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♦ KNO^A^LEDGE ♦ 



[Nov. 21, 1884. 



(J^ur Cfeess Column* 



By Mephisto. 



(«) 



CO 



SOLUTION. 

 Problem No. 135, by J. Bekger, p. 394. 



1. B to Kt7 R X P, or (a) 



2. Q to Q4 (ch) K or P X Q 



3. B to QB6 or B4 mates accordingly. 



1. E to K3, or (I) 



2. RtoB2 PxK 



3. Q to Q5 mate. 



1. K to B6 



2. B to QB6 Any 



3. Qito Q4 mate 



The following game, at the odds of a Rook, was played on the 

 14th inst., in the second round of the Handicap Tournament now 

 progressing at the City C. C. The quality of Black's play will be 

 found above the usual standard of Book players. 



BemoTe White's Queen's Book. 



King's Gambit Declined. 



White 



Mr. Gunsberg. 



(Class I.) 



1. P to K4 



2. P to KB4 



3. Kt to KB3 



4. P to B5 (n) 



5. Kt to B3 

 G. P to Q3 



7. B to K2 



8. PxB 



9. Castles 



10. K to B sq. 



11. P to B4 (c) 



12. B to K3 



13. B to Q2 



14. Q to K sq. 



Black 

 Mr. GloTer. 

 (Class V.) 

 P to K4 

 B to B4 

 PtoQ3 

 Kt to KB3 

 P to B3 (1) 

 B to Kt5 

 B X Kt (ch) (c) 

 P to KR3 

 QKt to Q2 

 Q to R4 (d) 

 QxP 



Kt to Kt5 (/) 

 Q to E6 (./) 

 P to QR4 {h) 



Wbots. 



Mr. Gunsberg. 



(Class I.) 

 15. (4 to Kt3 

 IG. P to R3 



17. PxKt 



18. Kt to R2 



19. QxP 



20. R to Q sq. 



21. QxP (l) 



22. KttoKt4(H) 



23. PxKt 



24. Kt to B6 (ch) 



25. PxP 



26. P to Q6 



27. KtxB 



28. Q to B8 



Blacz. 



Mr. Glover. 

 (Class V.) 

 QKt to B3 (i) 

 P toR4 

 PxP (ch) 



Kt X p : (j) 



KtxB 

 Kt X P (A) 

 R to B sq. (m) 

 P to Q4 (o) 

 Q toK2 

 K to Q sq. 

 Q to B4 (p) 

 B to K sq. 

 B to Q2 (q) 

 BxKt 



White mates in two moves. 

 NOTES. 



(o) Here is a paradox for Mr. Foster to explain. Why should 

 good work be capable of injuriously affecting its author ? Instead 

 of accepting the Gambit with that courage, minus discretion, 

 characteristic of players receiving large odds. Black is actually pre- 

 pared to beat us with our own analysis, by playing the Gambit 

 Declined, previously analysed in these pages. 4. P to B5 is played 

 with the desire to lead Black off the beaten track, as much depends, 

 in giving the odds of a Rook, to gain an advantage in the opening. 

 Against even play, it is not a good move, as Black can attack the 

 P on K4, and thus break up White's centre, with the probable loss 

 of a Pawn. 



(6) This move effectually disposes of White's chance to develop 

 his game ; he is now compelled to play P to Q3, which blocks in his 

 B. B to B4 would be bad, on account of P to Q4. This shows the 

 weakness of 4. P to B5. Moral — " Never make use of bad means." 



(c) It is of some advantage to White to have the Black KB off, 

 that commanding diagonal. As a rule, a KB in the opening of a 

 game is more useful than the opponents QKt. Now, P to Q4 was 

 the proper move. 



(d) White had fondly hoped that, having missed the opening, 

 Black would give him a chance in the middle game, by Castling 

 K's side.. Instead of which. Black aims at reducing the game by 

 simple liquidation. To win the BP has its drawbacks, as it mostly 

 puts the Q out of play in the early part of the game, but " a Pawn's 

 a Pawn for all that," especially when it gives Black a powerful 

 passed P. 



(e) Preferable to P to QR3, as it blocks Black's advance. 

 (/) With a view to an attack. 



(-;) To reach B4. 



(k) Necessary, to prevent B to Kt4, but overlooking White's 

 next move. 



