1883

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January 01, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Monday, January 01, 1883 - Page 1 — Chess. — Western New York and Northern Pennsylvania

January 02, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Tuesday, January 02, 1883 - Page 8 — Chess. — Steinitz's Yesterday's Play—He Will Play Thirty Games Simultaneously Tonight. — This will be a field day in the Chess, Checkers and Whist Club. Mr. Steinitz will probably finish his adjourned game with Mr. Maurian, and at 7 o'clock in the evening will undertake to play thirty games peripatetically. The champion's second game against Messrs. Fass and Wibray, in consultation, is appended. Read More

January 03, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Wednesday, January 03, 1883 - Page 8 — Twenty-Two Games Played Simultaneously in Five Hours. — Last evening Herr Steinitz played twenty-two peripatetic games, beginning at about half-past 7, finishing at half past 12, and defeating all his antagonists. The following is the list of the players, in the order in which they severally resigned or were checkmated outright: Dupre, Micou, Britton, Charpentier, Buck, Generes, Brown, Jones, Adler, Haven, Tardos, Wibray, Elliot, Tennison, Turner, Westfeldt, Fass, Small, Labatt, Edwards, Trist, Claiborne. Herr Steinitz stood within the circle of tables, moving from board to board in turn, and playing the white men in all the games. This feat must be pronounced a wonderful exhibition of skill and endurance. Some of the strongest players in the club failed to take part in this contest: but several of the champion's opponents were clever enough to tax him severely under the hard conditions which attend a peripatetic match of the magnitude of the one played last night. The lateness of the hour to which the struggle was prolonged prevents the publication of any of the games played in this issue. Read More

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Wednesday, January 03, 1883 - Page 1 — A Joust At Chess - The Champion Steinitz Against Twenty-two Players. — Last evening the Chess Club rooms on Common street were crowded, the occasion being the first exhibition here of the chess champion, Mr. Steinitz, in peripathetic games. In a large oval 22 tables were arranged, and inside, alone, was Mr. Steinitz, his opponents occupying the outside of the tables. The players against him were Messrs. Tardos, Tennison, Wibray, Fass, Small, Brown, Trist, Micou, Adler, Claiborne Elliot, Haven, D.C. Labatt, Westfeldt, Turner, Charpentier, Britton, Dupre, Buck, Jones, Generes and Edwards. Mr. Steinitz passed around from table to table making his moves, varying his openings or modes of attack. It was a little after 7 when the battle commenced, and at 8:30 p.m. Mr. Dupre resigned, soon followed by Mr. Micou second, Mr. Britton third, Mr. Charpentier fourth. Mr. Buck had a very good position, but the skill of his adversary soon broke up his defense and he succumbed, the fifth. The rest followed. Generes sixth. Brown seventh. Jones eighth. Adler ninth. Haven tenth. Tardos eleventh. Wibray twelfth. Elliot thirteenth. Tennison fourteenth. Turner fifteenth. Westfeldt sixteenth. Fass seventeenth. Small eighteenth. Labatt nineteenth. Edwards twentieth. Trist twenty-first. This left Mr. Claiborne as the only adversary left with the odds not much in favor of Mr. Steinitz. The champion concentrated all his energies now on Mr. Claiborne, moving with caution, but with each move gaining a decided advantage. At the thirty-eighth move Mr. C. was checkmated, leaving Mr. Steinitz the victor of the entire field. It was 12:20 o'clock when the last game closed. During the progress of the games the rooms were crowded with gentlemen, and in several instances Mr. Steinitz had to play against consultations. The affair has given a fresh impetus to chess, and its further progress during Mr. Steinitz' stay will be watched with interest. Read More

January 04, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Thursday, January 04, 1883 - Page 3 — The Chess Champion. — Play of Steinitz with Maurian — Some of the Games Played on Tuesday. — The adjourned game between Herr Steinitz and Mr. Maurian was finished yesterday, Maurian resigning after the sixtieth move. The following games were played in the peripatetic contest last Tuesday evening: Another trial of Herr Steinitz's skill in peripatetic is in contemplation, and he is expected to give also an exhibition of blindfold play at an early date. Read More

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Thursday, January 04, 1883 - Page 2 — At the Chess Club. — Last evening there was quite a large attendance of the lovers of chess at the club, although there was no particular exhibition of Mr. Steinitz's skill to be made. However, during the evening, in conversation with a group of gentlemen over a chess board, he gave a sample of his wonderful power of memory. Taking the men up he showed the endings of some half a dozen or more of the games he played the night before in his peripatetic trial against 22 players. How he could remember these terminations when he was constantly going from board to board for some five hours, certainly is astonishing. He is a pleasant talker and has a large fund of general information. Read More

January 05, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Friday, January 05, 1883 - Page 2 — Chess, Checkers and Whist Club. — Election of Officers for the New Years — More of Steinitz's Play. — The rooms of the Chess, Checkers and Whist Club were thronged last night by an unusually large attendance upon the occasion of the annual election of officers. The following named gentlemen were chosen to serve during the ensuing year: President Chas. F. Buck; Second Vice President, Gen. John Glynn Jr.; Treasurer, F.H. Frost; Governing Committee, Messrs. Chas. Janvier, H.L. Dufour, Jas. L. Seguin, A.T. Mather, Lucien Lyons. The vote for First Vice President was a tie between Judge C.G. Ogden and Mr. N. B. Trist, and the second ballot for that position was postponed to Thursday next. After the transaction of other important business the club adjourned at a late hour. The following game was played yesterday between Herr Steinitz and Mr. Maurian… Read More

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Friday, January 05, 1883 - Page 2 — A Chess Circus. — There was an exciting annual election of officers last night at the Chess, Checkers and Whist Club. Several hundred members were present, the result of whose votes is as follows: E.A. Buck, president; N.B. Trist and Chas. B. Ogden, tie for first vice presidency; John Glynn Jr., second vice president; F.H. Frost, treasurer; Chas. Janvier, J.D. Seguin, H.L. Dufour, Lucien Lyons and A.T. Mather, governing committee. Mr. Steinitz was elected an honorary member of the club, and it was decided to throw open the rooms of the club to visitors upon some of his peripatetic chess performances, one evening being for ladies.
  — Didn't Want His Pawns Doubled. — Mr. Steinitz tells this anecdote from his chess career… Read More

January 06, 1883

• Ottawa Daily Citizen Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Saturday, January 06, 1883 - Page 3 — “Our Chess Corner”

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Saturday, January 06, 1883 - Page 2 — Steinitz. Peripatetic Play Tonight - Blindfold Games To Be Played. — Herr Steinitz will play a number of simultaneous games tonight at the rooms of the Chess, Checkers and Whist Club. The members of the club are expected to be present in force, as it is intended to match the Champion against a stronger team than that which he defeated on the occasion of his first peripatetic seance. On Wednesday night next he will engage four players at as many blindfold games of chess and play a hand at whist between the moves. Her Steinitz played six or seven interesting games yesterday, giving the odds of the queen's knight and winning in every instance. Read More

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Saturday, January 06, 1883 - Page 2 — Peripatetic Chess. — Tonight Steinitz plays some of his peripatetic chess games at the club. Members having the privilege of inviting guests, there will be a large number present to witness the games. Steinitz played several games last night, giving the odds of a knight, and winning them all. Read More

