June 30, 1882.] 



KNOWLEDGE 



85 



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THE PLAY. 



JfoiE.— The card anderlined wins the trick, and card below leads next round. 

 EEMAEKS AND IXFERENCES. 



1. A leads correctly from stiit, 

 ^ Y S Z headed by Ace, Queen, Knare, &c., 



see leads. T begins to signal, haviug 

 four trumps, two honours, and a 

 good suit, his partner also having 

 turned up the King. A alone 

 knows, so far, that 1' is signalling 

 for trumps. 



2. A shows that he has led from 

 Ace, Queen, Knave, ten, and at 

 least one small one. T completes 

 the signal. T knows that neither 

 B nor Z has any more Diamond s. 

 A and B know that Z has no 

 more. 



3. B knows that T holds Two 

 and Four of Spades, i' knows that 

 B holds the Queen and at least 

 two others, unless, which is un- 

 likely, B has led from a three card 



4. r knows that Z holds Two of 

 Clubs. 



5. Z returns the highest of two 

 Clubs left, and Y, knowing that 

 Two is with Z, at once places the 

 remaining four Clubs with A and 

 B. It is more probable that they 

 are equally than unequally divided, 

 and as A plays the ten, the chances 

 are in favour of the Queen being 

 with A. But at any rate, the 

 finesse of Knave would be cor- 

 rect. 



6. T is now, of course, sure of 

 drawing two trumps, remaining 

 with the long trump. 



7. T's purpose, of course, is to 

 draw B'b Queen of Spades, remain- 

 ing with the tenace iu that suit, 

 and entire command, should Bkeep 

 to his suit. But B sees that 

 whether he finesses the Ten 

 (successfully) or takes the trick 

 with the Queen, Y and Z mnst 

 win, it besides the Two and Four of 

 Spades already placed in his hand 



Y holds Knave and another. For 



Y has two Diamonds left, and if ho 

 held originally five Spades, can 

 have no Hearts. So that if B takes 

 two tricks in Spades, V will make 

 two tricks in that suit, whatever 

 B may lead, besides his long 

 trump. Or, at the score, V X 

 would win two by tmmpg. There- 

 fore, B plays for the only chance 

 left, viz., that A may lie over Z 

 in Spades, and bring in his Dia- 

 monds. This comes off, and 



8. 9, and 10. A makes two tricks 

 in Diamonds, and forcing Y with 

 the thirteenth, compels him 



11. To lead through B'a tennce. 

 A B win the odd trick and the 

 game, tricks counting before 

 honours. T should at trick 7 have playe<l the long trump, trusting 

 to Z being strong in Hearts. For 1' Z want only two tricks to win 

 besides this certain trick. Now after taking trick 7 with the long 

 trump, r leading a Diamond would put the load with A, who would 

 make the 8th, 9th, and 10th tricks in Diamonds. Then if A leads n 

 Spad«, B would most probably put his Queen on i(, winning trick 

 11, and play Spnde in turn, when 1' would win the last two tricks 

 in Spades. If A led a Heart, he wotild bo leading nj) to Z'b presum- 

 ably best suit, and there would bo a go<xl chance of the two tricks 

 for Y Z in Hearts. As the cards actually lie, either course on A'b 

 part (of course the latter would be bad play) would have given >' / 

 the game, unless ii finessed the Spade 10, which he might very well 

 ayoid as dangerous. 





(9ur C&fsis Column, 



By Mepqisto. 



THE VIEXNA INTEBNATIONAL TOURNAMENT. 



THANKS to the willing consideration of our printer, we wcro 

 enabled to give the result of Wednesday's play in part of our 

 edition of Thursday last ; according to which Steinitz and Winawer 

 stood at 24 each. Mason at 23, Zukertort and Mackenzie at 22J, and 

 Blackburn 21 J. Winawer had a game standing adjourned from 

 Monday, which he finished on Thursday (against Weiss) ; the game 

 extended to 135 moves, the result being a draw, as anticipated. 

