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• KNOWLEDGE • 



[Oct. 17, 1884. 



(Bnv Cf)f2i£f Column. 



By Mephisto. 



(for if 8. Kt to KB3, Kt to Kt5) 8. Kt x B. 9. B x P, R to Kt sq. 

 10. B X Kt, Q to E5, with the better game. Therefore 



7. P to Q4 P to Q3 



8. BxKt PxB 



Now White can play either Kt x P or B x P (ch), or Q to B3 or 

 K5 



PROBLEM No. 132. 



By W. Furnival. 



Black. 



WniTB. 

 White to play and mate in three movc.i. 



THE EVANS GAMBIT. 



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

 B to B4. 4. P to QKt4. The sacrihce of this Pa«-n enables White, 

 to develop his game very freely, and to obtain almost endless 

 varieties of attack. Trne, the theorists maintain that -with the 

 best defence, Black ouf,'ht to be able to keep an advantage, and 

 Zukertort has given this view practical expression by betting a 

 player large odris in off-hand games on condition that he has to 

 take the move and play the Evans G.ambit. Nevertheless, we con- 

 sider this opening formidable, and dangerous to meet. We may 

 mention that both at the Vienna and the London Tournaments 

 Steinitz lost against the Evans attack played by Tchigorin, the 

 talented Russian player. Moreover, our opinion is further con- 

 drmed by the fact that Zukertort— than whom there is no greater 

 authority on this opening— contrary to his expressed opinion, did 

 not accept the Gamhit against Tchigorin, but declined it, and won. 



We therefore follow in the footsteps of a great master in giving 

 wise preference to discretion before valour. We will examine the 

 result of declining the Gambit, before dealing with the Opening 



"^''^- 4. B to Kt3 



Black. The only safe way of playing, 



and which ought to yield Black a 

 f.air defence. White has now two 

 moves at his disposal, viz. : 



5. P to QR4, or P to Kt5. 



If 5. P toQR4 P to QR3 



G. Castles P to Q3 



7. P to R5 B to E2 



8. P to Kt5 P X P 



9. B X KtP Kt to K2 



10. P to Q4 P X P 



11. Kt X P B to Q2 

 with a fair game. 



White can vary his play on the 

 sixth move in this variation by 

 playing 6. P to B3, Kt to B3. 

 7. Q to Kt3, Castles, Ac, but 

 with careful play Black ought to obtain a safe game. It is, how- 

 ever, different if White adopts the more attacking move of 5. P to 

 Kt5 ; although this gives rise to complicated positions, yet with 

 best play Black ought to obtain an advantage. 



5. P to Kt5 Kt to R4 



6. Kt X P 



Now Black would not do well to play B to Q5, as the following 

 variation will show : 6. B to Q5. 7. Kt x BP, Q to B3. 8. Q to 

 K2, Kt X B. 9. Kt X R, B x R. 10. Q x Kt, Kt to K2. 11. P to 

 QB3, and White will remain with a P more. 



6. Kt to R3 



White would not do well to play now the likely-looking move of 

 7. B to Kt2, for then Black plays P to Q3. 8. Kt to Q3 (best) 



Whitb. 



Black. 



Kt 



Whitb. 



(ch), K to K2. 12. Kt to B3 



14. Q X B, Kt to R6, and Black must win. 



(a) 9. Kt X P Q to B3 



10. KtxR KtxB 



11. P to QB3 B to K3 

 with the better game, as the 

 cannot escape. 

 (!)) 9. B X P (ch) K to K2 



10. Q to E5 P X Kt 



11. B to Q5 Q to Q3 



12. P X P Q to Kt3 

 and although White has tliree 

 Pa\vns for the piece. Black's game 

 is good. 



(c) If 9. Q to B3, R to B sq. 

 10. BxP (ch), K toK2. 11. Kt 

 to QB3, B to K3, and Black has 

 the best game. 



Finally, if 9. Q to K5, Q to B3. 

 10. Kt X P, Kt X B. 11. Kt X B 

 B to K3. 13. Kt to Q5 (ch), B x Kt. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 ,*, Please address Chess Editor. 



J. .1. Cridlin. — We may write on odds some day. For the present 

 we can onlv recommend you to play 1. P to Q3, followed by 2. Kt to 

 KB3 when giving P, and move 1. P to K4, 2. P to Q4, 3. P to 

 QB3, and 4. B to B4 (if feasible), when giving odds of Kt, and 

 a King's Gambit when giving the Rook; but if you think you have 

 a strong and steady player to beat, then you mast play very close, 

 very hard, and very slow. 



S. B. C— 1. Kt to K4 (ch), K to Kt3. 2. B to B5 (ch), K to R4. 

 3. B to E4 (ch), K X P. 4. Kt checks on B3 or 5, K escapes on 

 Kt 6 or 5 accordingly. 



Correct solutions received : — Problem 129, W. No. 130, W. 

 Hanrahan. No. 131, W. Packer, Geo. W. Thompson, A. J. Champ, 

 George Gouge, W., H. A. N., Z. Gibson, S. B. C, J. J. Cridlin. 



'■ Tree Gossip " is the title of a new book by Mr. Francis George 

 Heath, to be published shortly at the Leadenhall Press by Messrs. 

 Field & Tuer. 



The electric light is a great boon to fruit-growers near the cities 

 in California. At Los Angeles, it is reported, several bushels of 

 moths are killed every night, while at Sacramento it is beUeved 

 that the blackbeetle has been nearly exterminated. 



A JIoNEY-WASHiNG machine will soon be amongst the hygienic 

 requirements. Science et Nature has raked up another danger in 

 the matter which collects on coins which have been a long time in 

 circulation. M. Reinsch, of Erlangen, has devoted much study to 

 this matter, and has investigated old and recent coins of all metals 

 from all the European States. Everywhere he has found micro- 

 organisms of Alga; and Bacteria. Scraping away the matter which 

 accumulates in the interstices of the relief with a needle, and 

 placing it in a drop of distilled water under a microscope of 250 to 

 300 diameters, he found fragments of textile fibres, numerous 

 starchy granules, especially of the starch of wheat, globules of 

 grease, some unicellular Alga?, ic. But when a microscope of 

 greater power was used, Bacteria were found among this detritus. 

 There were long Bacteria with a vibratory or spiial movement, as 

 well as those of a globular shape. Sometimes both forms were 

 found on one coin, but as a rule each form was found separately. 



Contents op No. 154. 



PA69 



Thp Chemistrr of Cookery. XLIT. 

 BvW. Matt'ieu WilUams 289 



Flisht of a Missile. (/«k».) By 

 Kichard A. Proctor 290 



Emigrants' Prospects in Canada. 

 (Coiirliideil.) By W. E. Browne 293 



The Entomology of a Pond. {lUus.) 

 Bv E. A. Butler 293 



The' International Health Exhibi- 

 tion. XIX. ailiu.) 294 



Notes on Coal. Bv H. A. Proctor.. 295 



Dickens's Story Left Half Told. 

 By Thomas Foster 297 



Electric Light Dangers. By W.Slingo298 



PAGB 



SeT Stem-wheel Gunboats. (/«»*.) 299 

 Other Worlds than Ours. By M. 

 de Fontenelle. With Notes by 



Eichard A. Proctor 300 



TricToles in ISSl. By J. Broirning 301 



Editorial Gossip 302 



Eeviews 303 



Face of the Sky. By F.B.A.S 303 



Wolf's Comet 303 



Correspondence : — The Afterglow 

 and its Cause — Life after Death — 



Brain Power, ic 301 



Our Whist Column 307 



Our Chesa Column 308 



