New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-23
CuECS-TARLE TALK.

TIL. late IouIs Pauscn, whose death was announced
IN our last Thursdays Issue, was genius OF an osue
which IS now becoming generally rccoghIzod aiocf %
Ing psssed the usual transition period OF puphc ocrio
and depreciation. lie was one Of the cmci pioneers VI
tho modern school which has been so much decried
dur,ng its advance but has established itscH No'oI4
ouslv ar hard struggle against sort Of sentimental
onnosition 80 far from my Wishing to be lhtoel'Hlt
against The adverse critics of the modern prhcpcs'
freely beg to state that p the early part OF my career
myself was an absolute believer III the oid system,
and I we'll recollcc; that when first met kollsch ana
Andersen expressed myself in very dcOSatory Terms
aut Paulsens style OF play But both those masters
warmly defended Paulsen against my general crltlclh
and this set me thinking. Some OF the games whch
saw Pausen play during the London Congrss Oh Ioo-
gave still stronger start 10 t ,n m S %a~i,
70 yec0gniZ, that chess genius Is not cOhnIed 10 tc
more o. Gcep and brilliant finishing StFOhee dltcr
the original balance OF power anu pOsiolI .c ~ 81
OycrGIOwn, but that also requires te exercise oi
still more extraordinary powers. though perhaps OF
ditreront kind 10 maintain that balance or respectively
10 disturb /; at the proper time i'll ones own ldNoI
Morpy, with all his mighty powers, never NeH. r
on single experiment III tlc carry part OF INC sdiic.
and he faithfully followed the track laiu Out ny
struck tnc root OF the game In different openings,
and In an original manner lie paved the way 10 Ine
development q principles II inc middle Para anu I'D
helped 10 dispense Win mere combination tacllcs
admirers OF the modern schooi have gone 50 tar
Notably Dr. Tarrdscn denies altogether the real genus
of stcTS, including MOFpAA. IN my cdlaclly
a public critic / have 10 hold the scales OF justice TO
The best Of my ability, ana must express my GlN
agreement with the Young German chess giant, WhO III
his honest cnthu for the school 10 which he be-
longS seems 10 ignore Uduly 10 deprcc2te the ncr
its of masters previous generation who can only
fairly be measured 10y the standard of their tine.
But on the other hand, the prOicSsed exclusive al
herents TO the old style will not be able TO deny the
irrcfutable logic Of facts, which stamps Paulsen
genius of the highest Order although his general
Shin was not Of the sort which they admire for he
has beaten such masters OF the Old school An
dersscn, kollsch and Neulnann.
a card has reached me from the authors of :" The
Chess Players Annual and Club Directory in refer
cnce to my remark about that publication In our issue
of May g. The card has been delayed in It's transmits
sion having been instructed to New-Oreans by
its senders. II IS as follows
10 NO 10 Victoria Terrace
"ClOntarf Dublin, July 20. 1891.
GDear sir: In reference TO what You pleased
10 term the blot OF he Chess Players Annual and
| Club Directory 1901, If YOU will refer 10 The
will find that other authorities attribute to you the
authorship of II. Thus We the authors of The Chcs,
Players ANIMAL and club Directory 1891. exon rate
ourselves from your APPARENT charge of untruhulncss,
deceptiOn and compliments TO Won.
| ~. y. ROWLiND 4 +. F. ROWLAND"
without charging" the authors with any further
| compliment 10 myself, | may answer that if the
responsibility for letting an article appear under my
| name, which never wrote, rests with the journal
they MENTION they ought have quoted II from the
Photographic Chess Notation" somewhat different in Is
wording from The one which Is attributed to The
Montreal Gazette" appeared In "Tlc International
| Chess Magazine" January, 1859. Ii was originally
written by Herr Metger. II Kel In explanation Of his
now welknown cable code for chess, which has since.
been adopted successfully in my cal le match against
| Tschigorin, and l only translated IL for my own
Journal.