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♦ KNOWLEDGE ♦ 



[March 1, 1887 



the part o£ partner, as well as attention to the play of the adver- 

 saries also, remains, or is even increased. The lead of an eight, 

 now, followed by a seven, would mean that the leader hart originally 

 live cards of the suit. Unless, indeed, a player boldly rejects the 

 penultimate lead and its "fourth best" devel jiment, and stands on 

 the ancient ways. For any good the penultimate and fourth best 

 leads do ordinary players, these conventions are but a poor set-otf 

 for the loss of the valuable old method for distinguishing between 

 weak leads and strong leads.] 



{To be contimied.') 



0\\\: CI)t£Je! Column. 



Bt " Mephisto." 



EN'D-GAMES FEOM ACTUAL PLAY. 

 Black. 



:-^.^« rti 



Whits. 

 J. GCNSBERG. 



White won the game in the following manner : 



19. P to Q6 13. V, to Esq. 

 •JO. B to K3 1^0. P to QKt4 



With the iU-a of checking with Q to Kt:i, to make room tor the 

 Kirg. 



21. R to Ksq. 21. P to K.-.. 

 It would have been better to play Q to Kt:! (cli) first. 

 not see the impending disaster. 



22. R X P (ch) : 



23. B X P (ch) : 



24. Q to Q5 (ch) 



25. Q to K6 (ch) 



20. Q to KlG (ch) 

 27. r X B (ch), and wins. 



Black did 



22. Kt X R 



23. K X B 



24. K to Ksq. 



25. B to K2 

 2G. K to Bsq. 



BL.4CK. 



wm^i'ff 



t ^ '^ I i i 



lA? mi ifM- 2 ±^± 



WUITE. 



S. TISSLEY. 



White proceeded in this elegant style : 



20. R y B I 



If Black retakes this Rook he loses his Queen. 



20. P to E3 



21. BxKt ! 21. Ktto Q2i 



22. R to KtS : and White won. 

 Awfully good. 



J. GXJXSDEKG. 

 Black. 



A very singular ending, in which Black continued with — 



20. B to RG 

 Promises to become a paying investment. 



Bold. 



21. QxP 



22. R to Kt" ! 



23. KtxP 



24. Kt to B4 



Black might have won tlie 



21. PxB 



22. R to KKtsq 



23. B to Kt3 



24. Q to K3 

 Every move is of great interest, 

 white Queen by Kt to B7 (ch), but evidently he prefers to play for 

 a mate. 



25. QKt to Bsq 2.5. Castles 



26. R to Qsq 26. R to Ktsq I 

 This whole ending forms a useful study. 



27. R to Q2 27. R(Ktsq) x B 



28. QRxR 28. RxR 



29. P to Kt4 



White has no move, as none of his pieces can play. 



29. B to K2 I 

 Comes round at his own sweet will. 



30. P X P 80. B to R5 



31. P to R4 31. B to Kt6 

 Resigns. 



PROBLEM BY MPi. PROCTOR (p. 95, Februar)-)- 



POSITIOS. 



White K on KB8. B's on K5 and QKtS. Id's on Q5 and QR7. 

 P's en Q3, QG, QP.2, QR5 (9 pieces). 



Black K on QB4. Ps on KKt5, Q2, Q5, QBG, QKt4, QR3 

 (7 pieces), 3 moves. 



Solution. 



1. B to Kt3 1. P to Kt.5 



2. Kt to H4 2. K X P 



3. Kt to KG mate. 



Contents of No. 16. 



TAOE 



TeDnyson's Jubilee JeremKiil 73 



The Story of Creation : a PNiu Ac- 

 count of Evolution. By Edwaid 



Cloid "4 



Photographs of Donble Stars and 



Star Clusters By MM. Henry . . 7G 



Minute Measurement 78 



The Naturalist's Laboratory SO 



Tne Whisc Superstition Dispelled, 



By " Fiveof Cluus" 81 



Concise Expre'sion in Science. By 



W. Cave Thomas S! 



Our Puzzles 83 



Solution of Last Month's Puzzles . , 83 



PAGE 



Past an. 1 Present Volcano's 84 



Tne Southern Skies. Bv Richard A. 



Proctor M 



One-Scale Atlas 81 



The Fifteen SchoolcrirU' Puzzle.... 88 

 Astronomy at our Editor's American 



Home 88 



Gossip By Richard A. Pioctor .. ill 



Reviews !*"2 



The Face of the Sty for rexruarv. . 94 

 Our Chess Coltmin. By "Me- 



phisl^ " 95 



Our Whist Column. By " Five of 



aubs" 96 



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