14J. 



KNOWLEDGE. 



[June 1, 1896. 



PROBLEM. 

 By A. G. Fellows. 



ni.ACl! (S). 



White (7). 



White mates in two moves. 



Tbis problem obtained the first prize in the tournameut 

 of the liish Times. Mr. Fellows informs us that it is his 

 ninth success. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



The tournament of the Vienna Club, after a protracted 

 contest, resulted finally as follows: 1. Max Weiss ; 2. C. 

 Schlechter; 3. B. Englisch; 1. G.Marco. Herr Schlechter 

 lost only one game out of more than twenty, but he drew 

 quite half his games. The Standurd states that a quad- 

 rangular tournament for the championship of Vienna has 

 been arranged between the four prize-winners mentioned 

 above. 



The Whitsuntide meeting at the Craigside Hydropathic, 

 Llandudno, begins on May 27. The competitions are the 

 samp as at the last meeting. Mr. E. 0. Jones is the 

 present holder of the Challenge Cup. 



Surrey have this year come out at the head of the South- 

 Eastern section of the Counties Chess Union. This is 

 naturally the strongest of the four sections, and the 

 winners should have no difficulty iu securing the Cup. 



In the tournament in progress at Simpson's Divan the 

 leading scores are : R. Teichmann, won 5, lost 1 ; L. Van 

 Vliet, won 3, lost 1 ; E. Loman, won 5^, lost 2.} ; H. Lee, 

 won i)},, lost 1,^. There are eight other competitors, 

 including Mr. Bird. 



A Masters' Chess Association has recently been formed ; 

 its object, apparently, is the playing of matches with the 

 leading clubs and with foreign teams. Mr. Lasker is 

 president, pro tern., and Mr. Tinsley, secretary. 



The match between J. W. Showalter and E. Kemeny 

 resulted in a victory for the former player by seven games 

 to four, with four games drawn. Mr. Kemeny is a 

 Hungarian resident in the States. 



The final score in the Steinitz-Schiffers match was : 

 Steinitz, 6 ; Schififers, 4 ; drawn, 2. The last game was 

 drawn by mutual consent, as it could not affect the result. 

 M. Schiffers has considerably increased his reputation by 

 the excellent stand made against his formidable opponent. 



The Championship of Scotland has, as usual, fallen to 

 Mr. 1). Y. Mills, who won all his five games. The veteran 

 G. B. Eraser was a good second, and Mr. W. N. Walker 

 third. Should ]\Ir. Mills win again next year, the Chal- 

 lenge Cup will become his property. 



The 



Ekill. 

 August 



game below is a good example of Mr. Teichmann's 

 It was played in the Hastings tournament last 



1. 



2. 



3, 



4. 



5. 



G. 



7. 



H. 



!). 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 l(i. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 

 25. 

 2G. 



" Queen's Gamb 



WllITB. 

 (A. liiini.) 



r to Q4 

 P to QB4 

 Kt to QB3 

 Kt to B3 

 P to K3 

 B toQ3 

 P to B5 

 P to t^Kt 4 

 PxP 

 Kt X Kt 

 B to Kt2 

 B to K2 

 Q to B2 

 Castles 

 QR to Qsq 

 Kt to Ktsq 

 Kt to Q2 

 B toQ4 

 BtoQ3 

 K to Esq 

 Kt to B3 

 PxKt 

 E to KKtsq 

 Q to K2 

 B to B2 

 BxB 



Black mates in 



it Declined." 



(K. 

 ]. 

 2. 

 3. 

 4. 



H. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 

 25. 



Black. 



Ti'icimianii.) 



P to Q I 

 P to K3 

 Kt to KB3 

 P to B3 

 5. B to Q3 

 0. QKt to Q2 

 7. B to P.2 

 P to K4 

 KtxKP 

 BxKt 

 Q to K2 

 Castles 

 B to Q2 

 (^R to Ksq 

 B to Ktsq 

 Kt to K5 

 P to B4 

 Kt to Kt4 

 P to B5 

 QtoB2 

 Kt X Kt 

 Q to E4 

 E to B2 

 B to K4 

 R to B3 



four moves. 



Contents of No. 127. 



PAGE 



The"WalkinK"Goliy. Dj' Henry 



O. Foi-b?s, LL.D. (JUiistrn e I) 97 

 English Coins.— I. By G. F. Hill, 



M.A 



Some Curious Facts iu Plant 



Distributiou.— II. By W. Bot- 



tiuK Heiiisley, r.E.S 



Our Fur Producers — III. Foxes, 



Wolves, flii'l Bears. Bv R. 



Lvdekker, B.A.Cantab., F'.K.S. 



{Illustrated) 



Science Notes 10*i 



Variable Stars. By Dr. A. Bres- 



ter, Jz ■.,.. 107 



The Nebulosity round l^> Mouo- 



cerotis. By E. Walter Maunder, 



P.K.A.S :. 100 



PAGK 

 109 



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 W. G. Buszardi Eer. Samuel 

 Barber; W. E. Besley 112 



Waves.— v. The Tide Wave. By 

 Vaugrhan Cornish, M.Sc. {Illus- 

 trated) 113 



Babylonia and Elam Four 

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 G. Piuches, M.K.A.S. {Illus- 

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The Face of the Sky for May. 

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Chess Column. By C. D. Locock, 

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