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KNOWLEDGE 



[March 13, 1885. 



(0ur Cf)f6S Column* 



By Mephisto. 



'J'liE followinj; pretty gnnic illustrates the powerful attack in obo 

 of tlie many interesting variations of the Algaier Gambit; — 



Hampe Algaier. 



\. 



White. 

 P to K4 



2. QKt to B3 



3. P to B t 



4. Kt to B3 



5. P to KK4 

 C. Kt to Kt3 

 7. KtxP 



Black. 

 P to K4 

 QKt to B3 

 PxP 



P to KKt4 

 P to Kt5 

 P to KR3 

 KxKt 



■Some authorities consider the attack arising from the sacrifice of 

 the Kt on the 7tli move to be more powerful in connection with 

 2 QKt to B3 than in the ordinary variation, without this move. 



8. P to Q4 P to Q3 



If 8. P to Qi, Black [days 9. Kt x P. 



y. B to B4 (ch) K to Kt2 



Black may also play K to Kt3 



10. B X P Kt to B3 



11. Q to Q2 



Played with a view to command EG and prevent Black from play- 

 ing his KR and developing his game. 



11. Q to K2 



12. Castles KR 



Preparing a deep laid scheme. If Black had played B to K2, 

 White was prepared to Castle on the Q's side. 

 Black. 



It k U 



f' 





"White. 



12. 



KtxKP 



Black falls into the trap. 



13. KtxKt Q xKt 



14. B X P (ch) 



This sacrifice is justified by the position. 



14. R X B 

 Forced ; if K to R3, White mates in three moves. 



15. Q to Kt5 (ch) Q to Kt3 

 R to Kt3 would have been a far better move. 



IG. R to B7 (ch) K to R sq. 



17. R X B (ch) K to Kt2 



18. R to KtS (ch) Resigns. 



CHESS CURIOSITIES. 

 By Captain Verney. (Longmans.) 



A VERY quaint book this, dealing mostly with four-handed and 

 other Chess eccentricities. To the curious, the book affords plenty 

 of specimens of Chess, distorted in all manners of shape. Four- 

 handed Chess is ably dealt with by Captain Verney, a specialist on 

 his subject, but of Chess itself, not much that is new or of particular 

 interest to players is to be found. 



A four-handed Chess club has lately been established at the 

 Holborn Restaurant. Any person curious to learn what four- 

 handed Chess is like will find the gallant Major and his friends, 

 assisted by Mr. Uughes Hughes, as lion. Sec, willing to give all 

 information on club nights. 



It is considered a maxim of etiquette among writers, perfectly 

 well understood and observed by everybody, that every person is 

 entitled to identify his writings by any signature or nom-de-plumo 

 he may think fit to choose. 



The Chess Editors of the Sheffield Independent, Bristol Mercury, 

 kc, seem, however, to think different, and very often publish 

 Problems by " Mejihisto," which, needless to say, arc not composed 



by myself. Apart from the mystification caused thereby, I 

 positively refuse to alhtw the suspicion to rest upon me any longer 

 of having composed such a barbarous atrocity as appeared in that 

 paper under the name of " Mephisto," the authorship of which 

 has been ascribed to me by men whose opinion I value. — Mephisto. 



We have received some gratifying expressions of opinion in 

 regard to our End Game series. While not neglecting the Opening, 

 we shall continue with End Games at various intervals. 



Chess at the Universities. — A combined team of twenty 

 players of the Oxford and Cambridge Universities will play a 

 match against the Third Class of the City Cln)> on the 24th inst. 

 On the 2Gth the annual match, Oxford v. Cambridge, will be played 

 at the St. George's Chess Club. On the 25th and 27th two more 

 matches will be played, r. St. George's and r. Brighton. 



SELECTED PROBLEM No. 150. 

 Bv B. Ct. Laws. 

 (ilanchcstcr Weekhj Vost.) 

 Black. 



Whitb. 

 White to play and mate in three moves. 



SOLUTION PROBLEM No. 149. 



1. Kt to B4 K toQ4 



2. Kt to K3 (ch) Any 



3. B mates accordingly. 

 Also 1. Kt to R4, &c. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



4,*, Please address Chess Editor. 



J. J. Cridlan. — White seems to have the better game : he ought 

 to have withdrawn his Queen, and played to force the Queen's 

 Pawn on. 



Correct solution of Problem 149 received from M. T. Ilooton, 

 Toy, E. Louden, J. G. Powell, H. A. N. 



End game solved by W., Ravenshoe, R. P. F. 



Q. T. V. — How about P becomes a Knight 'i' 



H. W. Sherraed. — Problem received with thanks. 



Contents op No. 175. 



PAGB 



The Falls of Niagara. By Richard A. 



Proetnr 185 



The Philosophy of Clothing. III. 



By W. Mattifu Williams 186 



Future Arctic Work. II. By Lieut. 



Greelv 187 



Zodiacal Map. By E. A. Proctor .. 189 

 Forms of Leaves. II. By Sir John 



Lubbock 



Pleasant Uours with the Microscope. 



(lllii^.) ByH. J. Slack l<l( 



Tricycles in 1395. By J. Browning. ., 19. 

 The Young Electrician. {IHus.) 



By W. Slingo 19; 



189 



Pies 



Our Two Brains. By Richard A. 



Proctor 193 



The Forthcoming Photographic Ex- 

 hibition 194 



Chapters on Modern Domestic Eco- 

 nomy. (///«».) XVII 195 



The Inter-Oceanic Ship Railway. 



lll/iix.) 196 



Other Worlds than Ours 199 



Editorial Gossip 20l> 



Reviews 201 



Correspondence 202 



Our Inventors' Column 205 



Oiu: Chesa Colamn 206 



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