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KNO\VLEDGE ^ 



[Feb. 1, 188G. 



tournament which is now in progress at the well-known City chess 

 resort at Purssell's, in Cornhill. 



To show the distribution o£ these odds for all classes we give 

 the following table, which explains itself ; — 



SCALE OF ODDS. 



By testing this scale of odds in different directions, it will be 

 found that in spite of the many improvements, yet in the main the 

 class of odds are altered but very slightly. We give a few 

 instances: — 



A Pawn and two player (class 4) gives Pawn and two moves to a 

 Rook player (class 7), the same as he always did. A Knight player 

 (class 5) gives Pawn and move to a Rook player (class 7). A Pawn 

 and move player gives Pawn and two moves to the weaker division 

 of the Knight class only ; but he gives a Kt to the Rook class as 

 before. The 6rst-class player gives to all classes the same odds as 

 before, materially improved upon by the interposition of three new 

 classes— namely, the 2nd, Oth, and 8th. 



The following game was played on January 21 in the Handicap 

 Tournament at Purssell's Chess-rooms. It is a good example of a 

 game played at the odds of two moves : — 



White. Black. 



A. 6. Guest. J. Guusberg. 



20. Q X B R to Qsq 



21. Q to K.3 P to QKt 1 (/) 



22. P X P p X P 



23. B to K4 R to Kt sq 



24. QR to Esq Q to R4 

 2.5. KR to Qsq B to Q2 



26. B to Kt sq P to Kt.-- 



27. Kt to K4 Kt to Q4 



28. Q to Q3 ( / ) B to Kt4 

 20. Q to B2 



1. 

 2. 

 3. 

 4. 



5. 



6. 



7. 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 



White. 

 A. G. Guest, 

 Kt to K B3 

 P to Q4 («) 

 P to B4 

 P to K3 

 B to Qli 

 Castles 

 K"„ to B3 

 P to K4 {!)) 

 BxP 



R to Ksq (c) 

 B to B2 

 Kt to K5 

 Kt to P.3 (rf) 

 B to K3 

 P to QKt3 ((•) 



Black, 

 J. GuDsberg. 



1' toQ4 

 P to K3 

 Kt toKC3 

 P to B3 

 B to Q3 

 (,>Kt to Q2 

 P « KP 

 P to KR3 

 Castles 

 R to Ksq 

 P to QBl ! 

 P to R3 

 Q to 112 







29. 



30. Kt to B5 (/) 



31. K to l!sq(?j) 



32. R to Ksq 



33. Kt to K4 (<;) 



34. K to Kt sq 



35. Q to B4 



36. B X P 



37. K to E.sq 



Resigns. 



P to B4 00 

 KttoKB5(w) 

 B to K7 ! 

 (} to Rsq ! 

 B X P(ch) 

 P X Kt 

 R to Q4 

 R to Kt4(ch) 

 B to Kt7(ch) 



NOTES. 



(«) This brings about Zukertort's Queen's Opening, White being 

 a move ahead. We think, however, that White would do better to 

 play 1. P to K4 and Q4, preventing a regular Opening, and compel- 

 ling Black to play a defence resembling the French. 



(J) This is proper play now ; but it tends to show that it must be 



better to play P to K4 on the first move, instead of losing time by 

 playing first P to K3, and then P to K4. 



(f ) With a view to advancing P to Q5. 



{(i) A serious loss of time. White might have simplified matters 

 by 13. Kt X Kt, B X Kt. 14. P x P, B « BP. 15. B to K3, &c. White's 

 object in playing his Kt back to B3 was to keep Black's QB blocked 

 up. 



(f) Compromising his position on the Q side. 



(/) His best, for if 16. E x P, P to K4. 17. B to K3, P to K5, 

 &c., winning the KRP. 



{g) White preferred this move to retiring this Kt., as he evi- 

 dently relies on the favourable position of his QB for attacking 

 Black. 



(A) White threatened B x P. 



(i) An attempt to bring the QB into play. 



(,7 ) White's intention is obviously to get a chance of playing his 

 Q to R7, even at a sacrifice ; for that reason Black had to be very 

 exact in his moves. 



{ll) The only way of counteracting White's designs. If Kt to B5, 

 then Kt to B6(chJ wins. R to Bsq would also be fatal. P to B4, 

 however, required proper examination, for there was the possibility 

 of White attacking the weakened KP successfully, or taking it oS 

 even it protected, followed by Q x P. 



{I) Playing as indicated above. But we think Kt to Kt3 would 

 have been more defensive, as it guards the square on K7, which 

 Black is endeavouring to reach with his Kt. 



