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♦ KNOAAALEDGE * 



[Feb. 6, 1S85. 



(JPtir CbreiS Column* 



By Mephisto. 



THE British Chess Association is now an accomplished fact. It 

 is constituted under tlio presidency of Lord Tennyson, three 

 vice-presidents, and a council of twenty-one members. 



The main objects of the 13. C. A. are : 1. The promotion of the 

 theory and practice of Chess in all its branches; 2. The conferring 

 of degrees for distinguished iire-emineuce in any branch of Chess, 

 or otherwise, at the discretion of the Council, namely, Master and 

 Fellow of B. C. A. ; 3. The holding of Chess meetings in the 

 principal provincial centres of the United Kingdom. 



Amongst the items set forth (as yet merely by way of promise) 

 in the programme for 18S.J, are : 1, a National Toui'nameut ; 2, an 

 International Problem Tournament ; 3, the establishment of a Cup 

 for competition among cluba ; 4, other inter-club matches. The 

 Council will act wisely in making the third item their first and chief 

 business, followed by tlie inauguration of its first annual tourna- 

 ment. Problemists certainly deserve attention, but an International 

 Problem Tournament on a large scale in the first year of existence 

 of the B. C. A. would be uncalled for. 



The subscription for clubs for all the benefits promised is very 

 low indeed, being 5s. for cvei'y twenty-five members. Individual 

 subscription is 5s. per annum, and as the society will largely depend 

 upon this source of income for funds, we hope Chess-players will 

 not fail to enrd themselves. Life membei'ship of the B. C. A. is 

 obtainable on payment of £3. 3. Secretary of the B. C. A., Mr. 

 Hoffer. 



One of twentv-one games plavcd simultaneously at Worthington 

 Jan. 21, ltjS5 :-^ ' 



Ev.VN.s Declined. 



White. 

 Mr. Giinsberg. 



1. P to K I 



2. Kt to KB3 



3. B to B4 



4. P to QKtt 



5. P to Kt5 

 G. KtxP ((.) 

 7. P X r {d) 



Castles (/) 



P to Q I 



B to Kt2 (;. 



Bx Kt 



P to QB4 

 13. P to Bo 

 11. Q to B3 



9. 

 10. 

 11, 

 12, 



Black. 

 Mr. .1. B. Mason. 

 P to K4 

 Kt to QB3 

 B to B4 

 B to Kt3 

 QKt to K2 (o) 

 P to Qi {•■) 

 KtxP(<') 

 KKt to B3 

 P to KR3 (r/) 

 Castles 

 KtxB 

 Kt to KB5 

 Q to Kt4 (i) 

 B to KRO 



1!> 

 20, 

 21 

 22, 

 23, 

 24 

 25, 

 20, 

 i27. 

 28, 



White. 

 Mr. Gunsberg. 

 . Kt to QB3 

 . P to KB3 (l) 

 . Kt to KtO 

 , K to B2 

 . Kt to KE4 

 . P to Q5 

 . R to Q sq. 

 . Kt to KB5 



Black. 

 Mr. J. B. MasOD. 

 B to E3 

 P to KB3 

 KR to K sq. 

 B to Q6 

 QR to Q sq. 

 E to Q2 

 B toB5 

 KR to Q sq. 



RtoKtsq. 0)i,)K to R2 

 PtoKR4 PtoQB3(7i) 



Black. 



ilk 



'A t 



^3 ^" '^" ^ ;i 



Whitb. 



Whitb. 



15. P to Kt3 (/■) 



16. Q X Kt (J) 



17. PxQ, 



18. PxB 



BxR 

 QxQ 

 QBx KtP 

 RPxP 



P to KR5 r X P 

 Kt to K2 (n) B X P 

 Kt (K2)toQ4 E to K sq. 

 E to QB sq. B to B5 

 ExE 

 P to QKt4 

 E to KB2 

 R toK2 



29. 

 30. 

 31. 

 32. 



33. E to K sq. 



34. K X E 



35. Kt to KG 

 3G. Kt to Q6 



Drawn (p)* 



NOTES. 



(a) Kt to R4 is the proper move. 



