Apeil 21, 1882.] 



• KNOWLEDGE ♦ 



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light, White conceived the idea of advancing his single Pawn in 

 li a manner as to draw the Black King a safficient distance away 

 111 liis own Pawns. The game proceeded as follows : — 



Finally, we draw the attention of our readers to the game by 

 correspondence, carried on between our chief Editor and oiir Chess 

 Editor. In our last week's number we gave the moves, showing 

 how Black endeavoured by a series of wide tours with his Knight 

 to catch any of his opponent's Pawns ; but fortune was too much 

 against him, and he lost. 



GAME BT CORRESPONDENCE.— (CoH(inu£d^-om J). 524.) 

 Position after Black's 46th move, Kt to K6. 



Chief Editou. 



WHITE. 



B to K4 



Black. 

 Chess Editob. 

 White played. 



This move destroys all hope of Black. Had White played 47. 

 B to KG (a very likely-looking move) then Black could have drawn 

 the game by playing 47. Kt to Kt7. 48. P. to R5, 48. Kt to B5(ch), 

 and ho ^vins the Rook's Pawn, in which case he would not have had 

 much difficulty in drawing the game. This ending may serve as a 

 good example to our readers to show how, by a slight error of 

 jndgraent, a won game may be turned into a drawn game. Black 

 replied : — 



47. Kt to Kt5 



48. P to Ii.5 48. K to R2 



49. B to B5 49. Kt to K6 



50. 15 to KG resigns, as 



after K takes P, White would advance his Rook's Pawn. 



' The proper moment to abandon his Pawn. 



t The only move to win. It wins by commanding both K3 and 

 Q t after getting to B2. 



+ Best, for the Kt threatened to force the King to K3, and then 

 play to R6, winning a piece. 



SOLUTIONS. 

 Fbobleh 26 next week. 



Problem 27, p. 4G1. 

 1. K to Ksq. 

 If 1. K takes R, 2. Q takes P(ch), and mate next move. 

 If 1. R takes Q, 2. B to QB5 ; if 2. P takes B, 3. Kt takes P 

 (mate) ; or, it 2. B takes R, 3. B to Q5 (mate), 2. K takes E, 3. Kt 

 to B2 (mate), or E to K3 (mate). 



If 1. R takes RP, 2. Kt to Bo(ch), 2. P takes Kt, 3. Kt to B2 

 (mate). 



Problem 28, p. 461. 

 1. R to Q.'iq, and mates accordingly. 



Pkoblem 29, p. 461. 

 1. Q to Q3, and mates accordingly. 

 Problem 30, by J. A. Miles, p. 486. 



1. Kt to Q6 1. Kt to Q7 ; or (a) 



2. Kt to K4 2. Kt takes Kt. 3. P to Bl (mate) ; 



or else Kt to B6 (mate) 

 (n) If 1. R to B8, 2. B to B5ch, and 3. P to Kt5 (mate). 

 It I. B takes R, 2P to B4 (mate). 



Problem 31, by Leonai-d P. Roes, p. 486. 

 1. B to BG, and mates accordingly. 

 Problem 32, by B. G. Laws, p. 486. 



1. KttoB4 1. K toQl 



2. Q to Q6(ch) 2. K takes Kt, or K to K5 



3. Kt to R3, or 3. Kt to Q2 (mate). 



If 1. K to Q2, 2. Kt to B3, and mates accordingly. 



It 1. K takes P, 2. Q to K3(ch), and 3. Q to Kt 7 (mate). 



CORRECTION. 

 Page 505, White's 7th move ought to be Kt to B3 ; his 8th more 

 Q to K2. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



*#* Please address Chess-Editor. 



G. W. versus Freeman. 



Muzio. — Solution Nos. 33 and 34 correct. 



H. Planck.— Nos. 25, 28, 33, and 34 correct. 



F. H. Jones. — 26 incorrect, as 2.Q takes R with a check. No. 32, 

 Kt to QB3 does not mate. 30 and 31, see solution. 25 correct. 

 33 and 34, solutions correct. 



Alfred B. Palmer, and Ringwood. — 25, 33, and 34 correct. 

 William Wod. — No. 25 correctly solved. Answers depend on the 

 pressure of correspondence. 



R. A. Standen. — Solutions 28, 29, 31, 33, and 34 correct and neat. 



G. W. — Solutions correct. Have sent address. 



A. McDonnell.— 25 and 33 correct. 34 to Kt to Kt3. Have 

 corrected misprint. 



Edward Sargent. — Solutions correct except No. 35, if Q to B3, 

 then P takes P, and there is no mate. 



W. Byng. — 30 and 31 incorrect, 32 correct. 



K. G. Brothers.— Game received with thanks, and will give it full 

 consideration. 



Henry H. Higgins. — Received with thanks. 



Leonard P. Rees. — In the position of the Evans' Gambit, brought 

 about by 1. PK4! PK4. 2. KtKB3; KtQB3. 3. BB4;BB4. 5. 

 rQKt4i B takes P. G. PBS ; BBl. 7. Castles; PQ3. 8. PQ4; 

 BKt3. White would proceed vrith 9. P takes P; P takes P (best). 

 10. Q takes Q; having a slight superiority in position. (If 9.... Kt 

 take P. 10. Kt takes Kt; P takes Kt. 11. B takes BP(ch) ! In 

 your diagram, the Hook's Pawns were omitted. Many thanks for 

 problems. 



Moleque.— 25, 33, and 34 correctly solved ; 30 incorrect. 



This is Macanlay's description of small-pox in the seventeenth 

 century, when it has been computed that 300 persons in every 

 1,000,000 died annually of the disease : — " The small-pox was always 

 present, filling the church-yards with corpses, leaving on those 

 whose lives it spared the hideous traces of its power, turning the 

 babe into a changeling at which the mother shuddered, and making 

 the eyes and cheeks of the betrothed maiden objects of horror to 

 her lover." Such facts may be commended to the attention of 

 those who doubt the great value of the improvement brought in by 

 the introduction of vaccination. — Monthly Record. 



