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Speaking of the Nuremberg tourney, the Yorkshire Post says: —"The closeness of this contest, however, has afforded remarkable proof of the high quality of the chess played nowadays between masters. Such a career as Morphy's is no longer possible. Games are won in these days by sheer calculation, and the greatest player* ceteris paribus, is he who has the most powers of endurance. In this way Lasker may now be said to have established his renown." Per Rossendale Free Press :—" We take leave to think that this is sheer nonsense. Morphy played by the intuition of genius, just as George Bidder and others calculated by intuition. Let anyone try to vie with Shakespeare, Milton, Tennyson, or any great poet by laboriously fitting words together in the hopes of composing poetry, and his position in relation to a poet—unless, indeed, he has the intuition, will be about the same as that of .Lasker'or Steinitz to Paul Morphy. -if a player with powers equal to Morphy should again appear, we think it hardly admits of doubt that he would bowl over those hard calculators and drawing masters as easily;.;'__ Morphy did Harwitz, Loewenthal, and Andersen." " A pawn without a clearly defined purpose is to be blamed." " When your position is not inferior to that of your opponent, and he,, nevertheless, makes preparations to attack you, disregard them altogether, develop reserve forces, avoid his attack by the slightest defensive movement possible. • » • aad institute ft ojuok eou&tetM*

tion." '""'Don't' attack unless you have some tangible superiority."—From Laskers 44 Common Sense in Chess." The trophy presented by Sir George Newnes to the victorious Americans in the late cable match with England has safely reached the American shore, and has been much prized arid admired by the recipients. The president, Mr Marceau, in 44 introducing" the trophy to the Brooklyn Club, made a happy speech, arid remarked that he hoped the counterfeit presentments of the two great nations, the Lion aud the Eagle, as now represented placed back to back, would symbolise the unity of the two great nations, and that in this attitude they ought to be invincible against the World.