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[Juke 29. 1883. 



Ihoir panio, l;nt on Saturday liosontlml, who ovidentlr liad not 

 much liffht lefl after tlie two' nii.titli!.' battle, lost to En^'lisli. The 

 latter therefore ties with Mackenzie and Mason, each having' 15}. 

 T8chip)rin remained in undisputed posession of the fourth jirize. 

 fiosienthal, who oddly onouRh at the finish stood at 11. with four 

 draws to play, and might have tied with Blackburne for third place, 

 has not taken a jirizo at all. He had still to play Blackburne, but 

 as ho could not, even if he won, take a prize, also as the game was 

 of no consequence to Blackburne, they did not play their game. 

 Rosenthal has, however, won a special prize of £25, he having made 

 the best score against the prizi? winners, viz., Si, which figure 

 includes two well-fought games won of Steinitz. 



PitizF, Winners : 



Score. 



First (£300)...Zukertort 22 



Second (£175). ..Steinitz 19 



Third (£150) .Blackburne li3J» 



Fourth (£125)...Tschigorin 16 



Fifth (£100) ^ Mason. 15^ 



Sixth (£75) > Mackenzie 15i 



Seventh (£50) ) English 15^ 



Special prize of £25 for best score against prize winner : — 

 Bosenthal. 



* One game nnplayed. 



Complete Score Table. 



t One game not played. 



We think the play of Captain Mackenzie deserving of special 

 notice. We pointed out in a former number the inconsistency 

 between his position at the London and Vienna Tournaments in the 

 ■first rounds. Since that time he has at least shown us the con- 

 sistency of his inconsistent play. In the first round, as will be 

 seen, he scored 5, while in the second round he not only scored 

 more than double, viz., lOJ, but he has absolutely done better than 

 anybody else, and has beaten Zukertort. 



A most remarkable decline in position is revealed to us by 

 Winawer's score. It would be almost incredible, if it were not a 

 fact, that from being first at Vienna with 24, he has descended to 

 eighth in this tournament with 13^. 



English steadily advances in strength, although his play is not 

 sufficiently spirited to be capable of very great improvement. He 

 was close upon the prize >tinners at Vienna; this time he has done 

 better. He is a remarkably rapid player, but very much given to 

 drawing. Kolish said of him that it is verj' difficult to win a game 

 from him, but also difficult to lose one. 



We are glad to see Blackburn come out at the head of all other 

 players in such an important contest; barring Zukertort and Steinitz. 

 His position is a very honourable one. 



MORTIMER'S VICTORY. 

 Position after Black's 2lBt move. 



MOKTIMER. 



Black. 



Zl'KKRTOKT. 



White. Bluik. 



ifukcrtort. Mortimer. 



1. P to K4 P to K4 



2. Kt to KB3 Kt to QB3 



3. B to B4 B to B4 



4. P to QKt4 B takes P 



5. P to B3 B to R4 



6. P to Q4 }' takes P 



7. Castles. P takes P 

 :a Q to Kt3 Q to B3 



9. P to K5 Q to Kt3 



10. Kt takes P KKt to K2 



11. B toI{3 RtoQKtsr;j(a) 



12. Kt to Q5 Kt takes Kt 



13. B takes Kt Kt to Q m\ 



14. QK to Q sq. P to QKt4 {h) 



15. R to Q4 P to Kt5 



16. Kt to R4 Q to QKt3 



17. B to Kt2 Kt to K3 (r) 



18. Kt to B5 P to Kt3 



19. B takes Kt BP takes B 



20. Kt to Kt7(ch)K to Q sq (d) 



21. Kt takes KP 



(eh) K to K2 



22. Kt to B4 (e) B to Kt2 



While. 

 Zukertort. 



BUck. 



Mo 



23. R takes P (ch) 



(/) K takes R 



24. Q to B7 (ch) K to B sq 



25. P to KG B to !{3 (<i) 



26. R to QB sq R to Q sq 



27. P to K7 K to Kt2 



28. P takes R, Q'sR takes Q 



29. Kt to K6 E to Qt (h) 



30. B to Be 



31. R to R sq 



32. Q to K7 



33. q takes Q 



34. Kt to B5 (ch) K to B3 



35. Kt to K4 R to K3 



36. P to B3 



37. K to R sq 



38. R ch 



39. B to Kt5 



40. P takes B 



41. P to KR4 



42. B to Q8 



43. Resigns. 



Q to B3 (i) 

 B to QB5 

 Q to Q3 

 R takes Q 



B to Kt3 (ch) 

 B to Q4 {}) 

 K to Kt4 

 B takes Kt 

 R takes P 

 P to KR3 

 P to B 4 



NOTES. 



(n) Plajed by Andersen. If B takes Kt or Castles, then QR to 

 Q sq gives White a good attack. 

 (h) Or Kt to Q3 at once. 



(c) Castling would not be good, as White would get up an irre- 

 sistible attack by Q to Kt3. 



(d) The position is very complicated and interesting. If K to 

 K2, then Q to Kt3 ; or if K to B2, then Q to B3 (ch) ; K takes 

 Kt. Q to B6 (ch), K to Kt sq. R to B4, and wins. 



(e) Kt to Kt5 ought to give White an easy win. We give a 

 diagram of this interesting position. 



(/) Then, again, P to K6 ought to win, instead of going in for 

 brilliancy. 



(3) A very good move. 



(h) Black now has the best of it. If R takes P (ch), Q takes K, 

 threatening mate by R on Q8 ; or if Kt takes P, then R to KB4. 



(») Taking the bull by the horns. 



(j) Which wins another Pawn and the game. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 *«* Please address Chess Editor, 



Leonard B. Page. — 1. R takes KP; time, five minutes. 



Alfa. — Blackburne has proved himself the best English player. 



Jacobs. — Anything to oblige a lady. 



BoxA Fides. — See notice. 



R. S. — We do not think it necessary to go into the particulars of 

 your variation. P to KKt3, whether played as defence to the Ruy 

 Lopez or the Two Knights' Opening, must be bad on principle. 

 P to KB5 mostly is the straw that breaks the camel's back. 



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