New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-13

or,div On August Is he slept during the evening
ms ouIctly ms a healthy man, but at quarter =" =
o'clock he ceased to breathe. The phSSoia"' III
Tbsopon who viewed the body next day. con
,s1 a. ossihIe after the account which we gave him
about the symptoms Of Illness and habits OF nie Vi
o,r brother that the cause of death was uioOe.e'
neIIItus which generally ends with Consumption. ~
fcature, were not altered in the least lie iooAoN "
II he were sleeping on August ~ at ~ " Us
,ha .reraI took place with numerous participation.
A great number of laurel wrcaths had Deeh sen
the coffin not visible under their cover e wt
M enemy and no differences with any one ms w
wos simple and unassumng In spite OF MS
bshts no rewarded services that were dohe ior MN
very generously, and gladly gave aims 70 'ho pvo.
st-ct rectltuGe conscienuousness punctiah'y anu o'
of truth were his special distinctions FOR Us ms
= a preat loss His bookkeeping was 70 caoiui an"
ooct that mistakes were totally excluded WIN sucn
energy he kept himself up that only during uS i"''
dav he was confined to his bed
In an article in "The British Chess Magazine" en-
u,kd: aOn Blindfold Play and Posthortem' fio
fossor Charles Tomlinson relates an extraordinary y
~ a gentleman Mr.. Richard Rookie koohc"""o"' Vi
,he Kookewoode family, in Worcestershire VINO ""
known An private circles a remsrHaOie oii"'
nlayer being able to play as many as t"ei'e s"'n.s
simultaneously without sight of board or men, ana WIN
case He had also attempted to play fourteen ou. n
TO confess that the two extra games were ~
After his DEATH about year ago, his bro'her WIN -
sbilful anatomlst, examined the brain vi 'io
bUndfold player with the permission OF the esC vi o
family We can do no better .han to give 'no TO. "
tho story I'm Professor Tomlinsons own "orus Inc
results Of Dr. Roolewoodes examination OF ms sio'
br,In are detailed In all elaborate memoir WHICH, ~
oor ga the numerous illustrative drawings are com
peted Is TO be submitted first, TO the koya Society
and tho purely anatomical details To tue Noiieso vi
Surgeons The author has been so good as 10 0oii-
munica;e to me the following results, "h'oh "'0 o
interesting to chess PLAYERS, namely, that INC 0oi'o
oxcrcIse Of one particular organ not only increases
n IN capacity but also produces % moioc"ar C'"nso
in the direction of the line Of study acopted. III lo
o,so he.ore Ms microscopic examination OF inc ors"n
Of locality revealed the astonishing fact "aV uo
cules had arranged themselves into FORMS so'"o
resembling chess boards, with certain maths vi ms
souares supposed to represent the final posuo" VI '
peces in the last twelve games that had Deeh Pi'su
hIindfold Twelve positions were thus proDsOS III
.4d hv the aid Of the highest power the microscope
cod srnplv the thirteenth and fourteenth DCarus' vi
ha4 might represent theu blurred and indlsuhcC
TINS accounting for the fact that these TWO eA''" s"
always embarrassed the bndfOd player Inc eeno'"i
result however, of this most interesting Inquiry 'e
~ tho conclusion that the chessplayng organ thns
highly excited far undersocs mohcuI + oi'isoo ."
70 spare the memory by enabling the player as IL were
- COO the various positions in his own brain, Just as
10 bo had tbe material wooden boards and men before
him.
In the pending match between Mes5rS' faiiail ""u
Kcmeny two games were played last week Oh WHICH
each player won ono.
After the Lexington meeting Of the United states
Cboss Association some local amateurs leanVu w
colonel Frank Williams arranged triangular contest
between the three chief prze-wnnerS' Me''rs. o",-
walter Pollock and IIanham, for prizes amounting |"
800 The conditions were that the contestants shon''
tov oacb other series Of four games draws cOunEs
baT Owing TO the lndlSpOslticn VI MI Io Li , ~
contest had 10 be abandoned after onO"htcI ~ De-
TWO games against Hanham and drawn one WIZ VI
lock while the latter had lost one against il''''
Mr. W. C. Cochran, last years president -" s+ u
r-itad states Chess Association. requests us 10 s'p
1,at Tho came which VIC published III our Issue oi
SmS,st 20 as having been played between nIe9 80
Sb@waiter and Pollock really occurred oeo"T T ~
FOX tWhtel and j. ". Sh0walter (BlacKI Iho ms
tata in IN. names was first made IN loca! pnp %
fcvinrton Mr. Cochran also 9dds inc ioiomiic "
,norlg ahout the prospects Of the d5so.iatlOi, W"
enter on our fourth year with the most raw ~ .
dton and though cur growth has been slow u seems
- I'd Tor mat very reason, to promise pcrldlenc
hone in time the United states Chess ASsocloom W.
he ne important as the British Chess ASSocaHS Ut '
German Chess Association"
tournament has beeh organized Tor me sn,, onc
nionebin Of the CITY Chess Club OF Now lorh' t1e
the entries are the Wel-laioWh h"'n0" VI
Kemcny, Lloyd, Munro ana Ot'eh'
Correction-Our note tgi in the came pnoIsnesN ~
- enc ~ August shoLld begin with the Word H.
ond tbe variation given should end after bdch si'N
iecnth move with the words and WINS"