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Chess 09 Apr 1916, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
In an interesting letter that we have just received from Stasch Mlotkowski he suggests an equitable scheme for the division of a purse for an international match. Heretofore it has been the custom to divide the purse into fractions, say two-thirds for the winner and one third for the loser. Mlotkowski, however, suggests the following scheme:
Double the number of games which the winner needs to gain the match, subtract one and divide it into the purse. Give loser the result of such division for each game won and winner the balance. Thus suppose a match or eight games winner would receive a one-fifteenth of the purse for each game won or $160.63 if the purse were $2500. In this way the player far behind in a match would not lose heart, as each game he won thereafter would count and the player if ahead would not become indifferent. Each player would continue to put forth his best efforts until the final conclusion of the match.
An instructive consultation game played a few months ago at the Hampton Chess Club, England.
Ernest Busvine/James H. White (white) vs. Walter Emanuel Bonwick/W. M. Hardman (black)
Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation, Metger Unpin
Submitted to chessgames.com on 04/30/2025
