Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Nunin duniya ya zama sabon abu a Yammacin karni na sha tara. An nuna ci gaban kimiyya da fasaha. Kimanin bikin baje kolin duniya goma sha biyu aka shirya a lokacin rabin rabin karni na sha tara. Sau bakwai an gayyaci gasar wasannin chess ta duniya a matsayin wani ɓangare na taron (Landan 1851, London 1862
, Paris 1867, Vienna 1873, Philadelphia 1876, Paris 1878, Paris 1900). An gudanar da gasar ta uku a Grand Cercle, 10 boulevard Montmartre, Paris, daga 4 ga Yuni zuwa 11 ga Yuli. Mahalarta goma sha uku sun taka leda a wasan zagaye na biyu. An ƙidaya zane a matsayin sifili. Aikin sarrafa lokaci ya kasance motsi goma a awa daya.