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KNOWLEDGE, 



[June 1, 1899. 



British Universities. 

 C. E. C. Tatteraall 



(Camb.) . . . . i 



A. H. W. George (Ox.) 



L. McLean (Camb.) . 1 

 A. P. Lacy-Hulbert 



(Ox.) 



G. E. H. Ellis (Ox.) . 1 



H. G. Softlaw (Camb.) 1 



American Universities. 



K. G. Falk (Columbia) i. 



A. S. Meyer (Columbia) 1 " 

 C. S. C. Avenaberg 



(Harvard) .... 

 L. A. Cook (Yale) . . 1 

 W. W. Young (Prince- 

 ton) 



W.Cutchinga (Harvard) 



The following game was played in the Anglo-American 

 cable match last March : — 



Notes. 

 («) Possibly to avoid a similar position to that which 

 occurred on two other boards in this match. Another 

 reason may be found in the next note. 



(b) Steinitz gives 8. B to Kt5, B to K2 ; 9. BxB, 

 Q X B ; 10. R to Ksq, and erroneously concludes in favour 

 of "White. Black has merely to Castle, followed by Q to 

 K3, with a perfectly safe game. 



(c) Very risky would be the attempt to win a Pawn by 

 8. . . P to QB4, 9. Kt to B5, P to Q3 ; 10. Q to B3, 

 PxP; 11. RQsq, Q toB3; 12. B to Kt5. Nor can he 

 move the KB, on account of Q to Kt4. 



{d) With a view to Kt to Kt3 ; but he decides afterwards 

 on attacking the Knight in a bolder manner. 



(e) Forced, if he wishes to Castle ; for if he take with 

 the BP, White checks first, and then plays the Queen 

 to KB3. 



(/')_Probably beat, if only to make room for the Queen 



at K4 in case Black plays P to K4. Black's reply looks 

 like a blunder ; his best move was 17. . . P to QR4 

 probably. 



(ff) 21. Kt X P can be played, but is not so strong as 

 the move made, which avoids all compUjations. White is 

 correct in thinking that the quickest way of winning is by 

 obtaining a passed Pawn on the Queen's side. 



(/() For similar reasons, White rejected here 22. Kt to 

 R5, P to K4 ; 23. E to KKtS, Q to E3, etc. 



(/) Best. Q or R to BS would lose the exchange. 



(j) The Pawn will keep. 25. P to KB4 first prevents 

 any reaction, and would secure an easy victory. 



(A) The best chance ; for if 25. . . B to Esq, then 

 26. P to KB4, as before. 



(?) Too risky. He should play the Knight to Bsq. 



(»0 After 26. . . Q X P ; 27. E to KBsq, P x Kt, it 

 would be very difficult for White to win. For this reason 

 White decides to run a great risk at his nest move. 



(n) Very ingenious, though it happens to be unsound. 



(o) Intent now on saving what looked like a lost game, 

 White finds the only move to draw. But he could have 

 obtained a very lucky win by 28. Q x Pch, K to Esq ; 

 29. E to Q8 !, Q X Pch ; .30. K to Bsq, Q to E8ch ; 31. K 

 to K2, Q to E4ch ; 32. P to B3, Q to QKt4ch ; 33. P to 

 B4, Q X QKtP ; 34. Q to B6ch, etc., exchanging all the 

 pieces and winning with the QRP or KBP. 



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