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KNOWLEDGE. 



[February 1, 1898. 



Notes. 



((() 8. Kt to Kt3 instead would have prevented Black 

 from freeing their game by P to Q4. 



(/)) Probably best. Evidently 9. B x Kt leads to nothing. 



(c) This move, always so tempting, is not generally 

 good, the Pawns being liable to be broken np nltimately 

 by P to KB4. In the present instance, however, Black 

 gain time by attacking the Knight, and follow up the 

 move very ingeniously. 



(</) If 13. B X P, B X B ; U. P x Kt, P to Q6, &c. The 

 course adopted gives Black the advantage of two Bishops, 

 White's compensation, if any, lying in the open QB file. 



((') 16. ... P to QB4 would not be good, for Black 

 would break up the Pawns by R to QBsq and P to QKt4. 



(/) A fatal mistake. 17. ... B to K3 was the correct 

 reply. 17. . . B to K7 (perhaps their original intention) 

 was not good, a/., 17. ... B to K7 ; 18. KR to Ksq, 

 BxKt; 19. BxB, BxP; 20. BxQP with the same 

 advantage as in the actual game. In taking the Knight, 

 the London players relied too much on the assumption 

 that Bishops of opposite colours always lead to a draw. 

 Some remarks of ours on " Chess Fallacies," in the June 

 number of KN(i\vi,ED(iK, arc so appropriate to the present 

 instance that they may be quoted hero : " Falhiri/ V III. — 

 That Bisliops (if iijjpiisitc cdIoui:'} (dicKi/s tend In a driiw. — The 

 contrary is often the case. Imagine that Black has 

 castled on the King's side, and weakened his position by 

 the move P to KKtS. It is now to White's advantage that 

 each player should lose his King's Bishop, leaving the 

 Bishops of opposite colours. The White Queen's Bishop, 

 in conjunction with the Queen and a Knight or Rook, will 

 then probably be irresistible on the King's side. White's 

 Bishop commanding the holes at KB6 and KR6, while the 

 Black Queen's Bishop is practically useless for defence. 

 The general rule may be stated as follows ; If your 

 opponent has all, or nearly all, bis Pawns on one colour, 

 get rid, if possible, of his Bishop of the ather colour. The 

 remaining Bishop may guard some of the Pawns, but he 

 cannot guard what is more important — the dicujonats 

 iimonr/ till' Pdirn-t." The above remarks exactly describe 

 the present position after the exchange of pieces. 



((/) This makes matters worse, as now White cleverly 

 gain time by threatening to win the exchange. 20. . . . 

 Q to Ksq and 20. ... P to Kt4 have been suggested as 

 alternatives, the latter for choice. We should prefer, how- 

 ever, 20. ... Q to R5, for if White in reply advance one 

 of their Pawns on the King's side their Rooks are thereby 

 prevented from coming into play on that wing. 



(A) 22. . . . KR to Ksq was probably better. The 

 move must be made soon. 



(/) 24. ... Q to KR4 would be met by 25. QR to 

 QBsq and 26. R to B3, .tc. 24. ... Q to Q3 would lose 

 a Pawn on account of 2.5. Q to Kt5, P to R3, 26. Q to R4. 



(j) If 28. . . . P to R3, 29. R to KR4, K to R2 ; 30. 

 R to B3 (threatening mate in 3), B to Bsq ; 31. R (B3j 

 to B4 and wins. 28. . . . P to R4 would also lose by 

 29. P to KKt4 ! (not 29. R to KR4, K to R2, threatening 

 Q to R3). The Liverpool players conducted the latter half 

 of the game with great skill and ability. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



Herr Walbrodt, of Berlin, who was so successful in the 

 late Dresden International Tournament, is now fulfilling 

 an engagement with the Havana Chess Club. Mr. Lasker 

 has also been invited, on the condition that he will play a 

 match with Herr Walbrodt. 



After his successes with the Manhattan players, Mr. 

 Lasker's progress received a slight check at the hands of 

 Mr. .T. W. Showalter. They played a short match, and 

 after each player had won one game the match was rather 

 tamely abandoned as drawn. 



The North v. South match at Birmingham, on .January 

 28th, is exciting the greatest interest. The Southern Com- 

 mittee found themselves with no less than 180 names to 

 select their team of 100 from ; probably some GO or 70 

 of the team will be representatives of London and its 

 suburbs. 



The proposed Winter Tournament for amateurs has been 

 postponed till Easter, when it is expected to take place at 

 Cambridge. 



Modem (//ii'sx Ilrillidnrie'i is the title of a collection of 

 seventy-five games edited and arranged by Mr. (1. H. D. 

 Gossip. Most of the games are briefly annotated, but there 

 is nothing in the notes to alarm the least advanced student. 

 Whether all the games in the selection deserve their place, 

 or not, may perhaps be open to question. Game No. 55 

 has certainly no pretensions to be classed as one of the two 

 "most brilliant games on record," and postal brilliancies 

 might perhaps have been omitted in favour of such a game 

 as Mason v. Winawer, in the last Vienna Tournament. 

 In most respects, however, it is an interesting collection, 

 and quite worth the shilling asked for it. Messrs. Ward 

 and Downey are the publishers. 



We have received from Mr. J. E. Whincop, of 23, West 

 Hillary Street, Leeds, a very useful pocket chess-board on 

 the diagram principle. The principle is not new, but has 

 been greatly improved. The board is on solid leather, the 

 chess-men being of ivory or bone. The whole is enclosed 

 in a strong leather case. The price, 3s. 2d. (post free), 

 seems very moderate. 



Contents op No. 87. 



PAGE 



The Disaster at, St. Gervais. (A 

 Supplement.) By the Riglit 

 Hon. Sir Edw.ird Frr, LL.D., 

 F.E.S., &c 1 



A Volatile Series of Metallic Com- 

 pounds. By C. F. Townseud, 

 P.C.S .-i 



(,'iterpillars— III. By E. A. Butler t 



The Naimher aud Distance of the 

 Visible Stars. By J. E. Gore, 

 F.E.A.S 7 



Science Notes 9 



What is a Nebula ? By A. 



Rauyard 



The late W. Mattieu Williams .... 

 Letters:.— G. W. Qrahham, M.D. 



(Lend.); J. Eweu Davidsou ; 



W. T. Lynn ; Dr. A. Brester, Jz. 

 Lemurs. By R. Lydekker, 



B.A.Cautal. 



The Face of the Sky for .January. 



By Herbert Sadler, F.R.A.S. ... 

 Chess Column. By C. D. Locock, 



B.A.Oxon 



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