Chess clubs and notices in the Dispatch chess column
Chess notices describe addressee with avcomms, meeting sites at Pittsburg Library and Dr Willer’s Ball, German notation request for Problem 245, and multiple players and events. Mentions include Pittsburg Chess Club, Allegheny Chess Club, The Dispatch compositions by Tracy and Seymour, and various age groups and game remnants from Allegheny City.
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Avcomms
P.O
Pittsburg
Bristol Mercury tournament awards and inter-collegiate cup details
The Bristol Mercury lists prize winners in a two win over section and notes a Veluame prize for new problem solvers. It also describes the inter-collegiate chess cup sponsored by Columbia Harvard Yale and Princeton donors with Tiffany crafted trophy, medals for players, and rules about ownership and indemnity bonds. The Washington Chess Club plans a handicap tournament with about 20 players.
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Red Lion Square
London
BB. C
England
Dece
Bristol Mercury
Jespersen
W. J. Baird
L. E. Halliwell
H. Hosey Davis
IIL
F. J. Tucker
H. Cudmore
American Chess Monthly
C. J. Wainwright
George H. Walcott, Jr
P. O. Box
Boston
Mass
Herr E. Lasker
New York
Manhattan Chess Club
Columbia
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Tiffany & Co
S. B. Crittenden
S. H.coapman
Chauncey M Ee
E. E. Goodrich
James EK. Hill
G Stedman
Yale College
New York City
Washington
D.C
Reference Board May Be Won By Central Pieces In Checkers
Black men occupy squares 1 to 12 and 21 to 3 while white men fill squares 30 19 32. White to move and draw. central pieces can force a draw despite unequal forces. Notes from Liver pool Mercury and West Lothian Courier report on problem 1999 end game and game 363 switcher from Allegheny checker tourney between Benney and Lamb.
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Jiverpool Mercury
Mr. Benney
Mr. Lamb
Richmond Checkers Tourney Notes and World Fair Prizes Contested
The article covers the 1891 English championship tourney with Richmond and Beattie, then discusses openings and a corrective note from Mr Clark. It reports on the World’s Fair checker tournament prize scale directed by President Hopkins, calls for player participation, and outlines extended deadlines amid shifting plans.
Decision to be made from correspondences only
The notice states that decisions will come from correspondences not hearsay. It notes a prize of 3000 dollars and payment timing. Donations outside Chicago fund prize increases and medal costs as outlined in the June 1 programme by the committee led by Hanver L Horera.
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Checker
T. A. Peters
Suite 9
Washington Street
Chicago
American Cricket Review
Hanver L. Horera
Checkers Notes Highlight Players and Publications
Mr H F McAteer plans a one week visit to Chien Zaneway as guest of a World’s Fair commissioner from Pennsylvania and will play among La Salle and Washington Street clubs. Wyllie’s Glasgow scores remain strong with 479 games played and two losses. The Scottish championship faces entry reluctance from Lanarkshire champion James Ferrie, but backing remains for Ferrie against challengers. Lyman M Stearns prepares a checker work titled Selected Situations, now in orders. Edinburgh and Dundee champions Jordan and Fraser contest for £20 stakes next month in Dundees with twenty games on the same format as the Searight MecKelvie match.
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H. F. McAteer
Chien Zaneway
Pennsylvania
Wyllie
Glasgow
Lanarkshire Association
James Ferrie
Ferrie
Lyman M. Stearns
Derry News
Derry Depot
Kear
Drummond
Tull
Cliff Street
Pittsburg
Mesars
Jordan al Fraser
Edinburgh
Dundee
Dundes
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Grand Rapids
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Allegheny Chess Club
Nchester Weekly Times
Chess Baster
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Manchester
Achootmaer
Nateur
Kirk
Reference Board
Ora
Duquesne Way
Eighth and
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Samuel Leeds
Seventh Avenue
Allegheny Checker Club
Sterritt Building
Ohio
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East Exp
Perrssone Pa
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King
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West Lothian Courier
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Republican County Committee
Mercer
Home Hotel
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White Dyke
North End
E. Clark
W. Sculthorpe
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Rishmond
Beattie
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Richmond
Spayth
Allegheny Checker
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Harrison Tie
Burr
Lamb
Tex Disratca
Beyond
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Chicago Club
American Checker Review
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