Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-12

n VOW that another cable chess
match between London and
VI Washington is practically as
4 sured, the matter of preparing
for 1t is of vital Importance
The question of financing the match
and Of selecting the team are entitled
to first consideration.
With view to advancing both causes,
j. w. Byler has made a suggestion
worthy of consideration-that there be
preliminary tournaments for the pur-
pose of aiding in the selection of the
team, each entrant in the opening
tournament to pay 81, to go toward
defraying the expenses of the cable
match. There might be 80 or 40 play
ers who would willingly enter such a
tournament and contribute 81 apiece
for the cable match.
These players could be separated into
groups of or 10, each player in a
group to play with every other player in
the group Having done so, the play
ers having the four highest scores in
each group could play another tourna-
n1ent, and would pay another entrance
fee or 81 or 50 each.
And, instead of this method, there
might be an elimination tournament, a
player losing two or three games drop
ping out entirely.
Then, again, there are some MEM
bers of past cable matches who are
what might be termed seeded" play
ers, who would not care to go into such
a tournament, and provision might be
made for them.
What is desired is that a winning
team be lined up. 1t cannot be queS-
toned that team composed of play
erS who are playing match chess will
stand much better chance for VIC
tory than team of "skittle" players
Match play requires study and means
improvement, while "skittles" is sim
ply pushing the wood around, with lit
tie probability of improvement in play
ing skill
The suggested plan is, I believe, a
new one. It is customary for some in
dividual, or committee, to select
teams in chess matches. A tournament
such as proposed would give a COM
mittee line on the match strength of
the different players, and would tend to
elevate the playing ability of the par
Elephants.
ONE proposed change in the rules for
~ the next match is to increase the
playing hours to nine, instead OF eight,
as provided in the previous matches.
This is for the purpose OF increasing
the number of moves made In the
games. In the first match with Lon
don, the average number of moves made
was 25Ks per game. In the second
match it was 1921 moves per game
Many games are only fairly started at
the end of IS moves
In the cable match between the
House of Representatives and the
House of Commons, played in 1897 the
playing hours were from to on
two succeeding days. Two games were
completed the first day, the games being
Is and 10 moves in length. The remain
ing three games were completed on the
second day. These games averaged SO
moves per game. and were completed
inside of the 10 hours allowed for play.
This is much faster than was the rate
of play in the cable matches of Lon
don VS.. Washington. The 1897 match
was cabled under the ordinary chest
notation, while the moves in the recent
matches were transmitted according to
code. 1t is believed that the code
is not nearly so rapid q method, though
1t Is much less expensive.
The Scarborough, England, tourna-
ment resulted in a victory for E. Cole
of Belgium. Maroczy of Hungary, was
second; Rubenstein of Poland, third.
and Sultan Khan of Great Britain, tied
with Ahues of Germany, fourth. The
scores: