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KNOWLEDGE ♦ 



[March '\ 18b2. 



IcimI either throuKh B'« tcnnro in llenrtB, or up to A't tonnco in CInba. 

 Ili« aUo, nil you miy, rcquiro infornmlinn iilniut lioiioii™. 



A Stbanck UitTfKN Leah.— V WmU n Kumll cnrd, wliicli B (ncrond 

 Imiid wild Arc, KinR, Kniivc) wind with Knnvc, nnil iinmrfliiitcly 

 rutiiniH Kintf, wlitrli A (/)'» imrtiicr) triiiiipR. At tlio cnil of thr 

 linml II liiiH thi' rffrontt-rv li> link A irhij lio triim|>i-(l hi« KinK-_ MiK'i' 

 nut A have rctortuii witli iiiort' rt-iiBon, why did yon pnt on Kimvc !' 

 — \V. K. With nuicli better rcimon. II snid, n« plninly lis whiBt 

 Inngungo con »ponk,"l hold the Kinif only, nnd jdiiy it ko thnt, if yon 

 Imvp the Are, you niny iinvc it." But wliy did you hciid your letter 

 " nn omitted cnno where Ace nhould bo led before King " — this is n 

 return lend, and 1 have considered no return lends at present. 



FiVK OK Cl.lBS. 



#ur €l)tiB Column. 



Endinjis from actual games played by Mephisto : — 



No. 23. No. 24. 



Amatf.I'R. Amateuk. 



WniTK. ■\VnrTB. 



Blacc. 

 Mephisto. 



Mephisto won as follows 

 Ji. to Kt.5(ch.). 

 r. to B.3 (•). Q.R. to Q.sq. 

 Kt. toK.2 (>>). Q. toQ.G. 

 Kt. to Q.-t. K. takes Kt. 



Resigns. 

 (•) If K. to 3.sq., then 



Q. takes B. 

 B. to K.6(ch). 

 Q.R. takes B.P. 

 R. to Kt.sq. 



Q.R. to Q.sq. Now, if Kt. to Q.3. , 

 Q. to K.t> wins ; or, K. to K.sq.. 

 Q. to Kt.4(ch)., Kt. to Q.3. 

 R. takes Kt., wins. 

 ('') Black threatens — 



K. to B.sq. 



Q. takes Q. (*) 

 K. to Q.sq. 

 P. takes R. C") 



Resigns. 



(") Had Araatenr seen his 

 danger, and not taken the 

 Qneen, then Mephisto would 

 vfin by being a piece ahea<l. 



(*") This was unexpected ; he 

 must take the Rouk. 



Q. toQ.7(ch). 



R. takea Q. 



R. takes R., mate. 



Q. to Q.8(ch). 



Problem Xo. 1" 

 Kt. ta kes B. P. 

 P. takes Kt. 

 K. to K.6. 



SOLUTION. 

 End Game by B. Horwitz, p. 330. 

 P. to Kt. 6 . 3 K. to Q.7. 



Q. to Kt.2.7^) 



K. to Kt.sq. (") 

 B. takes P. 



Q. to R.sq., or K. to R.sq. and wins. 



(") If Q. to Kt.sq., B. takes P., wins. 



CHESS BY CORRESPOXDENCE. 

 Mr. M. .T. Harding has set the ball rolling. Having at his 

 request inserted a notice to play by correspondence in No. 16, we 

 have received about a score of replies, and, as " our true intent is 

 all for yonr delight," we shall continue to introduce the players to 

 each other, for the benefit of Chess and of the State revenne. 

 Letters received from — 



A. B. Palmer 0. Woodcock 



H. T. Uolden R. G. Brothers 



A. Woverton A. F. 'Baker 



" Fusee" W. G. Jones 



Chns. W. Tilbe H. Percival 



G. Priestman R. S. Tulloch 



whom we have paired in the above order. 



Of roumo, we cannot bo held roiipoiuible for introdocing tlie 

 Lnmb to the I>ion, ns we do not know the xtrcngth of our coire- 

 H|>ondentK. Should, however, two Lions meet, and a good game or 

 |Kjaition result, we shall be happy to publish the Hamo. 



We make a l)Cginning this week, and publish tho moveii of two 

 games between Chief Editor and Chess Editor. 



liemrivc Blaek'n Kin-j'H Ilishnp't I'ann. I'awn and two moiet, 

 GAME I. 



CniF.F EniToB. 



1. P. to K.4. 



2. P. to Q.l. 



3. P. to K.B. t. 



1. P. to K. I. 



2. P. to K.B.I. 



3. P. to Q.Kt.3. 



Chess EniToR. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 •»• rieane address Chens-Editor. 



Postcard. — We know Staunton's "Companion, 1849," but yoa 

 cannot call that a " modern treatise " ; some of its merits have 

 been " improved away." 



.1. F. B. — You must not move yonr King into check. The prin- 

 ciple is, that the player who captures his opponent's King first haa 

 won the game. 



G. W. — Remark about ending correct. 



H. Percival. — The games in the Berlin Tournament have not 

 ■' all " been published. 



Henry Planck. — Solution of No, 20 correct. 



K. S. Standen. — Solution of No. 14 correct. 



L. E. Whitelv. — Problem 20. The first move is not 1. R. takes 

 R.P., but 1. B.'to R.4(ch.). 



A. B. Palmer. — Solutions correct. 



Leauard P. Rees. — Solutions correct. Problems received with 

 thanks, and will receive our attention. 



G. Priestman. — Problem No. 21 incorrect. 1. B. to R.4 (ch.). 



D. Cndmore. — Solutions correct. 



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Contents of Knowledge N'o. 17. 



TASt 



EasT Lest^ons in Blowpipe C^e- 

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Col, W. A. Ross, late H,A : 



The Brain and Skull (lUiutrattd) . . : 



Intelligence in Animals : 



COBBBSPONDENCB : — Erratum— 

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Queries 3M' 



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Notes on Art and Science 



Our Mathematical Column 38B 



Our Chess Column 



Our Whist Column 37» 



Our Ancestors.- 1. The 1 

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Birth of the Moon bv Tidal Evolu 

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Fallacies about Luck. By 



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 The Crsstal Palace Electrical Exhi- 

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The Eainband 356 



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Brain Troubles, Punning 357 



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[Telescopes 358 



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