240 



KNOWLEDGE. 



[October 2, 1899. 



PROBLEM. 



Buck (8). 



White (7). 



White mates in four moves. 



[The above ia a competing problem in the current 

 tourney of the British Chess Magazine. In spite of its 

 difBculty it will well repay the trouble of solving, a trouble 

 which we hope some of our solvers will not grudge.] 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



Mr. H. E. Atkins won the first prize in the Amsterdam 

 Amateur Tournament without losing or drawing a single 

 game. This is undoubtedly a very fine performance, even 

 though the majority of the sixteen competitors were not 

 quite of the front rank. Mr. Atkins also won the 

 Brilliancy Prize ; the game which obtained it will be 

 found below. 



Another celebrated chess player and theorist has passed 

 away. Baron von Heydebrandt imd der Lasa died on 

 July 27th, at the age of eighty years. He was one of the 

 very finest players of his time, and the original author of 

 the " German Handbuch." 



The appended game obtained the Brilliancy Prize in 

 the recent amateur tournament held at Amsterdam :^ 

 " Ruy Lopez.' 



White. 

 (J. IX TresliiiK.) 



1. P to K4 



2. Kt to KB3 



3. B to Kt5 



4. Castles. 



5. Kt to B3 («) 



6. P to Q4 



7. Kt to Q5 



8. KtxBch 



9. P to Q5 



10. B to Q3 



11. Kt to Kl 



12. P to QB4 (c) 

 18. B to K3 



14. R to Bl 



15. E to B3 [d) 



16. B to B2 



17. P to B3 («) 



18. B to B2 



19. P to KKt4 



20. R to R3 (/■) 



21. K to Kt2 



22. P to E3 



23. E to Rl 



24. P to Kt4 



25. P to B5 



26. Q to Bl (g) 



27. BPxP 



7. 



Black. 

 (H. E. Atkins.) 



1. P to K4 



2. Kt to QB3 



3. Kt to B3 



4. P to Q3 



5. B to K2 (b) 



6. Kt to Q2 

 Castles 

 QxKt 

 Kt to Ql 

 K toRl 

 P to KB3 

 Kt to B2 

 KR to Ktl 

 P to KKt3 

 Kt to B4 

 PtoB4 

 P toB5 

 P to KKt4 

 Kt to Q2 

 Kt to B8 

 P to KR4 

 K to Kt2 

 R to Rl 

 Kt to R3 

 BtoQ2 

 K to Kt3 

 BPxP 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 



12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 

 25. 

 26. 

 27. 



28. BxRP(A) 



U) 



(") 



(b) 



close 



RPxP 

 B to KKtl 

 KxR 



K to Kt2 

 KxQ 

 K to E2 



I prefer 5. B xKtch, 

 Not usually a good 



29 

 30. 

 31. 

 32. 

 33. 

 34. 



and 6. 

 square 



28 P X P 



29. Kt (R3)xP (i) 



30. RxR 



31. Q to R2ch 

 82. Q to R6ch 



33. Kt to K6 dis ch 



34. R to KRl mates 

 P to Q4. 

 for the Bishop in the 



forms of the Ruy Lopez. 5. . . P to KKt3 might 

 be played. 



((') As the result of Black's dilatory manceuvring. White 

 should here get some attaokby 12. P to KB4, and P to B5 

 if the Pawn be not taken. 



(//) Perhaps 15. B to Ktsq is better. Then if 15. . . . 

 Kt to B4. 16. P to QKt4; as it is, Black gets time to 

 advance his KBP and free his game considerably. 



(e) 17. PxP would give him a freer game, with pro- 

 spects of playing the Q to R5 in the near future. Black's 

 open Knights' file would not be particularly formidable. 



(/) This is useless, as he cannot conveniently take the 

 RP, 20. P to QKt4 is probably his best move. 



(g) To defend the Rook, with a view to B x RP ; but the 

 manoeuvre is too slow. P x P at once would be better, 



(h) Overlooking Mr. Atkins" not very hidden sacrifice. 



