New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-25

Ana is Whites attack worth the "s-l or n.
H. White had retired Is to q or . Black would lave
moved NJ take. ut aud wins T. On l. ut takrs kt.
Black replies T. takc- aud whom Mhto rcrcs Il To q
good "a Whites.
It doe. not seem to clear that Captain Mackenzie
right In SaJIng that Black II. u ta,c- X, was bad
.1rcaI,e II pi,S The knight out ~ play" ri TO was
the hlundef. aud II Black hid retired kt TO q . White
could not aiterwdrd have foed the exchange oi h
for the doune pawn. An,r having mad that blunder.
when Black did move 10 .. why should he not
have pushed AT once to u ~ " J. had then taken.
pdSsnni ut would have rrtaken WIN. II to
n,Ss R"rs Would have gained The same po"ion AFTER
ward secured. and without the loss OF move Aud
sFaioa why x the "%;'rni n"vI"eo D. Eon to
have enabled White to lake with r. while On
all there WA, no need Of advancing Tho ~ But that
step having been taken. OF wnat conceivable use
game. 1t ne Black cramps himself by his
failure to take decided posiil"n or TO make any
that lie could have gone on Ncloping his g'nc
more safely Zukrrtorts OF forces
several Gvcs srik contrast w!tb the apparently
eiing and umlc~s performance or his Antagonist.
Eut r mad time enough ana nobody can tell how far he
would have succeeded III concentration II met by
after anntGnr What did BLACK. move mean 81 Il To
q Ki 1. II dhl rid OF the knight which
aftcrward cost HIM 50 much trouble Ia game with
locked pawns In the centre, knights
ofen more effective than bishops. aud In
this the knight which White had
Biackn ~ Il to Oh >. when KI n .. aud then Il To
Il. would have saved him iinei In reply To whites
%. ItoK IS not i taxes Kt obyionsi When Black
moves, % NJ To q d. II really seems Hs II he might
well resign the spot II lac has nothing hcttrr To
But even at tIat later stage Vance of l. To NJ 1
woulJ at all events interrupted, II not entirely
broken, Whites attack on that side; for instince:
20 PtOKti
p. KIT ORB Kt takes NJ
- l. taxes kt PtOR
confess that IL does not to In this care
Black would have had by any means a hopeless case
Buff
81. H TO Kt2 PtOR
~. l. takes l. 1t at Nj . takes l.
II 30 Is tdkCs ut 1t TAKES Is
Now If White, with all the time given him for prepare
ton, could made more use Of his attack than
this against Reasonable play, possibly tho attack
quite MOrphy-lIke after all
But Black having efHlly taken OF his knight.
OUT of the way y, L lakes T. ms pretty
much worthless. though 20, I" r. followed by /; Ia
wuud have helped some BIT 20, 10 Il 3. and tie IN
comprehensive 81, To X, seem about weak could
suggested. Against such play rs this II certainly
in tho highest degree creditdbc Tor Mr. Zuker
tort 10 win.
IL is to DO remembered that these two players hay
met before. Their records have not indicated mat
either had much advantage over tho other lf
conceive MOrphy paying such game ~ Strinitz
did play In these case can harlly account DR. IN
kcItOr equal TO Mophy because. having the advantage
Of half n dozen waste III each game winch Nor
ply IN the habit OF giving. the DIR. succeeds IN
concentrating his pcrcS we'll aud yet then beats
mi. ,utavnuIst ouIy by yiriuc of arrange mist tkrs
kctr- Orh jan %, 1856. OLD tOGY.