... CHESS CHAT. LASKER'S success in tho Paris tournament is not in the nature of a surprise for wo tire growing so accustomed to his triumphs as to take them as a matter of course. But his score is nevertheless extraordinary, for with sixteen opponents lie ...

... another object lesson in the fact that a chess-player is not necessarily a chess-player to the exclusion of all other pursuits. I mention this because I lately beard an egregious person dogmatically assert that chess was a kind of mental sponge that absorbed ...

... THERE is not much to agitate the chess playing portion of the community just now, apart from the painful uncertainly that prevails as to whether Mr. Lasker has received the gold medal, presented by the Ladies' Chess Club, that was awarded to him as a ...

... is the only undergraduate who can be confidently looked upon as capable of maintaining the prestige of University chess. The annual chess festival at Hastings was this year additionally interesting on account of the great match between Sussex and Kent ...

... promote county chess, and will doubtless contribute towards strengthening the position of Sussex in the struggle for supremacy among the Southern Counties. It is somewhat surprising to see Brighton, which used to be the centre of chess in the South, so ...

... CHESS CHAT. MR. T. F. LAWRENCE is again champion of the City of Loudon Chess Club, having won 13 games, drawn 3, and lost 1. Mr. W. Ward won 12, drew 4, and lost 1. Mr. E. O. Jones won 9, drew 5, and lost 3. Mr. Harold Jacobs won 9, drew 2, and lost 6 ...

... CHESS CHAT. It will be interesting to observe the effect of the rule intro duced in the Paris tournament, which commences on May 15, that the contemplated number of twenty entries may be increased by an unanimous vote of the competitors. Unanimity is ...

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... By the Way. By Vedette The International Chess Board. The British chess team, captained by Sir George Thomas, Bart., himself an old lawn tennis international, found itself, by strange chance, at Prague with the British Davis Cup team; indeed, they were ...

... THE WAY: SPORT SPORTSMEN (5y Chess and Card Players. Mr. J. A. Sym mons, the wise and witty London magistrate who died the other day, was that rare combination, a supremely good card-player and a supremely good player of chess. I emphasise the word rare ...

... The annual meeting of the Metropolitan Chess Club was an occasion of mutual congratulations. The annual meeting of the Metropolitan Chess Club was an occasion of mutual congratulations. The club has won the A competition ot the League Mr. U. U. -Mailer ...

... THF CHESS CABLE TOURNAMENT BETWEEN ENGLISH AND AMERICAN UN i VERSIT1ES. SCENES AT HOUSTON HALL PENNSYLVANIA, Watching the chess cards hung on the walls directly opposite the players where every move was recorded as soon as made. About six thousand people ...