April 1, 1892.] 



KNOWLEDGE 



79 



appearance. April 17th, 8h. p.m., Tetbys, eclipse reap- 

 pearance ; lib. P.M., Dione, eclipse reappearance. April 

 19th, lb. P.M., lapetus, at greatest eastern elongation. 

 April 28th, Sjb. p.m., possible transit of Titan's shadow 

 just skirting limb of planet ; 10b. p.m., Dione, eclipse re- 

 appearance. On the 6th, at about OJ^b. a.m., a 9i magnitude 

 star may sutler occultation by the planet's southern Umb. 

 During April Saturn describes a retrograde. path through a 

 portion of Virgo, barren in nalved-eye stars. 



Uranus is well situated for observation, coming into 

 opposition with the Sun on the 23rd, at a distance from 

 the earth of about 1,627,650,000 miles. He rises on the 

 1st at 8h. 30m. p.m., with a southern declination of 12° 42', 

 and an apparent diameter of 3-8", the apparent star magni- 

 tude of the planet being o'l in the photometric scale. On 

 the 30th he rises at 6h. 28m. p.m., with a southern decli- 

 nation of 12^ 17', and an apparent diameter of 3-8". 

 During the month he describes a retrograde path through 

 a barren region of the sky to the W.N.W. of X Yirginis. A 

 map of the path of Uranus is given in the Euijlisli Mechanic 

 for February 12th. Neptune is an evening star, but should 

 be looked for as soon after dark as possible, as he is rapidly 

 approaching the west. On the 1st he sets at lib. 32m. p.m., 

 with a northern declination of 19° 56', and an apparent 

 diameter of 25". On the 30th he sets at 9h. 13m. p.m., 

 with a northern declination of 20° 6'. During April he 

 describes a short direct path from a little to the N.W. to a 

 little to the N.E. off Tauri. 



Shooting stars are fairly plentiful in April, the best 

 marked shower being that of the Lyrids, with a radiant 

 point in K.A. 18h. 0m.+33°. The radiant point rises on 

 the evenings of the 19 th and 20th, when the maximum 

 occurs at about Oh. 27m. p.m., and souths at ih. 8m. a.m. 



The Moon enters her first quarter at 6h. 21m. a.m. on 

 the 1th ; is full at 6h. 26m. a.m. on the 12th ; enters her 

 last quarter at 6h. Om. a.m. on the 20th ; and is new at 

 9h. lO^m. p.m. on the 26th. She is in apogee at ll-lb. p.m. 

 on the 11th (distance fi'om the earth 252,580 miles) ; and is 

 in perigee at 9-2h. a.m. on the 26th (distance from the 

 earth 222,090 miles). Her greatest western hbration occurs 

 at 6h. 58m. a.m. on the 4th, and her greatest eastern at 

 lOh. 19m. a.m. on the 22nd. 



(2^l)cs9 Column. 



By C. D. LococK, B.A.Oxon. 



All communications for this column should be addressed 

 to the " Chess Editor, Knowledge Ojfice," and posted before 

 the 10th of each month. 



Solutiun (ij Prijhlem in Mnirh numhi'i-. — 1. Q to K2, 

 anything. 2. B to R6, and mates next move. 



Correct Solution received from Alpha. 



Aljiha. — Your solution of the four-move problem by 1. 

 Kt to Kt7 goes extremely near. There is, however, one 

 objection. After 1. . . ."P to QB4, 2. Kt to B6ch, K to 

 K5 ; 3. Q to Kto, P to KB4 saves the mate. 1. B to B3 

 (threatening B x P, &c.) is the correct key-move. 



TI". T. Huihy.—We hope to adopt your suggestion on 

 future occasions. The winner, like yourself, was a novice 

 in solution tournaments. 



X. Penn,fath,y.—At present there is no solution tourney 

 in progress. Should there be another this year, it will be 

 announced in this column. In the March problem, after 

 1. KxP, P to Kt5 ; White cannot mate in two more 

 moves. 



PROBLEM. 

 By W. E. B. 



Black. 



^^ ^ gJ: %A 



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White. 



White to play, and mate in two moves. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



The match for the championship at Havana resulted in 

 favour of Mr. Steinitz by ten games to eight, five games 

 only being drawn. As soon as the winner began to have 

 recourse to the Close Game, the result was no longer in 

 doubt, for Mr. Tschigorin, as was shown in the previous 

 match, has no chance in this opening. 



The following were the results of the various openings 

 in the match : — Evans Gambit, played 8 times by 

 Tschigorin, who won 4, lost 1 and drew 3. Buy Lopez, 

 played 4 times by Steinitz and once by Tschigorin, 

 Steinitz winning 4 and drawing the other. Two Knights 

 defence, opened 4 times by Steinitz, who won 1 and lost 

 3. Close Game, played 3 times by Steinitz, who won all 3. 

 In the other three games (Scotch, and Steinitz Gambits), 

 aU opened by Tschigorin, an even score was made. If 

 Tschigorin had confined himself to the Evans Gambit, his 

 strongest opening, and Steinitz had rehed solely on the 

 Ruy Lopez and Close Game, the score in these openings 

 would have been Steinitz 8, Tschigorin 4, drawn 4 ; a 

 result which is probably in accordance with the actual 

 relative strength of the two players. The closeness of the 

 match must, therefore, be ascribed to unwillingness on the 

 part of Mr. Steinitz to abandon his unsound variation of 

 the Two Knights Defence. 



The result of the Handicap Tournament of the British 

 Chess Club is announced as follows ; — 1. Mr. C. D. 

 Locock (won 6. drawn 3, lost 0, implayed 3). 2. Mr. 

 .T. L. Cope (won 5, drawn 1, lost 2, unplayed 4). 3. Mr. 

 H. W. Trenchard (won 8, drawn 0, lost 4, unplayed 0) ; 

 bracketed equal with Mr. Handford (won 4, drawn 2, lost 

 3, unplayed 3). It will be noticed that Mr. Trenchard 

 was more successful than the other competitors in inducing 

 his opponents to play. But for this, he would probably 

 have come out at least a place higher. The committee 

 could hardly do otherwise than score unplayed games in 

 favour of those competitors who had shown their willing- 

 ness to play. 



The championship of the City of London Chess Club 

 has been won by Mr. Moriau, who, in the final tie, won a 

 brilliant game ti'om Dr. Smith. 



The National Masters' Tournament of the British Chess 

 Association began at the British Chess Club on March 7th, 

 and was brought to a successful conclusion on the 17th. 



