104r 



KNOWLEDGE. 



[April 1, 1897. 



No. 2. 

 By A. C. Challenger. 



Black (D- 



White (7). 



White mates in two moves. 



[Mr. Challenger informs us that his problem is a revised 

 and improved version of a position published in another 

 column about a year ago.] 



CQESS INTELLIGENCE. 



Additional results at the Hastings Chess Festival are : — 

 Jlessrs. Guusbarg and Colborne won their adjourned game 

 against Messrs. Blackburno and Chapman. Mr. Bird's 

 pimultaneous Ecirc was; won 13, drawn 8, lost 3. Mr. 

 Ciiuisberg won 22, drew 7, and lost 2. ]\Iessr3. Bird and 

 Womersley won their consultation game against Messrs. 

 Blackburne and Aloof. On February 18th Messrs. Black- 

 burne and .Tenour won an Evans (lambit from Messrs. 

 ]!iid and Trenchard. In the evening, Messrs. Bird, 

 IMackburne, and (iansberg each played three games 

 against combinations of players in consultation. Mr. 

 Blackburne won his three games ; Mr. Bird won two and 

 drew one ; Mr. Guosberg won one, drew one, and lost one 

 ( to Captain (lardiner, Messrs. L)cock and Mann). There 

 were many other interesting games not on the official 

 programme. 



The Susses Chess Congress began on February 2oth. 

 The feature of the meeting was the unique performance of 

 Mr. Ijasker, who played thirty-nine games simultaneously, 

 winning them all in less than five hours. The Champion- 

 ship of Sussex was won by Mr. E. (i. Reed,Mr.H. W.Butler 

 being second ; an Open Tournament being won by Mr. 

 J. H. Blake, of Southampton. Mrs. W. J. Baird won the 

 Ladies' Tournament without losing a game. 



We are glad to be able to state that the rumour of the 

 death of Mr. A. F. Mackenzie, the famous problem com- 

 poser, is entirely devoid of foundation. Mr. Mackenzie 

 has lost his eyesight, but, so far from being dead, he is 

 busily engaged in composing chess problems. 



There does not appear to be any great improvement in 

 the unfortunate mental affliction from which Mr. Steinitz 

 is suffering. He is still under careful treatment at Moscow. 

 He, too, has been honoured by many premature obituary 

 notices in the daily press. Mr. Lasker ascribes his con- 

 dition to injudicious medical treatment, and not in any 

 way to disappointment at the result of their recent match. 



A match for the Championship of America is now being 

 played between H. N. ]?dlsbury and -J. W. Showalter. 



The first two games were drawn, but Mr. Pillsbury won 

 the next three. 



The Ladies' International Tournament will be held at 

 the Hotel Cecil, beginning on June 22nd. The prizes are 

 on the scale of an ordinary international masters' tourna- 

 ment. 



The following brief consultation game was played at the 

 Hastings Festival : — 



" From 



WniTB. 

 (H. E. Bird and II. E. Dobell.) 



1. P to KB4 



2. PxP 



3. PxP 



4. KKt to B8 



5. P to QB3 



6. Q to Rich 



7. Kt to Ql 



8. K to Q=q 



9. Pto QKt3 (?) 



10. KtxKt 



11. K to Kfq 



12. Kt to K5ch 



13. Kt to Q3 



14. P to K4 



15. PxB 



16. K to Q^q 



17. K to B2 



Gambit." 



Black. 

 (T. Ounsbcrg and C 



1. P to K4 



2 



D. Locock.) 



3. 

 4. 

 5. 

 G. 



7. 



8. 



9. 



10. 



P toQ3 

 BxP 

 P to KKt4 

 P to Kt5 

 Kt to B3 

 Q to R5ch 

 P to Kt6 

 QxP 

 QxR 



11. Q to K(8 



12. P to B3 



13. B to KVA 



14. Castles 



15. Kt to B3 

 IC. QxBch 



17. QxBP and wins. 



Later. — The St((n(liiril announces that Mc. Steinitz is 

 now well enough to leave for Vienna. 



KNOWLEDGE, PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 



Contents of No. 187. 



PAGE FiC-v. 



Fri'ltjof N.aiisen*s "Farthest I Short Notices 70 



S°w'?\'~l*"'''^,'^-, ,"^. J!""^ „ I Books Received 71 



The Victorian Era in Geography. , J.etters :-W. H. S^Monck; Frod. 

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The Orifjin of Some Domestic Life-Uistory of the Commou 

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Vesietable Productions of An?- A. Fowler, F.RA.S. 77 



tralasia.— I. By W. Rotting i The Face of the Sky for March. 



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