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♦ KNOWLEDGE • 



[Dec. 19, 1884. 



(Buv Cf)C2(£f Column* 



By Mephisto. 



PROBLEM No. 141. 



By C. Planck. 



Black. 





ill 2 I 



Whitb. 

 White to play and mate in three moves. 



SOLUTION. 

 PCZZLE No. 140. 



Black's last move might have been P (Q2) to Q4. White plays 

 1. P X P en passant, discovering check, and mate next move. 



Whithy, December 7, 1884. 



Dear Sir, — My problem referred to by your correspondent in 

 this week's Knowlkdge was originally published in the lUusfmfcd 

 London Neu-s for Dec. 30, 1854. It was, as far as I know, and as 

 yonr correspondent says, the first 

 problem in which the R makes 

 way for the Q. In my problem 

 the R is moved twice before the 

 ch with the Q takes place. Four 

 move problems were more in 

 vogue thirty years ago than they 

 are at the present time. The 

 problem, unfortunately, admitted 

 of another solution, in four 

 moves. Mr. Staunton, who was 

 at that time Chess Editor of the 

 Illustrated London News, and who 

 frequently took the law into hig 

 own hands with regard to young 

 composers, preferred the " cook " 

 to the original solution, and 

 published it instead of mine. I 

 remember about that time Mr. S. 

 writing to me and also to J. B., of Bridport, stating that the pro- 

 prietors of the lUtistrated London News objected to our sending 

 problems to what Mr. S. called the "small fry," alluding to 

 "Cassell's Penny Illustrated Paper," " Ilome Circle," &c. 

 Although our names did not appear in those journals, for some 

 time after that we used to contribute for some time under the 

 nom-de-plume of "Domino," J. B., and "Modestns" myself. 



I was always a great admirer of Mr. Healy's clever and world- 

 famed Bristol problem, but it appears that as far as ideas in Chess 

 problems are concerned, there is " nothing new under the sun. 



N. Grimsiiaw. 



White. 



(Corrected as a three mover). 



THE EVANS GAMBIT. 



We have firstly shown that, by declining the Evans, Black has a 

 safe game. Then we have given Black's reply of 5. B to B4, 

 although in the after-play White has an attack. Black ought to be 

 able to defend his game, and he has a Pawn more. There would, 

 therefore, really be no necessity of going into Black's reply of 

 5. B to R4, as we think it is of more importance to master the 



principle of the hest lines of play in each opening, than to know 

 every principal variation in an opening. 



But having given a few ppccimens of the Compromised Defence, 

 we shall give a few more variations arising from 5. B to 114. 



I. P to K4, P to K4. 2. Kt to KB3, Kt to QB3. 3. B to B4. 

 B to B 1. 4. P to QKt4, B x P. 5. P to B3, B to R4. White can. 

 avoid the Compromised Defence by playing 



6. Castles P to Q3 



7. P to Q4 P X P 



8. P X P B to Kt3 



and we have the same position treated before, and arising from the 

 defence of 5. B to B4. Instead of 8. P x P ; White may also play 



8. Q to Kt3 Q to B3 



which gives White a good attack by either P x P or P to K5, bnt 

 Black would have done better to play 8. Kt to K4 instead of 

 Q toB3 



9. P to K5 P X P 

 10. E to K sq. 



and White has a strong game, for if now 10. KKt to K2, then 



II. B to KKt5, Q to Kt3. 12. B x Kt, Kt x B. 13. KtxP and 

 White ought to win ; or 



Kt to R3 



11. B to Kt5 Q to B4 



12. Q to K3 



with a fine game. It is, therefore, best to avoid this attacking 

 variation when playing on the defensive. 



The following is also an interesting variation in the Opening, 

 when in reply to 6. Castles, Black plays 



C. Castles Kt to B3 



7. P to Q4 Castles 



8. Kt X P Kt x Kt (a) 



9. PxKt KtxP 



10. QtoQ5 BxP 



11. Kt x B Kt X Kt 



12. Q to B3 



and White will have a good game by playing B to E3. 



(a) If, instead of 8. Kt x Kt, Black plays 8. Kt x P then follows : 



8. Kt X KP 



9. B to Q5 Kt X QBP 



10. KtxBP! RxKt 



(If Q to K2. 11. Kt X Kt followed on B x Kt by 12. B to KKto.) 



11. BxR (ch) KxB 



12. Q to Kt3 (ch) with the better game. 



Contents op No. 163. 



TAGS 



Science and Theology, B/ B. A. 

 Proctor 475 



Pleasant Hours with the Micro- 

 scope, (iiiu,.) Bt h. J. Slack . ire 



Our Two Brains. By Richard A. 



Proctor 477 



The Workshop at Home. {lilus.) 



By s Working Man 479 



Other Worlds than Ours. (IlUtt.) 



By M. de Fontenelle. With Botes 



by R. A. Proctor 180 



Rambles with a Hammer. (Iflni.) 



By W. Jerome Harrison, F.G.S.. 4Si 

 First Star Lessons. With Map. By 



R. A. Proctor iSi 



Photographic Recreation. (Illtu.) 



ByW. BlioRO 485 



Chapters on Modem Domestic Eco- 

 nomy. VI 487 



Reviews 488 



Rowland Hill Benevolent Fund 489 



Miscellanea 489 



Correspondence : A Strange Form 

 of Afterglow — Economy — Duo- 

 decimal >'otation — The Sentient 

 Eye the only Colour • box — No 



Matter, ic 480 



Our Inventors' Colmnn 49*3 



Our Whist Column 493 



Our Chess Colamn 49i 



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