January 07, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, January 07, 1883 - Page 6 — Steinitz - He Wins Another Peripatetic Match Scoring Twenty Games, Drawing One. — Shortly after 7 o'clock yesterday evening Herr Steinitz began his second peripatetic contest in the rooms of the Chess, Checkers and Whist Club. Twenty-one players entered the lists against him, and the combination was, upon the whole, something stronger than the one he defeated in a similar match the other day. Nevertheless, with the exception of Mr. Leon Labatt's game, which was drawn, the result was the same as before… The blindfold match is fixed for Wednesday evening next. The following game was won from Herr Steinitz by Mr. Ed. Farrar on Thursday last, the former giving the odds of the queen's knight… Read More

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, January 07, 1883 - Page 15 — Last night Steinitz gave a second series of peripatetic games, the following gentlemen appearing against him… Up to a late hour last night all the games were finished except the one between Mr. Steinitz and Mr. Blanchard. Mr. Steinitz won all of these with the exception of his game with Mr. Leon Labatt, which was drawn. This game is given below. It must be borne in mind that the order in which the players resign is no test of their ability. Steinitz will stop at one table as long as his opponent will reply to his moves. If he sees that his antagonist is not ready he will move on. A rapid player may, therefore, be compelled to surrender in quicker order than one who plays more cautiously. Read More

January 09, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana 09 January 1883, Tuesday — Spoilation Rewarded. — In the Times-Democrat of Sunday a special telegram from Washington announced the passage of a bill for the relief of the widows of Albert G. and Alfred Hill on the following statement of facts: “Shortly after the arrival of General Butler in this city he suppressed the New Orleans Delta: when Banks succeeded Butler he gave the workmen on the paper permission to resume its publication under management of the foreman of the composition room. This was February 9, 1863. Next day Banks ordered the (illegible) and the material to be turned over to the Messrs. Hill. These men held commissions in the United States army. Shortly after they changed the name of the paper to ‘New Era.’ The statement proceeds “The Era office, including the material, was the same as the Daily Delta. The Hills then resigned in the army, but continued in the management of the paper. It is alleged that they purchased considerable material for the paper, but, quarreling, Banks ordered the paper turned over to other persons. After this cool and audacious statement of the several transfers of private property belonging to our own citizens to certain tools of Butler and Banks, the telegram announces the passage of the act for the relief of the widows of the transferees, without title or compensations, of private property of citizens of New Orleans, thus confiscated and expropriated without judicial authority and in outrageous violation of the constitution of the United States. It does not appear that any Representative from Louisiana made any protest or objection to this grant of relief to the usurpers and illegal holders of other people's property, in remuneration of an act of spoilation and malappropriation, and in reward for the base uses to which they applied the types and machinery which were the lawful property of citizens of Louisiana. The New Orleans Delta was owned by citizens of New Orleans. It was subject to the claims of creditors who were also citizens. Perhaps the property might have been subjected to confiscation by judicial process, but there was no such process or confiscation. Its seizure and transfer to others by Butler and Banks were lawless acts for which they could have been held liable in damages as was shown in the case of Sam Smith, tried and adjudicated in a New York court when Butler was condemned to release a very large amount of gold which that lawless representative of the United States had seized and appropriated. There have been similar judgments in other cases. The proprietors of the Delta and their creditors were no more implicated in the so-called rebellion and its consequences than were the gentlemen who recovered these judgments… General Butler to Obtain 9000 dollars from public treasury. Read More

January 10, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Wednesday, January 10, 1883 - Page 2 — Steinitz - Blindfold Chess Tonight - A Fine Game with Mr. McConnell. — Herr Steinitz will play tonight four games of chess simultaneously, and without sight of the boards, and will take a hand of whist between the moves. It is probable that strong players will be matched against him, and much interest is manifested in the novel experiment about to be made. Among other strong local amateurs who have tested Herr Steinitz's strength during his visit to New Orleans, is Mr. James McConnell. The following game is one of four between those gentlemen, all of which were won by the champion… Read More

January 11, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Thursday, January 11, 1883 - Page 8 — Steinitz. He Wins the Blindfold Match. — Herr Steinitz played last night, according to announcement, four games of chess simultaneously, without sight of the boards, and took a hand of whist between the moves. Play began at about half-past 7, and continuing until a little after 11, Herr Steinitz winning all the games of chess, his opponents being Messrs. Vix, Blackmar, Blanchard and Labatt. Those gentlemen were defeated in the order given. At whist his partner was Mr. Harris, his opponents Messrs. Maurian and De Ruyter. Read More

January 12, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Friday, January 12, 1883 - Page 8 — Steinitz — An Interesting Game Between the Champion and Mr. L.L. Labatt.

January 13, 1883

• The Leeds Mercury Leeds, West Yorkshire, England Saturday, January 13, 1883 - Page 19 — Chess

• Sheffield and Rotherham Independent Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England Saturday, January 13, 1883 - Page 13 — Chess. By Mr. H.E. Bird, “Instructive and Critical Positions Continued. The following affords another specimen of Morphy's play, and is an excellent example of his readiness of conception.

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Saturday, January 13, 1883 - Page 8 — Steinitz - The Champion Wins a Game and Draws a Game With Mr. Maurian. — The two games below were played yesterday by Herr Steinitz with Mr. Maurian, of the Chess, Checkers and Whist Club…

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Saturday, January 13, 1883 - Page 8 — Steinitz. — Two Drawn Games Between Him and Mr. McConnell. — Last night Mr. Steinitz played four games of chess with Mr. McConnell, the first two of which he won, the last two, which were drawn, are given below…

January 14, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, January 14, 1883 - Page 6 — Steinitz. - He Wins Twelve Games and Draws One at Peripatetic Chess. — Last evening Herr Steinitz was pitted against thirteen chess players of average strength, at the rooms of the Chess, Checkers and Whist Club. Before midnight he had defeated all his opponents except Mr. Tennison, who succeeded in effecting a draw.

