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[June 1, i8S9. 



THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL CHESS CONGRESS. 



The second round of the tournament is on the eve of completion, 

 and before our time of going to press will be definitely decided. 

 There have been many vicissitudes of fortune in the course of the 

 protracted and exhausting struggle. For a long time Herr Max 

 Weiss, the leading player of Vienna, held the lead, then M. 

 Tschigorin, the Russian champion, just got in fr. nt and remained 

 there, and at one stage Mr. Amos Burn, of Liverpool, well known 

 for the strength and safety of his play, held the first place ; 

 neither must we forget that the English champion, Mr. J. H. Black- 

 burne, has borne himself bravely in the fray, and always maintained 

 a prominent position, together with S. Lipschutz, the joung New 

 York champion, who by excsUent and consistent play has greatly 

 increased his budding reputation. 



At some distance from the above we find the well-known names 

 of James Mason, Max Judd, J. W. Shovvalter, Eugene Delmar, and 

 the veteran H. E. Bird, whose score would have been higher, had he 

 not been obliged to forfeit a game by illness. 



The position of Jlr. Gunsberg on the score sheet will be a matter 

 oE congratulation to his friends, and particularly so when it is 

 remembered that he was suffering for some days with a cold and 

 sore throat that at one time threatened to assume a dangerous 

 aspect. It will be convenient here to give the names of the seveTal 

 contestants and a summary of the games played, together with the 

 games yet to be decided. A closer and more interesting finish we 

 never remember. It will be seen that Max Weiss can still win the first 

 prize by beating -J. Mason, but if he is defeated he will tie with Mr. 

 Gunsberg for the second prize, also that Messrs. Burn, Blackbume, 

 and S. Lipschutz, can either win or tie in their scores. 



Score inclusive of Saturday, May 18, Play. 

 J. W. Baird 6 games To play D. Baird and G. Gossip. 



D. G. Baird 16 „ „ J. W. Baird. 



H. E. Bird 17 „ Played aU. 



J. H. Blackbume ... 26 „ To play A. Burn. 



C. F. Burille 1-t „ „ S. Lipschutz. 



Amos Burn 26 „ „ J. H. Blackbume. 



E. Delmar 17^ „ „ M. Taubenhaus. 



G. Gossip 13 „ „ J. W. Baird. 



J. Gun.sberg 28.^ „ Played aU. 



J. U. Uanham . . 14 „ To play S. Lipschutz. 



Max Judd 19 „ „ G. F. BuriUe. 



S. Lipschutz 24i „ „ J. Hanham and W. Pollock. 



D.M.Martinez ... 13| „ Played aU. 



J.Mason 20i „ To play Taubenhaus and Tschigorin. 



N. MacLeod oj „ Played a'l. 



W. Pollock 16| „ To play Max Judd. 



J. W. Showalter ... IS „ Played all. 



M. Taubenhaus ... 16.J „ To play E. Delmar and J. Mason. 



M. Tschigorin ... 2y „ Played all. 



Max Weiss 28^ „ To play J. Mason. 



The following game was played on the 10th instant in the second 

 round, and resulted in a draw ; the game in the first round between 

 the same opponents was won by Mr. Gunsberg: — 

 Giuoco Pianissimo. 

 ■WurrE. Black. ' White. Black. 



J. Gunsberg. SI. Tschigorin. J. Gunsberg. M. Tschigorin. 



1. PtoK4 P to K4 1.5. P to QKtl B to Kt3 (t) 



2. KttoKB3 Kt to QB3 16. Kt ta H4 P to K5 



3. B to B4 B to B4 17. RtoR3 Q to B4 



4. P to Q3 Kt to 83 18. P x P Q x P 



5. Kt to B3 P to Q3 19. R to QB3 B to Q5 



6. B to KKto B to K3 20. Kt to Q2 Q to K2 {d) 



7. KttoQo KttoR4(«) 21. R to KB3 Q to K7 



8. B to Kt3 Kt X B 22. P to B3 B to Kt3 



9. RP X Kt B X Kt 23. P to QKt3 R to K2 



10. PxB PtoB3 24. PtoKt3(c) KR to Ksq 



11. BxKt QxB 25. K to Kt2 R to K6 



12. Castles (i) Castles 26. Q x Q RxQ 



13. Kt to Q2 Q to Kt3 27. Kt to B4 R to R7 



14. KtoEscj QRtoKsq 28. Kt x B RP x Kt 

 And the game in a few moves was abandoned as drawn. 



Notes. 



(a) The best way apparently of neutralising Mr. Gunsberg's 

 novel attack of Kt to Q5. 



