AMay 27 1910
Wilmslow and Alderley and Knutsford Advertiser, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England, Friday, May 27, 1910
MR. BLACKBURNE'S JUBILEE.
Chess players should be grateful for the reminder that this year Mr. Blackburne celebrates the jubilee of his connection with Chess, and it only remains for the suggestion to be thrown out from some influential quarter that so interesting an event should be fitly celebrated. Blackburne, a sturdy Lancashire lad, was taken with the enthusiasm that carried away so many others on the visit of Morphy to England, and, as everybody knows, he has represented this country with great distinction in the international tournaments of several decades. He has one first prize to his credit; once he tied with two others for first prize; and once he lost the first prise only by a fancy rule which decided ties by counting the number of games actually won by each player. His second and third prizes are numerous. As for his performances in blindfold and simultaneous exhibitions, they have largely contributed to popularize the game, and give it the strong hold it now has on all classes in this country. As a problemist also Mr. Blackburne made his mark, and if his compositions are not altogether in accordance with the latest ideas in construction, they can still be studied with interest and with profit. Years have told upon the veteran, and he is no longer quite equal to the strain of tournaments of first class, but he still has the keenest interest in the game with which his name will long be associated. Any honour which the Chess world can pay him will be more than deserved.
