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KNOWLEDGE ♦ 



[Dec. 12, 1884. 



(But COesiei Coluimu 



By Mephisto. 



PROBLEM No. 140. 

 By B. G. Laws. 



BtiCK. 



Whitb. 



White to pl.ay and mate in four moves. 



SOLUTIONS. 

 PaoBtEM No. 137, p. 45-1-. 



1. P toQ6. 



1. P to K4. 2. Q to QR7, K to K3, Kt3, B3. 3. Q to Q7, K7, 

 B2, m.ite. 



1. K to K4. 2. Q to B uq., K to Q5, B4. 3. Q to B3 or 

 Kt5 mate. 



1. K to B3. 2. Q to B5, K to EG. 3. Q to B2 mate. 



Problem No. 138. 



1. B to R8 ! K to R2 



2. Qto QRsq. K to Kt2 



3. Q to Kt7 (oh) Mate. 



1. if K to B2 



2. Q to B2 (cli) .\ny 



3. y mates. 



ENDING FROM ACTUAL PLAY. 



Black played — 



Whitb. 



Q X Kt ! 



R X tt (ch) 



Kt to Q7 ! 



Kt to B8 (ch) 



Kt to K7 (oh) 



Kt (B8) to Kt6 (ch) 



R to R8 (ch) 



Kt to B6 (ch) ? 



BxQ 



K toK2 



Q to B3 



K to Kt sq. 



K to R sq. 



K toE2 



Mate. 



Gamk played at Bradford between Mephisto and a member of the 

 Bradford Club :— 



Two Knight's Defence. 



PUok. 

 Mephisto, 

 P toK4 

 Kt to QB3 



1. 



White. 

 Amateor. 

 P toK4 



2. Kt to KB3 



3. B to B4 



4. Kt to Kt5 



5. P X P 



6. B to Kt5 (ch) 



7. PxP 

 B toK2 

 Kt to KB3 

 Kt to K5 

 P to Q4 («) 

 KtxP 

 P to KB4 

 Castles 



15. BtoKt4(ch)(t)KtoKtsq 



16. Q to B3 (r) Kt x B 



17. QxKt 



18. PxB 

 K to R sq. 

 B to Q2 (d) 

 B to B3 



22. Q to K2 



23. P to QKt3 



10. 

 20. 

 21. 



Kt to B3 

 P to Q4 

 Kt to QR4 

 P toB3 

 PxP 

 PtoKR3 

 P to K.5 

 B to Q3 

 I' X P(en pas; 

 Qto B2 

 B to R3 

 Castles (QR) 



BxKt 



B to B4 (ch) 



RxP 



Kt to B5 



P to B3 



KR to Q sq. 



Kt to K6 



White. 

 Amatenr. 



24. R to Kt sq. 



25. B to Q2 



Black, 



Black. 

 Mpphisto. 





r 



^ 



k^ 



)%^ 



^\ UITE, 



E (Q sq.) to 

 Q5 (.0 



26. R to Q sq. (g) Q x P (ch) 



27. K X Q R to E5 (ch) 



28. K to Kt sq. Kt x R (ch) 

 Resigns. 



NOTES. 



(a) Hero the book recommends 11. P to KB4. 

 (Ii) Results in loss of time and weakness; White ought to have 

 tried to bring out his pieces by Kt to B3. 



(c) This breaks up his position, having given a useless check. 

 The best he could do was either to retire his B to B3 or play 

 K to R sq. 



(d) White thought it was inadvisable to capture the KtP, and 

 tried to make up for lost time by bringing out his pieces. 



(f) Black is playing for something big, as he might have won at 

 least an exchange by Kt to Q8, 



(/) Q to K4 would have resulted in a substantial gain, but this 

 move possessed more attraction, 



(</) A necessary precaution, although of little avail. E to K sq. 

 was better than this. The likely-looking move of 26. Q to B3 would 

 also lose by Q X P (ch). 27. K x Q, R to E5 (ch). 28. The Q must 

 interpose, then Kt to Kto (ch), A-c. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



,*» Please address Chess Editor. 



W. — Tou are quite right ; the position is analogous to Pearson's 

 Problem, but it is altogether impossible, which upsets the whole 

 " apple-cart," as the White B could not possibly be on K8. 



H, A. L. S, — We did not publish the above as a Problem. 



A. W. Orr, — There is no harm in 2, P to QB4. You need take 

 no notice of it, but play B to B4 or Kt to B3 as usual. 



Contents of No. 162. 



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Our Scientific Industries : Gas. By 

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Earth's Shape and Motions. (7if/H«.) 46^ i 



Gorham's Pupil Photometer. 



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