THE MIDNIGHT CHALLENGE; OR, CHRISTMAS IN RUSSIA. (From the Russian.) My maternal grandfather was a passionate admirer of the game of chess, and so superior a player, that at one time he was regarded as the strongest in St. Petersburgh. At the period of which I write, the only competitor that could make even games with hin was a German player, by name Herr Laufer, a full habited man, who BLACK. |