272 



KNOWLEDGE. 



[November 1, 1897. 



A. C. ChaUentjer. — Many thanks for the substitute, 

 which arrived just in time to save inquiry as to the flaw 

 in the other. 



PKOBLEMS. 



No. 1. 



By A. C. Challenger. 



Black (7). 



White ((ij. 



White mates in three moves. 



No. 2. 

 By Geo. J. Slater, Bolton. 



Black (ii)- 



,i ^^ ^1^ ^^ 



White (10). 



White mates in two moves. 



[The above was bracketed second-prize winner in the 

 Leeds Weekly Mercunj Tournament.] 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



14 

 13 



121 

 12 



The International Tournament at Berlin last month 

 resulted as follows : — 



First Prize. — R. Charousek 



Second Prize. — C. A. Walbrodt . 



Third Prize.— J. H. Blackburne 



Fourth Prize. — D. Janowski 



Fifth Prize. — A. Burn ... 

 The Sixth and Seventh Prizes were divided between 

 S. Alpin, G. Marco, and C. Schlechter, who each scored 11^. 



The other scores (not counting those of Herren Albin, 

 Englisch, and Y. Bardeleben, who retired through ill 

 health at different stages of the tournament) were H. 

 Caro, 11 ; M. Tchigorin, 10|; E. Schiffers, 10 ; J. Metger, 

 9; W. Cohn and S. Winawer, 8^ ; H. Suchting, 8; 

 E. Teichmann, 1\\ A. Zinkl, 6^. 



Herr Schiffers obtained the special prize for the best 

 score against the prize-winners. 



The contest, as will be seen, was very close. Herr 

 Charousek, who started badly, afterwards scored win after 

 win iu fine style. There is nothing surprising in his 

 victory ; probably he and Janowski and Tchigorin, who 

 was evidently out of form, were the favourites before the 

 tournament began. Walbrodt played consistently through- 

 out, and did not lose a game to any of the first ten. Mr. 

 Blackburne — inspired, no doubt, by the scene of his great 

 triumph in 1881 — made a capital start ; and though he 

 afterwards drew too many games to repeat that victory, he 

 lost only to Winawer and Walbrodt. Mr. Burn also did 

 well, though he lost five games. Schlechter lost only to 

 Burn and Marco, but as usual he drew a very large pro- 

 portion of his games — in this case, no less than eleven. 

 Marco was leading during the earlier part of the tournament, 

 but he gradually dropped back into bis proper position. 

 Mr. Teichmann's performance was again very disappointing, 

 though he did better than last time. 



Immediately after the tournament M. Janowski challenged 

 Herr "Walbrodt to a match, but the challenge was not 

 accepted. The next international tournament will be held 

 at Vienna next year, when very valuable prizes will be 

 offered. 



The Minor Tournament at Berlin was won by Herr V. 

 Popiel, who did not lose a single game. The winner was 

 at one time a very unsuccessful competitor in first-class 

 tournaments, and has evidently improved since then. 



It is stated that the inventor of the Steinitz gambit, as 

 the result of a single defeat, has admitted the unsoundness 

 of that interestingly eccentric d'hut. It is probable, 

 however, that a good deal more than this must happen 

 before he finally despairs of his favourite. 



KNOWLEDGE, PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 



Contents of No. 141. 



PAGE 



Bird-Songs iu Autumn. By 



Charles A. Witchell 235 



Greek Vase Paintiug in Italy, By 



H. B. Walter.s M.A., F.S.A. 



(JHusti-afedl 226 



The Prime Movers of Nerve and 



Muscle •.. 230 



Calcium iu the Sim. By Miss 



Agnes M. Clerke (Jliustmfvii) 232 

 Some New Views as to the Pianet 



Venus. By Camille Flam- 



maa-ion, F.R.A.S. (Kiuslratcd) 2:U 

 Letters :— David Flauery; Lionel 



Jervis 23G 



Notices of Books 237 



ShortNotices 2« 



Books Beceived 238 



British Ornithological Notes. 

 Conducted hy Harry F. 

 Witherhy, F.Z.S.. M.B.O.U, ... 



Science Notes 



ComiueCold. By Alex. B. Mac- 

 DowaU, M.A. (i/litsfralc.lj 



On the Vegetation and Some of 

 the Vegetal)le Productions of 

 Australasia.— IV. By W. Hot- 

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



The Pedigi-ee of the Dog. By E. 

 Lydokker, F.E.S 



Face of the Sky for October. 

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



Chess Column. By C. D. Locock, 

 B.A.Oxon 



239 

 2M 



Hi 

 2« 

 247 

 24- 



Plate.— Venus in 1897. 



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