Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1899 — Chess Game Lasting Five Years. [ARTICLE]

Chess Game Lasting Five Years.

Prol&bly the longest game of chest* ever known was that played between a man living in Australia and a friend in Newark, N. Y. Each move was made by letter, one player making use of the Europe and Suez Canal route, and the other- writing via the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco. Five years elapsed before the game was drawn to a close. Another similar record In chess playing was a correspondence game which took, place recently between several Germans living in New York and a chess club in Bremen, Germany. The game terminated in February last year with a victory for the New York players, having lasted a period of two years and five months.