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KNOWLEDGE. 



[JuLV 1, 1897. 



No. 2. 

 By A. C. Challenger. 



Black (3). 



i^ 



'MB. W. 



,.W, 



m ..,,,„^-.,,„,,„^'^„P^'- 



p w/m. 



"^ 'fM I 



P 



,„, ^ V///,//,.}. 



■*l 





^i,^'p 



88«8S8iiii m 



White (10). 



White mates in three moves. 





 1 

 1 







i 



2 



White. 

 (E. Scbiffers.) 



1. P to K4 



2. Kt to KB3 



3. KtxP 



4. Kt to KB3 



5. P to Q3 



6. PxP 



7. B to K2 



8. Castles 



9. Kt to B3 



10. Kt to K5 (!) 



11. B toR5 



12. BxQ 



Black. 

 (M. Tchigorin). 



1. P to K4 

 P to KB3 (?) 

 Q toK2 

 PtoQ4 

 PxP 



6. QxPch 



7. Kt to B3 

 B to Q2 

 Q to Kt3 {a\ 

 Kt x Kt 

 Castlea 

 PxB 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



The cable match between the House of Commons and 

 the U S A. Congress termmated, after a contest full ol 

 incidents, in a tie. But for the courtesy of Mr. Atherley 

 Jones's opponent, who refused to claim a game by the time- 

 limit, and ultimately lost it. the Americans would have 

 won the match by 3i to \\. Mr. Plunkett, a former president 

 of the Oxford University Club, was by far the strongest 

 player in either team. The presence of Sir G. Newnes, 

 had he been eligible, would have strengthened the House 

 of Commons team. The following was the score : — 



England. America. 



1. Eight Hon.H. Plunkett 1 v. Hon. Mr. Pearson 

 2 Mr .J H. Parnell ... v. Hon. Mr. Shaforth 



3'. Mr'. StrauES v. Hon. Mr. Bodine 



4 Mr. Atherley Jones ... 1 v. Hon. Mr. Plowman 

 5'. Mr. F. W. Wilson ... i v. Hon. Mr. Handy 



By the death of the Earl of Dartrey, in his eightieth 

 vear the St. George's Chess Club has lost its president of 

 inor^ than forty years' standing. As Viscount Cremorne 

 he was well known as a very strong amateur player. 



Mr Teichmann won his match with Mr. H. H. Cole in 

 the most decisive manner by five games to none without 

 even a single draw. Mr. H. Jacobs has defeated Mr. 

 Trenchard by five games to three, with three games drawn. 



Subjoined is the thirteenth game of the Schiffers- 

 Tchigorin match ; — 



13. Q toK2 



14. Kt to K4 (i) 



15. PxKt 



16. K to Kt2 



17. K to Rsq 



18. K to Ktsq 



19. K to Rsq 



20. Q to Ksq 



21. K to Ktsq 



22. Kt to Kt3 



23. Q to K3 



24. QxEP('') 



Notes. 



(a) This loses the Queen, but Black has a bad game 

 anyhow. 



(6) 14. B to B4 would have made aU safe. M. Tchigorin 

 takes full advantage of the mistake. 



((■) Probably in order to give up the Queen for the Rook 

 should Black reply B to Q5. 



U\ As pointed out in a contemporary. Black must have 

 been so absorbed in constructing a combination for the 

 draw that he overlooked a splendid win here by 24. (instead 

 of P to Kt3) R to R8ch. 25. KtxR, B to R7ch. 

 26. KxB, R to Rich. 27. K to Kt3, Kt to B4ch 

 28 K to B4 or Kt4, R to R5 mate. As it was, Black 

 succeeded in drawing the game by perpetual check. 



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