New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-10

Guess Ia NEw-YoEE-Paul Morphy and Louis
Paul en- may he seen of,en nj the CloOi aud although
ore Of them at least is vofy eager to encounter bls
rival the prosrccis Of 2 match arc becoming quite
Dubious Ii is to be regretted. series Of open aud
even Games duly casicI out By such adopts as Paul
zen end Morply, would ccrtinIy prove highly in'sr-
eeipg 70 amateurs generally would sit oo one Ct two
Of the mott IMP ,rtant openiuGs-the E7ans's g'm't
70. iusMuce and revive the cauEe Of Chess, which
Of late has been rather droOtiCg
When they fret met at The tournament in 1871
Taullcn displayed power Of analysis aud skill which
was so much the more surprising that lie possessed
scarcely any book knowledge, hal never encountered
single frsclsss peyer, and was literally obliged to
invent nearly all the moves and deienses wal Il nI
more learned opponents had gathered from Cles1
trca,i:es. Hence bis slowplay aud close game. And
vet he not only took the second plze but made a
holder stand peIhAps. than any Of the celebrities
who played with Morphy in Europe Since, Paulsen
has devoted much tine 20 books aud may be said to
be now both sklful aud erudiie; ne plays boldly,
rapidly and openly is reasonable to infer that If
when left 10 bis regOuceq he proved himself sdon
an able competitor, at present he would be no ur-
worthy antagonist to MUPly 1t was in the expects
ton Of match or encounter, that the following letter
was sent by paulrcn. .
Topaz MoRprY Dear si: In the hope Of PrOrno'
o c,e he heard on thd i5io1i6r terms:
%s fa er% f ~ e, Iy 81 1a eh per to co
duc res times the attack aJd three mos the oefre ard "
twelve gambts the sngs side eitscE ad dee9e 70 Oe
en- aware 3,t yoa have decn plyiag with most
prominent Chess layers except 1t tie Odds Of the pay ad
othc pawn and doub M advau &c i~he inysris. y
resris kir3 Of rouec CAME aigErC
tie e1u.e Chef sud rarely proving ng TO Che great
~ -cgr ha aud ilay acquired repul!on ches, player
yertary without imposing the condition o. receiving Dads peg
tea az our bic game msy prove acceptable TO you VII;
shall receive lany games ot OF ihe mach as IN ols
even or yield your opponent advantage equal to the pam
In ne Sincere hope taat you van accept the nTcu and
favor me win i Igsly &c., LOUIS PAULsEE
This challenge MoIphy declined to accept, saying
that be had rot come Noi.h 10 play ctel5, aud would
only encounter Pauen al ODDS and in Al oeeasi)rai
zane or two at the Club There arc other Ie-sJns.
Morrhv truly says TIA: he does not make Of chess a
profession, but simply a plstime and it. because he
was 20 fortunate, or unfortunate as 70 obtain Srel;
| proficiency ct the game, he mast be made 70 plsy
| loLas roicas, at home aud abroad, now ald az
! al times. lie ia not worth taTthiug to bin. lie
! ouco entered the lists 70 ascertain what stand
| he could make against hss. rate players. lie
met them all-with orc celebrated ezcegtion-came
or victorious lcfe and elUah re- and nov that h'
opinion IL made up the subc., he wishes 10 leave
chess where it belongs and 70 devote himself 70 ihe
practice Of his profession. To refuse TO pay on even
terms with any player is privilege generally eiahe
by all successful champions who stand first and i0rs
most in the world of chess.