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KNOWLEDGE 



[January 2, 1893. 



Notes. 



{(/) From which it was conjectured by the Loudon 

 players that Mr. Owen was at the Liverpool board. 



(/<) Premature perhaps : the Pawn should be quietly 

 defended. 



((•) To prevent B to QB4. If Black reply 10. Kt to Kt8, 

 White intended to continue with 11. B to KKt5. 



(rf) A necessary consequence of their previous move, 

 which was played without due consideration. Two Pawns 

 being threatened, castling was compulsory. 



(c) White having attained their object in doubling the 

 adverse Pawns (apparently the only thing they had to play 

 for) proceed to ensure their continuance in the double 

 state. But they overlooked something, as will be seen 

 later on ( i-itle Note //). 



(,/■) Better than 20. Q to K8, because of the reply 20. 

 QR to Ksq, threatening to win a Pawn by 21. P to Kt4 ; 

 22. B to Kt3, Kt X B ; 23. P x Kt, B x P, etc. 



Ui) If now 21. P to KR3, Black wins by 21. PxP; 22. 

 RP'xP, RxR; 23. RxR, KtxP! 'White are now 

 virtually on the defensive for a few moves, but it is nothing 

 very serious, provided that they are not tempted to weaken 

 their centre by P to KB4. 



(/() Both sides were pressed for time about here. 

 ■ (t) A necessary preliminary to their next move. 



(/■) With a view to a sortie of the Queen lia KtS to Kt8, 

 but they find afterwards that there is nothing to be gained 

 by this process. Another line of play was 35. Kt to Kf3, 

 K to Kt3 ; 36. P to R4, P x P ; 37. Kt x Kt, P x Kt ; 38. 

 B X P, with the advantage. The London players had 

 analyzed this variation three moves previously, when the 

 Black Bishop stood at Kt2, and perceived that 38. B x P 

 would be answered by 38. . . . B x QP. They failed to 

 notice afterwards that Black's 34th move did away with 

 this objection. 



(/,) White were now perforce content to accept the draw 

 which they had refused a few moves back. 



[The score of the above game is from the Stainlanl : we 

 believe, however, that it is not quite correct in the order of 

 some of the moves.] 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



The return match by telephone between the Liverpool 

 Chess Club and the British Chess Club, London, took 



place on December 17th. As in the previous match, two 

 consultation games were played. At one board Messrs. 

 lUumberg, Cairns, Ferguson, and Wellington, on the part 

 of Liverpool, opposed Messrs. Heppell, Hotter, Lord, and 

 Trenchard of London. Liverpool played the Ruy Lopez, 

 which was defended regularly, and resulted in equality. 

 The London players, in endeavouring to force the draw, 

 injudiciously allowed exchanges which resulted in Bishops 

 being left of opposite colours, a fact which speedily decided 

 the game in favour of Liverpool. Evidently the ancient 

 superstition concerning the invariable drawing tendency 

 of Bishops of opposite colours still lingers in the minds of 

 tirst-class players. 



In the other game Liverpool was represented by Rev. J. 

 Owen, Messrs. A. Dod, Kaizer, and Dr. Sugden ; the 

 London players being Messrs. Donisthorpe, (ruest, Hirsch, 

 and Locock. This game, which resulted in a draw after 

 six hours' play, is given above. The match resulted as 

 last year in a victory for Liverpool. Without in any way 

 wishing to detract from the merits of this result, it may 

 be mentioned that the London players were much 

 disturbed by their unquiet surroundings, and wasted much 

 valuable time in refuting the suggestions of certain 

 irresponsible spectators. We understand that they 

 manage these things better in Liverpool. 



On November 28th, Cambridge University (past and 

 present) defeated a team representing the British Chess 

 Club by 6i games to 2|. The London Club was not very 

 strongly represented throughout. 



The Handicap Tournament at the British Chess Club 

 resulted in the victory of Mr. Trenchard, who defeated 

 .\Ir. Donisthorpe, the winner of the other section, after 

 losing the first game and drawing the second. 



Surrey and Sussex played a match. 20 a side, on 

 November 28th, at Brighton, the result being a tie. 



On December 10th, the British Chess Club, who are 

 unusually active this season, defeated the Athenseum 

 Chess Club by 6 games to 4. 



There will be an Amateur Tournament at Cambridge, 

 commencing on .January 3rd. The entrance fee is two 

 guineas. Applications should be made immediately to the 

 Rev. A. B. Skip worth, Tetford Rectory, Horncastle. 



Mr. C. T. Blanshard is bringing out a translation of 

 Dufresne's " Examples of Chess Master-play," a collection 

 of 74 match-games played in the years 1887-90. The 

 notation will be English, and the price 2s. Mr. W. W. 

 Morgan is the publisher. 



Contents op No. 86. 



ArmadiUos and Aard-Varks. By 

 K. Lydekker, B.A.Cantab 221 



On the Distriltution of Stars iu 

 the Milky Way. By John 

 Richard Sutton, B.A.Oantah , 22t 



Caterpillars~II. By E.A.Butler 220 



Photoerraphs of Swift's Comet. 

 By Prof. E. E. Barnard 229 



On the Forms of Comets' Tails. 

 By A. C. Ranyai-d 229 



Science Notes 231 



PAOE 



Recent Trade and the Nation's 

 Drinking Hahita. By Alex. B. 

 MacDowall, M.A 2.'12 



Notices of Books 234 



Letters;— W. P. Kirby ; W. T. 

 Lynn: W. H. S. Monck 235 



The Face of the Sky for Decem- 

 ber. By Herbert Sadler, 

 F.E.A.S 238 



Chess Column. By C. D. Locock, 

 B.A.Oxon 2.J9 



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