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KNOWLEDGE 



[June 1, 1892. 



The following is the fourth game of a match for the 

 Championship of America now in progress. It is under- 

 stood that Mr. Steinitz does not claim the title. 



the 



Knight afterwards 

 much superior. 



at Kt4 if 

 White's 



Notes. 



(fli A very tame reply to a not very formidable attack. 

 A much more enterprising line of play would be 3. . . 

 B to B4 : 4. B to Kt2, P toQE3 ! (to preserve the Bishop), 

 followed by Kt to B3, P to Q3, and the moment White 

 castles P to KE4 ! The present annotator has adopted 

 this counter-attack with success in more than one match- 

 game. 



(i) Again feeble. The Bishop should go to Kt5. If 

 then 7. P to KB3, the Bishop retires to Q'l, followed by 

 P to KE4 soon ; or if 7. P to KE3, B to K3, to be followed 

 by Q to Q2 and P to KE4. White castled too soon. 



(c) Waste of time. If he meant anything by his last 

 move he should consistently play B to E6. 



(d) This endeavour to preserve his two Bishops cramps 

 his game terribly. He might play Kt to K2. If White 

 take the Bishop the doubled Pawn can always be got rid 

 of, and there is the open file for what it is worth. 



(e) Clearly if 16. . . Q to K3, the reply 17. B to E3 

 wins a Pawn. 



(/ ) To prevent Kt to K2, as he does not wish his Knight 

 disturbed, and threatening also P to KE4. 



{;/) There seems to bo nothing better. The position 

 now is accidentally a good illustration of some remarks 

 above on Bishops of opposite colours. The Black Bishop 

 being of the same colour as the Pawns on the King's side 

 is at a disadvantage, while the White Bishop has the 

 advantage of being able to occupy the diagonals among 

 these Pawns. The Bishops of opposite colours prevent the 

 game being drawn. 



(/)) This and the next move leave his King and Eook 

 shut in. Perhaps E to B2 would be better. 



(i) Intending to fix 

 permitted. Kt to K2 seems 

 reply threatens Kt x RP. 



(,/' ) He has not time for this diversion. 22. . . Kt to 

 K3 is out of the question on accoimt of 23. Q. to E6ch 

 and 24. Kt x EP. His best course seems to be either 

 22. . . B to KtSch and 23. . . Q to Ksq, or 22. . . P to 

 KKt3. 



(A-) Tempting the Queen to go to Kt4, whence she would 

 have no escape ; partly too on account of the threatened 

 B to Kt3. 



(/) If 25. . . Q to Kt4, 26. i) to K2, P to KKt3 ; 27. 

 PxP, followed by B to B5 or E to B5, according to 

 whether Black retake or not. Perhaps his best resource 

 lay in 25. . . B to Kt3 and 26. . . E to Ks(i, with a view 

 to Kt to K3, but the game seems lost anyhow. 



(w) For the Bishop at last will get on the diagonal with 

 fatal effect ; ride Note (//). 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



The Scotch Championship has again fallen to Mr. 

 D. Y. Mills, who scored 9; games out of 11 ; Mr. G. E. 

 Barbier was second, one point behind the winner. 



The Committee of the World's Fair are arrangmg for an 

 International Tournament at Chicago next year. 



It is stated that another telegraphic match will be played 

 this summer between Steinitz and Tschigorin — this time, 

 probably, without restrictions as to the openings. During 

 the course of the match, Dr. Tarrasch and M. Tschigorin 

 will engage in a match over the board, either at Berlin or 

 St. Petersburg. A year or two ago, M. Tschigorin's 

 chance of success would have been considered slight, but 

 he has had plenty of first-class practice lately, and should 

 at any rate make a good fight against the German 

 champion, whose opportunities for match practice are 

 limited. 



Another Divan Handicap was in progress last month. 

 The leading scores are at present, Loman, 10 ; Lee, 9 ; 

 and Van Vliet, 7^. 



Messrs. Blackburne and Lasker commenced a match for 

 £50 a side, at the British Cliess Club, on May 23rd. 



The match goes to the winner of the first six games, 

 draws not counting. Play takes place every week day, 

 except Wednesdays, beginning each day at 2 p.m. The 

 time limit is 18 moves an hour. 



The following is the score in the Lipschiitz — Sliowalter 

 match in America : Lipschiitz, 4 ; Sliowalter, 1 ; drawn, 4. 



Contents of No. 79. 



On the Oriiriu of Binary Stars. 

 By T. J. J. See, B.A., B.Lt . 



B.Sc 



TbeClassification of the Chemical 

 Elements. By Vaugbau Cor- 

 nish, B.Sc. F.C.S 



The Svstem of Algol. Bv Miss 

 A. M. Cierke 



The Great Earthqnakafin Japan 

 of 1891. By the Kev. H. N. 

 Hutchinson, B.A., T.G.S 



8l 



The Great Sunspot and its In- 

 flnence. By E. W. Maunder. 



F.E.A.S 



Letter:— T. W. Backhouse, 

 Ants' Companions. — I. By E. A. 



Butler,. 



Hot Sprines. By Prof. J. Logan 



Loliley, F.G.S. 

 The Face of the Sky for May. 



By Herbert Sadler, P.K.A.S. 

 Chess Column. By C. D. Locock, 



B.A.Oxon 



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