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♦ KNOAVLEDGE ♦ 



[September 1, 1888. 



•so' 



a^uv C&estiS Column* 



By " Mephisto." 



GAMES PLAYED IN 



White. 

 Mr. Elackburne. 



1. P to K4 



2. P to Q4 



3. Kt to QB.S 



4. P to K.J (a) 



5. P to KB4 

 G. PxP(i) 



7. Q to Kt4 (c) 

 S. Kt to KBH 

 0. B to Q3(p) 

 30. B toQ2 



11. P to R3 



12. PxKt 



13. E to QBsq 



14. Q to R3 

 lo. Kt X Kt 

 16. P toQ4 



Castles 

 B to r.3 



THE TOURNAMENT 

 AT BRADFORD. 



"SVniTK. 

 Mr. Bliickburue. 

 28. Q to Qsq 



30. 

 31. 

 32. 

 33. 

 34. 

 35. 

 36. 

 3T. 



OF THE B.C.A. 



17. 

 18. 



Black. 

 Mr. Lee. 

 P to K3 

 PtoQ4 

 Kt to KB3 

 KKt to Q2 

 P to QB4 

 BxP 



P to KKt3 (rf) 

 Kt to QB3 

 Kt to Kto 

 Kt to Kt3 

 Kt X B (oh) 

 B to Q2 

 R to QBsq 

 Kt to R5 (/) 

 BxKt 

 B to K2 

 B to B7 (g) 

 B to KB4 



Q to Q2 

 Kto B2 

 KR > B 

 RxR 

 QxR 



Q X Q (.?) 



K to K3 

 Kto K4 

 PtoQ.5(ch)(/0 



38. K to Q4 



19. P to KKt4 (A) B to Q6 



20. KR to Ksq 



21. Kt to Q2 



22. R to K3 



23. Kt to Bsq 



24. P to Kt5 



25. QxB 



26. Q to Qsq 



27. Q lo R4 



E to B3 

 B to B5 

 P to KRi 

 K toQ2(i) 

 BxKt 

 Q to Kt3 

 KR to QBsq 

 Q to R3 



39. 

 40. 

 41. 

 42. 

 43. 

 44. 



49. 

 50. 

 51. 

 52. 

 53. 



P to KR3 

 P to B5 

 P to K6 

 P ■ P 

 P to Kt6 

 K to B3 



45. P X P 



46. K to Q4 



47. K to K5 



48. KxBP 



PxP 



K to Kt5 



K to R6 



K to Kt7 



K to R7 



Resigns. 



Black. 

 Mr. Lee. 

 B to Qsq 

 B to Rl 

 BxB 

 ExR 

 RxR 

 Q to Bo 

 PxQ 

 K to B3 

 P to Kt4 

 PxP (ch) 

 P to KR5 

 Pto R4 

 PxP 

 Kto Q3 

 K to K2 

 P to B5 

 PtoKt5(ch) 

 PxP (ch) 

 K to Bsq 

 Kto K2 

 P to B6 

 P to Kt6 

 P to Kt7 

 P Queens 

 Q to Ktsq 

 K to B3 



Notes. 



(a) Some players prefer this continuation to 4. B to KKto, the 

 German masters (recently) in particular. 



(i) This was played by Steinitz ;-. Golmayo, at Havanna. 



(c) As played by the late Dr. Zukertort against Gunsberg, in this 

 year's Handicap of the British Chess Club. 



(</) Pollock considers that Black can risk Castling at this juncture, 

 P to KB4 being an important feature in the defence. 

 I -s; («) The QB ought to be played first, as the placing of the other 



B on Q3, where it can be at once attacked by the Knight, is not 

 advantageous for White. 



(/) This move simplifies the game in Black's favour. 



(/?) Bringing his Bishop into a better position presently. 



(/() It is always hazardou<« to expose the King in this way as long 

 as the opponent has two Bishops ou the board. 



(0 Threatening, with good judgment, to open the Rook's file. 



(,/■) After all these exchanges White is found to have suffered in 

 position, solely due to the fact that he attempted to avoid the 

 drawing line of play, which his adversary seemed bent to force 

 upon him. 



(k) Black has the opposition, and would soon be able to gain the 

 Queen's Pawn, having various moves at his disposal, in order to gain 

 time, and thus compel the White King to abandon the defence of 

 that Pawn. Seeing this, White adopts the masterly but desperate 

 course of sacrificing that Pawn at once, atd others subsequently, 

 the ingenious combination, however, being frustrated by Black's 

 accurate play-. 



