March 10, 1882.] 



• KNOWLEDGE 



415 



C^ur €i)t^5 Column. 



Games between Mephisto, and a strong Amateur. 



(*) The best defence is to employ the Bishop on K2 in com- 

 bination with R to KBsq and K to Kt2 



C") The tempting move Kt takes KP wonld not be good play. 



(<^) Or B to K2 



('') Black might have defended with 12 Kt to QB3, 13 Q takes 

 B P, 13 Kt takes B, 14 P takes Kt, 14 R takes P. 



(') A powerful resource, which threatens to break up White's 

 game. 



O A desperate move, but if K to R2 or Rsq, then by Q takes 

 KP Black would completely domineer over White's game. Of 

 course, White cannot afford to exchange Queens by interposing her 

 on B2. R to B2, besides proving an effective defence, also keeps 

 the attack in hand, for it would not be quite so good now for Black 

 to play, Q takes KP, for White would then reply with B to Ksq, 

 and Black could not then take the RP with a check, which would 

 hare been the case had the King gone to Rsq or R2. The wiunin" 

 of the time of one move won the game for White. 



(s) Black dare not plaj- P to Kt6, for then White would reply 

 with P takes Kt ch, and dissolution would speedily follow. 



C) White not only threatens R takes B, but also Q takes R P, 

 Black has no alternative but to take the proffered Rook. The 

 sacrifice is perfectly sound. 



We give a diagram of the position. 



Position after White's 20th move : — 



(J) K to B2 instead of K takes P looks better, but it would also 

 loae, e.g. : — 



K to B2 



Q takes P 



-2^ or 



Kt toQ2 

 B to Kt6 (ch ) 

 K takes P 

 B to B5 (c h) 

 K takes B (•) 



25 R to Esq (ch ) 

 K to K4 



2« R to Ksq (ch) 

 and wins 



24. 



(•) 24. 



K to K2 



K to Ksq 



R to Qsq 



5_i or 



B to B2 



B to Kta (ch) 



Pto B3 



Q to R8 (c h) ■ 



Q to Bsq 



R to K8 (c h) 



aad wins 

 Q takes B ch 

 K to Bsq 



Kt to Q2 



B to Kt6 (ch) 



K to Qsq 



Q to R8 (ch) 

 and mates in 

 two moves 



Q takes Kt 

 and wins 



GAMES BY CORRESPONDEXCE.— (Con«n«c<iyVom J). 300.) 



GAME I. 



Chief Editob. 



4. P to K5 



5. Kt to KB3 



6. Q takes P 



7. Q to B2 



8. P to QB3 



9. B to Q3 

 10. P to QKt4 



4. P to Q4 



5. Kt to K B3 

 tj. P to Kt3 



7. P to K5 

 S. P to QRl 

 9. B to QR3 



Cdess Editor. 



3. P to Q I 



4. P to QB4 



5. P takes P 

 G. Kt to QB3 



7. B to QKto (ch) 

 «. B to QR4 

 9. KKt to K2 



GAME U. 



3. Q to B3 



4. P to Q3 



5. Kt to QB3 



6. B to Q2 



7. Q to K2 



8. Castles 



SOLUTION OF PROBLEM NO. 20, p. 350. 

 By J. A. Miles. 



1. B to R4 (ch) K takes B 



2. Q toQR7 K takes R(») 



3. Kt to KO dis. ch. and mates next move. 



(•) If R takes QKt to K8, mate. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 *»* Please address Chess-Editor. 

 J. A. Miles. — Problems received with thanks. Your kindly- 

 proffered assistance welcome. We can only benefit by your 

 cijierience. 



E. C. H.— Ves. 



J. S. Flower, Ryde.— Received with thanks, but too obvious for 

 insertion. 



D. — Self mate is to compel your adversary to mate you. 



H. A. L. S.— Problems 21 and 22 are intended to bo easy. We 

 should displease far more readers by giving difficult problems only 

 than by giving occasionally easy ones. Curious to say, the easy 

 problem of which you speak so disparagingly has proved too much 

 for you; for if 1. Bto K.7 (ch), then Q takes R, and there is no 

 mate. 



H. Percival, R. S. Standen, and others. — Answered last week. 



F. H. Jones. — Solution of No. 20 incorrect ; if 1. R takes P, 

 1. R to Kt7, and there is no mate in three. 



Correct solution of Problems No. 21 and 22 received from 

 G. B. T., J. Licence, A. C. Skinner, A. J. Martin, H. Percival, 

 Henry Bowmann, R. S. Standen, Brenton, F. H. Jones (of No. 22 

 only), S. H. G., J. R. W. 



Problem 21. — In this problem there is a Bishop on White's King's 

 Rook square, with a Pawn on Kt2. The object of the Bishop is to 

 command the square on QB6 ; if, therefore, we replace the Bishop 

 on KRsq. by a Queen, this object is likewise achieved, and the 

 anomaly (if it may be so called) is obviated. 



Problem 21, p. 369. From Squire. 



White. Black. 



1. King's Knight's Pawn to his 4th 1. Queen takes Castle 



2. Knight to King's 6th (from 



K B4 mate. 



Variation. 



1. As before 1. If Queen takes Bishop 



2. Castle to King 7th. Mate, cic. 



Pboblkm 22, p. 369. 



Black. 



1. Queen to Q8 1. K to KB2 



2. Kt to K7, mate 



1. As before 2. Queen to Q2 



2. Queen to K36, mate, &c. 



White. 



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