Play ▁( New ▁Bar net , ▁ 1 8 9 3 ). ▁ ▁Li ps ch üt z ▁wrote ▁a ▁ 1 2 2 - page ▁American ▁Append ix ▁to ▁The ▁Ch ess - Player ' s ▁Man ual ▁( G oss ip , ▁ 1 8 8 8 ) ▁and ▁edited ▁The ▁R ice ▁G amb it , ▁New ▁York , ▁ 1 8 9 8 . ▁An ▁anonymous ▁rev iewer ▁of ▁The ▁Ch ess - Player ' s ▁Man ual ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁pra ised ▁" Mr . ▁Li ps ch üt z ' s ▁append ix , ▁which ▁brings ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁open ings ▁almost ▁down ▁to ▁date ". ▁David ▁Ho oper ▁and ▁Kenneth ▁Why ld ▁write ▁in ▁The ▁Oxford ▁Comp an ion ▁to ▁Ch ess ▁that ▁Li ps ch üt z ' s ▁append ix ▁" help ed ▁to ▁make ▁this ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁standard ▁opening ▁books ▁of ▁the ▁time ". ▁ ▁William ▁E wart ▁Nap ier ▁re called ▁Li ps ch üt z ▁as ▁a ▁" fra il ▁little ▁man , ▁with ▁a ▁gentleman ly ▁m ien ▁and ▁man ners ▁and ▁an ▁extra v ag antly ▁long , ▁pointed ▁nose — the ▁Cy rano ▁of ▁Ch ess ". ▁According ▁to ▁Arthur ▁Bis gu ier ▁and ▁Andrew ▁Sol tis , ▁" He ▁was ▁a ▁method ical ▁attack er ▁with ▁some ▁strik ingly ▁good ▁position al ▁ideas — and ▁some ▁terrible ▁ones ." ▁As ▁an ▁example ▁of ▁the ▁former , ▁they ▁quote ▁his ▁ 1 8 8