July 1, 1887.] 



♦ KNOWLEDGE ♦ 



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being, unless the coming international tournament should decide 

 otherwise, Blackburne may fairly claim the championship of Europe. 

 Tie pla\' in the match has been good, and above the average. 

 Appended are some interesting particulai's and positions. 



Zukertort again relied upon the irregular opening which did him 

 such good .-errice in the London tournament. For the purpose of 

 instruction, and to show the various defences adopted by Black- 

 burne, we give here the opening moves of five of the games, in 

 which Zukertort as first player adopted the irregular attack against 

 Blackburne, namely in the 2nd, 4th, 6th, Stb, and 10th game. 



1. 



ZUKEETORT. 



Black. 



10. 



11. 



12. 



13. 



(o) White obtained the belter game, but lost througli indifferent 

 play. 



(A) Black obtained an advantage, but the game resulted in a 

 draw. 



(c) Resulted in a draw. 



Id) Drawn. 



The tenth is a very prettily played game, which we therefore 

 give in full. 



Whfte. Black. 



Zultertort. Blackburni^. 



1. P to Q4 P to Q4. 



2. P to K3 Kt to KB3 

 S. P to QB4 P to K3 



4. Kt to KB3 V to B4 



5. P to QKtS Kt to BS 



6. B to Kt2 P :< QP 



7. KPxP I'xP 



8. P ;•. P B to Kt.-> (ch ) 



(Inconvenient ! White 



should Castle before 

 playing B to Kt2.) 



9. QKt to Q2 



(B to B3 was requisite.) 

 Kt to K5 

 Q to R4 



(Black threatened Kt x Kt 

 followed by KtxQP.) 

 Castles 

 R to Qsq Q to B3 1 



(Very good ! Threatening 

 B X Kt (ch.), and the Kt 

 cannot retake. If B to 

 Bsq then Kt x QP wins.) 



10, 



11 



(Opening up White's game.) 



10. PxP QtoBS 



20. Q to B3 B to K3 



21. P to K3 QRtoQsq(ch) 



22. K to Bsq 

 (Of course he should have 



played K to Ksq.) 



23. R to Q6 Resigns 

 (For it B X R then Kt to 



R7 (ch.) wins.) 



Blackburne's favourite opening was the Ruy Lopez. In the 

 seventh game the following interesting combination developed 

 itself early in the game. Blackburne, being White, played 

 1. P to K4, P to K4; 2. Kt to KB3, Kt to QB3 ; 3. B to Kt5, 

 P to QR3 ; 4. B to R4, Kt to BS ; 5. P to Q3, P to Q3 ; 6. Kt to B3, 

 P to KKtS : 7. Castles, P to QKt4 (B to Kt2 is the proper move); 

 8. B to KtS, B to Kt5 ; 'J. Kt to K.5, Kt to Q5. 



White. 

 Blackburne. 



Blackburne was prepared for this move, and continued with 

 10. Kt X Kt 10. B X Q 



U. Kt to B6 

 (A very tine combination, such as does not often occur in match 

 play. Of course, if the Queen moves away, then Kt x Kt mate.) 



Kt xKt 

 12. KtxQ RxKt 



(If instead B or Kt moves. White plays Kt x P.) 



1.3. PxKt 

 Best as it secures an advantage for White by blocking Black's 

 game, and forming a strong array of Pawns against the weakened 

 Q's side. 



B to Kto 

 14. P to QR4. (White won). 



The following is another exceedingly interesting position, which 

 occurred in the i:ith game, where Blackburne played in a brilliant 

 manner, sacrificing a piece for a fine attack. 



Zukertort. 

 Black. 



White. 



Blackburne. 



Blackburne played Kt x P 1 (An elegant move, and perfectly 

 sound.) 



KxKt 



P to Q5 1 PxP 



Kt X P K to Bsq 



Kt X Kt B X Kt 



R to Q5 

 White might at once have won his piece back by R x B, R x R, 

 Q to K6, R to Ksq, &c., but althougli White would emerge with a 

 P ahead, the game looked rather drawish, besides the temptation to 

 continue the attack was strong. 



P to Q Kt4 

 A good move, for, if either R or B x P, then Black gains time. 



RxP 

 The position is very rich in possibilities. White might have 

 continued B to Q16 (ch) or R to BS. 



Qto R5 



