152 



KNOWLEDGE. 



[June 1, 1897. 



PEOBLEMS. 



By T. Eaddick. 



No. 1. 



Black (6). 



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White (7). 



White mates in two moves. 

 No. 2. 



Black (3). 



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White (7). 

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CHESS I NTELL IGENCE. 



The Pillsbury-Showalter match, for the championship of 

 America, resulted, after a protracted struggle, in a victory 

 for Mr. Pillsbury. The final score was : — Pillsbury, 10 ; 

 Showalter, 8 ; drawn, -1 — a result which will greatly 

 increase the loser's reputation. 



Mr. T. H. Cole is playing a match with Mr. Teichmann, 

 who won the first game. 



A cable match between the House of Commons and the 

 American House of Eepresentativea will be decided as we 

 go to press. 



An international tournament is being arranged to take 

 place in Berlin, probably in August. It is hoped that the 

 German Emperor will be a prize-donor. 



Mr. D. Y. Mills has, as usual, won the Scottish cham- 

 pionship, and now holds the challenge cup permanently. 



Thirty-two entries have been received for the ladies' 

 international tourney which begins on June 23rd at the 

 Hotel Cecil. The strongest of these will be selected by the 

 committee. The prizes are on a scale hitherto unknown 

 to the male amateur, amounting as they do to more than 

 £200. It is hoped that Mrs. Showalter will compete. 



AVe have great regret in announcing the death of Dr. C. 

 Schmid, of Dresden, certainly one of the most brilliant 

 players in Germany, and the winner of the second prize 

 in the Leipzig Tourney of 1877. His analytical con- 

 tributions to the Clwss Monthly and the Scliaclizeitunij are 

 well known. 



Appended is a brief game played on May 15th in the 

 match between Hastings and the City of London. It 

 illustrates one of the many possibilities of an early attack 

 in the open " Euy Lopez." 



" Euy Lopez." 



Notes. 



(a) Much better than 9. Kt to B5, as recommended by 

 all the books. Black's reply is perhaps inferior to 9. . . . 

 P to B3, but his next move is the mistake. 



(i) 11. B xPch would give Black the superior game. 



(c) If 11 . . . Kt(K4)Q6, 12. P to QKtl, P to KKt3 ; 

 13. Q to Qsq (!) winning a piece. 



(rf) To provide a square for the Knight ; but he does 

 not realize the other dangers of his position. In any case 

 the game is difficult to defend now. 



((') Which Black evidently had overlooked. 



(/') Another decisive change of the point of attack. 

 There is no reply. 



KNOWLEDGE, PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 



Contents of No, 



PAGE 



139. 



The Insects of a Loudon Back' 

 Garden.— I. By Fred. Euock, 

 F.L.S., F.E.S. '(Ulustrafed) ... 105 



ScienceNotes 109 



Biolosical Progi'ess in the Vic- 

 torian Era. By R. Lydekker, 



B.A. Cantab., F.K.S 



Sixty Years of Geological Re- 

 search. By Grenyille A. J. Cole, 

 M.R.I.A., F.G.S. (ZlJustrated) 



Notices of Books. 115 



Short Notices 117 



Books Keceiyed 117 



Letters :— W. H. S. Monck ; A. 

 Fowler 117 



PAGE 



On the Vegetation and Some of 

 the Vegetable Productions of 

 Australasia. —II. By W. Bet- 

 ting Hemsley, F.E.S., F.L.S. 

 (ITlustrated) 118 



The Nebula round ij Argus. By 

 jjQ ' E. Walter Maunder, F.E.A.S.. 



The Superstitions of Shakesjieare's 



Greenwood. By George Morley 



112 i Why do you Photograph ? By T. 



A. Gerald Strickland, F.E.S. 



(iniisfrafriJ) 



The Face of the Sky for May. 

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



Chess Column. By C. D, Locock, 

 B.A.Oxon 127 



120 



122 



12-t 



127 



Two Plates. — 1. Charles Darwin. 2. The 17 Argus Region of the Milky Way. 



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