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KNOWLEDGE 



[May 1, 1893. 



The following game was played at board No. 1 in the 

 Inter-Universities match last month : — 



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1. 



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9. 

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 19. 

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 21. 

 22. 



French Defence. 

 White Black 



, Atkins, C'amljridge). (E. Gr. Lvnaiu, Oxford). 



P to K4 1. P to K3 



P to Q4 2. P to Q4 



Kt to QBB 8. Kt to KB3 



P to K.5 4. Kt to Q2 



P to B4 (a) 5. P to KKtB (/-) 



Kt to B3 6. B to Kt2 



B to Q3 ((•) 7. P to QB4 



P X P (d) 8. Kt X P 



B to K3 (>') 9. Kt X Boh 



QxKt 10. PtoQR3?(,0 



P to KE4 ! 11. P to KR4 ? 



Castles QR 12. P to QKt4 (</) 



KR toKtsq ih) IB. KttoB3 



P to KKt4 14. B to Kt2 (i) 



K toKtsq (j) 15. Q to E4 



PxP 16. RxP(A) 



E X P ! 17. Kt to Kt5 



ExPeb! 18. K to Q2 (/) 



R to QOch 19. K to Ksq 



Q to Q4 20. Kt to B8 



Q to KtO 21. RtoKtsq ? 

 R X Kt Resigns. 



Notes. 



(a) This, in conjunction with the previous move, con- 

 stitutes Mr. Steiuitz's attack. 



(6) Quite out of keeping with the spirit of the defence. 

 Black gives up the advantage on the Queen's side which 

 he should get by 5. ... P to QB4, 6. P xP, QKt to B3, 

 without in any way strengthening his King's side. In 

 fact, the move P to KKt3 not only gives a point of attack 

 for White's KRP, but also weakens the effect of P to KB8, 

 which is often a strong move for the defence. 



(c) 7. B to K3 would prevent P to QB4 for the moment. 



(d) 8. Kt to QKt5 is not much good, on account of 

 the reply 8. ... B to Bsq. 



(f) Perhaps here, however, it was worth while to retire 

 the Bishop to K2 first. 



(/) Waste of time, apart from the extra power which it 

 gives to the White Bishop. He should castle at once, or 

 bring out one of bis minor pieces. White's reply is 

 probably intended to deter Black from castling. As a 

 matter of fact it induces him to still further weaken his 

 game. 



(r/) 12. . . . Kt to BB at once was much better. The 

 Knight might then be played via K2 to KB4. 



(h) Good enough; though 13. Kt to K4 looks also very 

 strong. 



((■) He has no time for this. Kt to K2 or Q to B2 was 

 necessary. 



ij) For White might perhaps have played at once 

 15. PxP, RxP; 10. RxP, Kt to Kt5 ; 17. 

 RxPch, K to Bsq; 18. B to B5ch, K to Ktsq ; 19. 

 BxKt, PxR; 20. Kt to K4, with a strong attack. Mr. 

 Atkins' move, however, is very deep. He intends in the 

 above variation to meet . . . Kt to Kt5 by RxB!, 

 recovering the Queen, as Black will no longer take it with 

 a check. 



(A) Curiously fatal now, owing to the position of his 

 Queen. He should play . . . Kt to Kto at once. 



(l) If 18. ... K to Bsq, 19. B to B5ch, and 20. 

 B x Kt, attacking the Queen. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



The Oxford and Cambridge chess match was played at 

 the British Chess Club on March 24th. It will be seen 

 from the score that Cambridge won by a handsome 

 majority : though Mr. Hoffer, who adjudicated the un- 

 finished games, is of opinion that, on the actual merits of 

 the earlier portions of the games, Oxford should have at 

 least drawn the match. In this match, each player was 

 limited to one game for the first time. Clocks were 

 successfully re-introduced. 



Oxford. 



1. Mr. R. G. Lynam.St. Oath. 



2. Mr. G. H. Heginbottom, 



Pemb 



3. Mr. P. W. Sergeant, Trin. 1 



4. Mr. G. H. Cooper, Oriel... 



5. Mr. E. W. Poynton, Exeter 



6. Mr. E. Lawtou, Corpus,. . 



7. Mr. D. L. Secretan, Pemb. 



Cambridge. 

 Mr. H. E. Atkins, Peterhouse 1 

 Mr. E. Young, Corpus 1 



Mr. J. H. Percival, Trin. H. 

 Mr. C. E. Campbell, Trin. H. 1 

 Mr. P. Hart-Dyke, King's... 1 

 Mr. H. J. Snowden, Queen's 1 

 Mr. L. W. Lewis, Peterhouse 1 



1 6 



Cambridge is now eight matches to the good. 



The undecided game in the Hants v. Sussex match at 

 Chichester was adjudicated in favour of Sussex, who thus 

 won by seven games to six. The same county again 

 defeated Kent in the return match at Ashford, the score 

 being Sussex 9|, Kent 5^. 



Possible encounters abroad this season are Lasker r. 

 Showalter in America, and Tschigorin v. Walbrodt at 

 Berlin or St. Petersburg. In the former case the amount 

 of the stakes is the point at issue ; in the latter the scene 

 of action, each player being naturally anxious to play in 

 his own capital. 



The long-expected Amateur Tournament at Cambridge 

 took place early last month. The number of entries fell 

 considerably below expectations. Messrs. Loman, Owen 

 and Porterfield Rynd, who were regarded as certain to 

 compete, failed to appear ; while Dr. Hunt, and Messrs. 

 Locock and Miniati, who had also some thoughts of enter- 

 ing, were absent. In the end there were only five 

 competitors, who decided, in view of their numerical 

 weakness, to play two roimds. The result was as follows : — 



First prize, J. H. Blake (Southampton), 



hi • 



second, 



W. H. Gunston, 4 (and one game unfinished). Mr. A. 

 Dod (Liverpool) and the Rev. A. B. Skipworth (Horncastle) 

 each scored 3^, and Dr. Deighton (Cambridge) 2 J (and 

 one game unfinished) ; altogether a singularly even result. 



Contents of No. 90. 



FAOE 



Citerpillars' Dwellings — I. By 

 E.A.Butler 61 



Woodpeckers. By Harry F. 

 WitUerby t)4 



Deep Sea Deposits. -Second Paper. 



By the Rev, H. N. Hutchinson, 



B,A,, F.G.S 65 



The Distribution of the Stars. By 



Miss A. M. Clerke 66 



The 1) Argus Nebula. By A. C. 



Eanyard 69 



Science Notes 71 



PAOB 



Letters : — R. Lydekker ; Charles 

 Nielsen; B. J. Hopkins ; W.H.S. 

 Monck;G. E. Mitton; Edwyn 

 Anthony ; W. Stauitorth 73 



The Constitution of Gases. By 

 J. J. Stewart 75 



The Face of the Sky for April. 

 By Herbert Sadler, F.E.A.S. ,., 78 



Chess Column. By C. D. Locock, 

 B.A.Oion 79 



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