(i) Although White has the disadvantage of a doubled Pawn, he 

 is qtdte compensated by remaining with a Knight against a Bishop. 



(c) If he had taken the offered Pawn, he would of course have 

 lost the QRP, and have been left with slightly the worst of the 

 petition. 



{d) Taking the QP would have been followed by R to Q3 with 

 damaging effect. 



(e) But for this jirecautionary move, M. Tschigorin would soon 

 get an advantage by a favourable exchange of Queens. 



Since the above was in type the Tournament has come to a con- 

 clusion. Max Weiss and M. Tschigorin tie for the first and second 

 prizes with 29 games each, J. Gunsberg wins the third prize with 

 28i games, and J. H. Blackbume the fourth with 27 games, the 

 otlier three prizes fall to A. Burn with 26 games; S. Lipschutz, 

 2.5^ games ; and J. Mason, 21 games, in the order named. 



The tie between Max Weiss and M. Tschigorin for first and 

 second prizes will be played off under the following conditions 

 embodied in Rule 4 of the Tournament :—" If two players tie for 

 the first prize, they shall play a match for the first winner of two 

 games, exclusive of draws ; but after four draws the match shall 

 terminate ; and if the score be even, the prizes shall be divided ; but 

 if either player shall be a game ahead, he shall be declared the 

 victor." 



CITY OF LONDON CHESS CLUB. 

 In tlie match between Messrs. Block and Loman of seven games, 

 Mr. Block has won 1, drawn 2, and lost 0. The great winter 

 tournament is nearly over, Mr. Serraillier leading, having won 7 out 

 of 8 games, and has only Mr. Loman to play. Mr. Kenning, how- 

 ever, may tie him, who has won 6 out of 8 games, and who has also 

 to play Mr. Loman. Mr. A. C. Smith has finished all his games 

 with a score of 6i, and Mr. Loman has scored 4 with 2 yet to play. 

 Mr. Rottjer, who had begun well, had to retire, owing to absence 

 from London, and the same remark applies to Mr. Tarry. The 

 spring handicaps have been commenced. In the first Messrs. 

 Block, Morian, and Dr. Smith have won all their games played, and 

 Mr. Herbert Jacobs 3 out of 4. In the second Mr. E. 0. Jones, who 

 has lately been raised to the first class, and Mr. Woon have each 

 won their 4 games played. For the third the Rev. J. Watton has 

 won 4 games out of 5, and Mr. Latham 3 out of 4. 



NORTH LONDON CHESS CLUB. 

 The annual dinner of this important club was held at the 

 London Tavern, Fenchurch Street, on the 9th inst., and was a 

 great success, over seventy members and friends gathering round 

 the table. Dr. Hunt, the president, was in the chair, and the 

 treasurer, Mr. T. R. Howard, and Mr. C. E. Biaggini, the hon. 

 secretary, occupied the vice-chairs. The visitors included Messrs. 

 Clarke, Fenton, Gastineau, and Ridpath (City C.C), Messrs. Carr, 

 Peachey, and Schlesinger (Athemeum C.C), Wallace (London 

 Banks), Johnson (Blackfriars), E. Marks and Dr. Greenwood 

 (Hornsey Rise), and Messrs. Biner and Kistruek (Shoreditch). It 

 had been arranged that speeches should be conspicuous by their 

 absence, so after the usual loyal toast-.", Mr. Clarke, president of the 

 City Club, proposed " Success to the North Loudon, and the health 

 of its President," which was responded to in a happy vein by Dr. 

 Hunt. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Arthur Geeatorex. — It is an interesting end game, but the 

 poor Black is in such a woeful minority of force that he must lose 

 any way. 



James Paul. — Your solution of M. Grosdemange's ingenious 

 problem is correct. 



Contents op No. 43. 



On the Dimensions of Molecules. 

 By Walter G Woollcombe 137 



The Domain of Minute Life. By 

 Henry J. Slack 138 



The Masses, Brightness, and Dis- 

 tances of Double Stars. By 

 W. H. S Monck 140 



The Heail of a Bee. By R. Camper 

 Day Hi 



The Great Nebula in Orion. By 

 A.C.Ranyard 145 



Notes 148 



PAOF 



Notices of Books 141) 



Letters :— G. L. Tupman, W. H. S. 

 Moack, Robt. W. D. Cliristie, 

 Twenty-seven Years of India, 

 A. J. Field, F. W. Rej nolde .... 1 5U 



The First Inventor of the Achro- 

 matic Telescope. By W. T. Lynn 1 53 



The Face of the Sky for May. 

 By Herbert Sadler, P.R.A.S Iu4 



Our Whist Column. By W. Mon- 

 tagu Gattie 1S5 



Onr Chess Coliunii 156 



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