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KNOWLEDGE 



[NOVEMBEB 2, 1891. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



Another tournament is in progress at Simpson's Divan, 

 101, Strand. The players are the same as in the previous 

 competition, with the exception that Mr. EoUand talies the 

 place of Mr. Lee. Messrs. Tinsley and Loman have made 

 the best start. The former did not sustain his reputation 

 in the former tournament, which was won by Mr. Loman. 

 The latter player has recently won the first prize in the 

 National Tournament at Amsterdam. 



Mr. Blackburne played H games blindfold at the C ity of 

 London Club, on October 5th, winning 5, drawing 2, and 

 losing 1. Playing simultaneously at the same club on 

 October 9th, he won 16, dr-ew 8, and lost 1. 



For the " Chess Plai/ei-'s Annual and Cluh T>iii(tor(j, 

 1892," the authors, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Eowland, 11, 

 Victoria Terrace, Clontarf, Dublin, invite the following 

 particulars of chess clubs : — Town, club name, year estab- 

 lished, place of meeting, days, hours, number of members, 

 annual subscription, laws, president, hon. secretary's name 

 and address. Printed forms will be had on application. 



Game played at the late Oxford meeting of the Counties' 

 Chess Association. 



White 



[Hungarian Defeuc 



(H. W. Trent-hard). 



1. P to K4 



2. Kt to KB3 



3. B to B-t 



4. P to Q4 



5. KtxP (rt) 



6. B toK2 (i) 



7. P to KBl 



8. Castles 



9. QKt to B3 



10. P to KE8 (rf) 



11. B to K3 



12. Q to Ksq 



13. Kt to B3 («) 



14. Kt to Kt5 



15. BxKt 



16. Q to K2 



17. QR to Ksq (li) 



18. Kt to B3 (i) 



19. P to B5 (?) 



20. Q to B2 



21. BxP 



22. PxKt 



23. P to Kt4 (!) 



24. Kt to K2 



25. P to KB4 (!) 



26. Kt to B3 



27. Q to Q2 (!) 



28. Kt to Q5ch 



29. P to KtSch 



30. E to Ktsq 



31. K to E2 



32. E to Kt6ch ! 



33. P to B4ch {,<) 



34. Q to KKt2ch 



35. Q to Kt5ch 



36. Q to Q5ch 



37. Q to B3ch 



38. E to Qsq ch 



39. Q X Qch, and wins 



(B. Thorokl). 



1. P to K4 



2. Kt to QB3 



3. B to K2 



4. PxP 



5. Kt to K4 (?) 



6. P to Q3 



7. Kt to Kt3 



8. Kt to B3 



9. P to KR4 (?) [c) 



10. P to B3 



11. Q to B2 



12. B to Q2 



13. P to E5 ( /•) 



14. Kt to E4 



15. ExB 



16. E to E3 ('/) 



17. Q to E4 



18. E to Esq 



19. Kt to K4 



20. Castles (QE) (j) 



21. KtxKtch 



22. K to B2 



23. Q to K4 [k) 



24. P to B4 (/) 



25. QxKP 



26. Q to B.5 (in) 

 '21. B to KB3 



28. K to B3 



29. Q X P (,r) 



30. B to Q5 ch (!) 

 81. Q to E5 («) 



32. KxKt 



33. K to K5 



34. KxP 



35. K to K5 

 30. K to Q6 



37. B to K6 (/)) 



38. QxE 



Notes. 



(«) P to B3 is also good. Black cannot take the PawTi 

 on account of the reply Q to Q5. 



(6) Too defensive. There is nothing to fear ft-om 6. B to 

 Kt3, P to QB4 ? ; 7. Kt to Bo, P to Bo ; 8. Kt to Q6ch, 

 etc. 



('■) Black has a bad game, but this unseasonable attempt 

 at counter-attack does not improve it. He would do better 

 to Castle and retire his Knights. 



((/) Partly -with a N-iew to his next move, partly to pre- 

 vent B to Kt5, which would free Black's game a little. 

 Black has now practically nothing to do. 



(«') To prevent Black's castling (QE). It seems a pity, 

 however, to move the Knight vet. He might play QR to 

 Qsq, and if Black Castle (QE),"then P to QKt4. 



I /) An ingenious reply. White gains nothing by 14. 

 P to B5 ?, Kt to K4 ; 15. Kt x P, Kt x P, etc. 



[fj) Much better retire all the way. Vide move 18. 



[h) Not very intelligible. He should play Q to B2 first, 

 at any rate, and decide afterwards where he wants the 

 Eook. Some plavers would be tempted by 17. KtxKBP, 

 KxKt; 18. P to" B5, Kt to K4 ; 19. B x R, PxB; 20. 

 Q to Eoch ; but Black's two Bishops might eventually 

 prove too strong. 



(() There is no necessity to retire. He might amend his 

 last move by R to Qsq. This and his next move were pro- 

 bably made under pressure of the time -limit. 



(J) There is no point in this sacrifice. He might play 

 Kt X Kt, followed by B to B3, or B to Qsq. 



(A) If 23. . . . QxKtP, 24. R to Ktsq; winning the 

 Queen or Mating. Mr. Treuchard on his next move rejects 

 B to Kt6ch, which would leave him with R and Kt against 

 two Bishops {(■/(/(' March No.), while Black might get some 

 counter-attack, beginning with P to KKt3. 



(/) Here R to Rsq is certainly better. If then 25. P to 

 QB4 (threatening B to Q4), P to QB4. 



()») Q to Q5. Either now or next move would obviously 

 lose a piece. 



(.(•) After 29. ... K X P, 30. R to Kt sq ch, K to E3 ; 

 White mates in five moves. 



(w) If Q to B5, White mates in three moves. 



(o) Very pretty. If Q x P, mate follows on the move ; if 

 KxP, in three. 



{p) Black's moves are all forced. If 37. ... K to Q7. 

 88. E to Kt2 ch ! 



Mr. Trenchard's play fiom the 23rd move is a fine 

 exhibition of vigour and accuracy. 



Contents op No. 72. 



PAQE 



Earwigs— I. By E. A. Bntler ... ISl 

 International Yachting. By 



Eichard Bej-non, F.E.G.S ISi 



Swimming Animals. By B. 



Lydekker, B.A.Cantab 185 



Tlie Diamond Mines of Sonth 



Africa. By Vaughan Cornish, 



B.Sc, F.C.S 186 



On the Distance and Structure 



of the Milky Way in Cygnus. 



By A. C. Kanyard 188 



PAGE 



Letters:— A.M. Gierke; J.E.Goie; 



S. E. Peal ; A. U. Henderson... IW 

 On some Peculiarities of the 



Variable Stars. By J. E. Gore, 



F.E.A.S 193 



The Perfumes of Antiquity. By 



J. Oh. Sawer, F.L.S 195 



The Face of the Sky tor October. 



By Herbert Sadler, F.E.A.S. .. 198 

 Chess Column. By C. D. Locock, 



B.A.Oxon 199 



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