The Chess Weekly

"The Chess Weekly" was a weekly chess periodial published and edited by W.E. Napier, Magnus Smith and Charles Nugent from 1908-1910.  It was a rather remarkable publication.

I was pursing a few issues and though I'd share a couple games and traps I came across.

The game are from the Dec. 12, 1908 issue and the traps from the Feb. 6,1909.

Traps

Yes, over one hundred years ago they were complaining about the lack of brilliancy in master chess, and it still goes on today.  It's good to know that some things never change.

Those were some nice games and cute traps.  Thanks, BG.

Ouch!  Mate by a pawn.  That would hurt.

A Muzio mini.

That was the chess weakly.  NN deserved that one.

King's Gambit

That NN dude should read a few chess books.

He whooped R. Goldsmith (#6) in great style.

The following pretty game was played in an exhibition match of three games, between E. P. Elliott, the clever Western Chess Champion, and F. J. Marshall, during the latter's visit in Minneapolis. Elliott won the match by the score of two out of three games, and his play in this contest indicates that he would be a valuable addition to the American Cable Team.  - "Chess Weekly," May 15, 1909

Thanks, batgirl.  I love how the text of the newsprint expresses the same problems chess has with popularity today.

I second that. Chess popularity hasn't changed much over the past 100 years, I guess. Cool article, thanks for passing the games/info along!

Thanks for passing along!

That was a interesting read! Thanks so much for shareing. I love reading old articles like that, that give you an insite to the peroid and thinking of those days.