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KNOWLEDGE 



[N0\TSMBER 1, 1892. 



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 38. 

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Q to KB [g) 



P to B8 



PxKt 



KR to K2 



Kt to K2 (i) 



Q toB2 



Kt to Kt3 



Kt to B5 



K to Esq 



R to Kt2 (/,•) 



Kt to K3 (/) 



R to Kt4 



Kt to B5 



Q toR2 



QE to KKtsq 



P to KB4 



PxR 



E(Kt)sq to Kt2 (») 



R(Kt4) to Kt3 



EKtsq 



R(Ktsq) to Kt2 



E to Ktsq 



R(Kt8) to Kt2 (/J) 



P to KB5 



Q to KtSch 



R to Qsq 



K to Ktsq 



E toB2 



Eesigns. 



19. Kt to QB4 ! 



20. KtxB 



21. P to E3 {/:) 



22. KR to Ksq 



23. Kt to Q4 ( ;) 



24. Kt to B2 



25. Kt to K3 



26. Kt to Kt4 



27. K to Rsq 



28. B to B3 



29. Kt to K3 



30. B to Kt4 



31. R to KKtsq 



32. B to B3 



33. E to Kt4 (ill) 



34. ExKt 



35. QxP 



36. Kt to Kt2 



37. Q to Kt8ch (n 



38. Q to K5ch 



39. Q to Kt8ch 



40. Q to K5ch 



41. R to Q4 ! 



42. RxBP 



43. K to R2 



44. ExPch 



45. Q to K6ch 



46. B to R5 



Notes. 



(I) Waste of time, as his 31st move shows. 29. R to 

 Kt4 seems preferable. 



(//() An excellent move. The Rook exerts pressure in 

 all directions. The sacrifice of the exchange next move is 

 probably the quickest method of winning, and is at any 

 rate justified by the result. 



(«) For Black threatened, among other things, to win a 

 Pawn by ... Q to Q4ch. On his next move he finds 

 himself with nothing to do. 



(i>) Black indulges in a series of checks in order to gain 

 time. Q x BP would only complicate the game un- 

 necessarily. 



(li) A disastrous change of plan. This Rook is reqiiii-ed 

 for R3, and its removal terminates the game. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



(a) White develops his pieces in the old-fashioned order. 

 6. QKt to B3, and 7. P to Q4, usually precede this. The 

 position becomes normal at the tenth move. 



(b) Best. If 7. . . P to KR3? White may play 8. 

 B X Pch, Q X B ; 9. Kt to K5, etc. 



((■) Consideredstronger than the old continuation 10. . . . 

 P to Kt5 ; 11. Kt to Ksq ! P to B6 ; 12. P x P, or 12. B 

 to K3 with a good game. 



(d) Though this drives the Black Queen out of play for 

 some time, it secures Black's advantage on the King's side, 

 and is en that account inadvisable. 



((■) If at all, why not on his previous move ? But the 

 delay is characteristic of Winawer's sometimes incompre- 

 hensible style, ride his extraordinary Ruy Lopez beginning, 

 1. P to K4, P to K4 ; 2. KKt to B3, QKt to B3 ; 3. B to 

 Kt5, P to QR3 ; 4. B to E4, Kt to B3 ; 6. B x Kt ( ! ! )— a 

 unique instance. Instead of the unsound sacrifice in the 

 text he should advance the QBP. 



( ;■) Instead of this exchange we should prefer 17. . . 

 QE' to Qsq, threatening 18. QKt to B4. This would have 

 adequately forestalled the threatened 18. Kt to R2. 



((/) As this does not prevent Kt to QB4, P to B3 at once 

 is perhaps better, and would at least give the White Queen 

 the choice of other squares when attacked. 



(/i) Loss of time, as the Pawn cannot well be taken, c.'/.. 

 21. . . KRtoKsq; 22. RxP'? Kt to B4 ; 23. Q moves, 

 Kt X QP, etc. 



(i) Mr. Winawer now develops an ingenious attack. 

 The text move is also partly defensive, to guard against 

 the sacrifice pointed out in the previous note. 



(j) Against the opposing array of Pawns Black's game 

 is not easy. Dr. Tarrasch forms the admirable plan of 

 manoeuvring the Knight to KKt4, though he subsequently 

 retires it again in favour of the Bishop. 



(A-j Better than taking the open file with the other 

 Rook, which might conceivably be wanted elsewhere. He 

 now threatens KtxB and P to KB4. 



The final score in the Belfast quadrangular tournament 

 was as follows : — J. H. Blackburne, 5^, and J. Mason, 5^, 

 bracketed first ; H. E. Bird, 5, and F.'.J. Lee, 2. Mr. Bird 

 was signally successful against Mr. Blackburne. Other- 

 wise the results were in accordance with time-honoured 

 precedents. In such company Mr. Mason is almost 

 invariably a safe second. Mr. Lasker's absence was a 

 matter for regret, but it guaranteed his arrival in America 

 with a clean record. 



Mr. T. H. Moore, the Hon. Secretary of the Ludgate 

 Circus Chess Club, is endeavouring to form a Metropolitan 

 Chess Association, and has convened a meeting of chess- 

 players to consider his scheme. Ha^^ng regard to the 

 very large number of Chess clubs in London, the object 

 seems a desirable one, and it is surprising that no one was 

 found willing to undertake the task before. 



A match of two games, by correspondence, played 

 recently between the Liverpool and Glasgow Clubs, 

 resulted in a victory for the former club, who won one 

 game (Irregular) and drew the other (Buy Lopez). The 

 Liverpool players had the assistance of Mr. Burn in the 

 earlier stages of the contest only. 



Owing mainly to the efforts of Messrs. I. M. Brown and 

 L. P. Eees, the long-discussed match between the North 

 and South of England has now been definitely arranged. 

 The match will take place at Birmingham early next 

 year, probably with fifty players a side. Messrs. Owen and 

 Wayte will captain the teams. 



The annual winter tournament of the City of London 

 Chess Club has just been started on the usual gigantic 

 scale. There are 144 entries, and the contest may be 

 expected to outlast the winter. 



Contents of No. 84. 



PAGE 



Bee Parasites— IV. By E. A. 

 Butler 181 



The Fuel of the Blast Furnace. 

 By Vau^han Cornish, M.Sc, 

 F.L'.S IS! 



Grasses. By J. Peni land Smith, 

 M.A , B.Se 185 



The Eev. John Michell, Astro- 

 nomer and Getiloifist. By John 

 Kichard Sutton, B.A.Cantah. 188 



What is a Nebula:-' By A. 0. 

 Ranyard 191 



195 



Letters:— W. H S. Moack ; 

 ■William H. Pickering ; Richard 



Inwards 



A Flake of Flint and its History. 

 By E. Lydekker, B.A Cantab. 



The Face of the Sky for Oc- 

 tober. By Herbert Sadler, 

 F.R.A.S 198 



Chess Column. By C. D. Locook, 

 B.A.Oxon If9 



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