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, January 14, 1883 - Page 4 — A Chess King. — There can be no question that in Mr. Steinitz we have with us a chessmaster of the very highest rank. Indeed, the results of his play with the other chess kings of the past and present—he has met nearly every one in set matches and has never lost a single one on even terms—is full justification for the title of champion of the world so generally accorded him. True, in the great international tourney at Vienna, he only tied with the Russian master, Winawer, for first prize, but Steinitz fought throughout the contest heavily handicapped with the rustiness of over six years' previous retirement from match play, and with his laborious duties as special correspondent of the London Field consuming the hours of the night after the day's battles were over. An equally notable gathering of great chess players probably never occurred, and Steinitz's successes, under the circumstances, has well been pronounced a veritable tour de force, a crowning and convincing proof of his leadership among the masters of the royal game. And yet, when we reflect upon the pronounced characteristics of his opponents, such as Blackburne of England, Tschigorin of Russia, Mackenzie of America, and many others, in whose beauty, strength and brilliancy of combination the general public so unhesitatingly find the highest evidences of genius, it sounds strange to say that, comparing the style of his game with theirs, we should, on this basis simply, almost be forced to relegate Steinitz to a lower category. But when the practical test is made, how different is the conclusion. That slowness of attack, which we at first ascribed to lack of the brilliancy of genius, we find, on closer examination, to be a profundity of calculation, rejecting the brilliant only whenever the imperfect, and adopting the slower only because the more certain. What at first appeared to be the absence of genius, we discover to be genius kept under strict control, and working out its purposes with a certainty attainable only in the combination of the two apparently contradictory attributes of solidity of judgment and brilliancy of imagination. And the closer we observe, the stronger the strange conclusion grows. There are few or no brilliant sacrifices, seldom or never a pretty and striking trap, but there is a steady, irresistible advance of the pieces, an almost imperceptible but ceaseless gain in position, a grim immovable grip upon the opponent, never relaxed for an instant till the moment for the final blow arrives, and the stroke falls like that of a Titan—all remaining one of nothing so much as the silent majestic rise of a great river like our own Mississippi. The roar of the cataracts which form its headwaters may be lost in the distance, but in its mighty swell the uncontrollable, the inevitable are mirrored. Such, or nearly such, is Steinitz's game, a style of play which he claims to have, as it were, out and out invented; and comparing the brilliant attack method of his early career with his present style, we may the more readily concede the claim. What brilliancy he displayed away back in 1862 against Anderssen and Mongredien, and with what ill-success; what solidity in Vienna, in 1882, and how successfully? If the change the result of the change be the test, Steinitz must be granted his assertions, first, that he has discovered a new method, and secondly, that it is the true one.
  But a doubt—an unsolvable doubt, still remains. May he not succeed, after all, simply because his genius is naturally greater and scientifically more trained than that of his antagonists? What would have been the result if his shield of adamant could have been opposed to the lightning strokes of the genius of Morphy? What would have been the outcome of those glorious and tremendous battles wherein the master of the perfectly attacking defense would have encountered the onslaught of the master of the perfectly defended attack? Alas! for the cause of the royal game, who can tell? National pride may prompt the reply upon our lips, but the rest is forever impossible, and silence alone is polite and just. Read More

January 16, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Tuesday, January 16, 1883 - Page 8 — Steinitz — Three Brilliant Games. — Of the three extremely interesting games published below, the first was played by Mr. Tennison with Herr Steinitz in the peripatetic match on Saturday last, and the other two were played yesterday between the champion and Mr. Jas. McConnell… Read More

January 17, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Wednesday, January 17, 1883 - Page 8 — Steinitz. — He Wins a Game Against Three Strong Players in Consultation. — The following closely contested chess encounter took place at the rooms of the Chess, Checkers and Whist Club yesterday morning. Herr Steinitz's opponent were three of the strongest players in the club… Read More

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Wednesday, January 17, 1883 - Page 8 — Steinitz. — Another Peripatetic Match Won by the Champion. — The bad weather last night prevented a large attendance at the rooms of the Chess, Checkers and Whist Club, and for that reason only nine players engaged Prof. Steinitz in the peripatetic match which had been arranged for that date. The consequence was that the champion scored his usual victory with more than ordinary dispatch. His competitors were Messrs. G. Generes, J. Wibray, Th. Hohagen, C. F. C. Grambarth, M.F. Fass, A.F. Friedrichs, T. Lichtenstag, A. Lichtenstag and Dr. Von Seydewitz, all of whom were defeated.
  The following excerpt is from the Philadelphia Times of Sunday last: A Letter From The Champion. The following is an interesting extract from a letter just received by us from Mr. Steinitz: “I have been very well treated everywhere in America up to the present and am especially thankful to Philadelphia for having given the start to my start. New Orleans has the finest chess club in the world, both for number and accommodation. The rooms are better than those of the St. George's, the Paris Cercel des Echecs and Vienna. Accept my warmest thanks for your laudatory notice, but I think it would be instructive to mention on what point I specially differ from the old school. It is very simple and the principle can be laid down in a few words, though its application in detail is complicated. My contention is that the king, instead of being a weak spot which must be guarded carefully at first, is in reality a strong piece, not only in the ending, but also in the opening and middle of the game.” Read More

January 18, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Thursday, January 18, 1883 - Page 4 — Mr Steinitz, the chess champion now in our city, in a recent letter to the Philadelphia Times, says: “New Orleans has the finest chess club in the world, both for number and accommodation. The rooms are better than those of the St. George's, the Paris Cercle des Echecs and Vienna.” Read More

January 19, 1883

• The Atlanta Constitution Atlanta, Georgia Friday, January 19, 1883 - Page 1 — A Boom In Chess. - Revival in interest of the Worship of the Game in New York

January 20, 1883

• The Age Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Saturday, January 20, 1883 - Page 3 — False Report of Paul Morphy's Death from 1882

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Saturday, January 20, 1883 - Page 2 — Steinitz. - He is Mated At Last, and Mr. Jas. McConnell Scores One. — The game published below was played on Thursday night last between Herr Steinitz and Mr. Jas. McConnell. It is the only game in which the champion has been defeated on even terms in this city. Another peripatetic match is announced for tonight in the rooms of the Chess, Checkers and Whist Club. Read More

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Saturday, January 20, 1883 - Page 2 — Steinitz. — Last night the game of chess between Steinitz on the one side and Messrs. Seguin, Buck and Dunn on the other was finished, the combination winning it in handsome style. The game took seven hours, and was played on both sides with great deliberation.

January 21, 1883

• The Times Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sunday, January 21, 1883 - Page 8 — The Chess Board. - Some of Morphy's Games - A Prize Mate. Chess Notes.

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, January 21, 1883 - Page 6 — Steinitz. He Loses Another Game. — The following named players engaged Herr Steinitz at peripatetic chess last night at the Chess Club: Messrs. Jardet, Ranlett, Bonnecaze, Friedrichs, S.S. Herrick, W.S. Herrick, Trist, Adler, Micou, Blanchard, Wibray, Fass, Seguin, J.C. Delavigne, A.J. Delavigne, Louis Koppel, H.L. Hyams, C.F.C. Grambarth. Mr. Blanchard had the rare good fortune to announce mate after his opponent's twentieth move. The following is the game… Read More

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, January 21, 1883 - Page 15 — Steinitz. — An Unfortunate Evening for the Chess Champion. — Mr. Steinitz played a series of peripatetic games last night against 20 antagonists, of these games he won 18; one of the remainder, which is given below, was lost to Mr. Blanchard, and the other with Mr. Seguin, was unfinished at 12 o'clock, the hour for closing the club. Mr. Steinitz, in regard to this latter game said that Mr. Seguin, having a clear rook ahead, was sure of winning, but that he, Steinitz, did not feel justified in resigning. Read More

January 22, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Monday, January 22, 1883 - Page 1 — Steinitz. - The Last Week of His Visit-He Will Play Mackenzie in New York.

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Monday, January 22, 1883 - Page 3 — Steinitz. An Exhibition at the Chess Club for the Ladies. — On next Wednesday night Mr. Steinitz will give a blind-fold performance at the rooms of the chess club, which has made preparations to receive ladies. The following is the unfinished game of Saturday night between Mr. Steinitz and Mr. Seguin. As will be seen, and as Mr. Steinitz remarked, Mr. Seguin has the winning game. Read More

January 23, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Tuesday, January 23, 1883 - Page 2 — Steinitz. Messrs. Steinitz and McConnell played several games of chess last night, the former gentleman winning them all. Tomorrow night Mr. Steinitz will give a blindfold exhibition of games, at which a large number of ladies will be present.

