“ Neither champion can give Max Judd a single piece and beat him. In fact, Max beat Zukertort several games when the latter was here a year ago. A boss move, said Mr. Joseph as Steinitz played his twenty-sixth. And another boss, he continued as the white checked with the knight on the fifty-seventh. Max Judd, the local champion, would give no running commentary. The games too deep. No good chess player will express an opinion as yet, he remarked on the thirty-seventh move. ”

“ It is the rule for the second player when the time comes for a recess to record his move on a piece of paper and seal it up in an envelope and give it to his opponent's second who, upon play being resumed, announces what the move is and the piece is so placed. Last night, although the room was filled with chess players of ability, not one imagined what Steinitz would move after the recess, and it never occurred to any amateur head present that the bishop would be handled first. ”

“ Steinitz has played chess the longer. Max Judd thinks Zukertort is still a pretty sure winner. Four ladies were present at the afternoon session at the Harmonie. Zukertort admitted that he lost the game on the twenty-fifth move. When Zukertort gets deeply absorbed, he puts on a pair of eye-glasses. In just an even hour after the start, Zukertort got up and began to pace the floor. Wallace Delafield kept order by cautioning excited players against talking too loud. The only stimulant the champions take is coffee which they sip from a stand at their side. ”