Chess Items.
Mr Blackbnrne has decided to play Herr Lasker for a minimum stake of £50. There was some talk of Mr Blackburne having refused to plaj him. The contest will ta interesting. Although Herr Lusher has dove great things in Liverpool, and has youth on his side, it is not improbable chat Mr Blackburne's experience and mature talent will get the better of.him. The Bristol Mercury nays that Herr Lasker intends to shake the entire chess woi Id by challenging every other payer of note. All the masters are on the qni vivo, and noue expect to get rest until they play him. Mr J. Mason has also accepted a challenge from Herr Lasker, Mr Freeborough has aptly said that " the success of gambit ploy Is principally due to two promlnon't characteristics of human nature. One is a tendency to grab, the other an indisposition to part." The late Mr Boden, says the Sheffield Independent, defined a gambit as " nn opening in which a player sacrifices a pieoe or a pawn to obtain a lost game."
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Otago Witness, Issue 1900, 3 July 1890, Page 33
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177Chess Items. Otago Witness, Issue 1900, 3 July 1890, Page 33
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