January 25, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Thursday, January 25, 1883 - Page 2 — Steinitz. - Plays and Wins Four Blindfold Games of Chess and a Game of Whist in the Presence of the Fair. — At the rooms of the Chess, Checkers and Whist Club, last night, Herr Steinitz repeated his feat of playing four games of blindfold chess simultaneously with a game of whist. As on the former occasion, he scored a victory both at cards and on the checkered field. At whist his partner was Mr. Lyons and Messrs. Generes and Claiborne were his opponents. To celebrate this notable performance, for the first time in its history, the club opened its doors for the reception of lady guests, a large number of whom availed themselves of that opportunity of seeing chess played, under circumstances of exceptional interest, by the greatest of living players. Refreshments, consisting of champagne, ices, cakes, etc., were liberally provided, and the entertainment was, throughout, a perfect demonstration that neither the game nor its votaries is either dull or unsocial. Read More

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Thursday, January 25, 1883 - Page 2 — Steinitz. — A Large Crowd of Ladies Witness the Blindfold Performances. — The entertainment given by the chess club last night to the ladies, was an unqualified success. The rooms of the club, which have recently been fitted up with the most modern and elegant appointments, were brilliantly lighted, and every convenience for the reception of the visitors had been prepared. With the unusual appearance of the ladies, who, taking full possession of the premises, wandered through the billiard, card and reading rooms, the club took on a garb of festivity never before assumed. A dainty champagne supper was given the ladies, whose praises of the club were both loud and deep. The reception committee, assisted by other members, did the honors of the occasion in a handsome manner, and saw that no want on the part of the guests remained unsupplied, an extra number of waiters having been engaged. Mr. Steinitz himself was at his best. Notwithstanding the buzz and bustle consequent upon such a large attendance, his blindfold play was always correct, and sometimes brilliant. His play with Mr. Wibray, which is here given, was won in a particularly fine style. He played against four tables, presided over respectively by Messrs. Wibray, Fass, Farrar and Edwards. During the games he played with success a round of whist against Messrs. Generes and Claiborne, having Mr. Lyons for a partner. The first of his antagonists to resign was Mr. Wibray, who was shortly followed by Mr. Fass, Mr. Edwards and Mr. Farrar holding out until nearly 12 o'clock, when they resigned in the order as above. This play of Mr. Steinitz, who was loudly applauded upon its completion, was marvelously clever, his adversaries being among the strongest members of the club. Read More

January 27, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Saturday, January 27, 1883 - Page 2 — Steinitz. — One of His Blindfold Games. — The following is one of the blindfold games played by Herr Steinitz simultaneously with a game of whist. It will be seen that his opponent, Mr. Fass, got himself into fatal difficulties by an unfortunate oversight in his fifteenth move.

January 28, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, January 28, 1883 - Page 3 — Steinitz. — Steinitz played a few games of chess yesterday with Mr. McConnell and with Mr. Mannion, winning them all except one, which he lost to the latter gentleman.

January 29, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, February 04, 1883 :— “Mr. Steinitz's engagement with the New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club came to an end on the 27th ult., and on Monday evening [January 29th] he left for New York…”

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Monday, January 29, 1883 - Page 2 — Mr. Steinitz's System in Chess. — “…It is, beyond doubt, too, this latter characteristic of chess — or more accurately speaking, the pursuit of the possibilities involved in this characteristic, which draws the largest element of its votaries, and which formed the chief feature of attraction in the play of the brilliant masters, like La Bourdonnais, McDonnell, Cochrane and Morphy, rendering their recorded games monuments of imperishable beauty for future generations. When, therefore, we hear an eminent—nay, the leading master of the world in our times, like Mr. Steinitz, announcing that all these beauties, which for years have been cherished as expositions of the highest form of chess, are but the outgrowth of a faulty system of conducting the game, and would have been impossible had the true system been adopted on either side; when we find him declaring that he has as it were, discovered this true system of chess, and, what is more to the point, that his world-wide victories are due to its adoption and application as against what he calls “the old style” and finally, when we note, besides, that the play of this great master himself, in its steady, methodical, unerring exactness, presents, comparatively speaking, almost an entire contrast to the so often strikingly brilliant style of the old players, would we not, even if at length compelled to admit his conclusions, do so only with a profound sigh, as destructive of the best and most attractive feature of the game…” Read More

January 31, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Wednesday, January 31, 1883 - Page 4 — Steinitz to a friend in Philadelphia. — Mr. Steinitz, the chess champion, in a recent letter from this city to a friend in Philadelphia, says: Accept my warmest thanks for your laudatory notice, but I think it would be instructive to mention on what point I specifically differ from the old school. It is very simple, and the principle can be laid down in a few words, though its application in detail is complicated. My contention is that the king, instead of being a weak spot, which must be guarded carefully at first, is, in reality, a strong piece, not only in the ending, but also in the opening and middle of the game. Read More

February 04, 1883

• The Times Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sunday, February 04, 1883 - Page 7 — The Chess Board. The Coming International Congress—History of the Philadelphia Club.

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, February 04, 1883 - Page 4 — Chess. News. — “Mr. Steinitz's engagement with the New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club came to an end on the 27th ult., and on Monday evening he left for New York. Taking it all in all, we may extend our congratulations alike to the club for its enterprise in bringing its distinguished guest among us, and to the gentleman himself for the éclat which has so marked his visit. Mr. Steinitz came to us with the reputation of being the leading master of the chess world, and we were, perhaps, justified in expecting to find the title maintained in the autocratic spirit, both in manner and play, so often attributed to him. Suffice it to say that he departs from us with our admiration for his abilities as a chess-master increased by nearer observation, and as a gentleman with the respect and regard of all who can distinguish between laudable independence of spirit and mere dogmatism of ideas. If, on the one hand, he has not converted us all to the tenets of his system, so claimed, on the other, he has more thoroughly than ever impressed us with the massive force of his style; and while we must still adhere to our old belief that no player, past or present, could have surpassed our unsurpassable Morphy, still we as cheerfully admit that none could have so tried the powers of his genius as Steinitz. From a simple chess standpoint, the many beautiful games enriching our local chess history, the excitement created among all lovers of the game, and the marked interest aroused among the general public of this city by his blindfold and peripatetic play, all demonstrate the complete success of his visit. Mr. Steinitz carries away with him the sincere good-wishes of all our local chess community…” Read More

