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

of twenty games. Il was decided when onl,
seventeen games had been played. u
these. Steinitz had won ten, TschiRorin six
and one was drawn.
Since then Steinitz has engaged in no act
I'VE play with strong opponents until tn
BY cable with Tschigorin, which has nov
been going on for some four or five weeks
he has. however, been engaged in chesl
work Of various kinds, and has made con-
siderable and valuable additions to chess
literature.
Isidor Gunsberg, when a boy. displayed
remarkable talent in the game OF chess, in
which his father had been his instructor
In 1867 he went to Paris, and Rosenthal
tried in vain to give him odds. The thir.
! teen-year-old boy won a majority of the
games.
Nine years later the so-called chess auto.
nation, "Mephisto," caused general son.
station in London. It was for long time
a secret who was the controller of me
phisto's" movements. Ultimately, how
ever, it was discovered that Gunsberg wa
the real soul Of the automaton.
A short time after this a match WIS
played between Blackburne and Gunsberg,
in which the Englishman gave the odds OF
two games. This match was termed the
French Defense Match" in consequence Of
both experts adopting this form of defense
in almost every game. Blackburne won
the match, but the games still rank among
the finest specimens of play in this particu-
lar defense.
GunsberR then retired from public chess
competition, and devoted his time more to
club play. His chess career proper really
only dates back to 1856. In that year he
won the first prize in the giant tourna-
m Ioe Of 100 o. competitions at the City
first prize in the initial tournament Of
the newly formed British Chess asso-
citation without losing game, and he final
" gained the first prize In the Hamburg In
ternational tournament. In this tourna-
ment G1nsberg came out half game ahead
Tarrasch and Weiss. He also beat the vet
eran Bird in the same year, with five games
to one. t&
In 1886 be secured the first prize in Pur-
sells handicap, London, while in the fol
lowing year he defeated Blackburne in
two, and two drawn. In 1887 he also divid.
ed first and second prizes with Burn in the
national masters tournament, under the
auspices of the British Chess association.
The first prize at Simpsons handicap in
London in 1888 was carried of by Gums
and second prizes in the British Chess
clubs handicap. He afterwards won TIL
Bradford International tournament.
In the following year, 1889, he obtained
the third prize at the North American Chess
congress in New York, being only half
game behind the winners. Weiss and
Tschigorin, who divided the first and Sec
ond prizes. The same year he took the
fourth prize at the Breslau international
and the fifth in similar COM
petition at Amsterdam. Toward the close
Of 1859 he took part in the International
tournament which WAS held under the
auspices Of the British Chess association in
and here shared the first and Sec
ond prizes with Bird. le@'7.ss,
Gunsberg then visited Havana, where in
the early part of this year he encountered
TsohiRe rim in a set match of ten games up.
The struggle was abandoned as a draw
when each had scored nine wins and five
games had been drawn. At the intelna-
tional tournament in Manchester last Au-
gust, Gunsberg divided the fifth and sixth
prizes with Mason with a score Of III wins
out of possible 10. The highest score
made was that of DR.. Tarras CHI, who won
l5L games.