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♦ KNOWLEDGE 



[June 22, 1883. 



^ur Ctirss Column, 



By Mephisto. 



THK TOURNAMENT. 



Zukcrtort has concludod his part in this groat contest witli a turn 

 of fortune against him. On Wednesday, the 22nd, ho had to meet 

 Mackenzie, and, havinc; arrived at an apparently won position, ho 

 made a blunder, whicli lost him the game. Thursday he played 

 Scllman in very weak fashion, of which the latter took proper ad- 

 vantage, and by good play and making tho best of the position he 

 won. On P'riday Zukcrtort played Mortimer. He jilayed the P^vans 

 Gambit, which Mortimer accepted, playing tho Compromised 

 Defence. Despite the fact that Zukcrtort knows more about this 

 Tpening than any other player, his opponent succeeded in getting 

 .'airly through the opening, and, as may be seen from the game, a 

 ~ell-played game resulted, in which Zukcrtort, by some lino 

 Manoeuvres, arrived at a winning position ; but the feeling of irre- 



onsibility under which this game was played prompted him to 



>k a speedier termination of the game than he was justified in 

 ng by the sacrifice of the Rook. Mr. Mortimer, defending him- 



' with great skill, managed to score a victory higlily creditable 

 t imsclf. In reference to tho nonsensical remarks anent Zuker- 

 t(>. s reverses in the daily press, we, for oiu' part, think it far more 

 a n itter of surprise that Zukcrtort held out to make the most 

 wonderful score of 22 games, only to break down at the last moment, 

 when success was of no more consequence to him. 



Far more remarkable was the defeat of Steinitz by Rosenthal. 

 Everything depended on the loss of a game to Steinitz, as it might 

 deprive hiui of second place. Nevertheless, he overlooked a very 

 obvious win, and lost. We give the position in our present issue. 

 Despite this blemish, we think the game one of the very finest 

 games played in this tournament, and it does credit to Rosenthal. 



Blackburne defeated Winawer on Wednesday and Bird on Satur- 

 day, advancing his score to 16\. He met Steinitz on Friday, and 

 we think we are right in stating that this game was a fight for 

 second prize between these two old antagonists. Steinitz score was 

 15, while Blackburne stood at 15i. Blackburne, as second player, 

 adopted the French Defence, to which Steinitz replied with P to 

 K5. Blackburne played indifferently, the result being to enable 

 Steinitz to support his advanced Pawn by P to Q4 and KB4, and 

 obtain a strong position. Blackburne fought an uphill fight very 

 bravely, and, in spite of his sncceeiling in capturing a dangerous 

 passed pawn, he lost, by suijeriority of forces, a game which ex- 

 hibits nothing apart from the winning process. All other players 

 are quite uncertain as to what will be their ultimate position. 



On Saturday Tschigorin stood at 15, he having only Mortimer to 

 encounter, and also to play off a draw with Rosenthal. He drew 

 with Rosenthal for the second time, and had some fair chance of 

 coming in fourth, which will probably be reached by a score of 

 16i ; but, lo and behold ! he was defeated by Mortimer on Monday. 

 Speaking from our own experience, as well as from the above case, 

 we think that to some excitable natures the knowledge of standing 

 in great need of a certain object will render its attainment far more 

 dithcult than it would have been under ordtnarv circumstances. 

 This defeat renders Rosenthal's probable position of fourth more 

 secure, especially as he defeated Sellman on Monday, his score 

 being 14, and 4 to play ; and another rival — Mackenzie — being that 

 day beaten by Steinitz. Mason defeated Noa on Monday, Sellman 

 on Saturday, but suffered a defeat by Tschigorin on Friday. He 

 now stands at 15|, but he has to meet Steinitz yet, therefore his 

 chance is not a vei-y good one. 



On Tuesday Steinitz defeated Mason in a very fine and decisive 

 game, which will rank as one of the masterpieces in the Tourna- 

 ment. Considering the amount of bad luck Steinitz had to contend 

 with, his score of 19 is very creditable. He takes the second prize 

 of £175. Tschigorin avenged his defeat by beating Rosenthal in 

 a Ruy Lopez. After the latter had played P to QR3, and later on 

 QKt I, Tschigorin attacked the Queen's side in a novel manner, by 

 P to QR4, and soon obtained a good game. He has finished with 

 a score of 16, and is awaiting events. English and Mackenzie 

 drew for the third time, and therefore count i each. Winawer 

 beat Sellman. 



The following players have completed their score : — 



Zukcrtort 22 I Mason 15J I Noa OJ 



Steinitz 19 Winawer 13 Sellman OJ 



Tschigorin 16 | Bird 12 | Mortimer 3 



The remaining players are Blackburne, with 16i, having to play 

 with English and Rosenthal; Rosenthal, 14, having to play 

 English, Blackburne, and Mackenzie; Mackenzie, 14J, having to 

 play Rosenthal ; English, 13i, having to plav Rosenthal and Black- 

 burne. 



It will be seen that English is eighth. Either he or .Mackenzie 

 will, therefore, not take a prize, and tho others will probably rank 

 as follows:— Blackburne third, Tschigorin fourth, Rosenthal and 

 Mason fifth and sixth, English or Mackenzie seventh. 



Wednesday.— Blackburne drew with I^nglish ; Mackenzie (pro- 

 Ijably) beat Rosenthal. 



Position of the game between Steinitz and Mackenzie. 



Mackenzie. 



Black. 



White played. 



33. R to R6 



34. R takes R 



35. R to R7 



36. P to B6 



37. B to Q4 



Kt to B2 

 Q takes R 

 Q to Kt sq 

 RtoB2 

 K to B sq 



38. Q to KtG 



39. B to B5 (ch) 



40. P to Kt4 



41. Q to B5 (ch) 



42. Q to B7 (ch) 



K to K2 

 K to K3 

 R to B sq 

 K toB2 

 Resigns. 



The following position occurred in the game between Steinitz and 



Rosenthal : — 



rosexthai. 



,t k'k_ „ i t i 

 a, 



Rosenthal continued with the beautiful move of 



Kt to K5 

 P takes R 

 P takes P 



R takes Kt 

 B takes B 

 R to Q sq 



(If Q to B2, then P to KR4 wins.) 



I R to Kt3 (ch) ! 



B to Kt3 R takes B (ch) ! 



P takes R I P to B7 (ch) ! 



K takes P j Q to Kt7 (ch) 



K to K3 I Q to B6, mate. 



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