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KNOWLEDGE ♦ 



[Nov. 14, 1884. 



(Bm CJ)CS!2( Column* 



By Mephisto. 



Game played Saturday, the 8th inst., in the match of Lancashire 

 V. Yorkshire, at the Athenaeum, Manchester. 



French Defence. 



White. 

 Mr. R. K. Leather. Mr. 



(Liverpool.) 



1. P to K4 



2. P to Q4 



3. Kt to QB.3 



4. P to K5 (u) 



5. QKt to K2 (b) 

 C. P to B.3 



7. P to KB4 



8. Kt to B3 



9. B to K3 



10. Kt to Kt3 



11. P X P (en pas) 



12. Kt to K5 



13. B to K2 



14. Castles 



15. Q to Q2 



16. B to B3 



17. K to R sq. 



18. QR to Kt sq. (d) 



19. KR to K sq. (e) 



20. BP X Kt 



21. PxP 



22. RxQ 



23. B to Kt sq. 



24. Q to QB2 (r;) 



25. Q to R4 {h) 

 2G. Q X RP 



27. P to KR3 



And Black won. 



NOTES. 



Black. 

 R. M. Macmaster. 

 (Bradford.) 

 Pto K3 

 P to Q4 

 Kt to KB3 

 KKt to Q2 

 P to QB4 

 Kt to QB3 

 Bto K2 

 P to QKt4 

 P to B5 

 P to B4 (c) 

 KtxP 

 Q to Kt3 

 Castles 

 P to Kt5 

 R to Kt sq. 

 P to Kt3 

 P to QR4 

 Kt to Q2 

 Kt (Q2) X Kl 

 PxP 

 Q X R (/) 

 RxR (ch) 

 B toQ2 

 KR to Kt sq. 

 KtxKP 

 Kt to Q6 

 B to Q3 (i) 



the move of P to K5 



Black. 



(a) The nsual continuation is B to KKt5 

 at this stage deserves attention. 



(b) Preparinp; to support his QP against P to QB4. 



(c) Black oQfjht to haye further proceeded on the Q's side ; this 

 move injures Black's position by enabling White to occupy K5, and 

 the KP is likewise weak. 



((Z) Kt X QBP would not have won the P, for after P x Kt, 

 P to Q5 and P x Kt, the White P conld not be defended for long. 

 QR to B sq. would have been a better move, as it would have 

 provided against any farther proceedings on the Q side, and left 

 White free to act against the weakened Black K. 



(e) Here 19. P to B5 seemed a better move, for if KtP x P 

 20. 13 to RG, but now Black could give up the exchange and have 

 two good Pawns, or he may likewise reply with QKtP x P. 



(/) It is very difficult to judge when the exchange of the Q for 



the two Rooks is good or not. It 

 is certain, however, that had Black 

 retired his |Q, White would soon 

 have obtained the better game. 



(<7) This is worse than useless, 

 as it is clearly Black's intention 

 to doable his Rooks. It would 

 have been better to play P to 

 KR3 and K to R2 at once, or 

 play Q to K3. 



(h) A grave mistake, and at 

 best an error of judgment, for 

 instead of trying to win a P, 

 White should have endeavoured 

 to disengage his pieces. 



(i) Black has conducted this 



game with a sound judgment 



combined with a vigorous attack. 



The record is, unfortunately, incomplete. If now 28. K to R2, 



P to Rl. 20. P to KR4, P to Kt4, and Black must win. 



Whiti. 



A HIGHLY interesting Chess match was played on the 8th inst. at 

 Manchester, the contestants being 80 players of Lancashire v. 80 of 

 Yorkshire. The Manchester and Liverpool Chess clubs contributed 

 the majority of Lancashire players. Both these clubs are very 

 strong, indeed, probably the two strongest provincial clubs in the 

 kingdom. The best Liverpool players were Mr. A. Bum, Rev. J. 



Owen, Mr. S. Wellington, Mr. R. K. Leather,Mr. W. W. Rutherford 

 Mr. A. Hoistendahl. The foremost amongst Manchester players 

 were Messrs. H. Jones, J. Baddeley, A. Steinkuhler, T. von Zobem. 

 These players were opposed respectively by Messrs. J. W. Young, 

 J. Butler (Wakefield), C. G. Bennett, James Ravner, T. Y. Stokoe, 

 E. R. Hussey (Leeds), P. F. Ayre, E. Freeborongh (Hull), Rev. H. 

 J. Huntsman (Sheffield), R. M. Macmaster (Bradford). There 

 were 132 games played, the result being a victory for Lancashire 

 by 74 games to 31, with 27 draws. 



PROBLEM No. 135. 



By H. F. L. Meyeb. 



Black. 



Whitk. 



White to play and mate in three moves. 



" Clarence " writes : — " I send yon a problem composed by Hen- 

 Meyer, admittedly embodying two ideas, each separately claimed 

 as nrigii:al by Shinkman and Lloyd ; the former anticipating 

 Healy's idea, the latter elaborating the Pawn mate. Perhaps you 

 will agree with me that Mr. Meyer has treated the two ideas most 

 skilfully." [We do. Of the two, we consider this the finer 

 problem. — Mephisto.] 



SOLUTION. 

 Peoblem 134, BY F. Healey, p. 



374. 



1. R to R sq. 



2. Q to Kt sq. 



3. Q to Kt sq. mate 

 2. 



3. Q to Kt4 mate. 



B to K sq. 

 B to Kt4 



if BxKt 



Correct Solutions received : — No. 134 : E. G. M. (rather vagne) , 

 J. J. Cridlon (problem construction since then has advanced very 

 much), A. E. Rayment, G. W. Middleton. No. 135: W., W 

 Fumival, Littlehampton, R. Champs (solution incorrect). 



Contents op Xo. 158. 



rAGi 

 The Chemistry of Cooierv. XLTI. 



Bj; W. Mattieu Williams 375 



Fertilisation of Broad Beans. By 



Grant Allen 376 



Chapters on Modem Domestic 



Economy. I. Introduction 377 



Other Worlds than Ours. By M. 



de Fontenelle. With Notes by 



Richard A. Proctor 377 



The Entomology of a Pond. {Illus.) 



By E. A. Butler 378 



French Balloon Experiments., By 



R. A. Proctor 380 



rAei 



, Electroplating. By W. SKngo 38f' 



Chats abont Oeometrical Measure- 

 ment. By R. A. Proctor 381 



Graphical Projection of an Eclipse 



I of the Moon 38:'. 



The Fish River Caves, near Sydney, 



! Australia. (7Z/w.) 381 



Dickens's Story Left Half Told. 



Bt Thomas Foster 38i; 



Reviews 38S 



Face of the Sky. By F.B.A.S 38:< 



Correspondence 39<> 



Oar Ch«BB Colonm 391 



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