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KNOWLEDGE 



[July 1, 1892. 



in finding defences against other key-moves than the 

 correct one. 



Consultation Game played at the Boston Chess Club, on 

 the 8th April, by W. Steinitz against Messrs. J. F. Barry, 

 C. B. Snow, and H. N. Pillsbury. The score is from the 

 Liverpool Mfiriiri/. 



[King's Gambit Declined.] 



1. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



6. 



6. 



7. 



H. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 28. 

 24. 

 25. 

 26. 



Steinitz. 

 P toK4 

 P to KB4 

 KKt to B3 

 B to B4 (a) 

 P toB3 

 Q to K2 

 P to Q3 

 P to B5 (?) 

 P to Kt4 ((•) 

 PxB (rf) 

 PxP(e) 

 P to Q4 

 B to E3 

 Q to K4 

 Kt \ Kt 

 Q to K2 

 K to Bsq 

 BxKt (h) 

 Kt to K4 

 K to Kt2 

 PxE 

 QxE 

 K to Bsq 

 K to Ksq 

 K to K2 

 Eesigns. 



{'/) 



'{i) 



Allien. 



1. P to K4 



2. B to B4 



3. P to Q3 



4. QKt to B3 



5. Kt to B3 



6. Q to K2 (//) 



7. B to KKt5 



8. Castles, QE 



9. B X Kt 



10. P to Q4 



11. KtxQKtP (/■ 



12. B to KtS 



13. KKtxP 



14. KtxQBP! 



15. ExP 



16. Q to E6ch 



17. ExB 



18. ExB 



19. E to Qsq 



20. E X Kt ! 



21. E toQ7 (/) 



22. Q to Kt5ch 



23. Q to B6oh 



24. QxEcb 



25. QxE 



Notes. 



(a) 4. Kt to B3 is at least equally good. 4. P to B3 

 may also be played. 



(6) With a view to castling on the Queen's side if 

 desirable. 



((■) Prematm-e, as Black's excellent play demonstrates ; 

 but in any case his centre must be broken up by P to Q4. 



(rf) If 10. Q X B, Kt X KtP ; 11. P x Kt, B to Q5, &c. 



(<•) Messrs. Pillsbury and Barry, in their notes to this 

 game, suggest as an alternative 11. B to Kt3, Kt x KtP ; 

 12. P X Kt, B to Q.5 ; 13. B to Kt2, Q x P cb. ; K to Bsq, 

 Kt to E4 ; with a strong attack. The position after these 

 moves is most remarkable. White bavmg scarcely a move 

 which he can make without loss. Perhaps, therefore, his 

 safest course at move 11, was simply 11. PxB, PxB; 12. 

 PxP, QxP; 13. B to K3, Q to E4 ; 14. Castles, with 

 fair prospects of ultimate safety. 



(/) A very ingenious sacrifice. If the Knight be taken. 

 Black clearly wins back the piece by 12. ... B to Qo. 



((/) Overlooking Black's crushing reply. But even after 

 14. BxKKt, Q to E5ch; 15. K to Bsq, KtxB, he 

 would have a very bad game. 



(h) If 18. Kt to K4 at once. Black wins by 18 . . . 

 E to B7, for the Knight must cover. 



(«) Black threatened to win a piece by ExKt and 

 Q to EGch, &c. 20. Kt to KtS is useless on account of 

 20 . . . Q to Q5 and 21. ... E to Kt7. 



ij) A beautiful final coup which wins a clear Book. 

 Black's play throughout against their formidable opponent 



has been of the very highest order. The innovation of 

 castling on the Queen's side turned out most successfully. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



The American Championship Match was concluded last 

 month, the final score being Lipschiitz, 7 ; Showalter, 1 ; 

 drawn, 7. Mr. Showalter is well kuown as a rising, and 

 at times a brilliant player, but in the present match the 

 brilliancy seems to have deserted him. Nor are his 

 previous performances in any way to be compared with 

 those of his opponent, who is evidently in America second 

 only to Mr. Steinitz. The large proportion of drawn 

 games is noticeable. 



The Hdckufi/ Mtiruri/ announces an Autumn Problem 

 Tourney. Entries to be sent in by September 1st. Under 

 certain conditions corrected versions of previously published 

 unsound problems will be admitted. There are two 

 sections (for two-move and three-move direct mates respec- 

 tively), and four prizes in each section. Composers are 

 limited to one problem in each section. 



The Divan Handicap has again been won by j\Ir. F. J. 

 Lee, with the good score of 12i out of a possible 16. Mr. 

 Mollard (Hon. Sec. of the South Norwood Chess Club) 

 was second, with 11 J. Mr. Loman, who made such a fine 

 score against the rest of the first class that his ultimate 

 victory was looked on as assured, failed signally as a giver 

 of large odds ; his last game gave Dr. Alderson his solitary 

 victim. 



The long-expected match at the British Chess Club, 

 between Messrs. Blackburne and Lasker, ended in a 

 decisive wtory for the young German master by 6 games 

 to 0, with 4 games drawn. This performance, coming as 

 it does after his two previous tournament successes, seems 

 to settle the Championship of England question probably 

 for some time to come. Possibly Mr. Blackburne was not 

 at his best throughout, notwithstanding his splendid com- 

 bination in the middle of the ninth game. Mr. Lasker's 

 play is not always intelligible to the general public ; in the 

 words of Mr. Bird, he is "a very mysterious player." 

 Perhaps the mystery is partly explained by the fact that 

 when he sees nothing to do he is content to do it. Bold 

 and unexpected Pawn-play is his speciahty. Probably 

 altogether he has no equal in Europe except Dr. Tarrasch. 



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