June 26, 18S5.] 



KNOWLEDGE 



557 



^ur CfjfSS Column. 



By Mkphisto. 



BRITISH CHESS ASSOCIATIOX. 



PLAY in the Tournament of the B. C. A. has proceeded all the 

 vrcek in a most satisfacrorr manner. Youn;r players are 

 coming to the fore, and surprise their older competitors with unex- 

 pected combinations and unlooked-for resources. Up to Saturday 

 last. Bird and Ounsberg were favourites. On that day Giinsberg 

 defeated Bird in the cramc given below. 



In connection with the play of the older masters, we may remark 

 that their play presents a striking contrast in the opening to the 

 play of younger men who follow modern notions and theories. As 

 a rule, the younger player will mostly get an advantage in the 

 opening. If these veteran Chess-players do not readily take 

 to modem principles of development, whose superiority 

 over older lines of play has undeniably been jiroved, 

 then surely these modern principles could not possibly have 

 been put before the Chess world in a comprehensive and digestible 

 form. We have been impressed with this fact to that extent, that 

 we have determined, after the Tournaments have finished, to begin 

 a series of papers in which we shall endeavour to teach. ;ir.';7 pn'n- 

 cipJes of Chess and Chess Openings, not by mere analysis, as 

 heretofore, but by taking for our illustration an actual and woll- 

 played representative game of each opening. 



We give the latest score below. Chess has more and more 

 become the favourite pastime of the educated classes. Columns of 

 Chess news now find their way in the daily press. As a practical 

 recognition of this fact Lord Tennyson has offered copies of his 

 works as a prize to be competed for by the Church, Army, Medicine, 

 and Law. Mr. Ruskin has likewise given prizes of books for com- 

 petition by players following science, art, or literature. We shall 

 report the result of these highly-interesting contests. 



Complete score of ihe B. C. A. Tournament up to Tuesday 

 eleven o'clock p.m., inclusive ; — 



A 



H. E. Bird (A) — 



W. Donisthorpe (B) ..' 



J. Gunsberg (C) 1 



A. Guest (D) i 



Thos. Hewit (E) | 



D. T. Mills (F) jO 



Bev.G.McDonnell(G)l 



J. Mortimer (H) jO 



R. Loman (I) i 



W.Macke8on,Q.C. (J) 

 W. H. K Pollock (K)0 



R. Rabson (L) 10 



H. A. Reeves (M) ... 

 Rev. J. de Soyres (N) 

 G. E. Wainwright (O) 

 A. BumboU(P) |0 



C,D E P i 



1 



— !0 

 1 







0!i 1 

 



1 

 00 







P 



1 8i 



6 



1 9 



•3 



12^ 

 1 5i 

 15 

 14i 

 i 

 17i 



iO 

 13 

 lli 



l3i 



I 



Game played Jane 20, 1885. 

 ViF.XN-.* Opentxg. 



TVliite. 

 W H. K. Pollock 



1. P to K-1 



2. KttoQB3 



3. P to KB4 



4. Kt to KB3 



5. P to Q4 



6. B to QB4 



7. Castles (d) 



8. Et to Qo 



9. Kt X B 



10. P to Q5 (e) 



11. PxB 



12. Kt X P (h) 



13. Q to K5 (ch) 



14. B X P (j) 



15. Q >. Q 



16. BxKt 



Black. 

 J. HcKitt. 

 P toK4 

 B to QB4 (a) 

 PxP (fc) 

 BtoQKt3(i:) 

 P to KKt4 

 P to Q3 

 B toK3 

 Kt toQ3 

 Kt X Kt 

 KtxB (0 

 P to KB3 ('/) 

 Kt to K4 

 K to K2 (i) 

 Q to K srj. 

 BxQ 

 QPxB 



White. Black. 



