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KNOWLEDGE 



[April 2, 1894. 



them remarks on the singularity of the fact that they 

 missed two duals in the first eight sound problems. But 

 four duals missed in eleven problems is still more strange, 

 and certainly unusual. 



Position No. 14. 



" Enrichetta." 

 Black (i). 



WmTH (10). 



White mates in three movss. 



Position No. 15. 



" The Circle." 

 Black (4). 





I 



White (9). 



White mates in three moves. 



Position No. 16. 

 " A Norseman's a Chess-Piece.' 



Black (10). 



White (6). 



White mates in three moves. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



[The three Problems in the May number will conclude 

 the Iseries.") 



The long-discussed match between Messrs. Steinitz and 

 Lasker for the championship of the world has not only 

 been arranged, but no sooner arranged than begun. The 

 match goes to the winner of the first ten games, draws of 

 course not counting. The first portion of the contest 

 takes place at New York. 



In the Southern Counties' Chess Union, Sussex defeated 

 Kent, at Eedhill, without very much difficulty. The 

 match between Hants and Surrey is still undecided, the 

 result depending on the interpretation of the time-limit 

 rule in the case of the game played at the top board. 



The Inter-University Chess Match took place at the 

 British Chess Club on March 16th, Cambridge winning by 

 a bare majority. The following was the score : — 



Cambeidoe. won 



H. E. Atkins, Peter- 

 house ... ... 1 



P. H. Dyke, King's ... ^ 

 H. .J. Snowdon, Queen's ^ 

 L. W. P. Lewis, Peter- 

 house 

 A. B. Eamsay, King's 

 H. V. Naish, Emmanuel 

 G. Varley, Christ's ... 



Total 



Total 



.. 4 



On March 14th took place what was intended to be the 

 decisive battle for the London Club Championship. The 

 teams opposed were the City of London Chess Club and 

 the Metropolitan Chess Club, both of which had won all 

 their previous matches in the competition. The teams as 

 usual consisted of twenty players a side, and when time 

 was called after three hours' play it was found that the 

 only five games finished had resulted in draws. After 

 some discussion of this most unsatisfactory result, it was 

 finally decided that the match should be replayed at some 

 future date. Obviously three hours' play is insufficient for 

 an important contest between equally matched teams. If 

 both sides take their full time, only thirty moves can be 

 played in each game, a number which is seldom quite 

 decisive between fairly even opponents. 



The North v. South match of one hundred and ten 

 players a side takes place at the Portman Eooms, W., on 

 April 7th. On the day before, the annual match between 

 Old Oxonians and Old Cantabs takes place. 



Contents of No. 101. 



FAQE 



The Tenuity of the Sun's Sur- 

 roundines. By E. Walter 

 Maunder, Sec. R.A.S 



The Mailed Monsters of Ar- 

 ifentina. By R. Lydekker, 

 n.A.Cantah 



Stinging Insects. — II. By E. A. 

 Butler 



Tlie Sacred Water of Mecca. Bv 

 C. A. Mitchell, B.A.Oxon '. 



Sewer G-as and Zymotic Disease. 

 By A. C. Ranyard 57 



The Stock Dove. By Harry P. 

 Witherhy 59 



49 



51 



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The Structure of the Milky W.ay, 



By A. C Ranyard 



Notice of Book 



Letters : — H. Proctor ; C. 



Robinson, B.A. ; W. T. Lynn ; 



S. E. Peal . 



Animal Heat. By Vaughan 



Cornish, M.Sc, P.C.S 



The Koot-Tubercles of Peas, 



Beans, and Vetches. — I. By 



J. Pentlaud Smith, M.A., B.Sc. 

 The Face of the Sky for March. 



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

 Chess Column. By C. D. Locock, 



B.A.Oxon 



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