7, 1885.] 



KNOWLEDGE 



chapter in a book ? Because paeudo-rniotations, the productions of 

 the authors themselves, are not wholly unknown in snch a position. 



were I to open these columns to one single appeal for aid, I 

 could not refuse to admit the hundreds which would in- 

 evitably reach me in consequence. — Hallvards. Forwarded 

 as you request. You are quite right. I am as jealous of 

 my incognito as yon are of yours. I would not be intentionally 

 unfair; and most assuredly not to you. Disease or deformity may 

 justify a score of operations which would be — to put it as mildly 

 as possible — useless in the normal condition, and the one you name 

 is very far indeed from being common. If my memory serves me, 

 the notice to which you refer was a verbatim reprint, and not an 

 original contribution. That "other correspondent spoke of the 

 acquisition" to which you refer in words which I altered into that 

 form. As for the M.D., I gravely question if any one wonld notice 

 bis ingenious periphrasis. Were I equally clever in the use of 

 it, I could give you my ideas of yonr contention as to the 

 "■ ion of Divine prescience afforded by- " ' ' ' 



refer t. 



Iha^ 



o the ci 



mgerie 



of works to which you refer tha 

 or " Phillip Qnarll."— A. O. D. Thanks. They break compara- 

 tively new ground, and shall both appear. — H. A. B. First part of 

 King Henry IV., act ii., scene 1. I scarcely know what you mean 

 by " the nutritive properties " of water. Boiling it prior to filtering 

 it, renders the destruction of organic germs more certain. It makes 

 the water less palatable, but that is all. Boiled and filtered water 

 subsequently impregnated with carbonic dioxide wonld be the most 

 wholesome of all as a beverage. Betal-jews is as near to the pro- 

 nunciation of the adaptation of the Arabic name of a Orionis as can 

 be expressed in print. — Commentator. Very eloquent, and full of 

 fine thoughts, bnt too theological, and certain to provoke an inad- 

 missible discussion on that ground. 



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By MErHisTO. 



ILLUSTRATIVE GAME No. 3. 



CENTRE GAMBIT played at 

 the German Chess Associatio 

 and'J. Gunsberg (Black) :— 



QB3 (a) B to Kt5 



,oQ4 



PxP 



KtxKt 

 KtxQ(e) 

 B X B (eh) 

 B to Kt5 (/) 

 P to B4 {g) 



White. Black. 



21. B to B4 (0 B to Kt5 (>n) 



22. Kt to B3 (-<) B to K3 (o) 



23. B to Q3 K to Kt2 

 2i. R(B2)toBsq. P to B4 (p) 



25. P to QKt3 QR to B sq. 



26. P to B4 P to Kt4 (q) 



27. KRtoKtsq.(i)P: " 



. PxP 



KRtc 



29. K to B2 R to B3 (s) 



30. P to Kt3 B to R6 (0 

 3L RtoQRsq.(tt)R (B3)toK: 

 32. Bto K2 Pto Kt^' 



]-) Kt loB3 (;.) P to B,-; (i) 



It,. Kt toQI- Ktt>.B2 



17. R to B2 (j) P to Kt4 



18. P to KR3 (t) B to Q2 



19. P to KR4 P to KR3 



20. P X P PxP 



Notes. 



(«) We have often explained that the only point in White's 

 favour in this opening is that Black has no convenient square for 

 his KB. But by playing 5. Kt to QB3, White offers a good place 

 for the B on Kt5. Either 5. B to K2, or perhaps better still, 

 5. B to K2 would make Black's development more difficult; for 

 if Black replied with B to Kto, then 0. P to QB3 would gain time 

 for White to play 6. Q to Kt3. 



(h) This move deprives White of the initiative in the attack. 

 Unless White plays Q to Kt3 he can never hope to maintain an 

 advantage. If, instead of this move, C. Q to Kt3, then we think 

 Black could play B x Kt, followed l,y K to Kt sq. 



