Nov. 16, 1883.] 



♦ KNOWLEDGE ♦ 



311 



Unckktain'. No, sir ; I deny utterly the aptitude of your illustra- 

 tion. You cannot divide the world into the two classes you repre- 

 sent by the bitterly-weeping upbraiding multitude and the non- 

 starving folk at their dinner-table. We are all of the multitude. 

 " Every soul that Cometh into the world " has to deal with thogreat 

 problem for himself, even if only in deciding that he will accept the 

 judgment of others abont its solution. I am not prepared to admit 

 that indifferentism arises generally or often from engrossment in 

 lower pursuits. I should say it arose in ninety-nine cases out of a 

 hundred from the conviction that only misery to self and others can 

 arise from care about phantasms. Then, what are lower pursuits ? 

 I expect you mean such pursuits as ninety-nine out of a hundred 

 must engage in if they are to live. I might in your own tone 

 answer, what God has thus given to men to do is but idly con- 

 demned as low; what His will has sanctified "that call not 

 thou common or unclean." But why ask mo what I 

 think ? In what way has the great problem come before me 

 otherwise than it has come before every one living now and in 

 the past or to live hereafter P Men come to me and say, what do 

 you think in these matters P I answer what matters it to you what 

 I think ? What right have you to ask ? I do not seek to know 

 what 1/0 It think. Then comes the answer. Oh, but you should want 

 to know ; such indifference is selfish ; and though we do not, for 

 the moment, say what we think, we are not selfishly indifferent like 

 you : tell us your views. If, thus urged, I answer I think so and 

 so, immediately ninety-nine out of a hundred say That's not the 

 way let' think ; you ought to think thus and thus ; and if you don't 

 think tlius and thus, you ought to hold your tongue, or else [and 

 this I take it is what most of the inquisitive sort desire] you should 

 solemnly assert that you hold the particular views which we, 

 Messrs. Meddlesome, Pry, and Puzzlewit, consider to be right. 

 When there comes along a plain and honest teacher who says. 

 Amidst much that is perplexing I see one clear line of duty ; strive 

 in every way to make yourself and all around you as happy (both 

 by increasing their pleasures and diminishing their sorrows) as you 

 possibly can, and make your success the measure of the rightness 

 of your life-conduct, then because there is no phantom-hunting 

 here, the whole fry of phantom-hunters accuse him- — of all men — 

 of indifference. 



#ur ^mwt Column. 



By " Five op Oldbs." 



A WHIST STUDY. 



ON consideration, instead of giving this week the Whist game 

 referred to in our last, we prefer to give the position at the 

 end of the eighth round, in order that our Whist readers may have 

 an opportunity of studying how the hand should have been played 

 by Z to save and win the game, and may further appreciate the 

 beauty of tho combination which enabled A and B, taking advantage 

 of the opening left them by Z, to save an apparently lost game. 

 The cards lay as follows : — ■ 



r held. 

 Diamonds. — K, 9, 7. 

 Club.- 8. 

 Heart. — Kn. 



A held. 

 Diamond!'. — 4, 2. 

 Clubs. -Kn., 10, 7. 



B held. 

 Diamonds.— A, 10, 8, 3. 

 Club.— 5. 



X held. 

 Hearts.— 7, 0, 5, 3. 

 Spade. — Kn. 



It was Z's lead, and A and B must make every trick to win and 

 save the game. A the original leader had shown by leading the 

 penultimate that he held five Clubs, of which three remain in his 

 hand. This is known to the whole table. IS had signalled for 

 trumps, and from tho play it is clear that he now holds four trumps 

 ono h<mour. Moreover this honour must be tho Ace or tho game is 

 lost. A further knows that his partner holds trump Tliree. Z 

 knows from tho play that .^1 holds both Pour and Two of trumps. 

 Ho also knows that the Knave of Hearts is with his partner, and 

 that Y holds a Club which if the winning Club insures the game. 

 Tho game is also sure if Y holds tho King and Ten of trumps. 



1. How is Z to play to make sure of winning, if }' play correctly, 

 even though Y shall lie found to hold a losing Club, but with either 

 King or Nine, or Ten Nino of trumps besides a email one ? 



2. Z actually led a Heart ; how can .1 and 1! now save and win 

 tho game P 



©iir Cfttss Column. 



By Mephisto. 



Sui-MATE Problem, No. 103, i:y E. N. Fbaxkexstein', p. 281. 



Po.>iITIOX : 



White.— K, QKt2. Q, QBsq. R's, K2 & KEG. B, QEsq. 



Kt's, Ql & QKt6. P's, QKt3 & QR5. 

 Black.— K, QB4. Q, QE3. B, KE6. P's, QKt5, QB5 & Q4. 



