New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-05

j. ~ HLAcKBuRNE. &. Won iAi,pEIEhhN'
fght are wonderfully we'll matthcd ANA thls ~
spe If their entirely different style. To judge ir""
the number Of moves 30 far made IN the -FOUR Ram''
about too. play must have been exciting Throughout"
While Blackbnrne succeeded In winning one game
after nfty.eight moves Hardelebcn scored after
ninety three. while the two drawn games were re-
corded as such after ffty-two and forty-se'e"
moves respectively.
J. H. Blackburne was born in Manchester on De
cember TO- 1872. He at first entered business ca
reer acquiring the taste for chess comparatively
late As a youth he was well known as talented
checkerplayer but chess he learned toward the emu
OF the Mites. taking 1t up with more zeaI Wheh 'he
reputation Of the genius OF Paul Morphy nesah 10
spread. Morphy visited Manchester IN lSoi' ana
played ten games blindfoded and simultaneously.
Blackburne one OF Morphy uisuCOesS'u' 'P
ponents on that occasion.
From that time dates his fame as blndiold
player. On the day following Morphys performance
he attempted to play one game then two the lol'
lowing week he advanced 10 three. then TO SEVEN
and at last to ten games, all wlthln thr'e "eehs
following Morphy's visit.
He made his first appearance as blindfold player
IN London in 1862 when he conducted twelve games
blindfoded and simultaneously. The following Is
his record player:
He divided the third prize at the Baden-Baden
tournament $3.50 with Neumann.
He took second prize at London 0s'2l second AT
Vienna uS73) third at Paris Os10; divided first sec
ond and third with English and Schwarz at Wies-
baden t1ssW; won first at Berlin QSSD sixth at
Vienna QSsg. third at London OSSO. second al
Nuremberg UsS3) divided second. third. fourth and
fifth with Englsch, Mason. Tarrssch and Mason al
Hamburg 1sSO: won first at Hereford OsS) first
at London nsSs): divided second and third with
Weiss at Frankfurt QSS7), and at Bradford IN 1888
he again divided with Weiss the sixth prize.
In New-York usss) he took the fourth prize; at
Manchester Qs9o the second. but in these last Few
years he has not been so successful In tournaments
He won the following matches: Against Guns
berg 1881; Macdonald, 1857: Zukertort. 1888; Bird.
1888; Mackenzie 1890; Lee. 1890; Golmayo. 1891, and
VazQuez. 1891. 1t Is generally admitted that Black
burne did more than anybody else toward popular
izing the game IN Great Britain.
Curt Won Bardeleben born at Berlin, Germany.
on March 4. 1851. The taste for and the knowledge
Of the game which he acquired at an early age he
had favorable opportunities Of improving during his
student years at Berlin where he studied law. Since
Morphy. there is perhaps other young player,
Lasker excepted whose record Of success can be
compared with that of Bardeleben but Of late years
he has somewhat fallen off. He belongs TO the mod
ern school. II a thorough ANALYST and socially a
highly accomplished man, modest in demeanor and
of prfpossessng manners He has the following rec
He won first prize GIaup,turner, Berlin 1881
first lHaupttnrnerl LONDON ny: hfth. NUREMBERG
1881 fourth fIsnkIor ~ dvdsd i af, ana tourId
seventh with Bauer. Gunsberg and Pausen, and d.
vded sixth and seventh at Dresden, 1882 with Win
aver.
In set matches he beat Gottschall twice. Won
The annual dinner of the Manhattan Chess Club.
which. as stated in The Tribune last sunday. took
enjoyable AFFAIR. Thirty eight chess players sat
down TO an excelently served repast, and President
Wesley Bigelow introduced the POSTMASTER. Colonel
J. h. Wilkinson. The latter made the first hit in
his opening remarks by saying that The Speakers
would have 10 adopt time-iimt Of fifteen speeches
to the hour.
Mr.; BgeOw responded to the nrst toast. The
Manhattan c. c." while ". Stenitz, who was
termed by the postmaster as king OF the kings"
delivered an interesting speech on the toast The
cub and v %a% % De th
vice-lresident responded 10 the toast Of THE Tro-
Staten Island Club spoke IN reply 10 our Visitors"
and then J. schmid! r. The yloinisi, gave beau
poser. The ,ossis. The New;,York state Chess As
NewVJerscy." "Thc Ladies" ana "Kemni.cencss q
CHESS" were ably responded 10 by A. Is Hodges,
Charles liymes Newark H. J. kalieeahach and Dr;
LISTS twelfth rhapsody In clever style and Followed
Then G. H. richards spoke ON 'Thc Poetry Of
Chez pr o s%Gpsoo resgoa1ed to 1.-THE ;,a
Of Chess" and Coroner Il. ". Hoebcr was called
upon 70 speak on The Moral Responsibilities OF
we'll and Il: Buz also gave interesting speeches.
while H. schmidt IT, delighted the audience with
his rendering Of "spanische Tame" op. r. by
As in former years the dinner proved to be highly
'time-limt' Observed he advice of that Admirable
toastmsster Colonel Wilkinson to be brief breathy
The celebration of the hfth anniversary of the
Staten Island Chess Club Will take place next Fri.
simultaneously. The festivities Of the Richmond men
are esiways nicely arranged and as promnen
Richmond, County Hall beats creation
The Tribune expresses It's regrets to the author
sented last Sunday for the msprint. The Black
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