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• KNOWLEDGE 



[Sept. 19, 1884. 



(But Cf)te!£f Column* 



By Mephisto. 



PROBLEM No. 129. 



By I. G. 



Black. 



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Whitb. 

 White to play and mate in four moves. 



VIENNA GAME, PLAYED AT ST. LOUIS, U.S.A. 



Black. 

 Mr, Mai Judd. 

 PtoK4 

 B toB4 

 P to Q3 

 KKt to B3 

 Castles (a) 

 PtoB3 

 P to QKt4 

 P to QR4 

 PxP 

 PtoR5 

 RxB 

 KxKt 

 P to Kt5 

 P to R3 

 K X B (d) 

 Q to Q5 

 Kto K2 

 B to K3 

 Q to K6 (ch) 

 Kt to Q2 (e) 

 Kt to B3 

 R to KB Bq. 

 Q to B5 

 KB X P ? (g) 

 B to Kt5 (ch) 

 R to Q sq. 

 K to K sq. 

 K to B sq. 

 P to Kt6 ! 

 PxP 



Position after Black's 30th move. 

 Black. 



31. K to K sq. (i) 



32. K to B2 



33. Kt to B3| 



34. Q to B5 



35. PxQ 

 RtoK6 

 RxP 

 R to Kt6 

 K to K eq. 

 Kt to Q4 



41. Kt to B5 (ch) 



42. KttoK7(ch) 



43. KttoB5(ch) 



44. Kt to K7 (ch) 



36. 

 37. 

 38. 

 39. 



40. 



Q X R (ch) 

 Q to Bo (ch) 

 B to R4 (j) 



QxQ 

 Rto Q4 

 RxP 



K to Kt2 

 B to B2 

 Rto QR4 

 R to R7 ? (i) 

 K to Kt3 

 K to Kt2 

 K to KtS 

 K to Kt2 (0 



Drawn. 



NOTES. 



(o) An innovation, giving quite a novel turn to the opening. The 

 authorities all, vpe believe, advise 5. QKt to B3. 



(b) Involving the sacrifice of the two minor pieces for the Rook 

 and two Pawns, and giving rise to a very animated game. 



(c) White could have sacrificed this Kniglit, too, and subsequently 

 recovered the piece, but Black would have remained with a fine 

 game, e.g., 14. R to KB sq., P x Kt. 15. B x Kt, P x B. 16. Q to 

 R5 (ch), K to Kt3. 17. Q x B, P x P. 18. R to QKt sq., P to KG ! 

 &c. But, in any event, would not 14. Kt to Q sq. have been better 

 than the text play ? 



(d) Forced, on account of the threatened chock at R5. 



(e) 20. P to Kt6 looks very promising just here. 



(/) If 23. Q X KtP (ch), R to B2. 24. Q to Kt3, when 24. Kt x P, 

 followed by K to Q sq., appears to give Black a most powerful 

 attack. 



(;;) We believe Black had a forced win here by 24. Kt to Kto, 



instead. Suppose 24. Kt to KtS. 



25. P X B (or A), R to Q sq. (ch). 



26. Kt to Q2, QxKt mate. If 

 26. K to K2, B to B5 mate.— 

 (A) 25. Q X KtP (ch), E to B2. 



26. Q to KtG (best), Kt to B7 

 fch). 27. K to K2, B to B5 (ch). 

 28. KxKt, BxQP (ch). 29. R 

 in, B X R mate. If 26. Q to B8, 

 then B to B5 wins off-hand. 



(h) Best. 26. Kt to B3 would 

 lose by 26. R to Q sq. (ch). 



27. K toK2,RtoQ7(eh). 28. K 

 toBsq., BxKt. 29. QxP(ch), 

 K to K3 ! and wins. 



(i) Black threatened Kt x P, 

 to which there would be no saving 

 response, 

 (i) Mr. Judd correctly observes that 33. B x Kt was best here. 

 {k) 40. R to E8 (ch), instead, was the correct continuation, as 

 Mr. Judd shows in the following variations : 40. R to E8 (ch). 

 41. K moves, R to QKt8. 42. Kt to B5 (ch), K to Kt3. 43. Kt to 

 K7 (ch),KtoKt4. 44. PtoR4(ch),KxP. 45. E x Kt, R x P (ch) 

 with a good chance to win. 



(I) If the K go to Kt4, the P checkB. — Times Democrat. 



Whitb. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 ,*, Please address Chess Editor. 



W. Horvat.— In Problem 124, if 1. B to B3, Q to QKt2, then 

 2. Q to KtS (ch), Q to Kt6 (ch). 3. Q x Q mate. 



S. B. C. — In Problem 126, if 1. P x Q, B moves, and there is no 

 mate. 



Correct solutions received : Problem 126, Donna, H. A. N., W., 

 Uncle John, G. W. Thompson, M. T. Hooton, W. H., E. Ridgway, 

 Arthur Rutherford, A. W. Overton. Problem, No. 127 : H. A. N., 

 W. Problem, No. 128 : A. W. Cunard, W. H. B. Hope, Geo. W. 

 Thompson, H. A. N., W. 



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