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• KNOWLEDGE 



[Jak. 12, 1883. 



Kiime. This rcsnlt wc ascribe not only to the sound play of Stcinit/., 

 but also iu a groat measure to tbo want of ingenuity of hia opimncnt. 

 Wo can best illastrato our meaning by giving our roadors an 

 instance (of severiil tliat occurred) where the result might have 

 been different had moro ingenuity been employed. 



Tho following position occurred in the fifth game, after 'White'B 

 twenty-second move, and it admits of highly interesting play, by 

 which Black might have won instead of White, as occurred iu actual 

 play :— 



Martinez. 

 Black. 



In this position Martinez (Black) might have won by 



22. Kt takes P (ch) 



23. K to K2 (best) 23. P to B4 ! 



Black now leaves liis Knight en prisr, but White cannot take it 

 without losing the game. If White does not take the Knight, 

 Black's superiority of position is manifest. In case he takes the 

 piece, the following would result : — 



24. K takes Kt 21. Kt takes QP 



and wins, for he threatens a terrible triple discovered check by 

 Kt to B5, with the Knight and Queen on the King, and with the 

 Knight and Bishop on the Queen and Rook, which must be fatal, 

 as the following analysis will show : — 



Kt to K-i (h) Q to E2 (c) B takes Kt (best) 



B takes B 



(«) 25. 



26. 



Kt to B5 (ch) 

 K toK3 

 Q to QG (ch) 

 and wins the 

 Queen 



Kt to B5 

 Kto K3 



(ch) 



Q to R2 



Q to QG (ch) 

 K to B2 



B takes R (ch) 

 K to K2 



Q tks B (ch) &c. QtttoQsq.andwnns. 



As a strong contrast to the above example, we give an instance 

 of ingenuity in despair. In the following position of a game which 

 occurred at Pm'sell's, it can be seen at a glance that Black has a 

 lost game ; nevertheless, with the courage of despair, he conceived 

 an ingenious idea, and succeeded in drawing the game. In our 

 first position White's sounder play won through want of sulficient 

 ingenuity on the part of his opponent. In the present instance 

 the reverse took place ; ingenuity succeeded against insufficient 

 soundness : — 



Maczuski. 

 Black. 



, #^^ S 



The game continued with 



"'•' gK toB7 



P takes P (ch) (u) ; ; K to Kt8 



(a) White's move is unsonnd,'K to KEG was the right m ,ve to 

 win. 



Black now threatens mate by E to R7. To avoid this. White was 

 compelled to play R to B sq. (ch) and on K takes II to make room 

 for his King by P to Kt6, after which Black might proceed with 



Another interesting specimen of ingenuity has been put at our 

 disposal by Mr. P. E. Lamb, of tho North London Club. The 

 following analysis proves thai odds givers need bo careful what 

 they arc about. It establishes the fact that on receipt of the Pawn 

 and eight moves, a mate can be forced, on the twelfth move at the 

 latest, in a highly interesting manner, and without infringing the 

 rule of not advancing over the middle line of the board. 



Remove Black's King's Bishop's Pawn. 



The fiirst eight moves which bring about a forced mate in four 

 more moves are : — 



1. PtoQKtS 2. BtoE3 3. Kt to QB3 4. Kt to R4 

 5. P to K3 G. Q to Kt4 7. B to Q3 8. KKt to B3. 



Position after White's eighth mov. — 



White now threatens mate by B to Kt6 (ch). To avoid this 

 Black can only attempt three moves, all of which end fatally, i.<'. : 



8. P to Q3, or 

 ^ B to Kt6 (ch) 



P takes B 



Q takes P (ch ) 

 ■ K to Q2 



Ktto K5 (ch) 



11. 



12. 



P takes Kt 

 Kt to B5 



KKt to R3, or 

 Q to Kt6 (ch) 

 P takes Q 

 B takes P (ch) 

 Kt to B2 

 Kt to K5 

 Anything 

 B takes Kt, 

 Mate 



K toB2 



Kt to K5 (ch) 



K to K sq. (best) 



Q to Kt6 (ch) 



P takes Q 



B takes P 



Mate 



Wbitk. 

 Amateur. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 »#* Please address Chess Editor. 



Brice Bennett. — White is a piece minus, and, considering the 

 position iu general, we do not see how he can avoid defeat. 



Francis C. Collins. — Problem will be welcome; on other subject 

 I cannot express any opinion. 



A Cyril Pearson. — Best thanks for problem and report : you have 

 not sent solution. You are right, in Problem 67 the White Pawn 

 on KR4 is impossible. 



John Simpson. — Many thanks for problem ; solutions correct. 



,T. .\. Miles. — Thanks; will be examined. 



W. Collins. — Openings have been objected to, as being text-book 

 information ; in case of a more general desire being expressed, we 

 might resume the compilations of openings. 



Correct solutions received : — Problem No. G6, "John Lonsdale, 

 R. J. P. No. G7, C. H. Brockelbank, H. V. T., W. No. 08 and 

 G9. W., H. V. T., C. H. Brockelbank, Borrow, Kit, S. Bassan Lello, 

 John Watson, R. J. P., John Lonsdale. 