H. K. Pollock. J. Uewitt. 

 QR toQsq. (;.)PxKt 

 R to B7 (ch) K X P 

 RxBP 

 R to B8 (m) 

 QR to Q8 



P to B4 

 P to QKt4 

 P to Bo 

 P to Kt5 

 P to BO 

 PxP 

 RxE 

 RxKt 

 P toBT 



R to K2 (0 



K toB2 



K to Kt2 (m) 



P to KR4 



RtoK3 



R to K2 



R to K3 



PxP 



Kt to K2 



KtxR 



K to B3 (3) 



R to B3 



R to B8 (ch) and wins 



NOTES. 



(ii) This defence gives White many chances. It it is intended 

 to refuse the Gambit which follows on 2. Kt to QIJS, then 

 Kt to KB3 is a safe reply for Itlack. 



((>) The only advantageous way of following \ip Black's move of 

 2. B to B4 is to decline the Gambit by now jilnying 3. P to Q3. 



(f) Black is compelled to give way; ho loses linio in tho Opening, 

 which is always valuable"; ho also deprives his K sido of the 

 services of his KB on Kt2, thereby weakening it. 



(d) The outcome being that White has tho ordinary Gambit 

 po.'iition, but with a move ahead, and Black's Ksido is weakened by 

 tho absence from Kt2 of his KB. 



(f) White had nothing to gain by the exchange of pieces and 

 this move. 



(/) B to Q2, followed uji by Q to B3, looked more promising for 

 Black. 



(;;) Believing, probably, that tho White P will soon fall, and 

 being iu fear of 12. Q to Q4. But if P x P. 12. Q to Q4, Kt to K1-. 

 13. Kt X Kt, P X Kt. 14. Q x P, Kt to B3, Black's position is not 

 very bad, for if White now plays 15. Q x KP (ch), Q to K2 is a 

 suflicient answer; or if 15. Q x KtP, Q to Q5 (ch). 1(5. K to 11 sq.. 

 Castles with a defensive game. 



('i) A good home thrust, threatening mate. 



(i) If Kt to Kt3, then 14. Kt to B7 ! or Kt x P. 



(j) White follows up his advantage well; Black, of course, can- 

 not take the Kt. 



(t) Although the prospect of fixing both his Rooks on the 

 adverse 7th file is worth something, yet it is a great error of judg- 

 ment for that sake to give up the Kt, especially as by playing that 

 Kt to B7 White wins the exchange. 



(I) This is a mistake, which enables While to cry quits; tho 

 simple move of Kt to B3 ought to win for Black. 



(m) This move renders Bl.-ick helpless. 



(n) Black might still have had some chance by playing P to R4, 

 so as to enable him to give up the Kt and bring his R into play, 

 vi'l R3. Pawns are even. 



(o) Giving the game away. White still had a good chance of 

 playing for a draw if he left his K on Kt2, and would have played 

 R to Q3. If 30. P to B7, R to B3, and the White King is not able 

 to play past his Queen's file, so that it would have been doubtfu 

 whether White could have won. 



The following is the game played by the two favourites : — 

 Sicnnx Defence. 



White. 

 J. Gunsbers. 



1. P to K4 



2. Kt to QB3 



3. Kt to B3 



4. P to Q4 



5. KtxP 

 G. B to K3 



7. Kt to Q5 



8. Kt to Kt5 



9. P x Kt 



10. B to Q4 



11. P to KB4 



12. Kt to B3 



13. Q toQ2 



14. BxB 



15. P to KR3 



Black. 

 H. E. Bird. 

 P to QB4 

 Kt to QB3 

 P to KKt3 (a) 

 PxP 

 B to Kt2 

 P to Q3 

 Kt to B3 

 Kt X Kt (b) 

 Kt to K4 

 Castles 

 P to QR3 

 B to Kt5 (c) 

 Kt to Q2 (cZ) 

 KxB 

 B to B4 



NOTES. 



(a) Some of the masters do not adopt this form of the Sicilian 

 after White has played his QKt. 