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, February 04, 1883 - Page 4 — Our Chess Column. — Today the Times-Democrat publishes the first issue of a chess column, which will hereafter be a regular feature of our Sunday paper. We do this not only in accordance with the example of many of the leading journals of the country, like the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, the Philadelphia Times, the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and others, devoting space to the same purpose, but also, because we wish to properly recognize the marked revival of public interest in this most noble and scientific of games now being manifested throughout the world, and especially in our own city. For a general revival of interest in chess is synonymous with an increasing appreciation of the beauties of the purely intellectual among the general public, and it is part of the true mission of the press to encourage this whenever and under whatever guise manifested. Moreover, the history of our city is indissolubly linked with that of chess; it has given birth to the mightiest chess genius of past or present times; it contains at this moment, according to Mr. Steinitz, “the finest chess club in the world, both for numbers and accommodation,” and it is therefore, eminently fitting that the pronounced chess sentiment of the community should find proper exposition in its local press. This it is the purpose of our new column henceforth to afford, and we trust that all lovers of the royal game will evince their appreciation of the opportunity offered. Not only in New Orleans, with its colossal club, but throughout the parishes, there are doubtless many fine players, whose games will always be welcome, and in that department of the game so aptly termed “the poetry of chess,” in past days the problem-composers of our city made a creditable record. This, we trust, will be renewed through the medium of our column, and to that end we specially invite the productions both of our home talent and of the country at large. Read More

February 08, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Thursday, February 08, 1883 - Page 2 — Chess. A Match for Martinez — The Coming Congress. —The Philadelphia Times says: The Cubans are on their mettle. They have just sent a challenge to Mr. Steinitz, inviting that gentleman to play Mr. Celso Golmayo, the champion chess sharp of Havana, for a stake of $500. Mr. Golmayo is a gentleman more or less known in the world of chess. In 1863 he won a game of Morphy at the odds of a knight. In 1867 he made a fair score at the Paris Chess Congress, and since that period he lost a match to Mr. D.M. Martinez. Mr. Steinitz has not yet turned in his reply to the challenge… ★ Read More

• The New York Times New York, New York Thursday, February 08, 1883 - Page 10 — Champions at Chess

February 10, 1883

• Sheffield and Rotherham Independent Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England Saturday, February 10, 1883 - Page 13 — Chess by Mr. H.E. Bird — “In the well known game between Morphy and Bird, the latter in his 10th move played R Ksq, which is greatly inferior to the move in the text. It was won by Morphy after an excellent contest.

February 11, 1883

• St. Louis Globe-Democrat St. Louis, Missouri Sunday, February 11, 1883 - Page 11 — Chess. — One of Morphy's Games. — Mr. Reichhelm acknowledges his indebtedness to Mr. James Wibray, the well-known New Orleans chess-player, for the discovery of manuscripts containing thirty-two games not hitherto published between Paul Morphy and Charles A. Maurian. In each game Mr. Morphy gave the odds of queen's knight, and the games themselves are a selection from four series between these players, which resulted as follows … Read More

February 18, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, February 18, 1883 - Page 5 — Chess.

February 23, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Friday, February 23, 1883 - Page 2 — Chess. Capt. Mackenzie's Wonderful Performance.

February 25, 1883

• Arizona Weekly Citizen Tucson, Arizona Sunday, February 25, 1883 - Page 2 — Steinitz Defeated by F.M. Teed

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, February 25, 1883 - Page 5 — Chess. — Apropos of the recent false report of the death of Mr. Morphy, lately going the rounds of the foreign press, the London Chess Monthly clips the following from the Pioneer, of Allahabad, India, under date of December 25, 1882: “Morphy, the celebrated American chess player, recently deceased, is said to have detested the very name of India, for here he met his match.” … Seeing that Mr. Morphy never was in India in his life, there is a faint air of improbability in the tale, which, charming as it is, almost compels us to doubt its accuracy. Read More

Apropos of the Recent False Report of the Death of Mr. Morphy 25 Feb 1883, Sun The Times-Democrat (New Orleans, Louisiana) Newspapers.com

March 03, 1883

• The Weekly Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Saturday, March 03, 1883 - Page 5 — Chess.

March 04, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, March 04, 1883 - Page 6 — Chess.

• St. Louis Globe-Democrat St. Louis, Missouri Sunday, March 04, 1883 - Page 7 — Chess. — Quoting the Commercial-Gazette: “In brilliancy Morphy surpassed Steinitz as much as the morning star does an oil lamp. Our judgment is that Morphy of old could beat Steinitz in the proportion of 7 to 2. In his games in Vienna last year Steinitz made more miscalculations than Morphy did in all his games he played in Europe. So Steinitz is less sound than Morphy and indefinitely less brilliant. Take the match games of each and count the errors. When this is done we shall hear no more of the assumption that Steinitz is the equal of Morphy in any respect.” Read More

Morphy's Brilliancy 04 Mar 1883, Sun St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, Missouri) Newspapers.com

March 08, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Thursday, March 08, 1883 - Page 8 — Chess. Men and their Methods Compared — “No player can play a perfect game, for the full resources of chess are far beyond the ken even of a Morphy. Therefore, when Mr. Anderssen plays his play is necessarily imperfect, though the errors of his system are of a delicate nature and not gross defects like the blunders of an ordinary player. Mr. Anderssen played for a series of years and held his own against the great masters because he had met with no one powerful enough to detect and take advantage of his errors. Then he encountered Morphy! The play of Anderssen, that had hitherto looked as impenetrable as hands of steel, all at once fell to pieces and displayed gaps of omission and neglected precaution because a greater master was opposed to him, able to take advantage of his misses. Anderssen's play was really the same, but it looked bad, for every move that he made yielded no fruit. During the match, in fact, a friend said to Anderssen: “What is the matter with you? You are not playing as formerly.” Anderssen good naturedly replied: “I can't. Morphy won't let me.” Mr. Anderssen had met a greater master than himself, and his game, in consequence, looked shabby and mean. Now, take Mr. Steinitz. During his recent visits to the American clubs it was said that Mackenzie, Maurian and Martinez played like school-boys against him. Not so. Their play looked off color because it could find no winning vent against the steel-clad defense opposed to it. Were Steinitz to meet Morphy, what then? Why, then the small imperfections of Steinitz's play, invisible to us, would be brought to light, because the greatest of all masters would be there to illustrate the fact. Then the critics would say that Steinitz had lost his powers of play, had lost his art of “crowding” and “dancing,” but the more discriminating would affirm that Mr. Steinitz had not lost his cunning of fence, but that a greater game than his was overshadowing it.” ★ Read More

March 11, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, March 11, 1883 - Page 5 — Chess.

March 13, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Tuesday, March 13, 1883 - Page 8 — Chess - Mason and Mackenzie to Represent America in Contest for the World Championship — New York World: “Conversing with the Captain on the subject of the improvement in chess-playing within the past twenty years, he expressed the opinion that there had been a decided advance in a knowledge of the intricacies of the game, a result largely due to the masterly strategy which that champion of champions, Paul Morphy introduced during the period of his highest fame. The Captain regards Morphy as a player not yet equaled by any of the modern masters of the art who have succeeded him.” ★ Read More

March 16, 1883

• The Brooklyn Union Brooklyn, New York Friday, March 16, 1883 - Page 3 — Reception to a Noted Chess Player

March 18, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, March 18, 1883 - Page 9 — Chess.

March 20, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Tuesday, March 20, 1883 - Page 2 — Chess - A Brooklyn Reception to Captain Mackenzie

March 24, 1883

• The Weekly Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Saturday, March 24, 1883 - Page 3 — Chess.

March 25, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, March 25, 1883 - Page 5 — Chess.

