The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-02 00:00:00

who observed its progress. Herr Lowenthal and his
friend had the first move, and proceeded vigorously
against Paulsen and Anderssen, who fought with
great caution. Up to about the 20th move the ad-
vantage seemed to be with Lowenthal and I:ennedy,
but they lost their position by an oversight, which
spoiled an admirably combined battle, and afforded
to their adversaries an opportunity which they lost
no time in improving, and which eventuated in ob-
taining for them a complete victory. The history of
the moves in this match is very noteworthy, and will
no doubt when it is given to the public obtain a place
among the most remarkable of the season. It will per-
haps increase the interest felt in this contest and
those which are yet to come off, if we state a few par-
ticulars respecting the antecedents of those engaged
in them. Herr Anderssen is professor of mathe-
matics at Breslau, in Silesia, and carried off the
chief honours in the chess tournament which took
place in London during the Great Exhibition of
1851. He took part in the Manchester gathering
in 1857, but was then beaten by Herr Lowenthal.
In 1861 he was again in London, and played a short
match against the celebrated Herr Kolisch, at the
London Chess Club, and defeated him. Herr An-
derssen has been frequently engaged in other im-
portant matches, and has generally been successful.
He is one of the first favourites for the chief prize
of this season. Herr Paulsen belongs to the little
town of Lippe Detmold, in Germany, but has re-
sided in America nine years. Whilst there he
played at the Chess Congress in 1857, when Morphy
won the first prize, and Paulsen the second. Paul-
sen is noted particularly for his capacity to play any
number of games simultaneously whilst he is blind-
folded. He is to exhibit to-day (Wednesday) his
skill in this kind of performance, by playing ten
games, simultaneously, blindfolded. He also once
contended against Kolisch, but the result was not
so successful as in Anderssen's case, for victory was
on the side of neither—the game was a drawn one.
Captain Kennedy is well known as an amateur
chess-player, and as a distinguished patron of the
game. He is president of the Bristol Chess Club,
and a vice-president of the association. Herr
Lowenthal first distinguished himself in a match
between Paris and Pesth, in which he supported
the claims of the latter, and obtained the victory.
He came to England to take part in the Chess Con-
gress of 1851, and played, but not with any great
results, in the great tournament of that year. Since
then be has lived in this country, and has filled one
of the first positions among our chess players and
writers. He has won four games in the present
tournament—all he has yet played—out of fourteen,
the entire number.
To-morrow there will be a match played by tele-
graph between the Chess Congress and Paris, which
is looked forward to with considerable interest.
The following is the conclusion of the match be-
tween the London Club and the St. James's Club,
played at the hall on Monday :
St. Jame's Club.
London Club
Mr Medley .. won against De St. Bon
Mr Deacon won against Mr Stewart
Mr Greenaway won against Mr V. Green
Mr Scroeder won against Mr Howard
Mr Belaieff won against Mr Sich
Mr Maude won against Mr Young
Mr Parminter lost to Mr Pull er
Mr Mongredien against Mr Hannah, not finished.