(/) Correct on principle. Two such Pawns alone are 

 worth the Knight, apart from the attack which would in- 

 evitably follow its capture. 



(y) If 30. Kt to Q3, R x R, 31. Q x R, R x B, etc. His 

 best chance lies in 30. R x R, R x R ; 31. P x Kt. The 

 actual finish is pretty and problematic, though not un- 

 obvious. Mr. Atkins played the final attack with skill, 

 after a somewhat cramped opening development. 



KNOWLEDGE, PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 



Contents of No. i66 (August). 



On the Treatment and Utilization of 

 Anthropological Data.— IV- Heigrht. 

 By Arthur Thomson, m.a., m.b. 



The Karkinokosm, or WorUl of Crus- 

 tacea. — X. Weapons and Wiles. 

 By the Rev. Thomas R. R. Stebbing, 



m'a., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S. {Illus- 



trattd.) 

 A Contrast in Noses. By R. Lydekker. 



{Plah\) 

 Some Suspected Variable Stars. By 



J. E. Gore, f.b.a.s. 

 The New Alirol Variable in Cyprus 



+ 45"^ 306>'. By Edward C. Pickering. 

 British Ornithological Notes. Con- 

 ducted by Harry F. Witberby, 



F.Z.S. , M.B.o.r. 

 Science Notes. 



Obituary.— Sir William Flower. , 

 Letters. 



Notices of Books. 

 Two Months on the Guadalquiver. — 



III. Reeds and Rushes. By Harry 



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



trated.) 

 Secrets of the Earth's Crust.— IV. 



A Caldron of the Rocks. By Greu- 



viUe A. J. Cole, m.e.i.a., f.g.s. 

 Microscopy. By John H. Cooke, 



F.L.8., f.g.s. 

 Notes on Comets and Meteors. By 



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

 The Face of the Sky for August. By 



A. Fowler, f.r.a.s. 

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

 Plate. — A Contrast in Noses. 



Contents of No. 167 (September). 

 Soimd Reflection and Refraction, By 



the Rev. John M. Bacon, m.a., 



f.r.a.s. 

 The Mycetozoa, and some Questions 



which they Suggest. — Y. By the 



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



LL.D., F.E.S., and Agnes Fry. {Illus- 

 trated.) 

 Fairy Rings. By A. B. Steele. 

 Ben Nevis and its Observatory. — I. 



By William S. Bruce, f.r.s.g.s. 



(Hlus.f rated.) 

 Some Suspected Variable Stars. — 11. 



By J. E. Gore, f.r.a.s. 

 Clouds. ByE.M. Antoniadi, f.r.a.s., 



and G. Mathieu. {Illustrated.j 



(Plate.) 

 Letters. 

 Obituary. 

 Notices of Books. 

 London Summers near Sxmspot 



Minima. By Alex. B. MacDowall, 



ma. {Illustyatcd.) 

 The Story of the Orchids.— IL By 



the Rev. Alex. S. Wilson, m.a., 



B.sc. {Illustrated.) 

 Electricity as an Exact Science. — 



V. Electrical Reasoning and In- 

 controvertible Electrical Fact. By 



Howard B. Little. 

 Notes on Comets and Meteors. By 



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

 Microscopy. By John H. Cooke, 



F.L.S., f.g.s. 

 The Face of the Sky for September. 



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

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



Plate.— Photograplis of Clouds. 



The yearly bound volumes of Knowledge, cloth gilt, 8s. 6d., post free. 

 Binding Cases, Is. 6d. each ; post free, Is. 9d. 



Subscribers' numbers boimd (includinsr case and Index), 2s. 6d. each volume. 

 Index of Articles and Dlustrations for 1891, 1892, 1894, 1395, 1896, 1897, and 

 l8i'S -^u be supplied for 3d. each. 

 All remittances should be made payable to the Publisher of " Ksowlepgk." 



*' Knowledge" Annual Subscription, throughout the world, 



7s. 6d., post &ee. 



Communications for the Editors and Books for Review should be addressed 

 Editors, " Knowledge," 326, High Holbom, London, W.C. 



