248 



KNOWLEDGE. 



[October 1, 1897. 



No. 2. 



By P. F. Blake, Manchester. 



(First Prize Problem ia Bradfurd Observer Tourney.) 



Black (") 



ill m _...._. .. 



Wm • • ■ 'WM f@^ W^'i 



White i!'). 



White mates in two moves. 



CHESS I NTELL IGENCE. 



A match of not less than one hundred a side will be 

 played at Brighton on October Gth, between teams repre- 

 senting East and West Susses. 



The following is the score of the Amateur Tournament 

 held at Southampton last month : — 



1. H. E. Atkins (Leicester) Si 



2. G. E. H. Bellingham (Dudley) ... 7i 



3. F. J. H. Elwell (Southampton) ... 6^ 



4. W. H. Gunston (Cambridge) 6 



5. F. HoUins (Birmingham) 5i 



(W. C. Palmer (Manchester) ) g" 



[C. H. Sherrard (Stourbridge) ) 



7. W. Ward (London) 4 



8. C. J. Lambert (Exeter) ... ... 3| 



9. E. Cresswell (London) l\ 



10. A. L. Stevenson (Ashford) 1 



The scores of the leading players are in accordance with 

 public form, Mr. Gunston having done better than on some 

 recent occasions. Mr. Sherrard might have been a little 

 higher, being Mr. Stevenson's only victim. Mr. Atkins 

 retains his title of amateur champion and holder of the 

 Nfewces challenge cup, and that without losing a single 

 game. In the Ladies' Tournament, out of a very small 

 entry, Miss Finn was first and Miss Hooka second. 



The list of competitors in the International Tournament 

 now in progress at Berlin is as follows : — Messrs. Alapin, 

 Albin, Von Bardeleben.Blackburne, Burn, Caro.Charousek, 

 Cohn, Englisch, Janowski, Marco, Metger, Schiffers, 

 Schlechter, Suchting, Tchigorin, Teichmann, Walbrodt, 

 Winawer, and Zinkl. None of these can be considered 

 weak players, but a tournament without Lasker, PiUsbury, 

 Steinitz, and Tarrasch can hardly be considered at all 

 representative of international chess. Some regret is 

 expressed in English chess circles at the rejection of the 

 entries of Messrs. Bird, Lee, and Mason. The former of 

 these had recently lost his match with Mr. Lee by seven 

 games to four, with three draws. Mr. Mason was, perhaps, 

 regarded as a veteran out of practice. 



Mr. Miiller has defeated Mr. E. Loman, and has again 

 won the championship of Holland, in a short match in 

 which Mr. Loman did not win a single game. 



The death is announced of Dr. van der Liude, the well- 

 known author of the " History and Literature of Chess." 



We have received the first number of the American 



Chess Mafjazine, a copiously illustrated periodical of sixty- 

 four pages. Every department of the Ljime appears to be 

 adequately treated, and the publishers claim that succeeding 

 issues will be even better than the first. The names of 

 Messrs. Hodges, Hymes, PiUsbury, and Showalter are 

 mentioned among those of future contributors to the 

 magazine. The subscription is three dollars a year. 



Game played in the City of London Club Summer 

 Tournament : — 



" Scotch OpenioL;." 



Black. 



Whitb. 



(T. Phvsn-k.) 



P to'K4 

 Kt to KB3 

 P to Q4 

 KtxP 

 Kt X Kt 

 G. B to Q3 

 7. Q to K2 

 B to KB4 

 Castles 

 P to KR3 

 Kt to Q2 

 Kt to Kt3 

 B to Bsq 



14. KPxE 



15. BxKt 



RxP 



E to R8 



B to K3 



B to Q4 



B x KtP 



21. BxRP 



22. P to Kt3 

 RxRch 

 Q toEo 



1. 



2. 

 3. 

 4. 

 5. 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 



16. 

 17. 



18. 

 19. 

 20. 



28. 

 24. 



(H. W. Pcacliev.) 



1. P to K4 



2. Kt to QB3 



3. PxP 

 P to Q3 

 PxKt 

 Kt to B3 

 B to K2 

 Castles 

 E to Ksq 

 R to Ktsq 

 ExP 



12. P to Ql 

 18. ExKt 



14. KtxP 



15. PxB 



16. B to QB4 



17. Q to K2 



18. B to Q3 



19. P to KR3 



20. Q to Kt4 



21. Q to K4 



22. BxP 



23. QxE 



24. Eesigns. 



4. 



5. 



6. 



7. 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 



KNOWLEDGE, PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 



Contents of No. 143. 



201 

 202 



205 

 206 



PAOE 



" Nitrasrin." ByC.F. Townsend, 

 F.C.S. 



Fairy Flies. By Fred. Enock, 

 F.L.S., F.E.S. 



More about Antiveneue. By Dr. 

 J. G. McPherson, F.E.S.E. ... 



Pit-Vipers. By Lionel Jervia ... 



The Edse of a Continent, By 

 Grenville A. J. Cole, M.R.I.A., 

 F.G.S. (JKuslratedl 20S 



Letters :— J. H. S. Moxley ; yr. 

 Alfred Parr ; F. Whitteron : 

 Edw.ard Snelgrove ; W. Lyon 

 Browne, Juu. ; P, M, Eyres ... 210 



Science Notes 213 



Notices of Books 214 



Short Notices 215 



Books Keceived 216 



p\aE 



Kinetoirraphy : the Production 

 of " Living Pictures," By H, 

 Snowden Ward, F.K.P.S 



Photograph of the Nebula 

 Herschel V14Cy£nii, By Isaac 

 Eoberts. D.Sc, F.E.S 



Astronomical Photofjraph.v. — II, 

 The Conditions which Deter- 

 mine the Limiting Time of 

 Exposiu-e. By F, L, O. Wads- 

 worth 218 



The Birds of Chan's Isles. By 

 Harry F. Witherhy. (7Uii«- 

 traled) 



Face of the Sky for September. 

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



Chess Column. By C. D. Locock, 

 B,A,Oxon 22.3 



21C 



218 



221 

 223 



Two Plates.— 1, Fairy Flies. 2. Nebula Herschel V 14 Cygni. 



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