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♦ KNOWLEDGE ♦ 



[Oct. 19, 1883. 



©ur Cfjess Column. 



By Mephisto. 



K to KtS 

 K toE6 

 K to R7 

 K to R8 

 KtoR7 



SOLUTIONS. 

 The Akabuxs, p. 222. 



1. Kt to K4 K to B4 8. K to B2 



2. K to K3 K to K4 (best) 9. Kt to Kt6 



3. Kt to B8 K to B4 10. Kt to BO 



4. Kt(B8)toKt6KtoKt5 11. Kt to B4 



5. Kt to K7 K to E5 12. Kt to B5 



6. KttoB5(ch)K toKto 13. KttoKt4 (ch)K to ES 



7. Kt to Kt7 K to E5 14. Kt to Kt3 mate 



If Black plays 2. K to Kto, White replies at ojice with Kt to Kt7, 

 and mate follows as above on the 10th move. All Black's other 

 mores are forced. Vf . 



Problem No. 101, by ^Y. Firn-ival. 



1. B to Esq 1. P to B3 



2. R to QKt2 2. P takes Kt 



3. E to Kt2, mate. 



PROBLEM No. 102. 



Bv J. A. Miles. 



Blace. 





White. 

 White to play and mate in four moves. 



The following termination occmred in a game recently played at 

 Ptirssell's Chess Eoom. 



A.M.iTEUK. 



"W 



White. 



Mephisto. 



K takes B ! Q takes R 



Kt (B3) takes QP P to B3 (a) 

 Kt to K7 (ch) K to E sq 



Kt(B4)toKt6(ch) P takes Kt 



(a) If Q to Kt4 instead, then Kt to K7 (ch), K to R sq. 



Q to R4 (ch) Q to E4 



Kt takes P (ch) K to E2 

 Q takes Q, mate 



(B4) to Kt6 (ch), Q takes Kt 

 move 



_ Kt 

 Kt takes Q (ch), and mates next 



GAME RECENTLY PLAYED BETWEEN MEPHISTO AND A 

 STRONG AMATEUR. 



Bishop's Gambit. 



NOTES. 



(a) So far all are book moves. P to B3 is condemned by the 

 books, bnt we have found this move answer on several occasions. 



(b) B to K4 is more in accordance with the spirit of this attack, 

 for after P takes P, P takes P. E takes E, B takes E. P to 

 KKt4 might become dangerous. 



(c) P to Q5 may likewise be played here. 



(A) 14. P to R5, Q to R3. 15. P to K6, P takes P. IG. B takes 

 P, Castles, leads to no favourable result. 



(e) A paying sacrifice. 



(/) Black oonld at once regain the piece by P to B7 (ch), fol- 

 lowed by P to Kt6, but he prefers to give up another piece for a 

 further attack. 



(p) Black threatened B to Q5. If White played 19. Q takes B, 

 then R takes B, &c. 



Qi) White's best was to give up his Q for the two Rooks. 



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Contents of No. 102. 



PAOB 



British Association Scraps 223 



A Naturalist's Tear. The Shrews 



Die. Bv Grant Allen 224 



The Chemistrv of Cookery. XX. 



By W. Mattfeu Williams 225 



The Sun's Distance. By Professor 



E. S. Ball, LL.D 226 



Editorial Gossip 228 



Voices of the Suns. By Vega 229 



PAGB 



Weather Forecasts, and How to 

 Make Them : The Rain - Band 

 Spectroscope. (Ilhs.) By John 



Browninj, F.R.A.S 229 



Ephemera, or DaT Flies. (Illua.)... 230 

 The Face of the Skr. By F.R.A.S. 232 

 Cori;eppondence ; "Pons's Comet — 



Sir WiUiam Herschel, &o 333 



Cor Chess Column 235 



