The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-04

cred the finest German exponent of the
game. SteinitZ secured his opponents e1OO,
with eight games to six. There were no
drawn games. In the same year he took the
first prize in the handicap tournament of
the British Chess association, and after
ward encountered Bird in q match of eiRh-
teen games up. When the score had reached
Steinitz seven, Bird five, drawn Ave, Bird
resigned.
In 1867 he twice engaged in match with
y. .. Fraser OF Dundee, Scotland. On the
first occasion he gave his opponent pawn
and move and won seven games, drew one,
and lost one. On tho second occasion they
met on even terms, and Steinitz won three
games and lost one, three being drawn. At
the Paris international tournament of 1887
first, Winawer second. and Neumann
fourth. In the Dundee tournament some
months later, Neumann secured first prize
Steinitz second, while Steinitz and DIR.
Frazer tied for first and second in the hand
leap tournament at the same place. The
first prize in the British Chess association
handicap tournament of 1868 was next car
ried away by Steinitz.
In 1870, after winning seven games and
drawing one in series with Blackburne
Steinltz again met ANDERSEN at the inter
national tournament at Baden. Anders-
sen took frat prize by half game over
Steinltz, who secured the second. 'Neumann
and Blackburne tied for third and fourth
by half game behind Steinitz. This tour
nament was in progress during the Franco
Prussian war, and nearly everybody fed
from Baden full of fear as the cannon
Weissenberg and Worth, but the chess
players, perhaps more deeply inspired by
the close contagion of actual warfare pur-
sued the efigiem belli in which they were
engaged. AT the City of London Chess
club handicap tournament, in 1871, Steinitz
W. Tod In TnrAv
twelve straight games without loss or draw.
The year 1872 brought Steinitz and Zuker-
tort together at the London international
tournament. The first prize was taken by
Steinitz. the second by Blackburne, and the
third by Zukertort. Steinitz and Zukertort
and the other won by Steinitz. In the
handicap tournament at the same meeting
these two masters played five more games,
Zukertort winning one and the remaining
four being drawn. After the tournament
the two engaged in match of seven games
only scored single win, the number of
drawn games being four. The same year
saw the commencement of tho match be-
tween London and Vienna, by telegraph
and correspondence, for ECO side. The
London games were chiefly conducted by
kolisch and others. After twenty months.
London won by one game to draw.
At the Vienna international tournament
IN 1873 Steinitz gained the first prize, after
having tied with Blackburne for the EN-
psror OF Austria prize. In this tournament
stelnltz made the greatest run on record.
he won sixteen games in direct succession,
his opponents being Andersen, Paulsen,
Rosenthal, Bird, Schwarz, and Blackburne.
Blackburne suffered an iRnomini0us defeat
at the hands Of Steinitz in 1876, when. in
match OF seven games up. the latter won
the hrst seven consecutive games played.
In 1882 Steinitz attended the Vienna in
ternational tournament and in the COMPETE
ton for the emperor's prize he tied with
Winawer. Mason took the third place,
while Znkertort and Mackenzie tied for
fourth and fifth prizes. Zukertort also car
ned of the special prize for beating the
nrst three prize winners. In match with
Martinez in the same year, Steinitz won
seven straight games. and little later, in
series of games with the same player, the
fnnl score was: Steinitz, 8; Martinez. l;
drawn, 3. In the latter part of 1882 Steinitz
played series Of five games with Sellman,
out OF which he won three, the remaining
two being drawn.
At New Orleans in the following year he
engaged in about twenty games with
Maurian and like number with McCon-
nell. With each player he lost game and
grew one. He also encountered Mackenzie
IN series of games in this city, Golmayo
in further series at Havana. and Mar
tirez in a third series. Out of six Macken-
zie secured one, while two were drawn;
Golmayo won one out of seven and two
were drawn; Martinez failed to win a sim
gle game out of the eleven. OF these Stein
itz won nine and the other two were drawn.
At the London International tournament of
1858 Steinitz took the second prize, Zuker-
tort having secured the first. The two
masters only met twice over the board,
each winning one game. Steinitz won
three straight games from Sellman in 1885.
in 1885 he once more met DR.. Zukertort.
in match of ten games mp, under the aus
pieces Of tbs Manhattan Chess club. The
games were continued in st. Louis and
concluded in New Orleans. striking
feature OF the contest was the fact that
after being 30 far successful in New York a.
to defeat Steinitz in four games, Zukeftort
only managed to win one more game dur
ing the continuance of the matcn, The
final score was: Steinitz. 10; Zukertort, 8;
drawn. &
In 1859 Steinitx encountered Tschieorin
i Havana in . match, in whish the winner
as 70 b the one Who got ths best soors oat