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KNOWLEDGE. 



[January 1, 1895. 



Notes. 



(ti) Mr. Butler's own peculiar attack, which he adopts 

 equally against 1 . . . P to K4. 



th) Very feeble. The Bishop e-s-idently wants to go 

 e%-eutnaUy to QB2 (r/rfi White's ninth move). We would 

 suggest instead either 2. . . P to QB3, 3. B to E4, 

 P to Q4 ; or 2 ... Q to Kt4, 3. B to Bsq, Q to Qsq ; 

 which reduces the opening to an absurdity. 



(c) Now he might as well follow up his last move by 

 3. . . P to QKtl and 4. . . P to Q4. So White evidently 

 thought, judging from his nest move. 



{(/) P to KB4 first seems preferable. 



(e) This appears to be an oversight, though it does not 

 turn out badly. 



( /) In view of the move pointed out in note (</), perhaps 

 12. . . E to B2 is better. Some interesting play might 

 then result from 13. Kt to Kt5, B x Kt ; 14. "B x B, 

 Q X B ; 15. Q x P, Kt to R5 ; IG. P to KBl ! (If 16. 

 Q X R, PtoBS). 



(g) 14. Q to K4 is perhaps better. If then 14. . . 

 E to B2, 15. Kt to Kt5, E to B3 ; 16. P to KE4, etc. 



(h) In order to free the Queen ; but the Knight becomes 

 rather out of play, and should go to KBsq instead. 



(/) He can hardly defend the QBP without submitting 

 to an exchange of Queens. 



(j) There seems to be no objection to Kt to Q4 at once. 

 White seems hardly to realize the danger of the coming 

 attack. 



(k) Now he might safely play 22. Q x P, Kt to Q4 ; 

 28. Q to Ko. The move made increases the dangers of 

 his position. 



(/) Here surely 24. BP x P, P x P ; 25. P to KR3 is 

 much better. 



(m) Or simply K to Bsq, with a view to R to K2 when 

 necessary. On his next move he is probably right to reject 

 27. Kt X P as being too risky. Not improbably both 

 players may have been pressed for time at this stage. 



(/;) 28. . . P to B4 is clearly useless on account of 

 the check. 



((>) Moving the King would lose the Queen by 80. Kt to 

 KB5, etc. 



(/)) Probably the players agreed to draw prematurely 

 rather than have the spoil divided by the adjudicator in 

 London. White's best move is apparently 30. P to QKt3, 

 to keep out the Knight. If then 30. ... P to QB4, 

 31. QxP(If31. Ktto KBo, Q to E4 (best), and wins). 

 31. . . . KRxKt, 32. KtxE, QxKt; 33. Q to Q4eh, 



K to Ktsq ; §4. Q to Q2, Kt to B5 (! i and wins. Again, 

 if 30. P to KKt4, P X P ai passant ch ; 31. K to Kt2, Kt 

 to Bu (best). [Not now 31. . . . P to B4, 32. Kt to B5 (!), 

 Q to R4 ; 33. KR to Bsq, with some chances." On the 

 whole we think that Black should win. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



The New York tournament concluded in November with 

 the following scores: — Steinitz, 8| ; Albin, G^; Hymes 

 and Sho waiter, 6 ; Delmar and Pillsbury, 5 ; Halpern, 

 Hanham and Rocamora, 4 ; Baird and .lasnagrodsky, 3. 

 The last-mentioned player would probably have been 

 higher if he could have played with less rapidity. Mr. 

 Pillsbury seems also to have been out of form. 



Paris have recently defeated St. Petersburg in a corre- 

 spondence game (QP opening). The other, an Evans 

 Gambit, will probably be drawn. 



It is stated that the Liverpool Club have drawn their 

 second game with Mr. Steinitz, who won the first game, 

 and accordingly wins the match. 



Surrey played Sussex in the Southern Counties Associa- 

 tion competition on December 8th. Only a little over 

 two and a half hours' play was possible, the result being 

 that no less than eight games were drawn, and four others 

 left for adjudication. Of the decided games, Surrey won 

 three and Sussex one. We are strongly of the opinion 

 that important county matches should not be played unless 

 at least three hours' play can be guaranteed. A match 

 reported in this magazine a few months ago (Metropolitan 

 i\ City) resulted in an even greater rixsco. 



Colonel Ryan, of Brighton, offers numerous prizes for a 

 chess and draughts problem tourney. The chess problems 

 must be "letter" problems in three moves. Further 

 particulars may be obtained from the Chess Editor, Lee'h 

 Mercury, Leeds. 



Contents of No. 110. 



The Mysterious Birds of Pata- 

 gonia. By R. Lydekker, B.A. 

 Caut.ab., F.U.S 263 



The Rise of Orgauio Chemistry. 

 Bv Vaughan Cornish, M.Sc , 

 F'C.S 367 



The Glow-worm. By E. A. Batler, 

 B.A., B.Sc 26S 



The Distance and Mass of Binai-y 

 St.irs. By J.E.Gore. F.E.A.S. 271 



The Degeneration of Human 

 Stature. By MissC. S. Bremner 273 



Mechanical Flight. Bv Thomas 

 Moy " .' 274 



The Central Equatorial Region of 

 the Jloon. tiy T. Gwyn Elger, 

 F.H.A.S 276 



FAOE 



Letter; — H. Deslandres 277 



Science Notes 27S 



Notices of Books 279 



The Industry of Insects in relation 



to Flowers. Br the Rev. Alex. 



S. Wilson, M. a"., B.Sc 283 



The Hazing Effects of Atmo- 

 spheric Dust. By Dr. J. G. 



McPherson, F.R.S.E 28! 



The Weh of the Garden Spiiier. 



By E. A Biuler, B.A.. B.Sc. ... 23t 

 The Face of the Sky for December. 



By Herbert Sadler, P.R.A.S. ... 2S5 

 Chess Column. By C. D. Locock, 



B.A. Oion 287 



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