April 01, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, April 01, 1883 - Page 7 — Chess. ★ — Regarding the 1st of April hoax, as to a wonderful chess contest in this city between a supposititious Mr. P**l M**p*y and an alleged chess prodigy from Chihuahua, Mexico, which appeared in the local columns of this paper on that date, while we cannot assume to speak for what goes on in other departments, we merely observe that we suppose a number of our contemporaries are not aware that these annual jokes are a time-honored custom in New Orleans newspaperdom. Moreover, the hoax in question was one patent as such, upon its very face, to every chessist — bristling with “internal evidences” of the fact, as Turf aptly terms it, and while we did not feel at liberty to “give away” the matter to the public in general, we surely thought we had vouchsafed an infallible clue to all chessists in saying as much, or rather as little, as we did at the time. And after all, the result has been to bring into not unfitting prominence a beautiful, and evidently too little known, masterpiece of the old school of problemists, the composition, as we have learned of the late Rev. H. Bolton, and to be found stored away upon page 333 of that quaint repository of the good things scacchic-Alexandre's Beauties of Chess. So brother H., take it good humoredly. It really seems to us as if, after all, no grievous injury of discourtesy has been inflicted; and, in any event, we pray thee “never shake thy gory locks at us.” Read More

April 08, 1883

• The Times Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sunday, April 08, 1883 - Page 10 — The Chess-Board - The Forthcoming Congress in London and the Different Representatives

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, April 08, 1883 - Page 7 — Chess.

April 15, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, April 15, 1883 - Page 7 — Chess.

April 21, 1883

• St. Louis Globe-Democrat St. Louis, Missouri Saturday, April 21, 1883 - Page 13 — Chess.

April 22, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, April 22, 1883 - Page 7 — The Modern School (?) Of Chess. — Apropos of the general discussion of the so-called modern school or system, lately going on in the chess columns of this country, we take the liberty of making the following extract from an interesting letter a short time since received from Mr. Steinitz himself: “I have not had time to examine games and /snipping for brevity/…” We have already expressed our opinion fully, at other times, that the so-called modern school or system in chess, of which Mr. Steinitz claims the origination, and since then, in his games, the exemplification, is, in fact, not a school or system, properly so termed, at all, but simply a style of play, more or less strongly individualized according to the player; that the radical and inherent infinite possibilities of Chess, from its very nature, cannot and never will be rendered subject to the rigid fetters of any precise or definite system proper. We must admit that Mr. Steinitz's generalizations are plausible, and, considering his great achievements, very modest; but we shall con his promised work on his school or system with no little interest, as we seek the practical analysis, the specific application in detail of the theories—so broadly and perhaps somewhat vaguely enunciated—which the conscientious student will demand and expect.
  Sample games of Steinitz vs. Golmayo. Read More

April 23, 1883

• Daily News London, Greater London, England Monday, April 23, 1883 - Page 2 — The London International Chess Tournament. — “It is noteworthy that these complaints were never made of Paul Morphy, the American player who once astonished Europe, nor of Kiseritzky or Anderssen…”

April 25, 1883

• The Standard London, Greater London, England Wednesday, April 25, 1883 - Page 5 — Chess Tournament in London

April 29, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, April 29, 1883 Page 6 — Chess.

April 30, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Monday, April 30, 1883 - Page 1 — Chess. The London Tournament. — A London dispatch if the 27th says: In the universal chess tournament Rosenthal and Sellman, Blackburne and Mackenzie and Bird and Wiramer played draw games. Englisch, Mason and Zukertort defeated respectively Steinitz, Skipmouth and Mortimer. Read More

May 01, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Tuesday, May 01, 1883 - Page 8 — The Chess Tournament

May 04, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Friday, May 04, 1883 - Page 8 — Chess Tournament.

May 05, 1883

• Detroit Free Press Detroit, Michigan Saturday, May 05, 1883 - Page 8 — Chess.

• St. Louis Globe-Democrat St. Louis, Missouri Saturday, May 05, 1883 - Page 11 — Chess.

May 06, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, May 06, 1883 - Page 6 — Chess.

May 07, 1883

• Glasgow Herald Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland Monday, May 07, 1883 - Page 7 — The Chess Tournament.

• The Morning Post London, Greater London, England Monday, May 07, 1883 - Page 2 — The Chess Tournament.

May 08, 1883

• The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post, Western Countries and South Wales Advertiser Bristol, Bristol, England Tuesday, May 08, 1883 - Page 8 — The International Chess Tournament. — Yesterday, Rosenthal played the Ruy Lopez, and won easily against Mortimer, Blackburne won in brilliant style against Englisch, who played the French defence, Bird won a game off Mackenzie… Read More

• The Courier and Argus Dundee, Tayside, Scotland Tuesday, May 08, 1883 - Page 6 — Great International Chess Match — Our London Letter — The International Chess Match — “As the great international chess match progresses public interest, at first slow to be aroused to the importance of the event, appears to be increasing. The English champion, Mr. Blackburne, has up to the present displayed a sad lack of that dash and brilliancy which he showed ten years ago at Vienna, and two years since at Berlin, when he won against all comers. In fact, his claim to the title of Morphy, the Second may be considered in abeyance unless he signally increase his present score. Herr Steinitz has been so decisively beaten at his own favourite open that he is scarcely likely to try that opening again, while as to the cynical remark that there is little to be learnt from Zackertort's play, all I can say is that he is a precisian of the first water, who combines strategy with care, and that he seems, up to date, to be instructing his opponents how to lose their game with him. To say that never in the annals of the chess world has such a host of celebrities been brought together is to say too little. Nothing remotely approaching the concensus of ability now at the Criterion has ever assembled to try conclusions in Europe or America, and the result if at all of a decided character will entitle the winner to be justly considered the champion of the world. Read More

May 13, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, May 13, 1883 - Page 6 — Chess.

May 17, 1883

• The Standard London, Greater London, England Thursday, May 17, 1883 - Page 3 — The Chess Tournament. “The usual move at this juncture is B-K2. The text move was introduced by Paul Morphy against L. Paulsen, New York tournament, 1857.”

May 19, 1883

• The Weekly Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Saturday, May 19, 1883 - Page 6 — Chess.

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Saturday, May 19, 1883 - Page 8 Chess. The London Tournament.

• Liverpool Mercury, etc. Liverpool, Merseyside, England Saturday, May 19, 1883 - Page 5 — The Chess Tournament of 1883 — The Chess Tournament of 1883, in progress in London, has reached a stage at which some idea may be formed as to the probable victorious champion…

May 20, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, May 20, 1883 - Page 9 — Chess.

May 21, 1883

• The Morning Post London, Greater London, England Monday, May 21, 1883 - Page 2 — Chess.

• The Standard London, Greater London, England Monday, May 21, 1883 - Page 2 — The Chess Tournament.

May 22, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Tuesday, May 22, 1883 - Page 8 — Chess. The London Tournament.

May 23, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Wednesday, May 23, 1883 - Page 8 — Chess. The London Tournament.

• Birmingham Daily Post Birmingham, West Midlands, England Wednesday, May 23, 1883 - Page 4 — History of Chess

May 25, 1883

• The Courier and Argus Dundee, Tayside, Scotland Friday, May 25, 1883 - Page 6 — Apropos the chess world is equally excited over the allegation that one of the games played by two of the masters in connection with the great chess tournament was “cooked” in order to produce a draw. The affair is being investigated.