EvAss's Gambit Refused. 



positions the Knight can sometimes be sacrificed, but it will not do 

 here, supposing 9. Kt x P, P x Kt ; 10. B x P, B x P (ch) ! ; 11. K x B 

 (if K to Bsq, B to R5), Kt x P (ch), with the better game. 



Kt to K2 



10. Q to Kt3 



In order to induce Black to Castle, 



Castles 



11. QKt toQ2 Kt toKt3 



12. P to KR4 



13. Pto Ro 



14. BxKt 



15. Kt to R4 



P to Kt5 

 Kt to B5 

 PxB 

 P to B3 



To guard against the loss of the exchange. For if White (after 

 P to B3) should play Kt to KtO, Black would reply with P to Q4, 

 gaining two pieces for his Rook. 



16. Q to B2 P to Q4 



17. B to Kt3 ' PtoRi 



18. PxRP BxP 



19. Cas. to QR B to K3 



20. P to Q4 R to Bsq 



21. PtoK5 KttoE2 



IE Black plays Kt x P, White might revive his attack against the 

 King's side. The White Rook's Pawn is more of a protection to 

 Black ; moreover, it is bound to fall in the end game. 



22. Kt to B5 



Kt to Kt6 is a much superior move, viz., 22. Kt to Kt6, PxKt; 

 23. Q X P(ch.), K to Rsq ; 24. Q x B, B x P ; 25. Kt to Kt sq ; with 

 better attacking chances than occurred in the actual game. Of 

 course, if Black refuse to take the Kt on the 22nd move, but plays 

 R to Ksq instead. White simply replies 23. Kt ■■; BP. 



Q to Kt 4 



23. Kt to Q6 P to QB4 

 A very fine and undoubtedly preconceived operation. 



24. Ktx R Rx Kt 



25. P to QB4 ? BP X P 



26. B to R4 B X Kt(ch.) 



27. KxB ExP 



28. Resigns * 



WlIIT.7. 



A. Bum. 



1. P to K4 



2. Kt to KB3 



3. Kt to QB3 



4. B to Kt5 



5. Castles. 



6. P to Q3 



7. B X Kt 



8. Kt to K2 



FOUK KNIGHT.S 

 Black. 

 J. Mortimer. 

 P to K4 

 Kt to KB3 

 Kt to QB3 

 B to Kto 

 Castles. 

 P to Q3 

 PxB 

 B to QR4 



Defence. 



White. 



A Burn. 

 Kt to Ki3 

 Pto KR3 

 B to Kt5 

 B toR4 

 KtxP 

 BxP 

 BxKt 



16. Q to KR5 



Br.ACK. 

 .T. Mortimer. 

 B to KKto 

 B to K3 

 P to KR3 

 P to KKt4 

 PxKt 

 QtoQ2 

 BxRP 

 Resigns 



* If 28. Q to Kt3, P to B6(ch.) ; 29. K to Ksq, PxP; 30. KR to 

 Kt sq, Q X P(ch.) ; 31. K to Q2, Kt to Kt4 ! and wins. 



The Loisette Syi5TEM. — Mr. G. S. Fellows, M.A., published in 

 New York a pamphlet claiming to contain " Loisette's Complete System 

 of Memory," and proves (as an excuse for printing) that Professor 

 Loisette's System was not original. The question was tried in the 

 Supreme Court of New York, before Chief Justice Vambrunt, on 

 July 26, 1888. Dr. William A. Hammond, author of several works 

 on the mind and the nerves ; Daniel Greenleaf Thompson, author of 

 " A System of Psychology " (Longmans, 1S84), and others, testified 

 that the Loisettian System is original, being a new departure in the 

 education of the Memory, and is of great value. The Supreme 

 Court made perpetual an injunction restraining Mr. Fellows from 

 publishing his pamphlet, and ordered him to deliver to Professor 

 Loisette the stereotype plates and books. The pamphlets delivered 

 up numbered over 9,000. 



Contents 



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The ScieDtiSo Origin of Religious 



D~ctrines 217 



English Proruncidtion 219 



Co'ouis of Animals anl Howers ..221 



Amf ric.inisms 223 



The Donnelly Cipher Deciphered . . 223 

 Spectral Manifestitions. ByChailes 



B. Cowan 226 



An Inte'liger.t C.lt 228 



Life in Other Worlds 230 



The Mordey Alternator 232 



OF No. 34. 



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Mr. Lockyer on the Earth's Mo7&- 



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' Gossip. By Kiohard A. Proctor 235 



Reviews 236 



The Face of the Sky for August. 

 By F.R.A.S 238 



Our Whist Column. By "Five of 

 Clubs" 239 



Oar Chess Column. By " Me- 

 phisto" 240 



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