350 



• KNOV^/LEDGE ♦ 



[Jdne 8, 1883. 



Black plays : 39. E to K sq. 40. Q to QO (ch.), K to B sq. 41 

 KR to Kt sq. and wins. 



THE TOUKNAMENT. 

 BCOKE UP TO TUESDAY NIGHT. 



point, but here ho niissos the strongest continuation, viz., 32. 

 R t.. Q7. 



( / ) Well played ; ho threatens R to K2 and Q to B5 at tho same 

 time. 



(k) After 34. R to Q7, Q to R5, 35. K to Kt sq., B to K4, 36. 

 R takes P (ch.), K to R3, 37. RtoR7 (ch.), Kto Kt I, White's game 

 would be hopelessly compromised. 



(0 A miscalculation, as Mr. Mason informed us. 



(»i) Of course if 37 .... P takes R, then 38. B to Q3 (ch.), and 

 39. B takes R. 



(n) A very pretty coup, wliich either disposes of tho Bishops of 

 different colour or wins a Pawn. 



(o) If 47 .... B to Knight sq., then 48. R to Q7, and White 

 mast altimately win. — Standard. 



NOTES. 



(a) Or B to Kto, wliich leads to a satisfactory game. 



{b) Tjooks like loss of time. 



(c) Evidently stronger than B to R4 — the move given by the 

 Handbook. 



{d) Recommended by the boot, but we are of opinion that P to 

 B3 is worthy of closer examination. 



(e) A good move ; it prevents Black from playing Kt to K2, 

 and threatens to break up the Pawns on the Q side. 



(/) White now threatens, Kt takes B, and to win a Pawn. 



(3) This appears unsatisfactory ; but Black had no really satis- 

 factory move. If he play Kt to K2, the following would be a 

 tempting continuation for White : — 21. P to K5, BP takes P. 

 22. P takes P, P to Q4. 23. P to K6, B takes P. 24. Q to K3, 

 K to Q2, with a defensive position. If White does not push the 

 KP, Black may venture on Castling. On the whole, we should 

 have preferred it to the move in the text. We give a diagram of 

 the position after White's 20th move, Kt to Q2 : — 

 Steixitz. 

 Bt.uk. 



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TSCHIGORIX. 



(/i) White played the ending with great accuracy and strength. 



(i) B to KB sq. would not have answered well, as White would 

 Ooublo the Rooks, and then Q to R4 (ch.) would be troublesome, as 

 neither Q nor B could interpose. 



(j) This is very fine and telling pl.ay. 



(i) Black has no resource. White threatens Q to Q6 (ch.). If 



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* Retired. 



Wednesday, May 30th. — Four draws were played off. Steinitz 

 drew again with English (second draw), as did also Rosenthal and 

 Winawer. Blackburne again had a well-deserved victory over 

 Mason, whom it will be recollected he also vanquished in the first 

 round. Mackenzie beat Sellman. 



Thursday, May 31st. — Blackburne was victorious against the 

 Russian champion, Tschigorin, while Mason again suffered defeat 

 at the hands of Winawer. Zukertort could only draw with 

 Mackenzie ; English drew against Rosenthal ; Noa beat Mortimer, 

 and Bird beat Sellman. 



Friday, June 1st. — Zukertort again distingtiished himself by 

 winning the fine game against Mason, given on previous page. 

 Another sensational event was the defeat of Steinitz by Tschigorin. 

 Further results were : — Blackburne and Winawer, Noa and Mac- 

 kenzie, drew ; Rosenthal beat Mortimer ; Englisch beat Sellman. 

 Skipworth having retired from the contest, all his opponents count 

 1 without playing. 



Saturday, .June 2nd. — Three draws were played off. Blackburne 

 again drew with Winawer. Mackenzie beat Noa. The only game 

 outstanding from the first round, between Rosenthal and English, 

 again, and for the second time, was drawn. 



Monday, June 4th. — Mackenzie beat Blackburne ; Rosenthal beat 

 Mason ; English beat Bird ; Winawer could only draw with Sell- 

 man ; and Zukertort also received a temporary check by Tschigorin 

 obtaining a draw. Mortimer, after a hard-fought game, likewise 

 drew with Steinitz. 



Tuesday, June 5th. — Zukertort defeated Noa; Blackburne beat 

 Mortimer; Steinitz was victorious against Winawer; and Mason 

 against English. The games between Sellman and Tschigorin, 

 Mackenzie and Bird, resulted in draws. 



In the second Tournament, Bardeleben takes first prize with a 

 score of 21J ; Fisher, second, 20i ; MacDonnell, third, 19^. The 

 other prizes are not fixed yet. 



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