May 26, 1883

• The Inter Ocean Chicago, Illinois Saturday, May 26, 1883 - Page 4 — Galton On Mental Imagery.

May 27, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, May 27, 1883 - Page 9 — Chess.

May 28, 1883

• The Morning Post London, Greater London, England Monday, May 28, 1883 - Page 2 — Chess. The International Tournament.

May 29, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Tuesday, May 29, 1883 - Page 8 — Chess. The London Tournament.

May 30, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Wednesday, May 30, 1883 - Page 8 — Chess. The London Chess Tournament.

June 02, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Saturday, June 02, 1883 - Page 8 — Chess. The London Tournament.

June 03, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, June 03, 1883 - Page 9 — Chess. — “Curiously tallying, all this, with what we wrote last week about the ‘modern style’ being at discount in this tourney. Perhaps, after all, these great latter-day masters may yet be induced to admit that the “Morphy style” is the style—when you have the ability to adopt it. Read More

June 04, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Monday, June 04, 1883 - Page 1 — Chess. A Drawn Game.

June 09, 1883

• St. Louis Globe-Democrat St. Louis, Missouri Saturday, June 09, 1883 - Page 11 — Chess. “In the International Tournament Zukertort leads, Steinitz follows and Mason comes next. Of the game published today a London paper says: “Given the recorded fact that Morphy was the soundest and most brillaint player this country has yet produced, conoisseurs were unanimous in their opinion that Zukertort's play was quite on a part with the finest specimens of that master.” Read More

• St. Louis Globe-Democrat St. Louis, Missouri Saturday, June 09, 1883 - Page 11 — Chess.

June 10, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, June 10, 1883 - Page 16 — Chess.

June 11, 1883

• The Morning Post London, Greater London, England Monday, June 11, 1883 - Page 2 — Chess. The International Tournament. “An account of the brief but brilliant career of Paul Morphy as a chess player must be interesting to all students of the game. Morphy, who was, perhaps, the greatest chess genius who ever lived, is described as having been at the time he visited England, when he was but 21 years of age, of modest and very quiet demeanour. His personal appearance and manner when playing (for most players have mannerisms) are well described. Morphy, like Zukertort, had a wonderful memory, and never forgot a game that he had played. Although he seldom had occasion to exercise the quality, he was, as a good player should be, a good loser, and never displayed the slightest annoyance at defeat.” Read More

June 16, 1883

• St. Louis Globe-Democrat St. Louis, Missouri Saturday, June 16, 1883 - Page 11 — Chess.

June 17, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, June 17, 1883 - Page 14 — Chess.

June 18, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Monday, June 18, 1883 - Page 4 — Chess. The Battle of the Experts at London. ★

June 20, 1883

• The Independent-Record Helena, Montana Wednesday, June 20, 1883 - Page 2 — Chess Tournament.

June 21, 1883

• Birmingham Daily Post Birmingham, West Midlands, England Thursday, June 21, 1883 - Page 4 — The Great Chess Tournament.

June 24, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, June 24, 1883 - Page 14 — Chess.

June 27, 1883

• The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Wednesday, June 27, 1883 - Page 4 — The chess tournament which has been held in London during the past fortnight, and which will continue for some weeks to come, has not yet developed any remarkable incidents…

July 01, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, July 01, 1883 - Page 16 — Chess.

• New-York Tribune New York, New York Sunday, July 01, 1883 - Page 4 — London Gossip.

July 08, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, July 08, 1883 - Page 7 — Chess.

July 15, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, July 15, 1883 - Page 8 — Chess.

July 22, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, July 22, 1883 - Page 7 — Chess.

July 23, 1883

• The Times Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Monday, July 23, 1883 - Page 4 — The Foreign Chess Game - Attitude of France and England — “that victorious victim of the game, Paul Morphy. Well do I remember when, a young aspirant of the clubs, I played six games with that wonderful man at the Brevoort House. He gave me a rook and beat me five of the games. One only I won. From that hour my chess enthusiasm was chilled. I could spare no more time to a game which left me so helpless before any man, with such odds, Could I have read poor Morphy's face I would have seen, perhaps, that he envied me my incompetency. He vainly struggled to be something else than a chess-player. Some years after I well knew the late Howard Staunton, who told me he regarded Paul Morphy as the greatest chess genius that had ever lived. After playing with Morphy Staunton conceived a strong dislike of the game, “I hate chess,” he once said to me; “it takes the heart out of people. Men have hated me, slandered me, injured me in every way they could, simply and solely because I beat them at chess.” Staunton devoted himself to Shakespearean studies in his later years and very rarely played chess. Emerson shook his head at the enthusiasm for this game. ★ Read More

July 29, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, July 29, 1883 - Page 7 — Chess.

August 05, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, August 05, 1883 - Page 7 — Chess.

August 12, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, August 12, 1883 - Page 7 — Chess.

August 19, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, August 19, 1883 - Page 7 — Chess.

August 25, 1883

• Sheffield and Rotherham Independent Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England Saturday, August 25, 1883 - Page 12 — Chess by Mr. H.E. Bird

August 26, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, August 26, 1883 - Page 3 — Chess. The Players of New Orleans.

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, August 26, 1883 - Page 12 — Chess.

September 02, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, September 02, 1883 - Page 7 — Chess.

September 09, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, September 09, 1883 - Page 7 — Chess.

September 15, 1883

• Detroit Free Press Detroit, Michigan Saturday, September 15, 1883 - Page 4 — Professor Fiske. — A Sketch of the Individual Who Has Secured Such Unlovely Notoriety. — “…Years before this, Mr. Fiske edited the Chess Monthly, and was an intimate friend of Paul Morphy, the great New Orleans chess player. In 1866 he was pressed by his intimate friends General Jos. R. Hawley and Charles Dudley Warner to accept a position on the Hartford Courant. Remaining there about a year he left to take a trip abroad as private tutor in charge of the late Barret R. White, eldest brother of Hamilton S. White, Esq. On his return home, in 1868, he was induced by President White, a life-long friend, to accept a professor's chair in the new university just then opening at Ithaca. He had always been regarded as a confirmed bachelor, until his marriage was announced at the residence of Minister White, in Berlin, a couple of years ago. With his subsequent history the public is now pretty familiar. Professor Fiske was probably the most popular man in the Cornell faculty. Few Americans enjoy so wide an acquaintance with literary men as Professor Fiske. … He is a perfect cyclopedia of books and literature. Years ago he wrote a dictionary of the Icelandic language, the first ever put into print. In short, Professor Fiske is a very remarkable man. The Ithaca and other papers are saying extremely harsh things of him now for seeking to annul his wife's will, and well they may say them, but in Syracuse he has a host of friends and admirers who will treasure the memory of the Fiske that was.—[Syracuse Courier.] Read More

September 16, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, September 16, 1883 - Page 7 — Chess.

September 19, 1883

• The Citizen-Examiner Hayneville, Alabama Wednesday, September 19, 1883 - Page 2 — Chess.

September 23, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, September 23, 1883 - Page 5 — Chess.

