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KNOWLEDGE. 



[August 1, 1806. 



TEOJiLEMS. 

 By A. C. Challenger. 

 No. 1. 



Black (4). 



White (4). 



White mates in two moves. 



No. 2. 



Black (10). 



White (i:i). 



White mates in three moves. 



Correspondence Chess. — Mr. Hubert Price, 89, Clarke 

 Street, Ladjwood, Birmingham, would be glad to play one 

 or two games, by correspondence, with a strong player. 



CHESS I NTELL IGENCE. 



After a protracted contest, the tournament at Simpson's 

 Divan resulted in the following score : — R. Teichrcann, 9 ; 

 F. J. Lee and L. Van Vliet, 8} ; R. Loman, 7 ; 0. C. 

 Miiller, G; E. Cresswell, ;H ; and six other scores smaller 

 than 0. Mr. Teichmann was naturally expected to be the 

 winner, and by a larger majority than that of half a game 

 over Messrs. Lee and Van Miet. However, 9 out of a 

 possible 11 is a good winning score, and the two scorers of 

 8. J must either have been in exceptional form or have 

 encountered in some cases a weak resistance. Mr. Bird's 

 score of i is very disappointing. 



Mr. J. W. Showalter has had all the best of a match 

 with Mr. Barry, of Boston. The former is the leading 

 native-born American player, and is expected to take part 

 in the Nuremburg Tournament. 



The Amateur Championship of the Southern Counties 

 Chess Union will take place at the Imperial Hotel, Clifton, 

 from September 7th to September KJth. Entrance fees, 

 lOs. each, must reach Mr. 'T. Letchford, 6, Eastfield Road, 

 Gotham, Bristol, on or before August 15ih. 



The present score in the Quadrangular Tournament of 

 the Vienna Chess Club is : — C. Schlechter 6, B. Englisch 

 5^, M. Weiss 5, G. Marco 4. 



The Standard gives the following list of competitors 



in the International Tournament which begins this week 

 at Nuremburg: — Blackburne, Burn, Lasker, and Teich- 

 mann ( England), .Janowski (Franco), SchilTers, Tschigorin, 

 and \\ inawer (Uiissia), Schallopp, Tarrasch, and Walbrodt 

 (Germany), Porgos (Prague), Maroc/.y (liuda-Pesth), 

 Pillsbury, Showalter, and Steinitz (U.S.A.), Albin, Marco, 

 and Schlechter (Austria). 



Mr. Lasker is a doubtful competitor, and the same, we 

 have always understood, applies to Dr. Tarrasch. Should 

 both these play, it will be the strongest tournament on 

 record, superior even to that of Hastings last summer. 

 Even such a strong player as Mr. Albin will have to fight 

 hard not to occupy the last place. Mr. I\Iaroczy will be 

 remembered as the winner of the Minor Tournament at 

 Hastings last year. 



The subjoined game was played in the recent Divan 

 Tournament : — 



"Giuoco Piano." 



Contents of No. 129. 



PAGE 



Tlie Submerged Forests of tlie 

 Wirral, iu Cheshire. By Henry 

 O. Forhes, LL.D., F.E.G.S. 

 (Xllu.'.eratcii) 145 



Ahuiiniinm : its History, Maiiu- 

 facture, and Future. — II. By 

 Samuel Kideal, D.Se.Lond., 

 F.I.C 



Some Curious Facts in Plant 

 Distribution.— in. By W. 

 B,)ltins; Hems'ey, F.E.S 



Cireelt Vases— til. B.— Black- 

 Fijiiired Vases. By H. B. 

 Walters, M.A., F.S.A. (/lius- 

 trated) 1.11 



Comets of Short Period. By W. 

 E. Phimuier, M.A.. F.B.A.S. ... 155 



148 



149 



PAGE 



Photograph of the Region of the 

 Spiral Nehula Messier 33 Trian- 

 f:uli. By Isaac Roberts, D.Sc, 

 F.K.S 153 



Notices of Books 153 



Lei ters :— Thomas Moy; E. Wc hl- 

 will 



Abonu Death Rates. B.v Aiex. B. 

 MacDowall, M.A. [IVutruted) 



The FoldiUKs of the RoL■k^. By 

 Prof. J. Login Lol.lev, F.G.S. 



Waves.— VII. The Artistic Study 

 of Waves. By Vauglian Cor- 

 nish, M.Sc l.)3 



The Face of the Sky for July. 

 By Herbert Sadler, F.R.A.S. ... 166 



Chess Column. By C. D. Locock, 

 B.A.Oxon 167 



160 

 160 



162 



Two Plates. — 1. Photograph of the Region of the Spiral Nebula Messier 

 33 Trianguli. 2. Breakers on a Kocky Coasb. 



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