| Show the CHESS player A correspondent of the boston ebur journal f writing from chicago says saya of the unparalleled cheo chen feat recently played out in that city by mr paulsen as 23 follows the most stupendous tupen dou achievement in chess the th world ever saw has baa just been successfully bif performed 0 amed in this city and Louis Paulsen now stands pearlen pe erien erlen on monday mo n d ay evening he be corn coin commenced playing blindfolded blind folded ten simultaneous games fame against chicago his opponents were carefully selected from among the most akil ful players of the chess club who used every exertion n to checkmate check mate their gallant antigon itt Mr Paulsen sat bat apart from every evert one on the tage stage ot of light guard hall with his back to the tea ten boards board two gentlemen of this city acted aclid is ai tellers and circulated among the tiie players pl ayera rii ril cai cal calling ling aloud each giove move on the different tables table which were designated by their respective respect iv lyp B numbers from one to ten mr mrs paulsen paulien would reflect a few moments and then without vilt holit apparent effort announce announce his awn bote bove in return his attitude and bearing were like those dr ot a person in a trance his head thrown slightly tori fori forward vird yard his eyes closed his vis fidure figure motionless and nothing to indicate life fife aye save ave an occasional occa ional lonal working of the face when a skilful step was taken by an adversary or a sudden coupee bataille contemplated by behim him eif golf elf Thep thop the progress was slow of course siow biow at A t the close of the first evening however en oi congh ah of df his surprising ability was displayed 1 to make ma keeven teyen leyen tho the most experienced x erien erlen ced of h his hib a op opponents P 0 feel ne ner ncr nervous ryous rous an and induce them to use every tactic to out him during 11 the second evening his adlanta ad advantage yanta vanta e oer over several wa clearly to be seen the spectators became much much mach excited but the sympathies of thone who had no friends playing were plainly guy luy n to thau tha single silent man thus pitted against i a host of foe mr paulsen could at any time recapitulate the precise position of each piece upon every loard board arld and when an occasional difference arose concerning some disarrange disarrangement ment pent which ke detected detect cd bl his bis assertions had in all cases proved correct while khile those who had bad their eyes eyet open were forced to acknowledge their error jt was evident that his astonishing memory and concentration enabled him to rt call at will each move made from the first upon either board and thus brins bring it as clearly to his ha minds minus eye as a if it were bodil bodily before him kiin the third evening wa was expected to finish this thi unprecedented feat the audience was on tip tos toe with excitement excia ement and every one uncontrollably worked up except b he whoa whom all interest centered the self co namand exercised appeared miraculous and none BOB would have suspected what an int intense ense powerful stretch must have been upon that aguiar singular ti brain calmly he sat aa as if it casting goms gome problem in simple interest rather than performing a labor of herculean magnitude throughput he wab waa subjected to one ime nka 11 s which h however weter wever serves now on only y to heighten his hie glory not alone did he play against ten opponents but fifty as by a strange license afew a awot of the audience were allowed to mingle with the players and at ach ack leh table two or three deeply versed in criess ciless seated fated themselves themi elyes elves to advise those whom mr air paulsena paki Pail sens sena brilliant attacks had discomfit ted he H thu x battled wib wih with the combined strength et of tha that entire cit cli opposing him every player t tw expect expected eil ail him to 0 o giaki raak maak the th iaal klui w chii lis ils their thel chi chief chiet ef effert effort yra was to fortify a t tipp as ri r atef B min mtr the ahe othe o the r f i at t I 1 I 1 p in game nin nine e resigned in 14 I 1 fi fifteen f e en game hiye biye five did likewise and game two fis was wis drawn at its players request mr paul serf then made some dashing splendid attacks cs tipon upon the rest irest and might doubtless have finished there but the midnight hour interrupted erupted he agreed to continue but all thought tho ight it hest best to adjourn and give those who wished an opportunity to play out at the club room on the next evening mr paulsen rose quickly when this decision was announced seemingly not jaded lilt in the least he is js rather an ordinary looking man with a decidedly german cast of features and nothing but a singular singularly lv broad head to indicate uncommon powers the games were finally finished last evening mr air paulsen beating five of the remaining seven and consented to draw the other two though he might have won even eyen them as their players players were losing coolness ten games blindfolded lind folded toiled is without a pari parl parallel illel mr air morphy never attempted but hut seven and this is out opt done the whole city is filled with wonder the victor is is decidedly a lion of considerable attitude and arid his a achievement chiev probably be excelled under equally trying ci circumstances 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 |