September 30, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, September 30, 1883 - Page 7 — Chess.

October 07, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, October 07, 1883 - Page 7 — Chess.

October 08, 1883

• The Morning Post London, Greater London, England Monday, October 08, 1883 - Page 2 Chess. — Chess by Telephone. — Bird vs. Steinitz

October 14, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, October 14, 1883 - Page 7 — Chess.

October 21, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, October 21, 1883 - Page 9 — Chess.

October 28, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, October 28, 1883 - Page 7 — Chess.

November 02, 1883

• The Atlanta Constitution Atlanta, Georgia Friday, November 02, 1883 - Page 4 — The Successor to Paul Morphy — “The successor to Paul Morphy as the chess champion of the world is a small, nervous German-Englishman named J.H. Zukertort. He has just arrived in New York from London and is receiving marked attentions from the clubs in that city. There is a strong desire to arrange a match between him and Steinitz, who has stood at the head of the list in America since Morphy retired to private life in New Orleans. Zukertort says he is willing to play Steinitz for $2,500 or any other sum, provided the match is had in London where his backers live. Why a man can't play as well in New York as he can in London, the alleged champion fails to state. He has not yet arranged for any match games in this country.” Read More

• Albany Democrat Albany, Oregon Friday, November 02, 1883 - Page 4 — Our Chess Column.

November 04, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, November 04, 1883 - Page 7 — Chess.

November 07, 1883

• The Atlanta Constitution Atlanta, Georgia Wednesday, November 07, 1883 - Page 5 — The Living Chess Game. Played at the Art Loan Last Night — Shakespeare Festival To-Night.

November 10, 1883

• St. Louis Globe-Democrat St. Louis, Missouri Saturday, November 10, 1883 - Page 9 — Chess.

November 11, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, November 11, 1883 - Page 15 — Chess.

• The Times Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sunday, November 11, 1883 - Page 6 — The Chess Board. — Programme for This Week's Events — The New York Team Match. — “It is the custom of modern professionals to decry Morphy's game and to dwell at great length on the progress the art of chess play has made under their skillful guidance. The other evening the members of the Manhattan Chess Club, New York, enjoyed the rare treat of a direct proof of the aforesaid “progress” when the celebrated “champion” “Dr.” Zukertort, publicly displayed a great improvement in one of Mr. Morphy's openings.” Read More

• The Atlanta Constitution Atlanta, Georgia Sunday, November 11, 1883 - Page 11 — The Game of Chess - Revival of Widespread Interest in the Pastime In the year 1858, Paul Morphy shot athwart the chess firmament with meteoric brilliancy. After vanquishing one after another of the European chess chieftains, until in the wide realm of chessdom, there was none that dared confront him, he was proclaimed the chess champion of the world. His advent created a world-wide interest in the game, which lasted a few years and then gradually died out. Recently, however, there has been a universal revival of interest in the beautiful and scientific game. This influence has reached Atlanta and its residents are now manifesting a deep interest in chess… A chess excitement similar to the Morphy sensation, now pervades the country. The two foremost players of the world are now in the United States. Dr. Zukertort is a guest of the Manhattan club in New York, and Steinitz the guest of the Philadelphia club. A rivalry exists between these distinguished experts and it is a mooted question as to which is the better player… The announcement is made that an international chess congress is to be held in New Orleans next year and that both Steinitz and Zukertort will enter the lists. Should these two athletes compete it is altogether probable that Paul Morphy will come out from his retirement and prove to the world the great superiority of his system of chess strategy over the modern schools. Read More

November 16, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Friday, November 16, 1883 - Page 2 — How Zukertort Improved on One of Morphy's Openings

November 18, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, November 18, 1883 - Page 15 — Chess.

• The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn, New York Sunday, November 18, 1883 - Page 10 — Caissa. The Chess Season of 1883 and 1884. - The Social Clubs of Brooklyn - The Game in the Metropolis - Dr. Zukertort and Herr Steinitz - Philadelphia vs. New York.

November 23, 1883

• Albany Democrat Albany, Oregon Friday, November 23, 1883 - Page 4 — Our Chess Column.

November 25, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, November 25, 1883 - Page 15 — Chess.

• The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, November 25, 1883 - Page 7 — Meeting of Chess-Players — A meeting of chess-players was held at Alexander's Hotel last evening to take steps toward security an exhibition from Zukertort, the present chess phenomenon of the world, at an early day in this city…

November 26, 1883

• The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Monday, November 26, 1883 - Page 3 — The Game of Chess - Efforts Being Made to Induce Herr Zukertort to Give Exhibition in This City.

November 28, 1883

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Wednesday, November 28, 1883 - Page 8 — Chess. Zukertort Going it Blind.

December 02, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, December 02, 1883 - Page 15 — Chess.

December 09, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, December 09, 1883 - Page 7 — Chess.

• The Times Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sunday, December 09, 1883 - Page 7 — The Chess Board. “This is the opening that was adopted by Morphy in his last game with Harrwitz. Black in reply should move Q to Q 2.”

December 10, 1883

• The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland Monday, December 10, 1883 - Page 6 — Zukertort Coming to Baltimore

December 16, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, December 16, 1883 - Page 9 — Chess.

December 19, 1883

• The Wilmington Morning Star Wilmington, North Carolina Wednesday, December 19, 1883 - Page 2 — Dr. Zukertort

December 20, 1883

• Omaha Daily Bee Omaha, Nebraska Thursday, December 20, 1883 - Page 4 — Zukertort Played Thirty-One Games of Chess Simultaneously and Ten Blindfolded

December 21, 1883

• National Republican Washington, District of Columbia Friday, December 21, 1883 - Page 1 — The Champion Chess Player.

December 23, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, December 23, 1883 - Page 15 — Chess.

December 24, 1883

• The Morning Post London, Greater London, England Monday, December 24, 1883 - Page 2 — Chess.

December 26, 1883

• The Morning Post London, Greater London, England Wednesday, December 26, 1883 - Page 6 — The International Chess Tournament — “No more appropriate time than the present, when the long evenings direct our thoughts to indoor amusements…

December 30, 1883

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, December 30, 1883 - Page 7 — Chess.

“The happiness of “the Bohemian Caesar,” as Steinitz fondly called himself, was not unalloyed. Paul Morphy was his bête noire. He attempted to undermine the pedestal upon which Morphy's glory is everlastingly established. But he did not succeed. If Blackburne makes a brilliant combination, he calls it a “bit of Morphy.” But no one ever heard anybody call a brilliant finish a bit of Steinitz…” — The Age Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Saturday, June 19, 1897 Poison Pen Blackmail and Defamation of New Orleans Lawyer Paul Morphy: These articles were part of 1860s-80s campaign of stalking. Attempts by friends of Morphy vouching for his sanity & to stop such false rumors (New Orleans Republican 11/21/1875; Tennessean Nashville, 5/05/1877, “The Truth About Mr. Paul Morphy. He has Never been Insane”; Detroit Free Press 11/30/1880, etc). 1884 at age 47, Mr. Morphy “suddenly died”. The stalker's press release claimed ‘due to a bath on a hot day.’ Forensic toxicology was still in its infancy and no investigation ever performed. ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / “★