ASeptember 22 1889
The Times-Democrat, New Orleans, Louisiana, Sunday, September 22, 1889
Mr. Burn's success on this occasion, following so closely upon his fine achievement of second prize at the great Breslau meeting, must be a great source of pride to his Liverpool confrères, and was, indeed, to be expected. The fine play of Dr. E. Lasker, who, it will be recollected, only recently achieved the rank of “master” by winning the first prize in the minor tourney at Breslau, is a good proof of the propriety of his elevation, and if we may judge from his games thus far seen, he promises to take a high place in the chess world. Mr. Gunsberg, it should be noted, had no intention of playing, being unwell and having come over to the congress merely as a “looker-on in Amsterdam;” and his entry in the contest was simply to oblige the hospitable managers of the congress. This may suffice to explain his unusually low place in the list.
