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♦ KNOWLEDGE 



[Apeil i>, 1888. 



There was no necessity for playing: this move. P x Kt was quite 

 safe ; for attacking purposes the move was not effeclive. 



10. Q to R5 (ch) 



11. Pto Kt.S 11. QxRP. 



It seems that both players pay no regard to each other's attack. 

 White certainly seems to have a pull by being now able to go at it 

 first. 



12. QxP(ch) 12. K to Qsq 

 l.S. Q to B8 (ch) \3. K to Q2 



14. QxP (ch) li. K to B3 

 necessary, as otherwise Q x B witli a check. 



15. QxB IJ. Kt to E.S 



16. Q to R-l 



Black's last move was simple, but effective. If White had played 

 QxP, then K to KBsq would compel White to excliange his Queen 

 for two Books, when Black would certainly have the better prospects. 

 White cannot gain anything bv checking the Black King. 



16. Q to Kt8 (ch) 



17. E to Bsq 17. B to B7 (ch) 



18. K to K2 IS. PtoBG(cli) 

 A very curious pcsition indeed. Escape is impossible. 



19. KxP 10. Qx R 



20. QxKt 



Black threatened mate with the Rook, and also by a discovered 

 check with the B. 



20. B x P (cli) 

 and wins ; for if 21. K x B, R to Ktsq (ch), and mate follows. 



DR.\WIXG GAMES. 



In an end game a good player shows to advantage. Both exact- 

 ness and ingenuity are necessary to carry a difficult ending 1o a 

 successful issue. Some players excel in one kind of end play, sucli 

 as those involving br I iant sacriKces : ethers, again, are very good 

 at pawn play. Probably the mo.-it useful knowledge is possessed by 

 the placer who lias a knack of drawing games whicli seem to be 

 lost for liim. It is beyond doubt an acquirement peculiar to some 

 players more than others, and an experienced player will always 

 take into his calculation the style of end game play of his opponent, 

 and suit his play accordingly ; for to emerge with anything like an 

 even ending against some players may mean to secure victorv, 

 whereas with other players no advantage short oE a piece will 

 secure an absolute win. The following two endings are ingenious 

 examples how lost games are saved by drawing: — 



De. Smith. 



Black. 



■WnrrF. 

 Mb. W. Donisthobpe. 

 Black played 



P to Kt3 (ch) 

 for if now K to Kt4, then R to Kt8 (ch) win; : or if P x P, P x P (ch), 

 K to Q5 or B6, then Kt to K2 (ch) wins. White replied with 



K 1.0 B6 

 braving the consequences ; thus if Kt to K2 (ch), K x P, Kt x R, 

 White mates in three moves ; whereupon Black plaved 



Kt to Q3 " 

 Had White now played KxP, Black would have replied with 

 Kt X P (ch), and the white P could not take the Kt, as Black would 

 otherwise obtain a check with his Rook on B8 and Queen his P. 

 White replied by 



K to Qr, Kt to B5 



K to B6 

 and the game was therefore abandoned as a draw. Black, however, 

 had some chance of winning by playing Kt to Q5 (ch) instead of 



Q3 ; for if then KxP, Kt x P (ch), as beforesaid, K to B6, Kt to 

 Q5 (ch), K to Q.5, Kt to B.i, P ;■• P (ch), K x P, P to B5 (ch), K to B2, 

 R to Kt.5 or P to B6, then Kt to Q6 (ch), followed by R to Q8, and 

 the Pawn will win. Or it after Kt to Q.5 (ch) the White King does 

 not take the Pawn, but retires to Q5, Black might plav 



Kt to Q.-) (ch)" 



K to Q.5 P X P 



K X Kt P to R5 



K to B.5 P to R6 



P to Kt6 (ch) K to Kt2 



and Black will win. 



Mb. W. Dosisthorpe. 



WnrrE. 



Dr. Smith. 



White plaved 



R to Q6 



whereupon Black drew by R x P (ch) I 



K X R QxP (ch) 



Q to Kt3 R to Rsq (ch) 



K to Kt2 Q to Q5 (ch) 



K to Bsq 



If Q to B3, then Black plays E to R" (ch), winning the Queen. 



Q to KtS (ch) 

 K (0 Kt2 



and Black drew by perpetual check, as White dare not play his 



K to Q2. 



Contents of No. 29. 



PAOK 



God's TJ inverse 1*7 



Shakespeare Eelf-dnivvD. By Beii- 



volio f>9 



Have Ghosu been seen ? ini 



Varieties of American Life 103 



Morals of Nobility. By Grace 



Greanwood 104 



Water Myths. By Stella Oxidens 106 

 Scratching in the Aoimal Kingdom. 

 Bv Professor Samuel Lock- 

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The Stars of other Times 110 



PAOB 



Old and XcTv Astronomy li'J 



Royal Victoria Hall ...' ll-"? 



In the BegiLning 113 



Evolution of Lacgaage. By Ada S. 



Ballin 115 



Review J 116 



Our Whi^t Column. By *-Five of 



Clubs" 118 



Our Chess Column. By " Me- 



phisto" IID 



The Face of the Sky for March. 



By F.R.A.S 120 



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