396 



KNOWLEDGE • 



[Nov. 10, 



aff.frct-* i;i;i;!;t lie <!niwii. (lu so mauy wonU we said tliat was 



' - •■ - ■■ ' ' •' 1 izAu\D was (?'*"i'U-) Wo bad nothing to 



^•amo by tho several jilayers, only with 



Lssivo tricks were played. The Whist 



. i iiuielly assumes, however, that we 



\ I w I o most absurdly — considering the score — 



[.s, ami continned to play a forward game after 



at he wa." ruining his own and his partner's 



■ t:\. Having made this prt-postorous ussunip- 



very easily condemns us for not doing what we 



do. '■ \Vc readily acknowledge that ' Five of 



::.ed and lueid notes about the details and the 



M-veral tricks," which (leaving the "lucid," and 



: ,• • ■ liarned" was what wo sot out to do) ; but, "ho 



rni'.TS till- liroad principles of tho game," Ac, which also wo pro- 



o,«t->l t.i do — for the presout. 



• I ". \. r, in the ease of this ]>artica]ar example, ho cavils with 



r nces, undertaking to show their incompleteness, but only 



example, where surely ho cannot suppose ho is telling 



■ 'r oar readers anything new. It occurs in the lirst round, 



D. Ace. 



D. Tliree 



D. Seven. 



1.4 holding Diamond Five.) tin this, insteail of saying correctly, 

 A alone knows so far that some one is signalling for trumps," we 



■vmte. mther*careles8ly, but still tho real state of the case is too 



l.vi.ii.. f..r any one to be misled, " A alono knows thus far that Y 



.! g." Surely the Whist Editor of the Australasian, who 



- H ilh learned and lucid notes, can hardly think either we 



- cT tlio veriest beginner among our readers, could fail to 

 ■ :iii .-1 knows is that a signal has been begun. 



Later on, indeed, he shows, justly enough, that in touching on tho 



nsalt (in which splendid hands held by 1' Z failed to make tho odd 



.1. V;1, \v. .iil I...; indicate the best way for 1' to retrieve matters 



'■«sly muddling them. We gave very little alten- 



liaving another jiurpose (as we plainly said) in 



• iuite right; tho course wo proposed gave only a 



• ing the game, — tho odd trick would have been 

 i if }' had refused to bo forced at trick ten. We 

 .iig our attention to this point. The error would 

 ■■ -erioos one if we had been discussing the general 



_ I'll-. As we were really consideringonly inferences, 

 ffjiu the tricks as actually played, and chiefly from A B'e point of 

 view, this ttfter-tonch of error was of very slight importance, and 

 hanlly worth noticing. When we l)egin to discuss actual play, we 

 shall be open to criticism on such points. 



(Pur Cbrss Column. 



1;y Mepiiksto. 



PROBLEM Xo. 50. 

 t Ukrbebt jACOt 



White to pUy and mate in two moves. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



•«• Please address Chess Editor, 



Experto Credo.— You still maintain that in the position ot'tho 



Audersseu Kioseritzky game referred to Inst week, of which a 



diagram is given on page 302, Whito ought to win in spito of 



by 



Ktjo B7 (ch) 



23. 



K to t^ sq 

 Kt to tJKtl 



Kt takes B 

 y takes HP 

 AVo are sorry that wo can- 



20. 



B to Ql{3 

 BtoB7 (eh) 

 K to K sq 



not testify to the soundness of yonr laborious analytical effort, for 

 if Black now replies with 2-1'. Kt to t^B3, he still has a good chance 



of drawing tho game, for supposing 25. J^* *?.'^*!L9 20. ^. ^" _Q" 



>= ^ • '^'^ *> B to Bl B takes B 



,,- Kt takes B (ch ) ^ Kt takes P (ch) 

 ■ ■ K to Q sq ■ K to K2, &e. 



J. A. Miles. — Best thanks for problem. It is the one I wanted. 



Borrow. — Thanks for problems. Our notice last week referred 

 to a former one. 



G. H. T. — Thanks for problems, which will be examined, llopo 

 soon to find you an opponent. 



Leonard P. Rees. — F. J. C. problems received with thonks. 



Notice to Composers. — In such instances, when we think problomB 

 unsuitable for publication, wo think it only fair that composers 

 should be informed of the faults in their compositions, both to 

 satisfy their curiosity, and also for their instruction. Wo propose 

 returning every faulty problem by post, accompanied by a state- 

 ment of onr objections to it. For that purpose composers will 

 oblige by writing their name and address on every problem sent 

 to ns. 



NOTICES. 



The follomng Monthly Ptrti of Kkowixdoi >r« now to be had (Ptrta I., II. 

 and A'lll. beinf* out of print) , postni^c 3d. extra ench part : — 



PiBT HI.— (Jan., 1882.) Contaioinjj four Bumbcra. Price lOd. 

 Pial rV.— (Feb., 18S2.) Containing fonr numbers. Price lOd. 

 PiET v.— (Maroh.lSSS.l ContaininR five nmnbare, Pricels. 

 Pabt VI.— (Aiinl, ]HK2.) C.ntaiiiing four numbers. PricelOd. 



PiUTVII.— l.M ( ' It; four numbers. PricelOd. 



PabtIX.-(.I i.,; four numbers. PricelOd. 



PiBiX.— (A)i : (.lur numbers. PricelOd. 



Paht XI.— (■- , ! u lit; llvo numbers. Pricels. 



Pabt XII.- I" ' i.nii,' four nnmbera. PricelOd. 



BubecriberH wishiuK lo cuniplflo tlit-ir 8cIh are advised to make early application 

 to the Publishers, as no further reprints will be ordered. 



The Back Numbers of Kkowlbdgb, with tho exception of Nob. 1 to 8, are 

 in print, and can be obtained from all booksellers and newsagents, or direct from 

 the Publiabera, Should any dilTiculty arise in obtaining the paper, an application 

 to the Publishers is respectfuUv requested. 

 The Title Pago and Index to Volume I. price 2d., oost-free 2id. 



for Volume I., price 2fl. each. Complete copies bound 



eluding Title, Index, and Case) for 3a. each. 



TEEMS OF subscription: 



The terms of Annual Subsoriptien to the weekly ntuubers of EAOvrLiDfiB art ai 



follows:— s. d. 



To any address in the United Kingdom 10 1(1 



To the Continent, Australia, Now Zealand, South Africa & Canada 13 (I 



To the United Slates of America J3.26. or 13 



To tho East Indies, China, 4c. (cii! Brindisi) 16 2 



Alt subscriptions are payable in advance. 



OFFICE : 74-7G, GREAT QUEEN STREET LONDON, W.C. 



' Three Pens for three essential virtues famed, 

 The Ficktcick, Owl, and WattrUy wore named. 

 The first in flexibilitv surpassed, 

 In ease tlie next, inelegance tho last. 

 These points united witn attractions now, 

 Have yielded other boons, the Phaeton and Uindc 



Sample Box, with nil tho kinds. Is. Id. by Post. 



Fnlenttet of Tent and Fmholdtrt. 



MACNIVEN & CAMKIIO.V, 33, Blaih-sihebt, EDiiraoBOB. 



PKiiuAiaaa to iiKa Majbsiy'b GovtasMEiti Ofmces. (Est. 1770.) 



