Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Kasa da shekaru uku bayan koyon motsawa don yin wasan chess, Blackburne ya shiga gasar 1862 ta London International
(na farko a duniya chess zagaye-robin ko duk-play-duk gasar) da kuma kayar da Wilhelm Steinitz a cikin mutum game, ko da yake Blackburne gama a 9th wuri. Har zuwa wannan lokacin, ana auna lokaci da agogon yashi, kuma Blackburne ne ya ba da shawarar agogon chess. Wannan tafiya ta sa Blackburne ya rasa aikinsa a Manchester (lissafi ya bambanta game da abin da yake), kuma ya zama ƙwararren ɗan wasan chess.