264 



KNOWLEDGE. 



[November 2, 1896. 



that your solution is correct, though not the author's 

 intention. 



,1. T. lilakcinoiy. — Shall be glad to receive the three- 

 mover. 



//. ir. I\lc)im. — Your criticisms are much to the point. 



11 '. Chi'i.ttiiii. Many thanks for the enclosures. Your 

 two-mover is a great improvement in strategy ou the rather 

 elementary set received last month. At the same time it 

 seems capable of further simplification, and, furthermore, 

 in urgent need of it, the variety being hardly proportionate 

 to the large force employed. To take one point only, why 

 not remove the Pawn which guards the Black Knight ? 

 The omission would leave two excellent tries by Q x Kt 

 and Q to R2, both threatening immediate mates, to which 

 Black has in each case only one defence. The thirteen- 

 variation problem is excellent, as you say, though these 

 "llights of Rooks "are an old theme. What is the solution 

 of Mr. Loyd's problem No. B7 ? 



PROBLEMS. 



By Eugene Henry. 



No. 1. 



Black (3). 



m ^m ^ mm 



'm i 



m ^^5« 



White (7). 



White mates in two moves. 

 No. 2. 



Black (H. 



Hifl A ^ 



k 





w^^^'W^^m w 



White i<i). 



White mates in two moves. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



We notice with regret an announcement in the Cliekn 

 Mcyithly to the efl'ect that that magazine closes its present 

 career with the current number. Mr. Hotl'er has edited 

 the Chess Manthly for seventeen years ; lirst in conjunction 

 with Dr. Zukertort, and since his death by himself. 

 Competition with the now numerous chess columns in the 



daily press, and lack of time for so arduous an undertaking, 



are the reasons given for what, we are glad to see, may 

 prove only a break in continuity. The feature of the 

 present double number is a diagram by Mr. W. H. Cubison, 

 illustrating the "Knights' Tour" on a board of lODtJ 

 squares ; truly a marvellous piece of patient work ! 



An International Tournament was begun at I'uda-Pesth 

 in the first week of October. The competitors were 

 thirteen in number, viz. : — Albin, Marco, and Schlechter 

 of Yienna, ]>r. Tarrasch of Nuremburg, Herr Walbrodt ot 

 Berlin, Mr. Pillsbury of America, M. Tchigorin of St. 

 Petersburg, Ilerr Winawcr of Warsaw, Herren Maroczy, 

 Charousek, and Popiel of Hungary, and M. Janowski of 

 Paris. 



At the time of writing, Herr Winawer, who seems, after 

 the practice he had at Nuremburg, to have recovered his 

 old form, has a clear lead. Dr. Tarrasch again started 

 disastrously, his fate now in three successive tournaments. 

 Messrs. Lasker and Stcinitz were expected to compete, but 

 evidently preferred to reserve themselves for their match, 

 which is announced to begin early this month. 



We regret to announce the death of Mr. E. Freeborough, 

 of Hull, for many years one of our leading amateur players 

 and analysts. He was a valued contributor to the British 

 Chess Mci(ia~iiie, and the author of numerous works on the 

 theory of the chess openings and endings. In conjunction 

 with Mr. Ranken he compiled the well-known " Ohess 

 Openings, Ancient and Modern." 



Contents of No. 132. 



PAGE 



English Coins.— HI. By G. F. 

 Hill, M.A 217 



Oiu- Fur Producers. — V. The 

 Cat Tribe, Civets, and Munkevs. 

 By E. Lydekker, B.A.Cantah., 

 r.R.S. (Illustrated) 220 



The History of the Great Lakes 

 and Nia^ra. By Andrew J. 

 Herbertson 223 



TheTrau siti on from Stem to Root. 

 By A. Maslen. {lUnstrntedj ... 224 



Philological Note on the Constel- 

 lations Ursa Major and Ursa 

 Minor. By J. H. Bcynolds 226 



Total Eclipse of the Snn. By 

 Mary Proctor. (lUustraied) ... 22H 



Clavius and his Neighbours. By 

 E. W. Maunder, P.E.A.S 227 



Two Plates.— 1. English Coirs. 



PAGE 



The Keception of Dr. Nansen at 



Christiania. {Ulustyated) 22S 



Letters :—T.W. Backhouse; Davi-1 



Flanery; Samuel Barber ; Albert 



Collinson ; J. Creagh i;:Sfl 



Notices of Books 2:J1 



Runes and Oghams. By Gertrude 



Burford Rawliugs 232 



The A.*. By George Pa.Kt. u. 



(flliLstnited) 231 



Waves.— X. Rippling. By V. 



Cornish, M.Sc. (Uluslrated) ... 235 

 The Face of the Sky tor October. 



By Herbert Sadler, F.E.A.S. ,. f:!!) 

 Cliess Column. By C. D. Locock, 



B.A.Oxon 2i(i 



2. Clavius and his Neighbours. 



EXTEACT FROM A. LeCTUBE O.I " FoODS," BY Dk. AnDRKW 

 WiLSOx. — " The con8uin])t-ion of cocoa hap])ily increa-'es vear by 

 Tear. I eay 'happily,' because, as tea and coffee are not foods, while 

 cocoa is a true food, any increase in the national nutrition means :in 

 increase in the national prosperity. Winter, besides, is close upon 

 us, and I advise those who are susceptible to colds to fortify them- 

 selves against chill by attention to their food. The easiest way of 

 effecting this end for many is to substitute cocoa (Epps's being the 

 most nutritious) for tea and coffee." - [_Adv(.^ 



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