December 1, 1886.] 



♦ KNO>A/'LEDGE ♦ 



47 



Mr. Medland, of the Borough, has designed an ingenious 

 and compact box. which, within the portable compass of 

 10 inches length and 4 inches width, contains sixteen trays, 

 in the flaps of which 1-14 slides can be well and safely 

 packed, any slide being easily withdrawn by opening the 

 fall-back side with which the box is fitted. It is made of 

 polished pine, costs 7s. 6(/., and is the best and cheapest 

 tinns; of the kind that we have seen. 



d^ur €\)t^^ Column. 



By " Mephisto. ' 



A FKW EXAMPLES OF BLACKBURNE'S SKILL. 



GAME-ENDIXG. 



A M A TE r R .— B I. A ( K ( 1 2 pieces ). 



.„„.„ i ■ 2 |gi 



^ mm..y..,Mm. ^ f«^ 



BLACKBLK.Nii.— Whuk ^ll lni.ui.-s;. 



TnE following is an ending of a game Mr. Blackburne played at 

 the Manchester Chess Club with an amateur. He gave the odds 

 of the Queen's Rook. Wc append the moves of the brilliant 

 finish : — 



1. B to QKta R to Ksq. 3. Kt to B7 (cli) K to K:i 



2. Q to Q6 (ch) K X Q 4. B to Q6 mate. 



The following very pretty game is one of eight 

 folded and simultaneously by Mr. Blackburne at th 

 Chess Club :^ 



(Danish Gambit.) 



TJT,.\CK. WHITE. 



C. lirevig. i Blackburne. 



P to Kl 14. R to B sq 



T :< P ^ - - ~ - 



PxP 

 P X P (rt) 

 Kt to KB3 

 Kt to B3 

 B to Kt5 

 B X Kt (i) 

 Castles 

 Kt to K.I 

 Kt to Ktl 

 QxKt 

 Qto K2 



WHrrE. 

 Blackburne, 



1. P to K4 



2. P to Ql 



3. PtoQBS 



4. B to QB4 

 ."). B X P 



G. Kt to QB3 



7. Kt to B3 



8. Castles 

 !). B X B 



10. P to K.T 



11. B to Kt2 



12. KtxKt 



13. P tp B4 



15. 

 16. 



17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 



B to Q3 

 P to B.5 

 R to K sq 

 RxP 

 Q to K sq 

 R X Kt (c) 

 Rto K7 



played blind- 

 e Manchester 



BL.iCK. 



C. Brevig. 

 Kt to R4 

 P to Q4 

 P to KB3 

 PxP 

 Qto B2 

 Kt to B3 

 PxR 

 B to Q2 (rf) 



Bl."-K ni v!.-ce-1. 



Black (1-3 pieces). 





\^\ 



White 1.II liece 



White (9 pieces). 



22. RxQ RxR 



23. Q to Kt3 R to K sq 



24. P tijKK4 P to Bt 

 2.1. P to R.5 (e) P to B.-, 



, 2G. B to Kt sq P to Bl 



AMATEUR.— Black (10 pieces). 



BLACKJiUBNE.- 



27. Pto B6(f) Pto Q5 



28. B X P (eh) (g) K x B 



29. Q to Kt6 (ch) K to Kt sq 



-White ( 8 pieces). 



30. P to R6 R to KS (ch) 



31. Kto R2 Bto K3 



32. BP X P, and Black cannot avert 

 mate beyond four more moves 



NOTES. 



(a) This constitutes the Danish Gambit. The two White Bishops 

 are very strongly posted. The chief danger lies in White advancing 

 his P to K'), thereby blocking Black's game. 



(4) Black would not derive any benefit from playing 9. P to Q3 

 instead of 9. B x Kt, for White would reply with 10. Kt to Q.'i, in 

 which case Black could not play Kt x Kt on account of 11. P x Kl, 

 followed by 12. Q to R4 (ch), winning a piece. 



(c) Very cleverly designed, especially if wc consider that Whi'e 

 must have foreseen some such chance by playing his QR to B sq. 



(d) Compelled to give up his Queen, as otherwise Black would be 

 mated. 



(e) Planning a very ingenious attack. Black is vainly endeavour- 

 ing to cut off the commanding diagonal of White's QB by attempt- 

 ing to fix his P on Q."). 



(/) Prepaiing a very pretty combination. 

 iff) Very pretty. 



Another blindfold game played on the same occasion ; 

 (Allgaier-Thorold Gambit.) 



1. 



3. 



4. 

 5. 

 6. 



White. 

 Blaikbiirne, 

 P to K4 

 P to KB4 

 Kt toKB3 

 P to KR4 

 Kt to Kto 

 Kt X P 



7. P to Q4 



8. BxP 

 9, 



10 



11. P to Qo 



12. Castles 



13. B to K3 



14. KtxP 



Bl.ACK. 



T. G. Boolaye. 

 P to K4 



PxP 



P to KKt4 

 P to Kto 

 P to KR3 

 K X Kt 

 P tj Q4 

 PxP 



B to K2 («) Kt to KB3 

 Kt to B3 Kt to B3 (A) 

 Kt to K2 

 Kt to Kt3 

 B to K2 

 K to Kt2 



White. 

 Blackburne. 

 n to Q4 

 P to R5 

 B X KtP 

 BxB 



to B3 

 P to Q(> (,•) 

 Kt X R 



22. QRto Ksq 



23. Q to Bo 



24. R to B3 



].■ 



If.. 



17. 



18. 



19. 



20. 



21. 



Black. 

 I. G. Boulayc. 

 R to B sq. 

 Kt to R sq 

 P to R4 ((•) 

 QxB(n') 

 R to R3 

 RxP 

 PxKt 

 Q toQ2 

 Q to Q sq 

 R to B2 



2.5. 

 26. 

 27. 

 2S. 



R (B3) to K3 K to Kt sq 

 ExKt(/) RxB 

 Q to Q.-j (ch) Kt to B2 

 R ■: B and 



wins 



(rt) A change from tlie usual proceedings ; in its favour may be 

 said that it leaves Black's K on the B2, where he is less safe than 

 on Kt2. 



(J) Here B to Q3 seems better. 



(c) Played in the vain hope of being able to afford some pro- 

 tection to Kt by R to I!3. 



(//) If, instead of this, RxB, White will win a piece by 

 18. Q to Kt5(ch), followed by 19. Kt x Kt &c. 



(c) There is no answer to this move. 



(/) Winning a piece. 



Contents of No. 1.3. 



r.voE 



The Earthquake in America 1 



Ccal. Bj- W. Matt'eu Williams .. 2 



TLe Ucccnt Total Siilav Eolij se 4 



Ethnology of the BJackfoot Tribes. . 6 



The Southern Night Skies C, 



,V Uniform Atlas 8 



Photograph of Jupiter 9 



Oar Puzzles 9 



Mathematical Recreations 10 



The Schoolgirls' Puzzle 11 



Birthof tlisSun 15 



PAGE 



Notes on Americanisms. By 



Richard A. Proctor ". 14 



The Naturalist's l.aboratnry IC 



Gossip By Richard A. Proctor .. 18 



Reviews 19 



Our Whist Column. By " Five of 



Clubs" 22 



Our Chess Coinmn. By "Me- 

 phisto " 23 



The Face of the Sky for November. 



By F R.A S 24 