1. Kt to Rl (ch) 



2. K to B2 (ch) 



3. R to R-i (ch) 



4. Q to Q2 (ch) 



5. K to Qsq I 



1. K takes Kt 



2. P to B6 



3. B to Kt5 



4. Q to Q6 



5. Q takes Q (forced) mate 



The following interesting game was recently played in the 

 Handicap Tournament now in progress at Purssell's Chess Room, 

 at the odds of Pawn and move, between Mr. Heppell, third class, 

 and Mr. Gunsberg, first class. 



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



White. Black. 



Heppell. Gunsberg. 



1. P to K4 Kt to QB3 (n) 



2. P to Q4 (h) P to Q4 (c) 



3. P to K5 B to B4 (d) 



4. Kt to KB3 P to K3 



5. P to QR3 (e) KKt to K2 



6. Kt to R4 (/) B to K5 (f/) 



7. B to KKtS P to KR3 (h) 



8. B to K3 (i) 

 0. Kt to KB3 



10. P to B3 (I) 



11. KKt to Q2 



12. P takes Kt 



13. P to Kt3 



14. Q toK2 



15. B to Kt2 



P to KKt4 (,/■) 

 Kt to B4 

 P to Kt5 

 Kt takes B 

 B to KB4 (0 

 Q to Kt4 

 P to KR4 

 Castles (m) 



White. Black. 



HcppeU. Gunsherg. 



17. P to K4 (p) P takes P 



18. QKt to Q2 (g)P to K6 (r) 



19. Kt takes P B.toQ6 



20. Q to B2 B to E3 



21. B takes Kt (s)P takes B 



22. Kt to Kt2 KR to B sq 



23. Kt to B4 R takes Kt (<) 



24. P takes R R to B sq (n) 



25. KR to B sq (r)R takes P 



26. Q takes R B takes Q 



27. R takes B Q to R3 (w) 



28. R to B sq (.r) Q to K6 (ch) 



29. K to Q sq BtoK7(ch)(i;) 



30. K to B2 Q to Q6 (ch) 

 Resigns (=) 



16. Kt to B sq ()i)Q to Kt3 (o) 



NOTES. 



(a) We think this one of the most reliable defensive moves at 

 Black's command. — — 



(b) As it obviously is Black's intention to play P to Q4, White 

 might play 2. QKt to B3. We fancy that a simpler game would 

 be the result. It then Black replied with 2. P to K4, White could 

 play 3. P to B4 with good effect. 



(c) Better than 2. P to K4, although the latter move will, if not 

 properly met by White, result in an attacking game for Black. In 

 reply to 2. P to K4, White ought to play either 3. P to Q5, followed 

 by 4. P to KB4, or perhaps better still 3. Kt to KB3. 



((J) It is important to release the QB before playing P to K3. 



(e) This move gives Black time for development. It would have 

 been better to oppose Bishojis at Q3. 



(/) Again loss of time. Steinitz said you should never without 

 good reason move a piece twice early in the game. 



(;;) The B was not to be denied. B to K5 is a move of consider- 

 able power, to which White had no satisfactory reply. The combi- 

 nations based upon this move are interesting. If, for instance, 7. 

 Kt to QB3, Kt takes QP. 8. Q takes Kt, Kt to B3, recovering the 

 piece plus a Pawn next move by Q takes Kt. Or, if 7. P to KB3, 

 Black could play the quiet move of Kt to B4, which would leave 

 him with a good position. He could not venture upon the bold but 

 tempting course of sacrificing a piece, as White by proper play 

 would i-emain with the best game, i.e., 7. P to KB3, B takes QBP. 



8. Q takes B, Kt takes QP. 9. Q to R4 (ch) (best), KKt to B3. 

 10. P to KKt3, P to KKt4. 11. B to K3 (best), B to B4. 12. B 

 to QKt5, and White wins. 



(/i) This move further improves Black's game. No good wotild 

 result from the chock with tho Queen, i.e., 8. Q to E5 (ch), K to 

 Q2, and White must either lose a Pawn or give up two pieces for 

 tho Rook and another Pawn (which would bo preferable) by playing 



9. P to QB3, P takes B. 10. Q takes R, P takes Kt. 11. Q takes 

 P, &c. 



(i) 8. B takes Kt, B takes B. 9. Kt to KB3, B takes Kt. 10. 

 P takes B, would have been more favourable to White than B to K3. 



(j) Taking a forcible advantage of the position. 



(k) 10. Kt to QB3 would have been a stronger move. 



(0 If, instead, Q to R5 (ch). 13. P to Kt3, Q to Kt4. 14. Kt 

 takes B, Q takes KP (ch). 15. Q to K2, Black would lose all his 



