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♦ KNOWLEDGE ♦ 



[Oct. 10, 1884. 



0\iv C6C52! Column* 



By Mephisto. 



PROBLEM No. 131. 



(Selected.) 



Black. 



^wyj tm * 



«^ - M m 



m w. 



Whitb. 

 White to play and mate in two moves. 



A FEW CRITICISMS ON PROBLEM No. 130. 



A most distracting problem. — F. J. D. 



A very pretty problem, and ver}' difficult. — G. W. Thompson. 

 Truly, as you say, a masterpiece. — II. A. N. 



Certainly a masterpiece. I had some difficulty in not believing 

 that 1. Q to Kt2 was the actual move. — W. Furnival. 



SOLUTIONS. 

 Problem 129, by J. G., p. 248. 

 Position. 

 White (7 pieces) .—K, QKt8. Q, KR8. B, KB8. Kts, QG and 

 QB2. Ps, K3 and QR4. 



Black (12 pieces).— K, QB4. Q, KKt7. R, KKt-l. Kt, Q sq. 

 P's, QR3, QB3, 5, 6, K3, 4, KB3, and KKtl. 

 Solution. 



1. Q to R sq., threatening, if Q x Kt, 2. Kt to B8 mate ; or, if 

 Q, R, or Kt moves, 2. Kt to K4 (cli) (K to Q4, Ktx QBP mate) 

 K to Kt3. 3. Q to Kt sq. (ch), K to R4, Q to Kt4 mate. 



1. Q X Q, or (a) 



2. P to Kt 

 (Threatening Kt to B8 mate) 



If Q to Kts (ch), 3. Kt to Kt7 (double ch), K to Kt3. 1. B to B5 

 mate. 



QxP 



3. Kt to B8 (ch) K to Q4 



4. Kt to Kt6 (ch) mate. 



(a) If 1. K to Kt3, 2. Kt x P mate; or if 1. K to Q4. 2. Kt to 

 Kt4 (ch), K to B4. 3. Kt to B8 mate ; or if 



1. P to K5, or (b) 



2. Kt to B7 (ch) K to Q4 



If 2. K to Kt3. 3. Q to Kt sq. (ch), K to R4. 4. Q to Kt4 mate. 



3. Kt to Kt4 Mate 



(b) Ifl.PtoR4. 2. KttoK4(ch),KtoKt3. 3. Q toKt sq. (ch). 

 K to R3. 4. Kt to B3 mate, &c. 



Problem No. 130, by E. N. Fkankenstein, p. 268. 



1. Kt to B4 R X Q, or 1. 



2. Kt to Q2 (ch) K to Q5 2. Q to B6 



3. Kt to K6 (ch) mate 3. Kt x P 



(a) 



1. P to B7, or 1. 



2. B to Q5 (ch) R X B 2. B x R (ch) 



3. QxR Mate 3. QxR 



P X Kt (a) 

 PxP 



Mate 



B to R2 

 RxB 



Mate 



SPECIMEN OF OLD PROBLEM COMPOSITION. 



Sir, — The enclosed problem was the invention of M. Calvi, of 

 Paris. It was first introduced to the Chess Club of that capital as 

 a problem of more than ordinary difficulty, and was not solved 



during the meeting. M. Alexandre, author of the " Encyclopaedia 

 of Chess," was the first to discover the solution, but this was not 

 until the morning after the meeting of the club. It was first 

 published in this country more than forty years ago. I send it to 

 you in the hope it may prove sufficiently interesting to your 

 " Chessists " for you to give it a diagram. 



Whitb. 



1. Q X KP (ch) 



2. Kt to Q6 (ch) 



3. P to B4 (ch) 



4. P to K8 

 Becoming Kt mate. 



1. Kxl> 

 1. KxKt 

 3. KxKt 



William GonnEN. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 jt*» Please address Chess Editor. 



Eugene Hamburger.^ — The Problem 130 is right enough, but we 

 must apologise for mistake in answering " S. B. C." last week. If 

 1. Q to Kt2, then R to Q5 (a very fine defence), followed by R(K6) 

 toQ6. 



Scribbler (Chelsea).— If in No. 130, 1. Q to K4, Kt to Q3. 2. Kj 

 to Kt5(ch), K to K4, and there is no mate. See above reply. D^i 

 you really expect any honest Christian to make out your signature ' 



Q. T. \'. — See first reply. 



A. E. R. — Received with thanks. 



Correct solutions of Problem 130 received from M. T. Hooton, W. 

 Fumival, H. A. N., Geo. W. Thompson. 



Contents of No. 153. 



PIGB 



Gamblinfj, Show-Pravin^, and Lec- 



torins at Sea. By K. A. Proctor 209 

 Pleasant Honra with the Microscope. 



(niua.) By H. J. Slack 270 



Dreams. IX. By E. Clodd 272 



The Philadelphia Intematicnal 



Electrical Exhibition 273 



The Earth's Shape and Motions. 



(Illiis.) By E. A. Proctor 274 



Dickens's Story left Half Told. By 



Thomas Fester 276 



International Health Eihibition. 



XVIII 277 



Optical Eecreations. (lilug.) By 



F.K.A.S 27S 



Grass of Parnassus. By Grant 



Allen 3f" 



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 The Infinitely Great and the Infi- 

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Editorial Gossip 2S3 



Keviews 283 



Total Eclipse of the Moon on 



October 4 2fl 



Correspondence 2Sr. 



Onr Chess Column 288 



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