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♦ KNOWLEDGE . 



[Aug. 29, 1884. 



(9uv CfitSsi Column* 



By Mephisto. 



SOLL'TIOX. 

 Problem No. 123, p. IIG. 



A WELL-FOUGHT Consultation Game, played at the Chess Clnb, at 

 Amsterdam : — 



Two Knight's Defbnxe. 



3. 



4. 

 5. 



G. 

 7. 

 8. 

 9. 



White. 

 B J. Loman 



and 

 B. J. Mever. 



1. P to Kl 



2. Kt to KB3 

 B to Bi 

 Kt to Kt5 

 PxP 



B to Kt5 (cli) 

 PxP 

 Bto K2 

 Kt to KB3 



10. Kt to K5 



11. P to KB4. (b) 



12. P to Q4 



13. Kt to QB3 

 IV. Castles 



15. B to K3 



16. Q to K sq. 



17. Kt to Q sq. 



18. BtoQ3 



19. Kt X Kt ((') 



20. P to B4 



21. B to QR5 



22. P to Q5 



23. Q to E4 



24. P to B5 



Black, 

 ilerr von Forrest 



and 

 H. J. Siohlberg. 



P to K4 



Kt to QB3 



Kt to B3 



P to Q4 



Kt to QR4 



P to B3 



PxP 



P to KR3 



Pto K5 



B to Q3 (a) 



Q toB2 



Castles 



P to QR3 (c) 



R to Q sq. 



PtoB4 



RtoKtsq.((l) 



Kt to Q4 



Kt to QB3 



QxKt 



P to KG (.0 



Kt to Kt3 



Q to B2 



R to K sq. 



B to K4 (g) 



Position after Black's 24th more. 

 Black. 



AViHTi:. 



White. 



p to EC (;,) 



RxB 



QxRP 



PtoKR4 (0 



Kt to B3 



B to Q3 



B to B7 (m) 



BxB 



Biac-k. 



BxP 



PxR (i) 



QtoK4 



Kt to R5 (/,) 



RxP 



B to B4 (/) 



QxB 



Resigns (m). 



NOTES. 



(a) This move seems to afford the best chance for Black in this 

 defence. 



(I) It is reqnsite to advance this Pawn before the QP. 



(c) To prepare for P to B4. 



(<J) Here the following h"ne of play seems advautagooiis for 

 Black :— 



16. PxP 



17. B X P B to RG 



18. PxB RxB 

 and White's position is somewhat disarranged. 



(e) A judicious exchange, by which the subsequent advance of 

 the Pawns becomes more effective. 



(/) A premature advance, which weakens Black's game ; they 

 ought to have returned Kt to K2, for the better protection of his 

 K's side. 



(g) P to B3 would have stopped the advance of the bold BP 



(?i) White is assuming the offensive in a very vigorous manner ; 

 they are prepared to give up the exchange. 



(i) It certainly seems to ns that Black ought to be abli" to 

 defend the position. 



(.;) To prevent Q to Kt4. 



(A) To stop B to QB3. But we should have ventured upon 

 Q to B4, to be followed by Q to Kt3. 



(1) Of course Black did not see White's reply ; the only other 

 move, P to B4, would result in the loss of the Black Kt, after 

 Q to Kt5 (ch). 



(m) Very fine play. Black has no satisfactory reply. 



(n) The position is both interesting and instructive, and will 

 well repay a little study. To many players it will by no meaijg be 

 clear why Black resigned at this point, although he may have the 



BtACE. 



worst of it, yet with precise and cnrrect play White can force a 

 win very soon. Apparently B to R7 (ch), K to R sq., B checks, 

 K to Kt sq. or Q to R7 does not directly threaten mate. If, there- 

 fore, as it is Black's move, he 

 should play 32. Kt x Kt, White 

 would reply with the preparatorv 

 move of 33. P to QG, to which 

 there is no answer, for if Q x P 



34. B to 117 (ch), K to R sq. 



35. B to KtG (ch), K to Kt sq. 



36. Q to R7 (ch), K to B sq. 



37. Q X P mate. It is equally 

 bad if the Q does not take the 

 P, for then Q to R7 (ch), followed 

 by Q to R8 mate. It is, there- 

 fore, evident that Black cannot 

 withdraw the Q from guarding 

 the BP, and also that he must 

 prevent P to QG, which blocks 

 K2, but how? If Black plays 

 32. R to Q sq. 33. Kt to K4 



wins. Or if 32. R to Q7, White has several ways of wimiing, ibe 

 simplest probably being 33. P to QG, R x P. 34. Kt to Q5, R x Kt. 

 35. PxR (again threatening P to QG), R to Q sq. 36. RxP and 

 mate in two. Again, if Black plays 32. R to Kt3, White can play 

 as before, P to QG and win. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 «*» Please address Chess Editor. 



S. B. C. — Wo have not seen Horwitz's book. The Problem 120 

 cannot be solved by Q to B2, as B to Kt2 defends. 



H. A. Du Croz.— Problem 121. If 1. Q toQ.3, K x R. 2. QtoB3 

 mate. 



J. M. Melville— Problem 120. It 1. Q to Kt5, K to Kt7, then 

 2. Q to B sq. mate. 



Correct solutions received. — Problem 122, M. T. Hooton. 

 No. 123, A. W. Overton, W., H. A. N., C. T. G., Donna. No. 124, 

 S. B. C. (both), John Watson, W. 



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