(i) Black had an inconvenient alternative, to submit to Q x KtP, 

 but in playing QKt to B3, Black initiates a remarkable combination 

 to reduce the disadvantage of his position, arising from his loss of 

 time in capturing the QRP, also from his neglect to take advantage 

 of 4. I' to B5 by playing P to Q4 at the proper moment. 



(j) A very good move. Black has opened his E on the White K, 



Whitb. 



and now threatens to regain his 

 piece. If Q defends B, then 

 KtxB, followed by P to Kt6. 

 At this stage White had some 

 misgivings as to the ultimate re- 

 sult of the game. 



(i) A plausible idea, showing 

 sound judgment. If now P x Kt, 

 as Black expected, then P to KKt3 

 with a safe game and a winning 

 superiority. If Black had 



attempted to defend the Kt, 

 then the following might be the 

 result:— Q to Kt5. 21. QxP, 

 E to B sq. 22. Q to Kt5, Kt to 

 Kt8. 23. KttoKt4,BtoBsq.(ch). 



24. K to Kt sq., Kt to B6. 



25. Kt to B6 (ch), K to B sq. 

 Now, we do not see any way for White but to draw by 26. Kt to 

 E7(ch), RxKt, and now give perpetual check on Q8 and Kto. 

 Other ways of playing might lead Black into danger. 



(i) A desperate move, as Black may reply with E x Kt (ch) and 

 then withdraw the Kt, but, considering that White, if he played 

 P X Kt, would not have had much chance left to win, this was the 

 most likely, though daring, move to play in a game at odds, and, as 

 the result proved. White was right in his choice of evils. 



{in) Apparently afraid of allowing free play to the Q, but Black 

 couldaford to do sowithout much danger; i.e., E xKt (ch). 22. E x B, 

 KttoKt3. 24. Q toKt8(ch), K to Q2. 25. Q x P (ch), K to Q sq. 

 26. P to B6, P to Q4, with a safe game. 



(«) " The strategy, the sacrifice, the blow, 



Sudden, bnt strong, that lays the victim low." 

 More strategy than anything else. Had White now played P x Kt, 

 then B X P would have given Black a good game. The position is 

 now an interesting one ; we have spent some time in examining it, 

 the result of our analysis being that, whatever Black did. White 

 would obtain some attack. Of course he might avoid disaster by 

 taking his chance with B to Q2, to which White would have re- 

 plied with 23. Kt to B6 (ch), K to K2. 24. Q to Kt5, K to Q sq. 

 25. P X Kt, K to B2. 26. B to Kt4. In this case, unless there is 

 more in the position than we have seen, Black (considering the 

 odds given) might have successfully resisted AVliite's attack. 



(0) Black played P to Q4 with the intention of bringing his Q 

 into plav. Kt to Kt3 would have led to an attack, but not, as 

 Black feared, to the loss of the game ; i.e., Kt to Kt3. 23. Kt to 

 B6 (ch), K to K2. 24. Q to Kt5, K to Q sq. (best). 25. Kt to 

 E7 (ch), P to B3. 26. Q to Kt7, E to K sq. 27. Kt x P, B to Q2. 

 28. B to R5, etc. 



(p) He had no good move to prevent the threatened advance of 

 the QP. 



(q) If K X Kt, mate in three follows. 



ANSWEES TO COEEESPONDENTS. 



^*^ Please address Chess Editor. 



E. E. M. — Why, certainly. Every piece on the board must have 

 its use, even if only to prevent a dual, but therein lies the differ- 

 ence between a fine composer and an ordinary one. While the 

 former will execute an idea with but few pieces, the latter will 

 require much more force for the same object. 



E. P. H., C. Planck, H. W. Sherrard. — Problems received with 

 thanks. 



Tyro.— In Problem 134, if 1. P to Q4 (ch), PxP en passant 

 (that is, as if the P had only played to Q3) and no mate follows. 



S. B. C— If in 135, after 1. B to Kt7, E x P, yon play Eto B4 (ch). 

 then Kt x E, and there is no mate. 



W. Parker. — Solutions incorrect. 



Uncle John. — How about 1. E x P.? 135 incorrect. 



Littlehampton. — In Berger's Problem, if 1. Q to B sq, P Queen?. 



W. ilathias. — Solution right. 



W., H. W. Sherrard, Geo. W. Thompson.— Solutions correct. 



J. Allport. — Problem is quite right. Try again. 



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