 Winawer and Steinitz having tied for first place, had to play two 

 games (we think three would have been a better number) to decide 

 between them. The first game of this short match, wluch was a 

 championship match in the fullest sense of the word, came off on 

 Friday. The game is of the most remarkable character, and will 

 be a memorial in the annals of chess games. Instead of, as every- 

 body expected, a hard fight, the two champions engaged in a gamo 

 of the most dashing description, with the result that Steinitz, who 

 got a bad game iu the opening lost in twenty-seven moves, exactly 

 the same number as in his second game to Blackbume, which waa 

 likewise lost in the opening. We have much pleasure in giving the 

 game below. In the second game on Friday Winawer had the move, 

 which somewhat deprived Steinitz of a chance for experimenting on 

 the opening. White opened with a Four Knights game, and syste- 

 matically aimed at a draw, as that would secure him (li) the first 

 prize. Steinitz fairly got into the middle of the game, and then ho 

 showed himself in his unsurpassed strength. By fine play he gradu- 

 ally enshrouded his opponent, or, to use his own favourite expres- 

 sion, " he accumulated small advantages," and, having succeeded in 

 isolating Winawer's Queen's Pawns, he forced a passed Pawn to Queen 

 on that wing, and won. The result of the two having won a game each 

 was that the first and second prize (£240 and £100) were equally 

 divided between them. The third prize (£48) fell to James Mason, 

 of New York ; the fourth and fifth prizes were divided (by mutual 

 consent) between J. H. Zukertort, of London, and Mackenzie, of 

 St. Louis, U.S.A. ; while the sixth prize fell to Blackbume, of 

 London. Although only sixth, Blackbume's position is really a very 

 honourable one, as out of the large number of thirty-fonr games 

 played, he was only two-and-a-half games behind Steinitz or 

 Winawer ; while at Berlin, where Blackbume won the first prize, the 

 second man, Zukertort, was three games behind the first. 



The following is the first game which was played in the tie for 

 the Championship and First Prize at the Vienna Tournament 

 between Herren W. Steinitz and S. Winawer, on Friday, June 23, 



Feexch De 



Waits. 



1. P to K4 



2. P to Ko (.i) 



3. PtoQl 



4. P takes QCP 



5. Kt to QB3 



6. B to B4 (d) 



7. Q to Q2 



8. Q takes B 



9. K to Q2 (/) 



10. Kt to Kto 



11. Kt to Q(5 (ch) 



12. B takes Kt 



13. Q to QB5 



14. Kt to K2 (if) 



15. P takes P 



10. B to R6 (ch) (A) 



17. QioQl (.) 



18. B to B4 

 m. Q takes BP 



20. Q to QS (ch) 



21. Q to QR5 



22. Q to B3 (ch) 

 28. Kt takes Kt 



24. P to Kt3 



25. Kt to Kl 

 20. Kt to Q5 

 27. Kt to B7 



resigns 



Winiwer. 



1. P to K3 



2. P to KB3 (!>) 



3. P toQBt 

 I. 1! takes P 

 5. Q to B2 (.) 

 0. Q to Kt3 (<•) 



7. B takes P (ch) 



8. Q takes P 

 0. Q tukos R 



10. Kt to B3 



11. K to Bsq 



12. P takes B 



13. Kt to K3 



14. Q t,-»kes R 



15. P takes P 

 10. K to Kt sq 



17. Q takes RP 



18. Q to Rl 



19. Kt toQl 



20. K to Kt2 



21. Kt lakes B 



22. P to K4 



23. Qto Ktl 



24. R to Bs.) 



25. Q to K2 

 20. Q to K3 



27. Q to R3 (ch) 



NOTES. 



(n) Tliis is one of the many oiporimenta in the openings which 



Steinitz has made during the progress of this tourney, some of 



which resulted disastrously for him, his first game with Zukertort 



