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♦ KNOV^LEDGE * 



[April 17, 1885. 



d^ur Cftessi Column* 



By Mephisto. 



THE CENTRE f4AMBIT. 



{Contimied from p. 249.) 



If we discard 5. P to K5 thero is not left any move by which 

 ^Vhite may hope to turn the posi- 

 Blace. t.Ion to account for an immediate 



attack. Thero are several moves 

 at White's disposal, which ought 

 to result in bringing about a hard 

 game, suitable to the style of many 

 jilayers, especially in match play. 

 White can continue the barren 

 fight by playing 5. B to Q2, 

 5. B to Q3. If 5. P to QR3 

 Black's KB is confined to K2, but 

 then nothing can prevent Black 

 from playing P to Q4. White 

 will attempt to Castle on the Q's 

 side. On the whole the game is 

 alike in feature to the Ginoco 

 Piano, and, like that opening, the 

 outcome in evenly contested games 

 would be a draw very often in favour of the second player. We 

 give a fine, although unsuccessful, specimen of this opening. 



White. 



CONSULTATION GAME. 



(Played at Berlin, September 19, 1881.) 



Cextre Gahisit. 



White resigns (s). 

 NOTES (Translated). 



(a) W. Paulsen has been first to recognise the merits of this 

 opening by frequent application to it in practice over the board. 

 Nest to the close openings, such as P to Q4, P to K3, Kt to KB3, 

 P to QB4, it has been most frequently resorted to at this Congress. 

 White developes in a peculiar manner, and mostly Castles Q's R, 

 with a good game. The White Queen, from K3, commands various 

 points on tho board, besides confining the Black Queen's Pawn. 



(h) The defence of 4. Kt to B3. 5. P to K5, Kt to KKt5. 

 U. Q to K4 or K2, P to Q4. 7. PxP en pa.s3 check, B to K3. 

 8. P X P, Q X P, gives a good attack for the abandoned Pawn, bnt 

 still requires testing. 



(r) This move is not premature, as the Knight cannot be dis- 

 lodged. 



(d) BxP would be bad, for then follows 9. P to QB3, BxR. 

 10. Kt to BG (ch), Bto R6 (ch). 11. B to R6 (ch), also, on other 

 account. 



(e) The Queen wovdd perhaps be better posted on B3. 



(/) Black try to manccuvre their Queen on the Queen's side, 

 which meets tlie views of White, who intend thereby to develop 

 more freely on the King's side. 



(-7) 15. P X P en pass, PxP. IG. P to KKt4, Kt to R6 (if 

 10. BxB, 17. KtxB, Kt to Kt2). 17. QxP would result in 

 Black's favour. 



(h) P to B4 would not be a 

 better move. Black might play 

 17. R to K sq. 18. P to KKt4, 

 Kt to KG. 19. P to Kt5, B to Kt2, 

 with a fair game (see Diagram). 



(1) This is a losing move, they 

 ought to have played, perhaps, 

 P to QKt3 first. 



(./■) This combination, although 

 involving Black in the loss of a 

 Pawn, loads to a strong attack, 

 which Black follows up in a 

 masterly and elegant style. 



(A) 22. P to BG. 23. Q x Q, 



R X Q. 24. P to Kt3, BxP. 



25. B to Q3, R to KB5, this, 



although advantageous for Black, 



would not be decisive. 



(0 After this move, although winning a Pawn, White could not 



save tho game. In reply to P to R5, Black wins by 23. P to BG. 



21. Q X Q, R X Q. 25. P to Kt3, B to Kt5. 



(m) White underrated the force of this move. 

 (h) Exchanging Queens would not benefit; thus, 25. Q x Q, 

 R « Q. 2G. K to R sq. ! P to E5. 27. P to R3, PxB. 28. P x K, 

 P x P, and wins. 



(o) The decisive move. 



_{p) If 28. BxB, then Black plays R x B. 29. K x R, Q x R (ch), 

 winning. 



(7) R to R7 is of no use, on account of R x R, followed, after 

 Queen retaking, by Q x QP, threatening both Q and R. 

 (r) Q to K.3 would also lose. 

 {■■>') The King cannot go to Kt sq. 



White. 



Solution of Problem No. 152, p. 294. 



1. B to Kt2 K to Q3, or 1. 



2. Kt to B5 (ch) K moves 2. Kt to B4 (ch) 



3. Kt to B4 mate 3. Kt x P matfe 



P to B4 

 K moves 



'. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 ,*, Please address Chess Editor. 

 W. Fl'rnival. — Problem received with thanks. 

 Amethyst.— No. 152. If 1. Kt to QBG, K to K3. 2. B to K7, 

 V X Kt, and no mate follows. Problem received with thanks. 



W., M. T. HooTON, E. lioi-DEN, Uxcle John. — 1. R to QB4 

 does not solve Problem 153. 



Correct solutions received. — End-game — W., Eavenshoe. No. 152, 

 W. Furnival, H. A. N. No. 153, W. Furnival, Ravenshoe. 



Contents op No. 180. 



PAGE 

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Proctor 295 



The Kalevala. V. By Edward Clodd 297 

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M.R.C.S. Eng 299 



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The Young Electrician. [Illus,) 



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Our Inventors' Column 315 



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