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♦ KNOWLEDGE ♦ 



[July 20. 1883. 



<Buv Cbesis Column. 



By Mephisto. 



Nuremberg, July 15, 1883. 



WITHOUT being too sanguine, I think my previously expressed 

 opinion has been confirmed by to-day's successful inaugura- 

 tion of the third congress of the West German Chess Association. The 

 committee seem siucerel}- anxious to do everything in their power 

 to render the sojourn of the players in this quaint old city as pleasant 

 as possible. A very handsome suite of five large and lofty rooms, 

 situated on the first floor of No. 1, Konigstrasse, has been secured 

 for the meeting. The secretary and president, as -well as the 

 individual members of the committee, are very affable and friendly 

 in their intercourse with the players, and altogether everyone is 

 animated with pleasant excitement and a festive tone, a feeling 

 that I, at least, never experienced on the fourth floor of the Criterion. 

 The entries, as will be seen, are more numerous than in the 

 London tournament, and, putting aside the interest which is 

 always attached to the play of Steinitz and Zukertort, I think on 

 the whole more satisfactory. 



The following nineteen players have entered the master tourna- 

 ment : — 



Bird London Kiemann Germany 



Blackburne ,, Schottlander ... „ 



Gunsburg ... ,, Loffmann „ 



Mason ,, Schalloff „ 



Winawer ...Warsaw Bier ,, 



L. Paulsen. ..Germany Weiss Austria 



W.Paulsen. ,, Schwarz „ 



Bardeleben .. ,, Hruby „ 



Lange , Berger „ 



Fritz 



Louis Paulsen needs no introduction ; Weiss, Schwarz, and 

 Hruby are very fine players ; Weiss, having twice beaten Zuker- 

 tort at Vienna, while Hruby has beaten English in a match. Of 

 the names that might be new to English readers we mention 

 Eiemann, whose play is of a brilliant character. It will be 

 remembered that Bardeleben won first prize in the London Minor 

 Tournament. All the others are strong players. There are seven 

 prizes in the master tournament, the first being £60. 



A second tournament, with a first prize of £15. has also found 

 favour among German chess players, no less than twenty-fonr 

 ■baving entered the lists, while a third tournament of sixteen is also 

 being arranged. 



In the chief tournament every competitor plays one game with 

 another. Time limit is twenty moves per hour ; the time of play is a 

 severe trial to some who are fond of late to bed and late to rise. 

 Play takes place at 830 to 12 30, and from 3 to 7. If possible, 

 three games are to be played daily. 



A problem tournament has also been held by the Association, 

 and the winners will be declared at the occasion of a banquet to be 

 held by the Association. 



Play begins to morrow, and I think we may look forward to an 

 exciting and interesting contest, which will produce some very fine 

 5pl^y- Mephisto. 



SOLUTIONS. 

 End Game of J. Robey, p. 16. 



1. Q to R4 (threatening to win the Q by Kt to By (ch), 



for which reason also Black cannot play R takes Q) 

 1. P to Kt3 (a) 



2. Kt to B7 (ch) 2. K to Kt2 



3. Kt to R6 and wins. If Kt takes Kt, mate in two follows 



(a) 1. P to R3 



2. P to Kt6 2. P to B4 



3. Kt to B7 (ch) 3. R takes Kt 



4. P takes R and wins. 



Problem No. 86, by C. Pl.axck, p. 16. 



a. KttoBS K to K4, or P to K7 



2. Kt to Kt6 (ch) K to KG 



2. P to B5 (ch) K takes Kt («) 



B to Kt4 mate 3. Kt to B5 mate 



(a) If 2. K takes P., 3. Kt to Kt6 mate. Or, 2. K to Q3., 3. Kt 

 K6 mate. 



1. R to Kt3 



2. R to Kt6 



3. R mates 



Problem No. S-! 



K takes P, or 

 P or K moves 



, BY J. C. S'., p. 16. 



P takes P 



2. Kt to K4 K takes Kt 



3. B to B6 mate 



If 2. K to B5 3. B to KG mate 



Ending, p. 32. 



Thi.s proposition is not quite sound, but the method of winning is 

 as difficult to discover as the way to di'aw. 



First 1. R to Kt4 (K to RG. 2. R to Kt sq., K to R7. 3. R to 

 Kt4; in order, therefore, to win, Black must play) 1. P to R6. 



2. R to Kt5 (If K to R8, 3. R to Q5, and White will draw by 

 perpetual check). 



2. R to R3 



3. K takes P 3. K to K8 



4. K to B6 4. P to R7 



5. K to B7 5. R to R7 (ch) 



The right move to prevent the draw. The KtP must be 

 abandoned, but in such a manner that Black should gain a move. 



6. K to B6 (If 6. K to B8, R to KS (ch). 



7. K to B7, R to KKt8 and wins) 

 G. R to R8 



7. R takes P 7. R to B8 (ch) 

 (The winning move) 



8. K to K7 



8. R to KKt8 



now the Rook next, enables 



(The K being forced away first, and 

 Black to win.) 



9. R to KRG 9. K to Kt7 



10. R to KtG (ch) 10. K to R6 



11. R to R6 (ch) 11. K to KtS 



12. R to Kt6 (ch) 12. K to B and win; 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



•»* Please address Chess Editor. 



K. W. Sherrard. — Problem received ^^^th thanks. 

 Berrow. — See solution. If 3. Q to RG (ch), Kt takes Q ! 



Contents of No. 89. 



PAGB 



Pleasant Hoars with the Micro- 

 Boope. Bt H. J. Slack, F.G.S., 

 F.K. M.S. ■(/«;,».) 17 



Chemistry of the Cereals.— I. By 

 W. Jago, F.C.S 18 



Geoloijv and Agrieolture. — II. By 

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Australian Ants (ron(.) 21 



Sea .Anemones at the Fisheries 



Exhibition. {Illug.) By Thomas 

 Kimlier, M.A., Lond 22 



PAOB 



Mr. Stephen Leslie on the Influ- 

 ence of Science 23 



The Brush Dynamo-Electric Ma- 

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Figure Conjuring. BtH..\. Proctor 2B 



Editorial Gossip .' 27 



The Dirided Skirt 28 



Something about the Beet 28 



Correspondence 29 



Our Mathematical Column 31 



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