Dbc. 9, 1881.] 



KNOWLEDGE 



127 



<!^ur CI)fs!s Column. 



Great pressure of other matter compels us to limit our chess this 

 week to a single game. It is, however, annotated fully, as promised 

 in Number 1. 



Game Plavf.d at Leamington Mkeii.vg, Octobkk, 1881. 



NOTES BY MEPHISTO. 

 (Incorporating Mr. Bowley's comments.) 



(■) In reply to 1. P. to Q.Kt.3., it is not advisable to advance 

 P. to K.4. and Q.4. too hasHly . V. to KJjTand Q.l. brings about a 

 normal and safe development. 



(') Loss of time : White might ha\e played P. to K.B.4. at once if 

 that was liis intention ; but this attack was premature. P. to 

 E.B.4. would have been better than Q. to K.2., to prevent the 

 check with the Queen on R.5. Proper play was to develop the 

 ftame by 4.P. to Q.B.I, Kt. to Q.B 3., &c., after the fashion of 

 Queen's openings. 



(') Having missed the flood tide of the opening, fortune turns 

 against White. P. to B.4. here is weak, as it opens up his game, of 

 which Black at once takes advantage. In view of the good position 

 of the Black Bi.shops, it would have been dangerous to castle on 

 the King's side. 8. Kt. to Q.B.3. might have been played. Mr. 

 Bowley points out that Black could not venture on 



B. takes Kt.ch. 



8. — p~tev^g R — followed by 9. B. takes P., because of 



P. to K.Kt.3. . . 



9. Q. to R.5. (ch.) 10. Q t„ K 5 - wmnmg. 



C) 10. Kt. to K.B. 3. would have been better. If then Black 



plared 10. Q. to B.7. 11. P. to Q.3 . would have equalised the game ; 

 or, if B to Kt.o.;^ in reply to 10. Kt. to K.B.3 ., then 11. Castles with a 

 safer game than that obtained through the move in the text. 



, , „ „ , , . P. takes P. Q. takes B. 



« Mr. Bowley thu^ks that H- b. takes P. ^2. ^^g 2. 



13. %' !^r,^'^' U. Q- '° "•^- would have been better. Should 

 Q. takes B. 



Black venture on 11. Q. takes B., White ought to win, as the 

 r 11 • • .- , ,, P- fakes P. ,„ P. takes B. , 



followmg variation shows:- 11. q ^^^^ ^ 12. KrTrK72T ('° 



avoid the mate, and at the same time prevent B. takes Kt. (ch.), 



Q. to B7. (ch.) 

 K. to Q.sq. 

 Kt. to K.2 _ Castles 



15. ^; — TT~TT _ ; hest to avoid the mate by 



followed by Q. takes P. and Q. to Q.B.3.) 13. 



14 



Q. takes B. R. to K.sq. 



Q.to Q.B.3.(ch.) IG. Q^^t. to B.3.» Q. takes P. ^hitcnow 



Q. toKt.7. ^'• 



threatens to win by R. to B.8. If, to prevent this, Black plays 



17. Q. to B.7., with the object of bringing her to K.Kt.3., then 

 White plays 18. P. to K.4. first. The only move for Black would be 

 iQ TT . ^1. I i. „ ,„ R. to B.8. B. takes Kt. 



18. Kt. to Q.5. ; then follows 19. ^,^ ^_,.._rrx /-■. \ 20. 



■Kt.takesKt.(ch.) ' 



P. to B.3. 



to avoid the mate by 

 22 R. takes Kt.(ch .) 



R. takes R.(cli). 

 Q. takes B.(ch.) 



R. takes R.(ch.) 

 Kt.toR.4.{cy 



B. takes R. """ K. to Kt.3. "'' K. to R.t. 



.,, Q.toB.5.(ch.) and win.s. Wegive a diagram of the position. 



Position after Black's tenth move, Q. to B.7 



Black. 



(') Played to make the Rook available for attack. White cculd 

 not now plav 12. P. takes P., as pointed out by Mr. Bowley, as 



Q. to Kt.2. . . 

 Black would win by l^-^- to K.B.sq. l^Bn^eTpT '^"""°"' ^' 

 Queen cannot take the Bishop on pain of Mate in two by 

 Q. to B.8(.ch. ) and Q. to K.B.8 Mate. 



(K) White's game is now seriously compromised. If he had 

 tried to pl.iy 16. Kt. to B.4., instead of P. to B.5., then Mr. Bow ley 

 points out that he would have played the fine move of K. takes Kt.) 

 and after the subsequent exchanges Black would retain a slight 

 Kt. to B.4. K.P. takes R. K. takes Q. 



superiority, e.g.. 



,&c. Of 



R. takes Kt. Q. takes Q. Kt. to K.C.(ch.) 

 course White could not play Q. takes Q. in reply to R. takes Kt., 

 for then Black would win by"R. takes R.(ch.) and Kt. to K.6.(ch.) 

 (>■) If Black play Kt. takes K.P., White's reply would be 

 R. takes R. Kt. to R.3. . , „ ^ , , 



19. :p: , 7\ 20. forcing the Queen back, and re- 



Kt.takesQ. ° 



taining three pieces for the Queen. 



(') A slip, of course. Mr. Bowley tells us that Kt. to B.4., 

 giving back the piece would have been White's best ; but even then 

 Black would retain a superiority. 



(') White must lose the Queen, or be Mated in very few moves. 



In last week's Chess column position numbered 3 should have 

 been 4. In the solution to Mr. Healey's Problem 2 it is unneces- 

 saiy to consider the reply, 1. K. to Q.R.sq., for if Black so play 

 White can win by 2. R. to Q.B.7. 



In replv to numerous correspondents, we note that solutions of all 

 problems'we may give will appear a fortnight later. Names of any 

 who, having correctly solved problems, care to forw ard their results 

 will also appear. 



■\Vhilo adhering to our plan of giving fully annotated games, and 

 analysis of the openings, we shall be glad to publish problems and 

 games, &c., of interest, which correspondents may send us. 



Our friend " The Enemy " (need we say we refer to Mephisto) 

 sends us a three-mover, recently published in the Glasyov: Herald, 

 by Mr. C. R. Baxter, Dundee, which we shall venture to publish 

 next week. In this problem our two-mover of last week would 

 seem to be embodied. Sometimes such coincidences are accidental 

 (we may give a case in point presently). As our two-mover was 

 published in the Ilhistraled London Xevjs more than twenty years 

 ago (more exactly, on May 7, 1859), we presume Mr. Baxter will 

 hardly claim priority. 



SvNXHRONiSED ELECTRIC CLOCKS. — It appears that an error has 

 occurred in the Timex, and most of the papers, including Knowledge, 

 in noticing the lecture lately given by Mr. John Lund, on the above 

 subject at the Society of Telegraph Engineers. In mentioning the 

 practicability of utilising the telegraph wires for the di.uble purpose 

 of telephoning and synchronising, it was stated that communication 

 was effected between the Lectm-e-room and Messrs. Barraud & 

 Lund's jiremises in Pall Mall, whereas it should have read, 

 between the Leetnre-room and the premises of Messrs. Lund & 

 Blockley, in Pall Mall, who are concessionaires for the West-end 

 district. The two firms are, however, otherwise distinct. 



