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[March 1, 1897- 



Bird would hardly have been omitted, but, as it was, the 

 nine amateurs for the most part gave a good account of 

 themselves, and at all events succeeded in regaining the 

 Newnes Trophy, which a team including several profes- 

 sional players lost last year. It is evident from the score 

 that the British contingent had no tail, but the same is, 

 probably, not true of the other side. The last game was 

 concluded at 11.20 on Saturday night, the score being as 

 follows : — 



Great Britain. 



1. J. H. Bapkbuvne (London) 



2. C. D. Locock (Hastings) 



3. H. E. Atkins (Leicester) 



4. T. F. Lawi-enee (London, City C.C.) 



.5. D. Y. Mills (Edinburgh) '. 



fi. G. E. IL Bellinghani (Dudley) ... 



7. J. H. Blake (Southampton)..'. ... 



8. E.M.Jaekson (London, St. George's) 



9. H. H. Cole (Ludgate C.C.) ... ... 



10. II. .Tncobs (London, Cil.y C.C.) ... 



.-.^ 41 



We append a brief account of the games : — 



Board No. 1. — Mr. Pillsbury played the Two Knights 

 Defence. Mr. Blackburne played a novel form of attack, 

 and obtained the superior position. A weak move, how- 

 ever, resulted in his gradually drifting towards inferiority, 

 imtil. by a very ingenious sacrifice, he succeeded iu obtain- 

 ing a draw by perpetual check. 



Board Xo. •?. — Mr. Locock, iu defending the Lopez, 

 purposely played a weak move in the hope of tempting his 

 opponent to win a Pawn by means of a temporary attack. 

 'Sir. Showalter, however, treated the move in a novel 

 manner to which there was no defence, and the game soon 

 became hopeless for Black. 



Board No. -9. — Mr. Atkins, in a Vienna opening, had the 

 superior game throughout, his opponent neglecting to 

 preserve his Bishop by P to QR3. The game was prolonged 

 till the board was almost cleared, but the result was never 

 in doubt. 



Bnard No 4. — Mr. Lawrence castled on the Queen's side 

 in a close game, and lost two Pawns. He obtained some 

 counter attack, but hardly made the most of it, and finally 

 lost a piece and the game. 



B(wrd No. .3. — Mr. Mills obtained a slight superiority 

 against his opponent's French Defence, b.it, exchanging all 

 the pieces too soon, he discovered that his advantage in the 

 Pawn position was not sufficient to win. 



Board No. G. — Mr. Bellingham defended the Lopez by 

 3. P to QR3 and 4. P to Q3. He had a slight inferiority 

 of position for most of the game, till his opponent, in 

 attempting to force a win at any cost, lost his advantage. 

 The game was finally drawn on the sixty-ninth move. This 

 gave the victory to the British side. 



Board No. 7. — Mr. Blake obtained a pronounced advan- 

 tage against his opponent's French Defence, but some 

 weak moves subsequently gave the advantage to Mr. 

 Delraar, who utilized it in a very ingenious manner to 

 bring about a forced mate. 



Board No. 8. — Mr. Jackson defended the Lopez by 

 3. . . P to KKt3 ; 4. P to B3, Q to K'' ; 5. Castles, 

 P to Q3. Mr. Helms omitted to take the Knight, and 

 shortly afterwards lost a Pawn and the exchange, remain- 

 ing with a hopeless game. 



Board No. O.—'Sh. Cole played a close game, and after 

 twenty-five moves each side was left with a P>ishop and 

 five Pawns. Jlr. Cole, however, was still a move ahead. 



and, playing the difficult ending m the most ingenious 

 manner, he ultimately won the game on the sixty-fourth 

 move. 



Board No. 10. — Mr. Jacobs played the Centre Counter 

 Gambit. His opponent unwisely exchanged Knights on 

 the fourth move, and found himself compelled to move his 

 King to Q2, in front of his Queen and QB, as early as his 

 ninth move. As the result of this, Mr. Jacobs obtained a 

 strong attack, which he conducted very cleverly to a suc- 

 cessful issue on the twenty- seventh move. This was the 

 first game finished. 



The Annual Chess Festival at Hastings began on 

 Februai-y loth, with a consultation game between Messrs. 

 Bird and Dobell against Gunsberg and Locock. The latter 

 side turned j\Ir. Birds P to KB4 opening into a From 

 Gambit, and had a winning advantage as early as the ninth 

 move, though Mr. Bird and his partner struggled on witli 

 a Rook to the bad until the thirtieth move. 



In the evening Mr. Blackburne played about twenty-five 

 games simultaneously. Play was rather slow, and several 

 of the games were abandoned as drawn, the single player 

 losing one or two as well. 



On February IGth, ]\Ir. Gunsberg and Dr. Colbourne 

 consulted against Messrs. Blackburne and Chapman in a 

 Giuoco Piano. The latter were soon compelled to give up 

 the exchange for a slight counter-attack, which, at ihe 

 time of adjournment, did not appear to be very dangerous. 



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Contents of No. 136. 



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Nausen's Waymarks to the North | Letters :— "Uniler?roundCavitics 



Pole. B.y W. F. Hmne, D.Sc... .t! I and Streams ia'lreiand"—W. 

 The Science of the Queen's Ee%n: H. S. Monck ; Eric H. Jackson; 



Sixty Years of Astvonomfcal tl.W.Bulman ; T.W. Backhouse; 



Research. By Miss A^es M. Francis M. Duncan k** 



Gierke, (niasfrated) 34 The Zodiacal Light. By Lieut.- 



The Polar Bears .at the "Zoo." .„ Col. E. E. Markwick, F E.A.S .M 



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Mills, F.R.A.S. (lilurfrated) 41 PeriodiciU' Comets' due in'isflr'. 



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F. Witherhy (illustrated) 43 The Face of tlie Sky for Fehniary. 



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