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• KNO^A/'LEDGE 



[June 9, 



drew with Uackenzie and Winawcr, but he defeated Mason, who 

 is doing very well, as can be seon from the above score : — 



[By Telegram.'} Vienna, Tuesday night. 



The leading plavers are Steinitz, with 15, WiiiawerlS, Mackenzie 

 1 H. Mason Mi, EnglUch 13J, Blackburiie 13, Zukertort 13, Hruby 

 11. .Schwartz lOJ. Wittek lOJ. 



We surmise from the above telegram that the second game be- 

 I ween Steinitz and Zukertort must have resulted in a draw. 



Problem >'o. 45, End Ga 



BUCK. 



White to play and nin. 



1. P to K7 1. R. to K I 



If 1. R takes B(ch), 2. R to B2 and the Pa\vn will Queen. 



2. B to Q5 2. P to Kt4 



White threatens mate by R to Rsq. If Black plays his B then R to 

 Rsq(ch) and R8(ch) and Pawn Queens. 



3. R to Ksq 3. R takes R 



4. B to K4 and Pawn Queens and wins. 



fjame played : 



Two Knights' Defence. 



■While. BlBclt. 



Bird. TschiKorin. 



19. Q to K2 (/)Kt takes P 



20. P to Kt3 Q to Bl 



21. K to Kt2 (g)R to K3 



22. QRtoK8q(h)QR to Knq 



23. R to KUsq P to KR4 



24. QRtoKBsqQ toKt3(j) 



25. KttoQ8q(;0P to KG (l) 



26. B to Q4(m) Kt takes BP 



27. R takes Kt Q takes P (eh) 



P takes R 

 P toQBl 

 R takes Kt (n) 

 R takes P 



p to R.-; 



P to EC 



White. BUtlt. 



Bird. Titchigoriji. 



1. PtoK4 PtoK4 



2. Kt to KB3 Kt to QB3 



3. B to B4 Kt to B3 



4. Kt to Kt5 P to Q4 



5. P takes P KttoQEt 

 ■>i. a toKt5(ch)P to BS 

 7. P takes P P takes P 

 «. B to K2 P to KU3 

 'J. Kt to KB3 P to K3 



10. Kt to K5 Q to B2 (a) 



11. Kt to Kt4(6)B takes Kt 



12. B lakes B B to Q3 (c) 



13. P to KI13 Ca..,tle8 



11. KttoQBS KttoB5 



15. P to QKt3 Kt to K4 



16. B toKt2(d)KR to Ksri 



17. Castles Kt f K4 takes B 

 !'>. V takes Kt Q to Q2 (e) 



NOTES. 

 (i) This move 

 ■ L'ood steady game. 



(h) This defence is awkward ; we prefer 11. P to KB4, B to Q3. 



12. P to Qt, Castles. 13. P to B3, P to Bt. 14. Kt to R3, P to 

 R3. 15. Kt to B2. 



(r) The Bishop occupies a good position on Q3 ; for tho present 

 it hampers White's development, and prevents his Castling. 



(d) The Black Knight is very well placed on K4. White ought 

 not to have hesitated any longer to withdraw his Bishop from its 

 awkward position on KH to K2. 



(c, This gives Black a decided advantage. 



(/) An effort to save the Pawn would have been unsuccessful ; 

 if, for instance, 19. P to B3, then Black plays B to B2, threatening 

 Q to Q3, but if White replies to B to B2 with 20. Kt takes P, then 

 Kt Ukei Kt. 21. P takes Kt, E takes P again, with a good game. 



28. K to Bsq 



29. Kt to K3 



30. B to B3 



31. P takes R 



32. Q to Qsq 



33. B to Q2 

 resigns (o) 



less attacking than Q to Q5, but it gives Black 



(j) A natural move ; it enables White to oppose R on Rsq, should 

 Black piny Q to R4. 



{h) We should have prcferroa 22. Kt to Qsq, to bo followed by 

 Kt to K3, or R to Rsq. QR to Ksq was not a defensive move; it 

 would have been better to wait till the Queen's Rook was wanted ; 

 for, as actually occurred later on, this. Rook played to Bsq, thus 

 losing time. 



(i) White has, as we pointed out in our former note, uselessly 

 lost a move with his Queen's Hook. 



(j) Black is playing with great tact ; he initiates an ingenious 

 combination, based upon the po.ssibility of taking the Bishop's Pawn 

 with tho Knight, and then winning by taking the Knight's Pawn 

 with the Queen, as she would bo supported by the Bishop. Wo 

 give a diagram of this interesting position : — 



T.M lllUDUIK. 



wniis. 

 Bird. 



('.) White ought to have seen the danger and played 25. R to R3- 



(i) Highly ingenious, if now P takes P, then Kt takes P(ch), Kt 

 t.ikes Kt, R takes Kt, and wins. Of course, he dare not take with 

 the Bishop's Pawm, on pain of Q takes P (mate). 



(hi) Although White's game is apparently hopeless, wo should 

 even now have preferred 26. R to R3, and, if Black replied, P takes 

 Bl', 27. Q to Q3, but it was only a question of which way to die. 

 26. P to KB4 would havo been mot by Black with P takes QP, 27. 

 Q to Q3, R to K7 (ch), 28. Kt to B2, Kt to KG (ch), &c. 



(ii) This brings matters to a speedy termination. 



(o) As ho cannot escape the ingenious mate prepared by Black, 

 for if 34. B takes R, Q to Kt7 (ch), 35. K to K2, 1> to B8 Queens, 

 with a double check and mate. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 •»• Please address Chess-Editor. 



Correct solution of Problems Nos. 43 and 44 received from Francis 

 J. Drake, C. W. Croskey, Clarence John Watson, Sonox Solitarius, 

 T. A. S., Borrow, Kit, IJ. A. N., U. W., J. B. of Berford, Moleque, 

 B. G. Sergeant, Alfred B. Palmer, Leonard P. Roes, J. Bunyan, 

 J. A. Schmucke, J. P., Ilerbort .Jacobs. 



No. 42 coiTcetly solved by Bronton, C. W. Croskey, J. B., and 

 Ilerbert Jacobs. 



Novice. — Toll us where you stick ; wo will heli) you. 



G. R. — We did not consider it necessary. 



Kit.— In No. .351, Q to Esq., 1. P takes P, and there is no 

 mate. ^___ 



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