3 router static routing

Greetings folks,

I recently purchased a few mikrotik routers and am trying to teach myself about static routing. Basically i have three routers, daisy chained IN SERIES (eth2 in, eth3 out) between two laptops. Im trying to figure out how to manually set the routing tables so i can have the laptops communicate across the routers. Please see the attached picture for a schematic of the layout.

I am not able to 'see out' past eth2 on router 1 (starting from laptop 1).

Here is an outline of the settings i have in place:

Laptop 1
Static IP 192.168.88.4
gateway 192.168.88.1
subnet 255.255.255.0

Mikrotik RB2011ViAS-2HnD-IN || "Router 1" - designated 192.168.88.1

/ip address
add address 192.168.88.2/24 interface=ether2
add address 192.168.89.1/24 interface=ether3

/ip route
add dst-address 192.168.90.0/24 gateway 192.168.89.2
add dst-address 192.168.91.0/24 gateway 192.168.90.2

Mikrotik RB2011ViAS-2HnD-IN || "Router 2" - designated 192.168.89.1

/ip address
add address 192.168.89.2/24 interface=ether2
add address 192.168.90.1/24 interface=ether3

/ip route
add dst-address 192.168.88.0/24 gateway=192.168.89.1
add dst-address 192.168.91.0/24 gateway=192.168.90.2

Mikrotik CRS109-8G-1S-2HnD-IN || "Router 3" - designated 192.168.90.1

/ip address
add address 192.168.90.2/24 interface=ether2
add address 192.168.91.1/24 interface=ether3

/ip route
add dst-address 192.168.89.0/24 gateway=192.168.90.1
add dst-address 192.168.88.0/24 gateway=192.168.89.1

I have attempted to follow these resources: (but have found myself lost)

All routers are running WebFig v6.10, Laptop 1 is Win7, laptop 2 is Winxp.

What am i doing wrong here? Should i just factory reset and have a go at it all over again?

Thanks for your time!

Glokem!

Mikrotik RB2011ViAS-2HnD-IN || "Router 1" - designated 192.168.88.1

/ip address
add address 192.168.88.2/24 interface=ether2

on your laptop gateway 192.168.88.1 their default values
I think I should be 192.168.88.1
"/ ip address
add address 192.168.88.1/24 interface = ether2 "

Is there going to be an internet connection on this setup at some time? If so, which router will have the internet connection?