(/,) White may also (day B to Kt2 or P to B3, which he could 

 follow up by P to Q4 and Q to Kt3 ; in any case he would have a 

 good game. The Black QKt on K2 is more in the way than useful. 



(r) CoiTectly played. 



(d) If D X P, Kt X B. 8. P :< Kt, B to Q5. 9. Q to K2, Q to K2, 

 would not bo favourable for White. 



(i) If V, to Q5 inbtead of Kt x P, then White would play 



8. Kt X P, K X Kt. 9. P to QB3, threatening to get his piece back 

 ncvt move by P to QO (ch), with an open game and a P more. 



(/) 8. Kt X P in.stead of Castling would lead to complications 

 without any particular advantage for White. Black's best reply to 

 this would probably be B x P (ch). 9. K to B sq., &c. 



((/) Black should have Castled. 



(h) Ycrj' often, especially in close games, or where the B has 

 free range, B to Kt2 is a serviceable move, but general principles 

 require the QB on the K's side. It would have been much better 

 to play B to R3. Black soon takes advantage of the unfavoux'able 

 position of the White QB by playing Q to Kt4, Kt to B5, ic. 



(i) Black institutes a spirited but premature attack. 



(,/) White would have kept the formation of his Pawns more 

 intact, and would have had a better game by playing B to B sq. 



(/,) 10. K X B would have saved a P. 



(I) 2U. Kt to Q5 would have been better, as it threatens to win 

 .1 P at once. Black from this point conducts his game with good 

 judgment and considerable power. 



(m) Useless, Kt to K3 was imperative. The QP is thereby 

 weakened unnecessarily. 



(h) Well designed. Of course. White cannot play P x P, on 

 account of E to Q7 (ch), but if Black would have played BxP 

 instead of P to B3 the game would have continued as follows ; — 



3(3. B to B3 witli no d i sad van t aire. 



((') White deals yery recklessly with his Pawns. 



ip) Black in the end game tried hard to play for a win, and 

 although tlie position is slightly in his favour, we think nothing but 

 a draw should result. If, for instance, 37. P to Bo, B to Q6. 

 3.S. Kt to QB8, .to. 



We have received a handsomely-printed and well-g'ot-up volume 

 published by Kobert Clarke & Co., Cincinatti. U.S.A., containing a 

 reprint of Cook's Synopsis, third edition, and also an American 

 &iipplemf;nt of 12G pnges, the whole edited by J. W. Miller. It is a 

 fad 3'et true fact, that through various reasons we have no reliable 

 book in England wherein the Openings are dealt with in the sj^irit 

 of modern discovery. Cook's Synopsis itself is out of print, and 

 the promised fourth edition is conspicuous by its absence. Poor 

 Marriott is dead, and with him the hope of seeing an immediate 

 issue of a modern work. Under these circumstances Messrs. 

 Clarke's work, although constituting in this country an infringe- 

 ment of cop3'right, is nevertheless the only Chess book we know of 

 from which an advanced learner would derive much benefit. 



Contents op No. 170. 



Ploasaot Houra wUh llie j\[icro- 



scope. By H. J. Slack 77 



The Earth's Shape ami Motions. 



(I//ng.) Bv R. A. Proctor 78 



An Electric 'Tram-Car. By. \V. 



Slingo SO 



Neoded Star-Surveyfl. By R. A. 



Proctor 81 



Rambles with a HHUimer, By W. 



J. roiue Harrison 83 



Chats nn Geometrii.al Measurement. 



liy R. A. Proctor 84 



Chapters on Modern Domestic 



Economy 85 



PAGE 



How to Take Care of aTricycle. By 



John Browning &(! 



Wooden Magnets to Cure Disease... 87 



Jfewton r. Descartes 87 



The Begiuniug ofLife. (IHiu^.) By 



]l. A. Prortor 8^ 



Ediiorial Gossip 90 



Reviews; Legends of the Algonquin 



Indiana. By Edward Clodd 0! 



Some Books on Our Table ilii 



Fac^ of IheSky. ByF.R.A.S V)3 



Correspondence 9-1 



Our Inventors' Column 97 



Our Chess Column OS 



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