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KNOWLEDGE 



[December 1, 1891. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE 



The score in the recent Divan Tourney was as follows : — 

 Bird, G'„ ; Tinsley, Sj ; Miiller, 5 ; Loman and Jasnagrodsky, 

 4i ; Mortimer, Fenton, and RoUand. 4 ; Van ^'liet aud 

 Gossip, 3h. The scoring was singularly even, the result 

 of a large number of drawn games. 



The Rev. A. B. Skipworth and Mr. J. H. Blake, who 

 tied for first prize at the Oxford meeting of the Counties' 

 Chess Association, played off their tie at the British Chess 

 Club last month. Alter a hard struggle Mr. Blake proved 

 the winner by two games to one, one game being drawn. 

 Mr. Skipworth failed to make the most of his opportunities 

 in more than one game. 



The Championship Tournament of the City of London 

 Club, and a Handicap at the British Chess Club, are now 

 in progress. Mr. Loman is a notable absentee in the 

 former contest. In the " British " Handicap Mr. Hoffer 

 is in Class Ia by himself, giving the rather heavy odds of 

 pawn and move to Class I. 



Messrs. Steinitz and Tchigorin are announced to play a 

 return match at Havana, at the end of this month, the 

 match to go to the winner of the first ten games, draws not 

 counting. The length of the match is all in Mr. Steinitz's 

 favour. 



The following game was played at the Oxford meeting 

 of the Counties' Chess Association last August. 



White 



[Centre Gambit.] 



(Dr. Hunt, North London). 



1. PtoK4 



2. P to Q4 



3. QxP 



4. Q to K3 



5. B to K2 (i) 



6. B to Q2 



7. QKt to B3 



8. Castles 



9. Q to KtB 



10. B to £Kto (/) 



11. P to B4 (</) 



12. Kt to B3 



13. KtxB 

 P to Ko 

 KKt to K4 

 PxP 

 PxP 



18. Kt to B5 



19. KtxB 



20. B to Kt5 (i) 



21. R to Q7 0) 



22. BxKt 



23. B to B4 {k) 



24. B to Kt3 



25. Q to B7 (1) 



26. R to Qsq 



27. QxRch 



Notes. 



(a) Usually played now ; the old defence by 4. . . . 



B to Kt5ch ; 0. P to B3, B to R4 ; 6. Q to Kt3, Q to B3 ; 



7. P to B4 not being very satisfactory for Black. Instead' 



however, of 6. ... Q to B3, he may play 6. . . . Kt to 



14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 



B3, for White dare not play 7. Q x KtP, R to KKtsq ; 8. 

 Q to R6, Q to K2 ! followed by ... R to Kt3. 



(A) This, or B to Q2, is probably the best move. After 

 5. P to K5, Kt to KKto ; (or 5. . . . Kt to Q4 ; 6. Q to 

 K4, Kt to Kt3 ; 7. Kt to KB3 (or P to QR4 ?), Q to K2, 

 even game) ; G. Q to K2 ! (not 6. Q to K4, P to Q4 ; 7. 

 PxP en j.,iss(uit, B to K3 ; 8. P x P, Q to Q8ch !) ; 6. . . . 

 P to Q3; 7. P to KR3, KKtxKP; 8. P to KB4, Kt to 

 Q5 ; 9. Q to K4, Q to R5ch; 10. K to Qsq. Black saves 

 the piece by Kt to K3 ! with a winning game. 



(<•) If 5. . . . B to K2 ; 6. P to Ko with the better 

 position. An interesting game might result from 5. . . . 

 B to Kt5ch ; 6. P to B3, B to R4 ; 7. P to K5, B to Kt3 ; 

 8. Q to Kt5 (or 8. Q to B4, Kt to Q4 ; 9. Q to Kt3) ; 

 8. . . . B X Pch ; 9. K to Bsq, Kt to K5 ; 10. Q x P, R to 

 Bsq ; 11. B to RG, and should win perhaps, for if 11. . . . 

 B to B4 ; 12. P to QKt4 ! 



(d) Or -6. . . . B to K3 ; 7. QKt to B3, P to Q4 ; 8. 

 PxP, Kt X P, with a good game. 



[e] White has taken for his model a recent corre- 

 spondence game between Glasgow (White) and North 

 London (Black). Black at this point continued 8. . . . 

 P to Q4 ; 9. P X P, Kt X P ; 10. Q to B3. The game was 

 ultimately won by White. The text move is better. 8. . . 

 Kt to KKt5 is met by 9. Q to B4 (best), P to KKt4 ? ; 10, 

 Q to Kt3. 



( /■) Defending the Pawn and threatening Kt to Q5. 



{;/) A weak move on pnnciple. The Pawn cannot 

 advance and may desire in vain to retreat, Kt to E3 

 seems sale enough, for if . . . B x Kt ; 12. P xB with the 

 open Kt's file. 11. B to Kt5 would obviously lose a piece 

 by 11. . . . Kt to KR4. 



(/() P to KR3 was now necessary, though White might 

 play Kt X P, and B to R5ch. 



(i) Here P to QE3 should have been played, followed by 

 Kt to Qo. 



(j) An oversight. P to t^R3 or R to Q2 was still 

 available. 



(k) If 23. B to Kt5, Kt X RPch : or if 23. P to QR3, 

 Kt to R7ch. 



(/) If 24. R to Qsq, Q to K4. At his next move 25. 

 Kt to Ktsq would be answered by R x B ! The ending was 

 very, well played by Black. 



Contents of No. 73. 



PAGE 



Earwigs— n. By E. A. Butler 201 

 The Musliroom. By J. Pei,tliXL(l 



Smith, M.A., B.Sc.ic 20:i 



Crocodiles and Alligators. By 



K. lydekker, B.A.Cantab. ... 206 

 On the' Mass and Brightness of 



Binary Stars. By J. E. Gore, 



F.E.A.S 209 



Letters ;— T. S. Barrett ; T. E. 



Espin; T. W. Backhouse ... 210 

 The Upper Atmohphere. By A. 



C. Eanyard 212 



PAGE 



Notice of Book 214 



Meteorology of Ben Nevis. By 

 Dr. J. G McPherson. F.E.S.E. 214 



Birds and Berries, By the Eev. 

 Alex. S. WUson, M.A., B.Sc.... 215 



The London Basin. By Edward 

 A.Martin 21li 



The Face of the Sky for Novem- 

 ber. By Herbert Sadler, 

 F.E.A.S 218 



Chess Column. By C. D. Locock, 

 B.A.Oxon 219 



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