48 



KNOWLEDGE. 



[February 1, 1894. 



Position No. 9. 



" T.iMicJi sinil uherfitdndene MiiJuu." 

 Black (11). 



H...M...M...M. 



ggjj^ m 





White (U). 



White mates in three moves. 



Position No. 10. 



" XulU SecimduK." 



Black (71. 





White (8). 



White mates in three moves. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



A second tournament, closely following on that which 

 resulted in Mr. Lasker's bloodless victory, was recently 

 held at the Manhattan Club, New York. The players 

 this time were all Americans with the exception of Herr 

 Albin, who came out fourth. Mr. H. N. Pillsbury, of 

 Boston, whose creditable performance in the previous 

 tournament was anticipated in this column, took the first 

 prize, Mr. A. B. Hodges being second, and Mr. J. W. 

 Showalter third. Mr. E. Dalmar occupied an un- 

 accustomed position at the bottom of the list of ten 

 competitors. 



The contests among the southern counties are exciting 

 unusual interest this year. Sussex have defeated a weak 

 Hampshire team, but lost to Surrey, who have also gained 

 a decisive victory over Kent. The use of clocks is now 

 enforced. 



A very successful three days' " Chess Festival " was 

 recently held at Hastings. Messrs. Bird, Blackburne, and 

 Gunsberg all gave simultaneous performances, Mr. Bird 

 coming out with slightly the best score. Three consultation 

 games were also played, each of the three masters men- 

 tioned being partnered by members of the Hastings club. 

 In these games Mr. Gunsberg had, perhaps, the best score, 

 Mr. Bird being hardly in his best form. 



Kxaiiijiles of Chess ^Idster-pliii/ (Second Series), by 

 C. T. Blanshard, M.A., is a well-arranged collection of 

 seventy-six annotated games played by the masters and 

 leading amateurs of all countries. English amateurs are 

 well represented. Each game has a diagram, while the 

 notes are taken from various sources. Short biographical 

 notices of the players are appended, ranging in length 

 from two or three words to eight lines in the case of a 

 certain " eminent English theorist." The book is pub- 

 lished at 2s. by Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall & Co. 



PriiK'ijiles (if Cliess, by -James ilason (Horace Cox, Fiild 

 Office). Mr. Mason rivals Mr. Blackburne as a scientific 

 exponent of the game of chess ; as a scientific expounder 

 of the game he has probably no equal in this country. 

 The present handsomely bound volume of nearly 300 

 pages is published at the extremely low price of 2s. 6d. 

 It is intended mainly for the learner, but there are few 

 who cannot learn much from it. 



Beginning with a description of the powers of the 

 various pieces and the principles of playing them, the 

 author proceeds to give numerous diagrams illustrating 

 the way to take advantage of early mistakes. This is 

 followed by a chapter on mates, and a comprehensive 

 survey of the leading end-game positions. After a pre- 

 liminary discussion on "attack" and "defence," fifty 

 diagrammed middle-game combinations are shown ; and 

 here the author must be thanked for his thoughtfiilness in 

 placing the winning side, whether White or Black, next 

 the reader. These combinations are all from modern 

 match-play, and, though the names of the players are 

 purposely withheld, many will recognize some of the 

 positions. The openings, according to Mr. Mason's 

 logical method, come last in order and perhaps least in 

 importance. His plan is to illustrate the principal 

 openings by means of annotated games, whole openings 

 being sometimes most clearly and concisely explained in 

 the notes to these games. We are glad to see that the 

 author has included his own immortal Giuoco Piano with 

 Winawer (1882). 



The whole work is most original and suggestive, and if 

 Mr. Mason may be considered by some to err in the 

 direction of too much science, readers of Knowledge 

 should be the last to find fault with him for this. 

 Problems are the only department of the game Cto beg the 

 question) not represented in the book. But Mr. Mason 

 does not consider that problems are Chess. We almost 

 omitted to mention the excellent portrait of the author 

 which adorns the volume. 



Contents of No. 99. 



A Lauil of Slieletous. By E. 

 Lydekker, B.A.Cautab 



Bark-Borins Beetles. 3y E. A. 

 Bntler 



Periodical Comets due during the 

 remainder of the present Cen- 

 tury. By W. T. Lynn, B.A., 

 F.K.A.S 



The Giant Refracting Telescopes 

 of America. By A. C. Ranyard 



Notices of Books 



Science Notes 



Letters :— E, E. Barnard ; J. 

 Evershed ; Robert E. Levingston 

 The Solar Facute. Bj^rot. Geo. 



P.\GE 



13 



E. Hale 



The Face of the Skv for January. 

 By Herbert Sadler, F.R.A.S. ".. 



Chess Column. 

 B.A.Oxon. ... 



By C. D. Locoek, 



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