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KNOWLEDGE 



[Makch 2, 1891. 



' Two Knights' Defence." 



White (Steiiiitz'. 

 19. B to Kt2 

 20 Q to B2 

 21. K to Bsq 



Black (Tschiporiii\ 

 PtoBo 

 QxP 

 PtoBG 



Present Posilii 

 Black. 



Mr. Gimsberg is expected to return before the end of February, 

 but not in time to edit the Chess Column for JIarch. 



There are rumours of a match between Mr. Steinitz and Dr. 

 Tarrasch of Xuremberg, who won the last two International Tourna- 

 ments without losing a single game in either. The German amateur 

 has signified his willingness to plav; but it takes two to make a 

 match, and Jlr. Steinitz's consent is not always easy to obtain. Con- 

 siderable self-denial in the matter of terms is essential on the part of 

 anyone who wishes to be his opponent. 



The match would be interesting as a contest between master and 

 pupil ; for Dr. Tarrasch is an exponent of that " modern school " of 

 which Mr. Steinitz claims to be the founder. On that very account 

 it is probable that, if the younger player should lose the match, he 

 would be defeated by a more decisive majority of games than players 

 of the opposite school, such as Tschigorin and Gunsberg, who attack 

 Mr. Steinitz sometimes in a style of which he strongly disapproves, 

 instead of waiting to be slowly attacked themselves, in accordance 

 with Mr. Steinitz's principles. 



'I'he following game, played in the Manchester International 

 Tournament of last year, is given, for want of a better, as a specimen 

 of Dr. Tarrasch's style. 



' RuY Lopez.' 



White (C. D. Locock). 



1. P to K4 



2. Kt to KB3 



3. B to Kto 



4. B to R4 



5. B to Kt3 

 G. P to Q4 



7. Castles (c) 



8. KtxP 



9. P to QB3 



10. PxKt 



11. R to Ksq (/•) 



12. P to QKt+ ! (</) 



13. Kt to Kt3 (k) 



14. QKt to Q2 



15. Kt to B3 



16. Kt to R4 (j) 



17. P to KB4 



18. B to Q2 (A) 



19. B to K3 (/) 



20. Kt to Q2 



21. Q to Kt4 



22. Q to R3 (m) 



23. Kt (Q'2) to B3 



24. QR to Qsq 



25. PxP 



26. Q to Kt3 



27. B to Bsq 



Black (Dr. Tarrasch). 



1. PtoK4 



2. Kt to QB3 



3. P to QR3 



4. P to QKt4 l^a) 



5. B to Kt2 



6. PxP (4) 



7. P to KKt3 (rf) 



8. Kt to R4 (e) 



9. KtxB 



10. B to Kt2 



11. Kt toK2 



12. P to Q3 



13. Kt to B3 



14. Castles 



15. Q to Bsq (t) 



16. Q to K3 



17. KR to Ksq 



18. Q to Bo ! 



19. QxKP 



20. QtoK2 



21. P to KB4 

 2'2. B to B3 



23. Q to Kt2 



24. PtoQR4 (n) 



25. KtxP 



26. Kt to Bo 



27. B to K5 ! 



White iC. D. Locock). 



28. Kt to Q4 



29. Kt (R4) to B3 

 .30. PxP 



31. Kt to K2 (o) 



32. R to Q5 

 33. 



Black (Dr. Tarrasch). 



28. P to Kt5 ! 



29. PxP 



30. P to B4 



31. B to B7 



32. Q to B2 



Notes. 



(a) An obsolete and not very satisfactory defence, revived probably 

 ■with the view of getting " out of the books." 



(i) Best. Mr. Steinitz recommends here 6. . . . Kt x P, over- 

 looking the winning reply 7. B x P ch ! K x B ; 8. Kt x Pch, K to K3 ; 

 9. QxKt, P to B4 ; 10. Q to B3, and if 10. ... P to Kt5, 11. Q to 

 KKt3, with a strong attack whether Black take the KP or not. If, 

 for instance, 11. ... B to Q3, White wins by Q to Kt4 ch: 



(o) Better than retaking the Pawn immediately. 



((/) The result of twenty minutes' consideration, and very likely 

 therefore the best move. If 7. ... Kt to B3, 8. PK5 ; while"7. . . ". 

 B to B4 (or B to K-2) would be met by 8. P to QB3 with the 



(e) Dr. Tarrasch afterwards thought that 8. ... B to Kt2 at 

 once would be better. White's reply would have been P to QB3, 

 providing a loop-hole for the escape of his Bishop. 



(./") To prevent PQ4. 



(g) The best move, creating two "holes" at Black's QR4 and 

 QB4, which he will be able to command still further by a Knight at 

 QKt3. 



(h) White now proceeds to do in four moves what he could do 

 perhaps equally well in two. He might plav the other Knight to 

 Q2 and Kt3. For after 13. QKt to Q2. B x Kt"; 14. P x B, Kt to B3 : 

 15. Kt toKt3,KtxP ; 16. Ktto Ro, followed by P to y5, threatening to 

 win a piece by Qto Q4, the position is probably worth the Pawn, and 

 with Bishops of opposite colours there should be no danger of losing. 



(i) Black's development is still difficult. If 15. ... Q to Q2, 

 White might reply 16. Kt to B5. 



O) To prevent P to KB4. Dr. Tarrasch thought that White 

 could have maintained his advantage by 16. KKt toQ4, KtxKt; 

 17. PxKt. considering the open QB file more than an equivalent for 

 the isolated Pawns. Black, however, has two Bishops, and might 

 continue with P to KB4. 



(/.■) A bad move, of which Black takes immediate advantage. 

 Kt to KB3 would be better. For if then 19. . . . Q to B5, 20. Kt 

 (Kt3) to Q2, and the Q cannot play to Q6, on account of the reply 

 K to B2. 



(I) Having no way of saving the Pawn (Q to B2 would lose the 

 QKtP) White compels his opponent to take it with the Queen. 



(m) Q to Kt3 would be better, so as to be able to play P to KR4. 



(n) Having secured himself from all attack. Black now proceeds 

 to finish off the game in the most expeditious manner. 



(o) The only more not to lose the Knight. 



Contents of No. 64. 



PAGE 



On the .\ctual Magnitude of the 

 Star Arcturus. By E. W. 

 Maunder, F.R.A.S 21 



Eudimentary Structures. By E. 

 Lydekker, B..\.Cantab 23 



The Silver-Fish Insect. By E. 

 A. Butler 25 



Letters :— A. G. Taylor, J. Shaw, 

 E. H. Kirbv, Jun., E. Chartres, 

 E. W. D. Christie 28 



CaUlornian Observatories. By 

 S. D. Proctor (Widow ol the 

 late E. A. Proctor) 31 



Photography Applied to the 

 Study of Electrical Discharges 



Notices of Books 



Some Practical .Applications of 

 Electricity. By J. J. Stewart 



Contrivances for the Cross Fer- 

 tilization of Plants. By J. 

 Pentland Smith, M..A., B.Sc. . 



Whist Column. By F. S. Hughes, 

 B.. A. Cantab 



The Face of the Sky for February. 

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



Chess Column. Conducted by 

 I. Gunsberg 



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