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• KNOWLEDGE 



[June 2, 188?. 



games by Leonard P. Recs, p. 597. 



Xo. 40. 

 1. Q takes R(ch) K takes Q 

 ■2. Kt takes P(cli) K to Ktsq 



3. Kt to B6(ch) K mores 



4. li to KS(mate) 



Xo. 41. 

 I 1. R toQ4(cJ0 K toRt 

 I 2. K to UMch) K takes K 

 I 3. Kt to B5(cb) and wins 



if 2. K to Kt3 

 I 3. IJ toKtl(oh) wins 





■\Mnte to play and nmt 



VIEXXA INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT. 



Fleissig H 



Tschigorin (J 



Paulsen 5i 



Weiss 5i 



Meitner 5 



Ware 3i 



Of special importance was the enconntor between IJlackburno 

 and Zukertort, which took place on May 21. Blackburno won. 

 "n the same day Mackenzie lost his first game (oat of eleven) to 

 Schwarz, an experienced Itnngarian player. In the course of the 

 week, Blackbnrne, however, lost two games — one against Paulsen, 

 the other against Noa, also an Hungarian. 



.Steinitz showed great improvement, and out of the si.t games 

 played in the week he won five and drew one (Mason). We are 

 eorry to hear that Zukertort is indisposed, and owing to his bad 

 state of health he is doing badly. Out of the six games i)Iayed he 

 hag lost fonr and won two. Mason won two, lost one, and drew 

 three (Blackbume, Steinitz, Fleissig). 



[By Tetejraw.1 Vienna, Tuesday night. 



Score of English team : — Mackenzie, Hi (beat Meitner) ; Steinitz, 



11 (beat Schwarz) ; Blackburne, probably 10 (at the time of wiriiii,' 



:he score, his game with Englisch a.ssumed a drawn aspect); Mascm, 



10 (beat Weiss) ; Zukertort, SI (beat Bird). 



REVIEW. 

 A Complete Guide to the Game of Ch 



By IF. 



" Chess is such a noble game, 

 How it does the soul inflame I "• 

 " There are moments in our lives when we have nothing par- 

 ticular to do " ; in these moments we might peruse the above book, 

 which is a novelty of its kind. It contains a vast amount of useful 

 information for a beginner, hitherto not contained in any other 

 jKJok. The book may bo called a "Chess Dictionary," as it deals 

 with every item connected with Chess. For instance, speaking 

 about the board, the author says, " The best boards and men are 

 those made of hard woo<I or metal, and the latter should be made 

 so strong that in case they should drop from the table they would 

 not be liable to break '.'." In dealing with the laws of Chess, he 

 «ayg: " Any player wilfully disturbing his aflveraary shall be ad- 

 monished." (We <|Uito agree with that.) Problems are very 

 minutely dealt with ; there are no less than 110 problems given. 

 The author says, " A gwjd four-mover might take as much as five 

 yi-ars to construct." Now, if we look at the prodigious array of 

 if'jod four movers composed by an eminent Gorman problemist, we 



* What is inflammation of the soul 't 



conclude his ago must bo something approaching to tliat of 

 Motliuselah. 



The game department is also dealt with in great detail, and there 

 are numerous illustrative games. Hut also in this department —aa 

 indeed, througliout the whole book — wo meet the ramarkable and 

 utter. We find a game played by the author, " Mr. II. F. L. Meyer 

 playing blindfold, lookithj at the same time at pictures, and conrtiv- 

 iiig with two bystanders." But of far more importance than these 

 little peculiarities of the author, is the fact that he has adopted some 

 fad of his own, in the shape of a new annotation, which we regard 

 as a joke perpetrated at the publisher's cost. People will not go 

 'lit of their way to study the author's notation. Wo take this oppor- 

 tumty of expressing onr most decided opinion that the English 

 nutation is far superior, and more pleasant to follow, than the 

 tiernian system, aggravated by the author's improvements on it. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 •«• Please address Chess-Editor, 



Leonard P. Rees. — Thanks for your generous offer ; but tourneys 

 are not included in our Chess Programme for the present. End- 

 games welcome. 



Francis J. Drake. — Solutions of Nos. 39, 40, 41, and 42 correct. 



SeuGX Solitarius. — Solution of No. 38 correct. 



J. B., Queenstown. — Solution of Nos. 39 and 40 correct ; also Nos. 

 11 and 12. Correct solution of No. 42 received from G. W., Alfred 

 B. Palmer, H. A. N., Molequo ; 40, 41, 42 of Muzio ; 38 of Dr. U. ; 

 40 and 41 of Red Ink ; 39, 40, and 41 of J. Napier. 



Correct. — If 1. Kt to B2(ch), 1. K to B4, and there is no mate. 

 Solutions are usually given about three weeks after publication of 

 problems. 



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