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KNOWLEDGE. 



[December 1, 1896. 



No. 2. 

 By Eugene Henry. 



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CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



An attempt is being made to revive the meetings of the 

 Counties' Chess Association, which came to an end a few 

 years ago, chiefly in consequence of the estabhshment 

 of the British Chess Association. The latter in its turn 

 came to an untimely end, its place being partly filled by the 

 amateur tournament held at Craigside, Llandudno, twice 

 a year. It is in connection with this place of meeting 

 that the Counties' Association will be resuscitated, and it 

 is proposed to hold a " Counties and Craigside Tourna- 

 ment " early in 1897, under the joint management of 

 Messrs. Firth and Skipworth. It is not very clear from the 

 prospectus whether it is intended that all subsequent 

 meetings will be held at Craigside ; but, if this is the case, 

 we fail to see how the Counties' Association will be per- 

 forming the function suggested by its title. In past years 

 the Association changed its place of meeting from year to 

 year, and thus gave the leading provincial players a chance 

 in their turn of attending the meetings without travelling 

 long distances. 



By the death of Mr. W. H. K. Pollock, at the age of 

 thirty-seven, Anglo-Canadian chess loses its leading repre- 

 sentative, and the British C/wss ]\Iai/<i:i)ti' an able con- 

 tributor. 



Mr. Pollock made his first public appearance as a player 

 in the second class of the Counties' Chess Association about 

 fourteen years ago. On that occasion Mr. Pollock took 

 the first prize, without losing a single game, Mr. Locock 

 (who also made his d'-litU on this occasion) being second. 

 After this Mr. Pollock rapidly rose to the position of an 

 acknowledged expert, and was a regular attendant at the 

 meetings of the Counties' Association (to which he usually 

 went on foot) and other first-class tournaments, both 

 national and international. Though he never took a very 

 high place in these latter, he was always reckoned a 

 dangerous competitor ; witness his brilliant victories over 

 Steinitz and Tarrasch in the Hastings Tournament last 

 year. 



Outside the chess world Mr. Pollock was a man of 

 educated tastes, a licentiate of the College of Surgeons, 

 and, like Mr. Blackburne, as fond of cricket as of chess. 

 This latter taste he acquired no doubt at Clifton College, 

 where he was educated for a short time, and afterwards 

 at Somersetshire College, Bath. 



The Buda-Pesth International Tournament resulted in 

 a win for M. Tchigorin, after a tie with M. Charousek ; 

 this is M. Tchigorin's first absolute victory in an inter- 



national tournament. The scores were : — Tchigorin and 

 Charousek, 8i ; II. N. Pillsbury, 71 ; .Janowski and 

 Schlechtor, 7 ; Wallbrodt and Winawer, (ij ; Dr. Tarrasch, 

 6 ; Albin and Maroczy, r, ; Marco, 4,\ ; Dr. Noa, 4 ; 

 Popiel, 2. 



M. Charousek more than sustained the reputation 

 achieved by him in the Nuremberg Tournament ; 1 lerr 

 Maroczy, on the other hand, showing a lamentable falling 

 off. Janowski's score should have been even better than 

 it was, as he threw away one or two points quite un- 

 necessarily. Winawer started well, but failed to maintain 

 his form. Dr. Tarrasch recovered a little from his 

 disastrous start, but comes out very low for the victor in 

 three successive international contests. The remainder 

 occupy their legitimate places. 



The Lasker-Steinitz Match is again in progress, Mr. 

 Lasker being now, apparently, willing to play as often as 

 his old opponent likes. But if the first four games of the 

 present match, all lost by Steinitz, are any augury of the 

 final result, we imagine that these matches will at last 

 come to an end, and that Mr. Lasker will find an opponent 

 more nearly in the zenith of his play. 



The bound Volume for 1896, with Index complete, will 

 be ready on the 7th December. The Index for the year 

 will be issued as usual in the January Number, which will 

 also contain an eight-page illustrated literary supplement. 



Contents of No. 133. 



The Giraffe at the Zoo. By Frank 

 E.Beddard, F.E.S 



PAGE 



2U 



Parasitic Leaf-Fuugi, By Rev. 



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



(flhis*ra«fd) 



Day-Flying Moths. By L. N. 



Bade.iocli. (//lasfratrd} 



The Spectroscopy of Argon. By 



T. L. Alger, LL.D., Ph.D 2-t6 



Alkali-Making by Electricity. By 

 C. P. Townseud, F.C.S 



Observations de I'Eclipse Totale 

 du Soleil dn 16 Avril, 1893 



A Very Extended Stream of Sun- 

 spots 



Letters: — J. M. Wadmore ; 

 Walter Williams : Lawi-eiice 

 W. Tappenden. (Ilhisd-aM)... 



Notices ot Books 



Two Plates. — 1. Female Giraffe at the 

 2. The Great Group of .Sunspots 



242 



2« 



247 



2-19 



250 



2.i0 

 251 



Bird Migration in Gre.at Britain 

 and Ireland. — Report of the 

 Couiuuttee of the British Asso- 

 ciation. By Harry F. Witherby 254 



Forecasting by Cm-ves. By Alex. 

 B. MacDowall, M.A. (JUus- 

 trated) 256 



Some Curious Facts in Plant 

 Distribution.— V. By W. Bot- 

 ting Hemsley, F.E.S 2.57 



The Leaf-Cutting Bee. By Francis 

 M.Duncan, (/lliistrated) 259 



Waves.— XI. The Sea of Ether. 

 Bv Vaughan Cornish, M.Sc. 

 illhistrated) 259 



The Liverpool Meeting of the 

 British Association 261 



The FaceoftheSky for November. 

 By Herbert Sadler, F.E.A.S. ,. 2G3 



Chess Column. By C. D. Locock, 

 B.A.Oxon 263 



Zoological Society's Gardens, London, 

 of September 10th— 22nd, 1896. 



Extract from a Lectuee os " Foods," by Dr. Andrew 

 WiLSOji. — " The consumption of cocoa happily increases year by 

 year. I say ' happily,' because, as tea and coii'ee are not foods, wliile 

 cocoa is a true food, any increase in tlie national nutrition means an 

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

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

 selves against cliill 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."- {^Advt.^ 



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