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KNOWLEDGE 



[May 1, 1899. 



No. 2. 

 By T. Hane (Prague). 



Buck (1). 



White {'•). 



White mates in three moves. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



The Inter- University match was played at the British 

 Chess Club, on the 2ith ult., the Cambridge representa- 

 tives winning easily with a score of y^ to 1|. Some such 

 result might have been expected from a casual review of 

 the score made by the combined teams in their trial 

 matches against the principal London clubs earlier in the 

 week. In these matches the Cambridge men invariably 

 contributed considerably more than half the combined 

 score. Cambridge are now eight matches to the good. 

 The score was as under : — 



The combined Universities lost all four of the matches 

 earlier in the week against very strong opponents. Against 

 Hastings they scored 5^ to 8i, against the Metropolitan 

 Club 7i to 10^, agamst'the British Chess Club 6 to 15, 

 and against the City of London Club 8 to 14. Messrs. 

 Tattersall and MacLean made very fine scores in all those 

 matches, and are undoubtedly the two best players out of 

 the fourteen. 



Yorkshire defeated Lancashire on the day of the cable 

 match by 20 games to 11. Mr. Burn elected to represent 

 Lancashire in this match, rather than assist the British 

 Isles against the United States. 



Messrs. P. Howell, T. F. Lawrence, and L. Zangwill 

 tied for second prize in the City of London Tournament, 

 won by Mr. Jacobs, as stated last month ; Messrs. F. Leye 

 and E. Loman were bracketed fifth. The handicap was 

 won by Mr. E. 0. Jones. 



Mr. Mills has once more won the Scottish Championship. 

 We fancy that he has never failed to accomplish this feat. 



Messrs. Janowski and Showalter are engaged in a return 

 match, the American native leading at present by 3.} games 

 to 2^, a considerable improvement on his score in the first 



match, which he lost by seven games to two. The 

 negotiations for a match between Janowski and Pillsbury 

 have fallen through, at any rate until after the London 

 International Tournament, which begins on May 30th. 



A Midland Counties Chess Tournament was held at 

 Birmingham during Easter week. The competitors, and 

 the order of the prize-winners, remind one of the January 

 Craigside Tourney. Mr. Burn took the first prize, Mr. 

 Atkins the second, Messrs. Bellingham and Sherrard 

 coming next. 



The Annual Chess Festival at Hastings took place 

 towards the end of March. In the consultation games, 

 Messrs. Blackburne and Chapman (an invincible combina- 

 tion) defeated Messrs. Teichmann and Trenchard ; Messrs. 

 Teichmann and BuUock beat Mr. Gunsberg and Dr. 

 Colborne, while Messrs. Gunsberg and Guest drew against 

 Messrs. Blackburne and Jenour. Mr. Gunsberg's simul- 

 taneous performance resulted in fourteen wins, three draws, 

 and four losses to the single player. Mr. Blackburne, 

 playing sis games blindfold, won four and drew the other 

 two. The interesting performance in which each master 

 plays two simultaneous games against two sets of con- 

 sultants, resulted in Mr. Teichmann's winning both his 

 games ; Mr. Blackburne won one and drew the other, 

 while Mr. Gunsberg drew one and lost one. The 

 Championship of Sussex final round was played for at this 

 meeting, and resulted in the victory of Mr. D. B. Kitchin. 

 Mr. Shoosmith, last year's champion, did not compete. 



KNOWLEDGE, PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 



Contents of No. i6i (March). 

 Mosquitoes and Malaria. Bj Percy 



H. Grimshaw, f.e.s. 

 Two Months on the Gnadalquiver. — 



n. The Marismas. By Harty F. 



Witherby, f.z.s., m.b.o.u. (Illua- 



trated.) 

 The Fluctuations of Ttainfall. By 



Alex. B. MaoDowall, m.a. (liJits- 



trated.) 

 The Mycetozoa. and some Questions 



which they Suvrg-est. — II. By the 



Eight Hon. Sir Edward Fry, d.c.l., 



I.L.D., F.E.S. , and Agnes Fry. 

 Notices of Books. 

 Sunset on the Mare Crisium. By E. 



Walter Maunder, p.r.a.s. (Illus- 

 trated.) 

 The Planet Eros (DQ. 433.) 

 Letter. 



British Ornithological Notes. 

 Science Notes. 

 Electricity as an Exact Science, — 



II. Units and Measurements. By 



Howard B. Little. 

 Triple Atmospheric Corona. By the 



Eev. Samuel Bai-ber. {Illustrated.) 

 Manunoth Ivory. By E. Lydekker. 

 Microscopy. By John H. Cooke, 



F.L.S., F.G.S. 



Notes on Comets and Meteors. By 



W. F. Denning, f.e.a.s. 

 The Face of the Sty for March. 



By A. Fowler, f.e.a.s. 

 Chess Column. By C. D. Locock, b.a. 

 Plate.— Sunset on the Mare Crisium, 



Contents of No, 162 (April). 



Ou the Treatment and Utilization of 

 Anthropological Data. — II. The 

 Hair. By Arthiu' Thomson, M.A., 

 M.B. {niwstrated.) 



The Love-Gifts of Birds, By Charles 

 A. WitcheU. 



The Acetylone Industry. By George 

 T. Holloway, ASsoc.E.cOLL.st'., f.i.c. 



Secrets of the Earth's Crust.— II. 

 The Oldest Fauna of the Globe. 

 By GrenvUle A. J. Cole, M.E,l.i„ 

 F.G.S. {TllTiStrated.) 



Notices of Books. 



Science Notes. 



British Ornithological Notes. Con- 

 ducted by Harry F. Witherby, 



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



Letter. 



Obituary. 



A New Form of Photographic Tele- 

 scope. 



Wide Angle Photography in 

 Astronomy. By E. Walter Maun- 

 der, F.E.A.S. (nlnstmted,) 



The Karkinokosm, or World of Crus- 

 tacea. — VIII. The Door - SheU 

 Crustacea or Kinslet-Feet, By the 

 Eev. Thomas E. E. Stebhing, m.a., 

 F.E.S. , F.L.S., F.z.s. (Illustrated.) 



Customs of Shakespeare's Greenwood. 

 By George Morley. 



Microscopy. By John H, Cooke, 



F.L.a., F.G.S. 



Notes on Comets and Meteors. By 



W. F. Denning, f.e.a.s. 

 The Face of the Sky for April. By 



A. Fowler, F.E.A.S. 

 Chess Column. By C. D, Locock, B.A. 

 Plate.— One-thirtieth of the Sky. 



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