The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-10-17
THE AMERICAN CHESS-PLAY YER.
MoRpHY IN PARIS.
lFrom the London News, September 80 ]

from the London News, September 3ol 1914
The extraordinary fact Of playing eight games at the
time without seeing the board performed on
Monday at the Cafe de Ia Regence, by Mr. Mophy, the
young American player The portion Of the Cafe de la
Regence particularly appropriated to the Of
chess amateurs was open usual to the public and in 1t
sat the eight gentlemen who consented to be Mr. Nor
phys antagonists The other part of the Cafe further
on and in which two billiard tables placed APP
pointed to the of the bindod player who sat at the
end with his back to the public. certain line
marked out beyond which only two gentlemen could
pass nj. Journoud and M. Arnous de Riviere who had
undertaken to announce the on both sides The
latter gentleman ociaed for the four first players NM
Baucher, Bierwith, Bornemann and Guibert, and the
former for the last four NM Lequesne Potter Pet and
Seguin At halfpast H. the combatants having taken
their places in the presence of about $50 lovers of the
noble game, the play commenced by Mr. Morphy taking
the move and gnifyng that in every one of the eight
cases he played KP2 Some of his opponents replied by
the similar move, whilst others played differently,
to lead to what is called irregular openings The play
then went without interruption for not less than ten
hours, during which time Mr.. Morphy took the
slightest refreshment The dentve result that the
bndfod player six Of the games and drew two his
opponents being vanqushed in the following order :
NM Prct (after hours and half Potter Baucer,
Bornemann Berwith, and Seguin lat half past 10 The
two players who succeeded in drawing their games
NM. Luquesne and Guiber AT the end Of this wonder
full exhibition Mr. Mophy did not appear much fatigued
MR. MoRPHYs ANTAGONIST.
At time when the attention of all the chess world is
concentrated those two masters, Morphy and Harr
witz IL may not be unnterestng to readers to know
who Is this Harrwiz, who shows himself formula
bic antagonist to Mr., Morphy. We will, therefore,
give some particular of his chess life
Mr.. Harrwitz is native Of Breslau, Prussia. With
the incidents OF his early life not at all familiar
only know that at early age he displayed great
skill in the game and several occasions gave evidence
of great power Of calculation Still he not noticed
player until the year 1896 when he crossed to
England to encounter Mr.. Staunton who then reigned
alone and supreme in the kingdom Of chess Too young
to enter the lists terms with the giant match
was arranged between them rather novel conditions
Twenty games to be played exclusive of draws
In seven Staunton to give the odds Of pawn and
and the remaining to be played The latter
prime of manhood and at the top of his strength. In
one and lost only What is singular, at the much
larger odds of pawn and two moves he lost four and
won only three This fact cannot be easily accounted
for 1t attributable, believe, to overconfdence
the part of Harrwitz want of interest in the match
Although vanquished in this match, enough had been
Of him chess connoisseurs and Mr. Staunton him
self were unanimous in the belief that he would go very
far ON the road to fame Indeed he appears after his
defeat to have given himself up ardenty than ever
to the study Of the game His strength was developed
TO extraordinary degree he met across the board
and generally with success the most famous masters OF
that time, among whom Horwitz Kieseritzky,
Mayet Perigal Greville Buckle, &c
Between the years 1886 and 1s49 Harrwitz won two
matches of the eminent German player Mr. Horwitz,