April 14, 1882.] 



• KNOWLEDGE * 



525 



I'Kf.BLElI No. 35. 



By Leonaed P. Eees. 



Bticx. 



Wliite to p'ar, and mate in two moves. 



PROBLEM Xo. 36. By Ercoie Del Rio. 

 Black. 



WmTB. 

 White to play and mate in four moves. 



PROBLEM No. 37. Example of " Smothered Mate." 



(Black received the odds of Queen's Rook.) 



Black (Mods. Gretener). 



Whits (A. J. Mass). 

 White's last move was Q from KR4 to K7. Black then played Kt 

 takes E. White now mates in five moves, besinning Q takes KPch. 

 (IfWhite checks at QB7, followed by Kt KS, Black can draw by 

 perpetual check. 



THE GIUOCO PIANO (Continued /rom p. 442.) 



1 ?i?_^ 2 ^' '° ^^^ 3 ^ to'R^ ^ P to B3 



■ P to K4 ■ Kt to QB3 ' B to B4 ' Kt to B3 



Besides 5P to Q3 and oP to Q4, which we have examined in our 

 last article, White has four other moves at his disposal, viz., 5Kt to 

 Kt5, 5 P to QKt4, 5 Q to Kt3, and 5 Castles. 5 Kt to Kt5 is the 

 weakest of these continuations, but as it presents some danger to 

 the inexperienced, we will examine it first : — 



5 Kt to Kt5 g P toQ3 - P to KR4 



Castles. ■ P to KR3 



This is a position which has occurred in thousands of games. The 

 danger arises if Black should now capture the Knight with his 



Pawn, then White would win by having the command of his whole 

 King Rook's file, i.e., 



P takes P 



Kt to R2 



7. 



P takes Kt 



J, QtoRo 



R to Ksq 



,, E takes Ktch ,„ QtoRo „ . , „, , ,, , 



11. == — j ;; — 12. r'- I!ut, of course, Black would do 



K takes R Mate. 



jQ Q takes BPch 

 K to Esq 



well to play ^^ — 



and he will soon obtain a good game. 



to bo followed either 



P to Q3, 



Should White play ^ "^ *° ^^ then 



■' 8 Q to K2, 



by B to K3, or Kt to Kt5, in which latter case Black mi^ht possibly 

 threaten to capture the Knight, provided the Queen cannot enter 

 either on R5 or R3. This latter contingency will ultimately force 

 the retreat of the White Knight from Kt5, again leaving Black 



with a superior position. Black might also play ^ ^ ^ — rrr^'' once, 



instead of 



6 P to Qa 

 and he will also have a good defence. The 



6 P to K3, 



danger of this manoeuvre is by no means confined to this particular 

 opening. As a very remarkable instance we here give the ending 

 of a game which occuiTcd in the Berlin International Touraament 

 of IStSl, between Herren Znkertort and Shallopp. The latter, as 

 second player, adopted the Sicilian defence. 



Position after White's 13th move (Castles). 



BLACK. 



White (Zukertort). 

 Herr Shallopp proceeded with :- 



14. P to KR3 



15. P takes Kt 



16. E to Ksq 



Black (Shallopp). 



13. Kt to Kt5 



14. Q to R5 



15. P takes P 



16. Kt to Q5 



and White resigned, as after this move he had no defence. Black 

 threatens Q to'R7ch and Q to RSmate. If 17. QKt. to K2, with 

 the object of interposing that Knight on Ktsq., to prevent the 

 mate, then Black would reply with 17. Kt to B6ch. 18. P takes 

 Kt. 18. P takes P, and again it is impossible to prevent the mate. 

 But in spite of this wonderful success, we have no hesitation in 

 declaring this attack unsound, for had White delayed the capture 

 of the Knight for a few moves only he might have played so as to 

 provide protection for his King, which White thought was available 

 after P takes Kt, overlooking Black's clever resource of Kt to Q5, 

 which prevents the King escaping by way of K2. Thus, for 

 instance, after 



13. Kt to Kt5 



14. P. to KR3 14. Q. to R5 

 instead of taking the Knight at once he ought to have played 



15. QKt to K2 15. B to QB4 



16. P takes Kt. 16. P takes P 



17. R to Ksq winning, 



as after 16. Q to R7ch, 17. K to Bsq, White now has a safe game, 

 besides being a piece ahead. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



*,* Ple<ise address Chess-Editor. 



Correct solutions received from Muzio, G. W., A. 

 E. J. Winterwood. 



C. P. and Henry Selby. — See revised problem. 

 E. A. Dillon. — Received with thanks. 



