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

INT.ERNATIONA L CHESS CONGRESS.

The interest which attaches to this gathering of
chess players seems to increase with each day's en-
gagements. Yesterday, the second of the series of
public matches which are to be continued until the
end of the week at St. James's-hall, under the
auspices of the British Chess Association, drew
together a crowd of notable chess players from all
parts. Among the chief of those present were Lord
Lyttelton, the president of the association ; Sir
John Blunden, one of the vice-presidents ; Sir John
Trelawny, M.P., Marmaduke Wyvill, Esq., M.P.,
Albany Fonblanque, Esq., Lieut.-Colonel Hardy,
J. Heathcote, Esq., M.P., the Chevalier de St. Bon
(of the Italian navy), A. Mongredien, Esq., Pro-
fessor Anderssen (of Breslau), Herr Paulsen (from
Lippe Detmold, Germany), Herr Lowenthal, Capt.
Kennedy, Rev. John Owen, Herr Steinitz, I. W.
Hannah, Esq., Herr Falkbeer, N. Strode, Esq., S.
Newham, Esq. (of Nottingham), G. Walker, Esq.,
J. F. Gillam, Esq. (of Worcester), S. Ries, Esq.,

It. F. Hunt, Esq. (of Dublin), M. E. Carpentier
(correspondent of Le Sport, Paris), S. S. Baden,
Esq., A. S. Pigott, Esq., A. Cohen, Esq., &c.
In the course of the day the Rev. John Owen and
A. Mongredien, Esq., played a drawn game, this
being one of the series of the grand tournament, in
which fifteen players take part. Herr Steinitz
played against Mr. Barnes, and, after a most inte-
resting game, proved successful. This was the
fourth game which Herr Steinitz has played in the
grand tournament, in three of which—namely,
against Mr. Blackburne, Mr. Macdonnell, and Herr
Anderssen—he had been beaten. His non-success
had produced an unfavourable opinion of Herr
Sternitz's skill among those who had not watched
his play attentively, but the manner in which he
Contended with Mr. Barnes has not only re-estab-
lished his reputation, but raised it still higher than
before. It required the science of a master to do as
he did in this instance, for he gave up piece after
piece without hesitation, in order that in the end
he might combine those which remained in an over-
whelming and resistless force; and although Mr.
Barnes had fought his opponent with his usual in-
genuity, he was obliged to succumb to him, even
when he outnumbered his adversary by two pieces.
The drawn game between the Rev. J. Owen and A.
Mongredien, Esq., lasted throagh the best part of
the day. Mr. Owen is the only English player in
the present tournament who has been fortunate
enough to triumph over the redoubtable Anderssen
and Mr.Mongredien is the president of the London
Chess Club. An excellent contest was sustained
between them. Mr. Mongredien adopted the open-
ing known as the Fianchetto, a style of play much
in vogue at present, and said to be favoured also by
Mr. Owen. The commencement of the play proved
the perfection to which these gentlemen had at-
tained in this style of opening, and throughout the
game they exhibited great skill and nicety of action,
so much so, indeed, that after a most severe battle
the game had, as we have seen, to be drawn. Nothing
weary, they commenced again in the latter part of
the day, and were deep in conflict when this report
left. Between Mr. Deacon and Mr. Roby there was
also a clever game in the grand tournament of yester-
day, in tha course of which Mr. Roby declined to
accept the king's gambit pawn, by playing instead
his king's bishop to queen's bishop fourth. Mr. Dea-
con is well known to have devoted particular atten-
tion to this mode of attack, and chess chronicles dur-
ing the last twenty years speak decisively of his
many successes in it. His skill in this particular
does not appear to have diminished by time, for al-
though a refused gambit he would have an attack,
and carried it on for some time in victorious style,
but he at length failed to achieve what he had almost
earned, Mr. Roby, seeing his opponent's spirit
lessen, made some brilliant but dangerous moves, and
Caine off the conqueror. Mr. Roby is an Australian.
The most prominent part of yesterday's proceedings,
however, was the consultation game pla)ed between
Herr Anderssen
and Herr Paulsen on one part, and
Herr Lowenthal and
Captain Kennedy upon the
otrio ;which, after a faiormer. The matcher
fair struggle, was won by the
was commenced at two
o'clock, and lasted until half-
past seven, during the
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