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KNOWLEDGE. 



[Septkubkr 1, 1896. 



White (7). 



White mates in two moves. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



The event of last month was the International Tourna- 

 ment at Nuremburg. There were nineteen competitors, 

 each playing one game a day as far as possible, though, 

 owing to the odd number of players, there was necessarily 

 a bye every day. The list of players differed only in one 

 instance from that given last month, M. Charousek taking 

 the place of Mr. Burn. Other notable absentees were 

 Lipke, Makovez, Englisch, Weiss, Bird, Mason, Gunsberg, 

 Mieses, Lipschiitz, and Bardeleben. 



The players came out in the following order : — 



The other scores in order being : Schiflfers and Tchigorin, 

 9^ ; Blackbiirne, 9 ; Charousek, 8i ; Marco, 8 ; Albin, 7 ; 

 Winawer, G^ ; Showalter, 5i ; Porges, 5i ; Schallopp, 4i ; 

 and Teichmann, 4. Mr. Blackburne obtained the Special 

 Prize for the best score against the prize-winners. 



Mr. Lasker won rather more easily than his score 

 indicates. Nothing depended on his last game with 

 Charousek, otherwise he would probably have contrived 

 at least not to lose it. His position and that of Tchigorin 

 confirms the result of the St. Petersburg quadrangular 

 tournament. Pillsbury and Steinitz reversed their re- 

 spective positions, but the result depended on the last 

 game played. Pillsbury started badly ; but among his 

 later victims were Lasker, Tarrasch, Tchigorin, and 

 Steinitz, the four of greatest repute among his opponents. 



Maroczy's was a very fine and rather unexpected per- 

 formance. He is twenty-six years of age, and has only 

 played chess two or three years, we believe, so that he is not 

 unlikely to succeed in his turn to the championship. It will 

 be seen that he lost only one game out of the eighteen. 

 Dr. Tarrasch, who may have been handicapped somewhat 

 by the cares of management, recovered from an indifferent 

 start, and was as steady as usual. .Janowski at one time 

 looked like being second, but he wentto pieces at the finish — 



the fate also of Walbrodt. Steinitz succeeded in avoiding 

 the draw with his usual skill, but too often at the expense 

 of a loss. One does not expect the veteran champion to 

 lose so largo a proportion of his games as one-third. 

 Schlechter, as usual, drew most of his games. His score 

 is quite a curiosity ; he and Walbrodt will always come 

 out halfway down the list in any tournament, with Marco, 

 the other drawing master, a little below them. Scbiflera 

 came out in his right place, but Tchigorin should have 

 been equal to the seventh prize. Blackburne started 

 badly, but afterwards did well, especially against the prize- 

 winners. Charousek is an unknown player who made a 

 brilliant ih'hut : and Albin, another lu-illiaut but uncertain 

 player, made a creditable score. Showalter, the American, 

 came out in his right place ; but the veterans Winawer, 

 Schallopp, and Porges are clearly past their prime. The 

 action of the Hastings committee in reluctantly giving 

 younger men the preference over them last summer seems 

 to be vindicated by their present performances. Teich- 

 mann's position is a great surprise, especially after his 

 victory in the Divan Tourney had shown him to be in good 

 form. No doubt ill-health or some similar cause may 

 account for his poor score. It is rather remarkable that 

 the three representatives of " English " chess came out 

 one first, another last, and the third as nearly as possible 

 halfway down the list. Also noteworthy is the fact that 

 Steinitz, as at Hastings, lost to .Janowski, Lasker, Pills- 

 bury, and Tarrasch. He was also the only player who 

 beat Maroczy, and one of the two who beat Schlechter, 

 the other being Janowski. 



Oonients of No. 180. 



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Alex. S. Wilson, M.A. B.Se. 



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