SINGULAR GAME OF CHESS.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3904, 24 January 1884, Page 4

SINGULAR GAME OF CHESS.

A singular game of chess has just been finished in tho north of Scotland. The game, was bogun about 12 months ago, in Brooklyn. The first player, Mr J. B. Munoz, made a move, and then passed the scoring sheet on by post to a friend, that friend made a move in reply, and then passed the paper on by post to another wellknown player, who made a move in continuation.- In this way the document found its way to Baltimore, where Mr Sellman, who played lately in the London tournament, added a move and sent the paper on to Jamaica. From Jamaica it was sent to England, and after passing through the hands of well-known players in London and other towns, who each addod a move, it begun a tour among the chess players of Scotland. After travelling as far north as Callwillington tho document was sent back to Sheriff Spons, of Glasgow. That gentleman oxamined tho position, and decided that the game was lost for white, as black could forco an exchange of rooks and win with pawns. He, therefore, returned tho game to the first player, Mr J. B. Munoz, who now sent it to London to be published as v curiosity in tho Chess Monthly; whore it has just appenred. The scoring sheet bears tho eignaturefi ftf 70 players, who each made a move in the game, and the document shows that it has pa«sed from hand to hand through 35 towns and cities of England, Scotland, and America. —Town and Country.