200 



KNOWLEDGE. 



[OCTOBEK 1, 1892. 



PEOBLEM. 

 By G. K. Ansell. 



Black. 



White. 



White to play, and compel Black to mate in two moves. 



Appended is the thii'd game of the recent Newcastle 

 Match. 



" Sicilian Defence." 



White (E. Lasker). 

 1. P to K4 

 Kt to KB3 

 P to Q4 

 KtxP 

 Kt X Kt 

 Q to Q4 

 Kt to B3 

 B to BQ4 

 Castles 

 B to K8 

 Q to Q2 (c) 

 KPi to Qsq 

 QR to Ktsq 

 P to QKt-l 

 B to B4 

 B to QKt3 

 P to Kto 



18. P to QR4 



19. B to Kt3 



P to B4 



K to Esq 



P to B5 



BxKt 



Q toRG 



Q X Pch 



2G. Q to R6ch 



27. Q to Kt7ch 



28. QxPch 



29. QxKP 



80. P to BG 



81. QxKtP 



32. BxP 



33. Ex Boh 



34. Q to QB.5 



35. Kt to Q5ch 



36. PxPch 



2. 

 8. 



4. 



5. 



6. 



7. 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 



20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 

 25. 



Black (H. E. Bird). 



1. P to QB4 



2. Kt to QB3 

 8. PxP 



4. P to KKt8 (a) 



5. KtPxKt 



6. P to B3 



7. B to KKt2 (h) 



8. Kt to R3 



9. Kt to B2 



10. Castles 



11. P to K3 



12. Q to R4 (d) 

 18. R to Ksq (e) 



14. Q to B2 



15. Kt toK4 (/■) 



16. B to Bsq 



17. E to Ktsq 



18. B to K2 (v) 



19. K to Kt2 



20. B to B4ch 



21. Kt to B2 



22. P to K4 (h) 



23. KxB 



24. P to Kt4 



25. K to Bsq 



26. K to K2 



27. K to Qsq 



28. B to K2 



29. P to Q3 

 80. B to Bsq 



31. Q to B2 



32. BxB 

 38. K to B2 



84. R to Kt3 



85. K to Kt2 

 Resigns. 



Notes. 



(a) Not good here. The move should have been made, 

 if at all, at move 2. On his next move he would do better, 

 perhaps, to retake with the QP. 



(b) 7. . . Q to Kt3 would not be good. The White 

 Queen would play to B4, followed by Kt to R4 sooner or 

 later. Owing to his faulty opening, Black experiences some 

 difficulty in castling. 



((■) The Black King's Bishop being now defended, the 

 Queen does well to retire. 



{(I) A favourite move of Mr. Bird's. He cannot play 

 12. . . P to Q4 on account of 13. PxP, P x P'; 

 14. KtxP!, PxKt. ; 15. BxP, as Mr. Lasker points 

 out. 



(c) Probably to make room for the Bishop at Bsq, in 

 view of the probable posting of the White QB at B5. 

 Perhaps, however, 13. . . P to Q4 would be preferable. 



(./') 15. . . P to K4 would not only pin the Knight, but 

 leave his Queen's Pawn stOl weaker. 



(//) He has not much to do, but P to QR3 seems more 

 to the purpose. 



(/() This loses the game, which was still defensible bv 

 22. . . Kt to K4. 



The remainder of the game is remarkable for the rapid 

 disappearance of the Black Pawns. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



A short match played at Newcastle last month, between 

 Messrs. H. E. Bird and E. Lasker, resulted in a not 

 unexpected victory for the latter by five games to none. 

 Thex'e were no drawn games, though some were well 

 contested ; Mr. Lasker being generally content to exchange 

 Queens at the earliest opportunity, relying solely on his 

 superior skill in the end-game. 



A quadrangular match was in progress at Belfast last 

 month, ilr. Lasker abandoned his intention of competing, 

 Messrs. Mason and Lee taking his place. The score up to 

 September 19th was as follows : Blackburne 3, Mason 8, 

 Bird 3, Lee 1. 



The Chess Monthhj will in future be published by Mr. 

 Horace Cox (Bream's Buildings, E.C.). The alteration is 

 designed as a certain cure for the attack of unpunctuality 

 from which the leading chess magazine has recently been 

 suffering. 



A match between Dr. Smith and Mr. T. Block, played 

 recently at the City of London Chess Club, resulted, after 

 a very hard fight, in a victory for Dr. Smith by five games 

 to four. 



Contents of No. 83. 



How Olrl is the WorM ? Bv the 

 Kev. H. N. Hutchinson, B.A., 

 F.G.S 161 



Bee Parasites— III. By E. A. 

 Butier 164 



Tlie Climate of Mirs. 

 Maunder, F.E.A.S. 



By E. W. 



Ou some Eeceut Adv-iuces in the 

 Study of Solar Prominences 

 and Facula;. By A. C. Rauyard 



Letters :— T. E, Espiu ; J. L. 

 Bozward; S. E. Peal 



The Oldest Fishes and their Fius. 

 By E. Lydekker, B.A.Cautal,..., 



Eadiant Matter. By A. Jameson 



The Face of the Sky for Sep- 

 temher. By Herbert Sadler, 

 F.E.A.S 



Chess Column. By C. D. Locock, 

 B.A.Oion 179 



173 

 176 



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