Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-22
-%HE rules for the cable match
between London and Washing
ton on March 81 next have not


between London and Washing
ton. on March ~ next have not
yet been adopted. The Discus
sion b over rule 10. The other rules
have been agreed 10. Rule 10 Il most
Il provides for ths letter.
ing Of the boards and for the toss-up
for nrst move. In the first two matches
London tossed up and informed wash
ineton Of the result thereof and fur
nished> q list Of It's players IN the order
Of play. Washington then cabled its
team in the order Of play. This, II any
thing, gave Warrington little advanA
tage. Some players are better with first
move than when playing the black
pieces, and II gave washington an OPP
pcftnnity 70 place its team with REFER
enee to their preferences.
This year London suggested en-
amendment Of this rule, 50 that wash
,ineton shall toss up for first move and
shall transmit the result thereof to
London, together with its team in the
order OF play. London win then cable
its team In the order Of play.
Because Of criticism on both sides Of
the ocean ct the pairing Of players In
the previous matches, N. T.! Whitaker,
under whose auspices and control the
Warrington end Of the match is being
conducted, suggested that after the toss
u3 has been made the team having
the move on board A VIII cable the
name OF the player for said board. The
OPPOSING team will then cable the name
Of his opponent and the name OF the
player Of the white pieces on the next
board, these nominations to continue
until all the SIN boards are paired.
London has replied that this proposal
Is unacceptable to It's committee. It
has submitted new rule 10, as follows:
40. A sealed list Of the players In or
der Of play shall be handed to the Brit
ish umpire In Washington, and sealed
list Of the players in order of play shall
be handed to the American umpire in
London. These lists shall then be cabled
to London and Washington, respectively.
The toss shall then be made by WASH
ington, the boards having been lettered
consecutively A, e, I, o, u, Y. If heads
turn up, Washington shall have the
move on boards q, ], U, and London
on boards Z, 9. x. II tails turn up.
then London shall have the move on
boards A, /, q, and Washington on
boards =. o. Y. washington shall then
cable the result Of the toss and play
shall start"
For this proposal IL can be said that
It Is as fair for one side as the other.
There 10 nothing IN the rules which
calls for O placing Of players IN accord
ance with their strength. The weakest
players may be placed near the top.
London has won two matches for the
1aTE fvNe q fA
York, and has but to win one more to
become permanent possessoTs Of it.
They seem to propose to leave nothing
und0ne this time to win 1t. There are
those In Washington who think that as
the challenger Washington should have
the advantage, II any, as the sup
posedly weaker team. Before sending
his reply Whitaker wants Views and
suggestions sent to him ct 1905 r street
northwest.
A match has been arranged between
the well known local experts, j. w.
Byler and q, e. Bishop, 10 be decided In
favor OF the winner of five games. These
Byler Is playing very clever, aggressive
chess and Bishop Is always a dangerous
opponent. He Is one of the best here
IN playing the openings and will ufl-
d0ubtedly put up good fight. There
~ q good deal Of latent rivalry between
local chess players, and the team match
has tended to bring about friendly con.
tests for supremacy.
In the two-rnan team tournament ct
the Capital City Chess Club. fourth
round, Knapp and O. A. Hesse played q
nOn-exciting game and agree upon q
draw after 10 FlioVes.- The game be-
postponed.
In the NTH round, the Byler- Walker
and Knapp Simmons match was drawn
Byier won from Simmons In q Gicilian
defense, the game lasting 10 moves
and Walker missed his opportunity IN
hia Nanaa With Knat,fi. wI1n kierpe fer