Show The Great Chess Player Zuokertort the renowned chess player who was expected in this i city last evening or today is thus spoken of by a western newspaper Ban Francisco is this week to have an opportunity of witnessing blindfold blind-fold chess and by the worldre nowned chess champion Herr Zucksrtort The gentleman German Ger-man by birth but English by adoption adop-tion has been a prominent chess player for many years but is now at the very top of his profosaionand by his victory in the late tournament tour-nament in London when he beat all the players from all parts of the world including Steinitz Blackburn Black-burn Mascn Mackenzie and several others equally celebrated he Is fully entitled to the position he claims 01 chess champion of the world A committee thirteen was appointed at a meeting on Saturday to make the necessary arrangements for Herr Zuckertorts reception ad after consultation with him to appoint an evening for an exhibition of his marvelous powers as a blindfold chess player Nothing will be definitely settled till after the champions cham-pions arrival but it is probable that I he will play ten or twelve games simultaneously without seeing the boards one evening and probably twenty simultaneous games against our best players another evening Mr J F Welch will be happy to receive contributions to the list which has been opened to defray the necessary expenses There will undoubtedly un-doubtedly be a large number of people peo-ple who will be anxious to see Herr Znckerfort besides those who play chess for to those who have not seen it done it appears impossible that the human brain can keep simultaneously twelve or even ten games of chess without seeing the boards Besiuas being a chess player Mr Zickertort is a scholar and a noted Hterateur having contributed con-tributed to several of the firstclas magazines in Europe and in other ways proved himself a man of letters let-ters |