie finally adds that he has splen-
did prospects to extend his tour 70 the
coast OF the Pacific.
Games played in the championship
tournament Of the Manhattan chess
! .sI,k.