The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-18

of the "Divan," which was patronized by
the great experts of the cay, including
HorwitZ Andersen, Lowenthal, Howard
Stanton. the well-known writer on the
same, and Henry Thoms Buckle, the au-
thor of THE History OF Civilization" who.
though not professional, was an excel
lent player.
There are several hourishing chess clubs
in London at the present titsie. The Lon
don Chess Club, started i'll 1907, is one of
the most important. There stanton and
Horwitz played famous matches, and Paul
Morphy met with a hearty English well
come when he, in 1852, played his chal-
lenge game with Herr Lowebthal.
The modern epoch of chess dates from
1851, when the first international chess
tournament was held in Tendon. This
and other contests have drawn together
the best PLAYERS OF the different countries.
In the United States the number of
chess clubs is growing, especially In the
large cities, great interest having been
manifested in the game since the famous
matches of recent years and the visits of
we'll known foreign chess players to these
shores. The first national chess congress
i'll the United States was held i'll 1857. The
chess players of that day, It is said, were
in the habit of meeting in che basement
of an old-tashioned lager beer saloon in
Nassau street, opposite th., old Herald
building. Among the well-known PLAYERS
who took part in the congress first alluded
to were Paul Morphy LOUIS Paulsen, of
Dubuque, Ia; Judge Meek, of Alabama,
and Theodore Litchtenheiff. of konigs-
burg, Prussia. In this tournament Mr..
Morphy won five games. dres one and lost
one.
The United States can claim two of the
greatest chess players of issodern ii mes,
Paul Morphy and Louis Psulsen. Paul
Morphy was born in New orleans. His
father, a Judge of the supreme court of
Louisiana, was an excellent chess player
and taught the game to his son. who, at
the age of 10. was able TO successfully COM
pete with his father and visitors who came
20 the house. According to All old rhyme:
10 teach the young Paui~chess,
lis leisure ned emploe;
Until, at last, the old mag
Was beaten by the boy.
Before he was IL years of age he played
three games with Lowenthal, an expert,
and won twoSof them. At II he won the
first prize at the New Ior. congress in
1S5.. The following year ne visited Eu-
rope, coming of a victor IL his plays in
London and Paris.
Louis Paulsen was born IN Iowa. He
was a greater player than Morphy at
blindioid chess He played in London
against zen competitors. He won two
games. lost three and drew five.
The difficulties of blind1old game of
CucSS can De briefly eNbldiHelc LOT the neu-
eft Of the class represented by gentle
man vino SAID he found il '"Aard work TO
play With his eyes open" Paulsen, in
paying with ten persons. made 210 moves
in tWeIVe hours, an average OF twenty
seven per game. This gave two minutes
and a quarter for the consideration OF
each move. AS all his moves were met by
corresponding moves on t;le part OF his
antagonists, he was called sIpon to form
80 complete mental pictures in twelve
consecutive hours. each pictlrs represent
ing the exact mode in which all the sixty
four squares in chess board were oCcu-
pied.
Compared with the birGfold game.
playing chess by telegraph is a very simple
affair. \ certain sign is presided for each
square IN the board. and tae game is then
carried on like a face TO face contest. But
"a contest of this kind created considerable
excitement in London III le45 when the
telegraph had Just been introduced.
Stanton and Walker played such game
at the two termini OF the Southwestern
railway. The leading papess considered
IL wonderful thai the moves should be re-
ported with such regularity md conveyed
uninterruptediy for a NUMBER OF hours.
One editor of a prophetic .urn of mind
grayely argued that there was no reason
why other important events should not be
communicated at the same instant
throughout the entire kingdom.
Emanuel LAsKER
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