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KNOWLEDGE. 



[August 1, 1899. 



No. 2. 

 By W. Clugston (Belfast). 



Black (4). 



White (i5). 



White mates in two moves. 



[Will correspondents kindly notice the alteration of 

 address mentioned at the beginning of this column.] 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



The London International Tournament was brought to 

 a conclusion on July 10th, with the following result : — 



1st Eound. 

 11 



2iid Round. 



lU 



10 



8" 



4 

 4 

 3 



8i 



8i 



8 



7i 



7 



7 



6 



7 



3J- 



Total. 

 221 



18 



18 



18 



17 



15i 



15" 



12i 



12 



iH 

 llA 



7 



Lasker 

 C .Tanowski 

 } Pillsbury 

 (. Maroczy 



Schlechter . . . 



Blackburne . . . 



Tchigorin 



Showalter 



Mason 

 ' ^t'ohn 

 ( Steinitz 



Lee 



Bird 



Tinsley 



The prize list is as follows : — 



E. Lasker, first 



M. Janowski ) second, ( 

 H. N. Pillsbury^ third, and J 

 G. Maroczy ) fourth ( 

 C. Schlechter, fifth 

 J. H. Blackburne, sixth ... 

 M. Tchigorin, seventh . . 

 J. W. Showalter, eighth ... 

 J. Mason, ninth 



Mr. Teichmann was also a competitor, but retired owing 

 to ill-health after playing four games, his score then being 

 two. 



A comparison of the prize list with the .Tuly number of 

 Knowledge will show that our prediction as to the ultimate 

 first four did not err on the side of rashness. Mr. Lasker's 

 performance was a remarkably fine one. He lost one 

 game only out of twenty-seven, seven being drawn, and 

 has more than justified his claim to be considered the 

 finest living player. M. Janowski was leading for some 

 time, but fell off slightly ; no competitor drew fewer games. 

 Herr Maroczy, on the contrary, drew ten games, and lost 

 only four to M. Janowski's seven. Mr. Pillsbury invariably 

 j)layed to win, and ran many risks throughout. Neverthe- 

 less he won two games less than M. Janowski, and drew 

 twice as many. Herr Schlechter drew eight games, a very 



£250 



115 



115 



115 



05 



50 



40 



80 



20 



small number for him. Mr. Blackburne, after a rather 

 poor start, played up excellently ; he was the only player 

 who defeated I\Ir. Lasker. M. Tchigorin also improved 

 after the first week or two, as also did Mr. Mason, but Mr. 

 Showalter fell off after a good start. Herr Cohn also 

 started capitally, but fell all to pieces in the second round. 

 Of Mr. Steinitz we do not know what to say, except that 

 he has never in his long career failed so unaccountably. 

 Mr. Lee did fairly well to win six games and draw seven 

 in such company. The other two Englishmen made poor 

 scores. 



Two of the best-known English chess-players joined the 

 majority last month. One, the Eev. G. A. Macdonnell, 

 was one of the finest amateurs in the days of Staunton, 

 Boden and Buckle. He was for many years Chess Editor 

 of the Sporting and Dnmrntic Neirs, and was the author 01 

 " Chess Life Pictures," and " The Knights and Kings of 

 Chess." Mr. Macdonnell had been in failing health some 

 time before his death at the age of 69. The other, Mr. 

 Edmund Thorold, of Bath, is best known as the inventor 

 of the variation of the Allgaier Gambit, which has super- 

 seded all others, and which will bear his name as long as 

 chess lasts. He was a most brilliant player, and took 

 part in many of the meetings of the Counties Chess 

 Association, and in the International Tournaments at 

 Bradford and Manchester in 1888 and 1889. Mr. 

 Thorold's name will be always associated with three 

 others— Skipworth, Eanken and Wayte. Of these four 

 Mr. Eanken is now alone left. 



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The Hereford Earthquake of 1896. 

 By Charles Davison, sc.i>., f.g.s. 

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The Discoloration of Cut Apples. By 

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On the Treatment and Utilization of 

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Secrets of the Earth's Crust.— III. 

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 A. J. Cole, M.R.I. A., F.a.s. (Illus- 

 trated.) 



A New Satcllit« of Satnm. By 

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Nebulous Region round the Cluster 

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British Oruithological Notes. Con- 

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The Karkinokosm, or World of Crus- 

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Microscopy. By John H. Cooke, 

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Notes on Comets and Meteors. By 

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The Face of the Sky for June. By 

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

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By 



By 



By 



Contents of No. 165 (July). 



Sponges and the Sponge Trade. 



R. Lydekker. (lUusirafed.) 

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J. G. Macphersou, f.k s.e. 

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Clarke Nuttall, B.sc. 

 Distribution of Stars in Space. 



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The Teeth on the Labella of the Blow 

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Microscopy. By John H. Cooke, 



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Notes on Comets and Meteors. By 



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 The Face of the Sky for July. 



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