(w) This move defends the KP, for if 31. Kt x P, Kt x Kt. 

 32. Q X P, Kt, Bsq safely. The move is also very attacking, threat- 

 ening Kt to K7. Again, if White plays R x R, the Black Q retakes, 

 threatening to mate as follows ; — 31. R x R(ch), Q x R. 32. K to Rsq, 

 Q to Kt4. "33. R to KKtsq, Q to R4, followed by B to B3, ic. 



(«) This loses right oft. 31. R to Ksq was best. 



(o) White has no other defence against Black's last move. 



STEINITZ r. ZUKERTORT. 



The first part of this match is now concluded, and resulted in a 

 decisive victory for Zukertort, who won four games to one. 



The following vigorously-played game is the first of the match, 

 commenced on Jan. 11, at New York: — 



1. 



■White. 

 Zukertort. 

 P to Q4 



2. P to QB4 



3. P to K3 



4. Kt to QB3 



5. Kt to KE3 



6. P to QR3 



7. P to B5 



8. P to QKt4 



9. B to K2 



10. B to Kt2 



11. Kt to Q2 



12. P to KR3 



13. P to QR4(.') 



14. P to Kto 



15. P to Kt3 

 Hi. K to Bsq 



17. P X Kt 



18. K to Kt2 

 Q to KKt sq 

 K to Bsq 

 Q to B2 

 PxP 

 KR to Kt sq 



Buck. 



Steinitz. 

 PtoQ4 

 P to (^B3 

 B to K P.4 

 P to K3 

 Kt to Q2 

 B toQ3 

 B to B2 

 P to K4 

 KKt to B3 

 P to K5 

 P toKR4 

 Kt to Bsq 

 Kt to Kt3 

 Kt to R5 

 KttoKt7(ch) 

 Kt X P(ch) 

 B X KtP 

 P. to P.2 

 R to R3 

 R to Kt3 

 QtoQ2 

 PxP 

 B x P(ch) 



White 



White. 

 Zukertort. 



24. 



K to Ksq 

 B xKt 

 Kt to K2 

 Kt to KB4 

 BtoB3 

 Kt to K2 

 Q to Kt2 



31. Kt to KDsq 



32. K to Q2 



33. P to R5(?) 



34. R to KRsq 



35. QR to Ksq 



36. Kt X P 



37. Q X R 



38. Kt X B 



39. K to B2 



40. B to Q2 



41. B to Bsq 



42. K to B3 



43. R to R7(ch) 



44. R to R6(ch) 



45. BxP 



46. R to Bsq(ch) 



resigns. 



Black. 



Steinitz. 

 Kt to Kt3 

 B X P. 

 Q to K2 

 R to R3 

 P to Kt4 

 R to B3 

 R to B6 

 R to QKt sq 

 P to B4 

 P to B5 

 Q to B2 

 P X P(ch) 

 R to B7 

 QxQ 



B to B5(cli) 

 P X Kt 

 P to K(> . 

 Q to Kt7 

 K to Q2 

 K to K3 

 K to B4 

 Ex B 

 B to B5 



Contents of No. 3. 



PAGE 



The Unknowable ; or, the Religion 

 of Science. By R. A. Proctor ... 73 



Plcas:tnt Hours with a Microscope. 

 {Illns.) By H. J. Slack 75 



Tlie Storv of Creation : A Plain Ac- 

 count of Evolution. ByEd.Clodd. 76 



Coal : Cannel Coal anil Boghead. 

 By W. Mattieu Williams 78 



Our Galaxy : Letter to Sir J. Iler- 

 schel. Cllhis.) Bv R. A. Proctor 80 



The Universe of Stars. {Illus.} 

 By Sir J. Herschel 83 



Evolution of Language : Sound 

 Changes. By Ada S. Ballin 85 



The Southern Skies for January. 

 (lUiis.) By R. A. Proctor 88 



By 



■ Stella 



FACE 



Indian Myths. 



Occidens" Ba 



The Star of Bethlehem and a Bible 



Comet. By B. A. Proctor 90 



Pictures. By Baroness von Gottrau. 93 

 The Dignity of Science. By E. A. 



Proctor 93 



Optical Recreations ; Colour and 



Light. (IU«s.) By F.li.A.S. ... 9.5 



The Story of the Heavens 97 



Newton : His Name and Fame 9-1 



Gossip. By E. A. Proctor 9!) 



New Books to be Read — and Why 102 



Whist. By "Mogul" 103 



Chess : Four-handed CheBs. By 



"Mephisto" 101 