(c) This is a very important move. White is compelled to pro- 

 tect his V, which gives Black an opportunity of playing P to Q4, 

 always a powerful move, when, as also occurs in the Scotch Gambit, 

 the Q is on K3. 



(d) There is nothing else. If 8. B to Q3, White's position is 

 worse still, fur then P to Q4 would be doubly strong, on account of 

 P to Q5. 



(e) Played with the intention of still keeping the Rook on the 

 isolated P. Bnt on the whole it might have been simpler to take 

 with the R. 



(/) This move is played to protect the Black Kt with the QR, 

 and to threaten the KP. Thna Black has entirely deprived^White 

 of his advantage of the opening, and created a weakness in isolating 

 his P. 



(;7) At first sight the move looked good, as White cannot play 

 PxP; but in reality it created a weakness in Black's game, 

 depriving him of his slight advantage in position. 



(h) A fine move. It now P x P, then IG. R to Ksq, B to B4. 

 17. QR to K2 winning the P back, and having got rid of the 

 isolated P, B x Kt would be no better, for the black Kt is incon- 

 veniently placed on Qsq, and R to Q7 would also become embar- 

 rassing to Black's game at a future period. 



(•) A disagreeable alternative to taking the P ; for although 

 this still leaves White's isolated P, yet it may become very difficult 

 to defend the P on B5. 



(i) As will be seen, the KR on Rsq comes into good play pre- 

 sently. 



(i) It is of importance that this B shonld be driven back first ; 

 the move betraj-s very good judgment on White's part. 



{I) Now, the importance of first driving back the Black B can be 

 seen, as White threatens R to R5. If Black plays R x P, then 

 White would win by 22. B x Kt (ch), K . B. 23. K to K7 (eh), 

 K to Ksq. 24. R to E8 (ch), ic. Bnt this move looked stronger 

 than it really was, and is on a par with Black's fourteenth move, 

 (m) Prevents R to R5 ; also removes the B from his dangerous 



(,.) 22. BxKt (ch),KxB. 23. R to R7 (ch), K to B3. 24. 

 B X P, R X P, and White would have no advantage. 



(o) Of course, R x P was inadmissible. This move forms the 

 turning-point in the game. If 23. B x B, R x B Black's position is 

 better than White's. 



(p) An important counter-demonstration ; it prevents Kt to Q4, 

 besides threatening P to B5. 



(-;) With the intention of advancing P to B5, if White took the 

 P, thereby breaking up the Queen's wing. 



(r) Still hoping to maintain the original attack on the K side, 

 for which, however. Black gave White no more chance. 



(.-:) This threatens R to Q3 as well as R to R3 ; it is therefore a 

 far better attempt at doubling the Rooks than R to Q2 or Q3 or R 

 to B2. A matter of judgment, which greatly aids in bringing 

 about winning positions. 



(0 Black might have played R to R3, to which White wonld have 

 replied with 31 P x P also R (B3) to Q3, 31 B to K2, &c. But the 

 move in the text is the strongest ; as it forces the R away from the 

 B file, he cannot go to B2, as Black would reply R to R3, threatening 

 to win a piece by R x P (ch). Nor can the White R play to Q sq. 

 on account of B to Kt5. 



(«) 32 B to B sq. was necessary to prevent immediate loss. 



I 35 P X H P X B 



, 3(5. KR to K sq. B to B8 



37. QR to Kt sq. Kt X P 



38. K to Q3 Kt to B4 (ch) 



39. K to K4 Kt to Q5 

 ! And Black won. 



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By '-Fivk ok Clubs." 



IT has been suggested to me that occasionally I should give some 

 simple examples of Whist play illustrating the mistakes 

 commonly mado in home Whist. The following example may 

 amuse beginners. It will bo observed that the hands were so dis- 

 tributed as greatly to favour A-B, but by the system of play in 

 which all the winning cards are played out at onco, A-B lost the 



