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KNOWLEDGE. 



[May 1. 1896. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



The secretary of the newly established " C'ourts t'hess 

 Club " informs us that the club meets at 9!f, Chancery 

 Lane. The members are mostly connected with the legal 

 profession. 



The Inter-University ('hess Match was played at the 

 British Chess Club last month, and resulted in a victory 

 for Oxford. The following was the score : — 



Oxi'ORD. 



1. E. Lawton, capt. 



(Corpus) .... 1 



2. E. G. Spencer 



Churchill (IMagdalen) 1 

 8. H.G.W.Cooper( Oriel )() 



4. H.N.Robbins(Corpas)0 



5. R. A. Jenkins (15rase- 



nose) 1 



G. G. Fraser (Corpus) . J 

 7. A. S. Ward (Balliol) . | 



C^AMIiltlDfiE. 



W. V. Naish, capt. 

 (Emm.) 



d. \'arley (Christ's) . . 

 W. T. Quin (Caius) . . 

 i''.. A. Crowley (Trinity) . 



R. BattersbyiSt. Cath.). 



H. F. Parker (Emm.) . 



C. C. W. Sumner (St. 



John's) 



Mr. Robbins lost a game, which he should have won, by 

 exceeding his time-limit. Cambridge are still seven 

 matches to the good, out of the twenty-four played since 

 1873. 



The score in the Steinitz-Schiffers match is : — Schiffers, 

 4 ; Steinitz, 6; drawn, 1. 



Mr. H. W. Trenchard has just won a match with Mr. 

 J. Mortimer, and drawn one with Mr. Herbert Jacobs. 



The Annual Chess Festival of the Hastings Chess Club 

 took place on March IGth to IDth. Messrs. Bird, Black- 

 burne, and Teichmann gave simultaneous and blindfold 

 performances, and there were the usual consultation games. 



The Amateur Championship Tournament begins at the 

 City of London Chess Club on April 20th. About the 

 same time there will be a Masters' Tournament at 

 Simpson's Divan. 



In the Vienna Club Tourney the leading scores are 

 now :— Englisch and Sshlochter, 11 ; Marco and Weiss 

 lOi; J. Schwarz, 10. 



The following game was 

 Mitch last month: — 



" Petrofi's 

 Whitk. 

 (G. Fniser, Oxford.) 



1 . P to K4 



2. Kt to KB3 

 Kt to B;-i 

 B to B4 (a) 

 P to Q8 



6. B to KKt5 (/-) 



7. B X B ((•) 

 Kt to K2 

 Kt to Kt3 

 P to KR3 (d) 

 P to B8 

 PxKt 

 P toQ4 

 PxP 



Q to Q3 (e) 

 Castles QR 

 B to K3 

 QR to Ktsq 



played in the Universities' 



Defence." 



Black. 

 (ir, F Parker, Cambridge.) 



3. 

 4. 

 5. 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 18. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 



1. 

 2. 

 3. 

 4. 

 5. 

 6. 

 7. 

 rt. 



!l. 

 10. 



11. 



12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 10. 

 17. 

 18. 



P toK4 

 Kt to KB3 

 Kt to B3 

 B toB4 

 P toQ3 

 B toK3 

 PxB 

 Castles 

 Q toQ2 

 Kt to Q5 

 Kt X Ktch 

 RtoB2 

 PxP 

 B to Kt3 

 QR to KBsq 

 Kt to Ksq 

 RxP 

 P to B3 



19. P to Q5 



20. Kt to B5 



21. Q to K2 



22. PxB 

 PxR 

 Q to Kt4 

 R to Bsq 

 RxR 



27. Q to Kt3 (h) 



28. Q to Kt2 

 20. Q to Q2 



23. 

 21. 

 25. 



2(), 



19. Pto K4 (/•) 



20. K to Rsq (</) 



21. BxBch 



22. K(BG)xKt 



23, 

 24. 

 25. 

 26. 

 27. 

 2H. 

 29. 



PxP 

 RxP 



P to KKt3 

 PxR 

 Kt to Kt2 

 P to K5 (/) 

 Drawn. 



Nc 



('() An inferior variation of the Four Knights game. 

 Black should reply I . . . Kt x P. The correct move is 

 4. J5 to Ktr>. 



(h) Inferior to G. B to K8. 



('■) Again bad judgment : for now his Knight can never 

 enter at Q5, so that his Queen's ]>ishop is in a useless 

 position, as Black will be able to escape from the " pin." 



('/) Unnecessary. He might play 10. P to B3. On 

 his next move it is too late, as he thereby gets a very 

 weak doubled Pawn, which is speedily lost. 



((') He should make some attempt to defend the KBP 

 by means of the QR and the King, 



(/■) So far Black has played excellently, but this 

 mistake loses him all his advantage. He should play 

 19 . . . BP X P first. 



(.'/) 20 ... B X Bch would save a move if not more. 



(/i) 27. Q to Kt5 looks stronger ; or Q to Kt2 at once. 

 On his next move the obvious 28. R to Ktsq seems best. 



(/) This move weakens all his Pawns ; but in any case 

 the game would probably be drawn. 



Contents of No. 126. 



PiQE 



Eleetro^aphy ; or tbe Net? 

 Photography. By J. W. Gilford. 

 {IlhiStrated) "3 



Novel Experience with Rontgen 

 Rays 



Aliimiuium : Its History, Mnnti- 

 facture, and Future. — I. By 

 Samuel Ridejil, D.Sc.ijOud., 

 F.I.C 



Waves. — IV. Ship Waves, aud 

 the Solitary Wave. By Vauichau 

 Cornish, M.Sc. {[llustrated) ... 78 



Notices of Books 81 



Science Notes 8.3 



Letters :—H. Stanley .VP'illiams ; ■ 

 W. E. Besley ; W. Lyon Browne, 

 jun. ; 1. G. Ouseley 83 



76 



70 



Pliny and Cavier. By E. Walter 

 Maunder, F.E.A.S 



85 



The Spectrum of Helium. By 

 E. Walter Maunder, F.R.A.S. 

 (7iiiis(ratt'd) 8« 



The Birch. Bj- George Paxton. 

 (Illustrated) 90 



Greek Vases.— II. A. — Vases of 



the Primitive Period, to HOOb.c. 



By H. B. Walters, M.A., F.S.A. 



illustrated} .. 91 



The Pace of the Sky for Ai.ril. 



By Herbert Sadler, F.E.A.S. ... 94 



Chess Column, By G. D. Locock, 

 B.A.Oxon 95 



Three Pl.^tks. -1 and i 



Electrographs of Various Subjects. 

 Cuvier aud Licetus. 



3. Plinius and 



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