Sept. 18, '1885.] 



KNOAVLEDGE ♦ 



QP freely. Black will be better able now t 

 attacked. 



(/) White's idea being not to put his Kt 

 R. But Kt to B3 would probablj' have been 

 could, if feasible, play Kt to l.'l in r .1:, ., 

 press on the weak spot on l;! 1 I ! ' ■ 



(jr) A tempting move, I : 



i defend his KKt3 if 

 n the way of his Q or 



13. 1 



CO 



ling t. 



White-. ; . . 17 ,■ ■ l:7 '■ ''' 



17. 1' I . i ;, V, : ;. , , •:■■ 

 19. K I 



Pxl'. Mi Ui u. Im;., l^l u. |;i. :'>., l; 



also to forestall P to E5, P x P, B x EP, 

 would have a good reply in R to R2 ! 



(Z) White was not pradeut in taking tliis P, as thereby Black's 

 QB comes into good play, a chance much desired by Black. 



(*j) White, feeling himself driven back inch by inch, seeks again 

 to reach Q6 with his Kt, only he is one season behind. 



(n) Taking the initiative in the attack. White cannot play Kt x P, 

 as Black would win a piece by B to R3. 



(0) Black has left his P on Kt3 .u 1 il-, ii i , il-r.f,. ,, ,,:: 

 important for him not to lose the nm, I ■,. ! ' ■'' ' 

 as it of ten happens in similiar posiliMi 



isbetter. Kt x B dissolves White's c.m 1 ■ . : ,- : ..:i.;' 1 .: 



Black. 



(p") Black having now opened up ' 

 being a game at odds — willing to rm 

 attack. 



(g) In reply to 28. B x P Black would have had nothing li 

 than Q to K8"(ch). 29. Kt to B sq., R to Q2, kc. ; perhaps A 

 was unnecessarily afraid of this continuation. 



(r) Wishing to keep the Rook pinned, witli the possibili 

 bringing the Kt into good play, via Q4. 



(s) Black is now thorough master of the position, and prepr 

 surprise for White. 



(<) In this very curious position both Rooks are pinned 

 Black threatens to win the Queen by Kt to K7 (ch). Whiti 

 10 good reply. If 32. K to B sq., B to R3 wins, or if 32. B to > 



e risk for the sake of ai 



RxBw 



w 



If 33. KtxKt, QxQ; 



^ur ^I)tsit Column. 



By "Fite of Clubs." 

 Returxt.n-g l'.\iiTNf;u's Lead.* 



In trumps the rule for returning the higher of two cards, the 

 lowest of three or more, is even more important than in plain suits- 

 But in all suits it should be carefully followed. 



When you ha\ 

 usually, for the : 



when you cannot follow suit 

 ird you can best spare. And 

 ongest suit is usually the one 

 e the greatest reliance, your 



shortest m ii i ' ,;, y.iiue least, and from which, therefore, 



youni.ii . !. Still it is manifest that often mere 



length :i'l of value. If you have four small cards 



in one .111' 1.. , ,^^■n with but one or two i/Kar(/« (or small 



cards) in :ni .i i: i, \ .i; ,. mild prefer to discard one of the four small 

 cards, wliiili are alike w<jrthless, to discarding one of the guards of 

 the King or Queen, which may lead to the downfall of the royal 

 card Ijcfore tlie enemy's Ace. 



T!ie L'oneral i ule, then, for the first discard is, that while as yet the 

 rrh:iir,. ../,..,...,,.(;. ,,/vi,, .;,,,,,,/.. ;.. ,,.., ;..,,„.,.,, h ,,),.-,, .i,-] hefromyourshortest 



-'oi I, I'ii-- I i 'i; ,,i ,,i, , I ;, ,• . II, ,. :.•. ;, -■ii^eyou discard from 



I'l "' I .' in a form which I 



discard be from tlie suit you would least like your partner to lead. 



When strength, and here I refer specially to trump strength, is 

 declared in your favour, this rule should always be obeyed. 



But, when strength in trumps is clearly ajrainst you, cautions play 



in.ir.H Ml re. t., i.i N J iu;i ji m .' sm ii . li i ~ i ■ -ential, therefore, that 



.in.ind you may have 



I ' I '■ i. I . , . ; I: ; ■ I . old discarding from 



1 lio-" -nil ~. ii, ii^ - I li ii,!'". ;. !:t jo!i.i>i- i-nhice the number of 



Kuanls protect inu- wiiatcver liigli cards you may have in them. It 

 is safer to discard from your own longest suit, in which you are 

 usually well protected. If trump strength is heavily against you, 

 you lose nothing by discarding from your long suit, simply because 

 chance of bringing in the complete suit. 



Thei 



worthless card 

 from them, see 

 misfortune for 



; this general rule— n-Awj tTump strength is 

 t discard sliould be from tliat suit which you 



e reason tor inferrin,^' tliat your first discard is 



lien trump strength is declared against you. 



II sound the doctrine that your first discard 



1 1 L'arded as directing your partner to lead 



i ia\e discarded. It is not a sound rule that 



ill f n ^m your longest or your best suit when 



trniiip streni^h. If you have two or three 



lo of tile enemy's suits, you ought to discard 



at you sIioiiM have to discard from your best 



i . II- v.hi 11 tho enemy are strong in trumps; it 



III 1 1 1 r t wo or three worthless cards ; 



I 1 1 , i r t lie second misfortune has be- 



-eardingfrom a strong sun when 



gets the lead himself, as it is obvii 

 him and the opponent to your righ 

 third player, will be at a disadvant 



.\ ou see clearly that you will have to dis- 

 trength in trumps against you, and tliat 

 le from your best suit, then let yourjirst 



ling worb entitled " Horn 



^-ill block his SI 



