September 1, 1893.] 



KNOWLEDGE 



179 



4h. 39m. A.M. ; an eclipse disappearance of the third 

 satellite at Oh. 7m. 17s. p.m. ; and its reappearance from 

 eclipse at lOh. 3Gm. 27s. p.^t. On the 2i)th an occiiltation 

 disappearance of the third satellite at Ih. 45m. a.m. ; an 

 eclipse disappearance of the first satellite at Ih. 4;9m. 423. 

 A.M. : an occultation reappearance of the third satellite at 

 8h. Om. A.M. ; an occultation reappearance of the first 

 satellite at 5h. 6m. a.ji. ; and a transit ingress of the 

 shadow of the first satellite at llh. 8m. p.m. On the 30th 

 a transit ingress of the first satellite at Oh. 15m. a.m. ; a 

 transit egress of its shadow at Ih. '2()m. a.m. ; a transit 

 egress of the satellite at 2h. 26m. a.m. ; and its reappear- 

 ance from occultation at llh. 33m. p.m. The following 

 are the times of superior and inferior couj unctions of the 

 fourth satellite: — Superior, September 2nd, Oh. 11-Om. 

 a.m., 19th, 2h. 16-2m. a.m. ; Inferior, September 10th, 

 7h. 9-5m. P.M., 27th, llh. 41-5m. a.m. 



Neptune is beginning to be visible, as he rises on the 1st 

 at lOh. 6m. p.m., with a northern declination of 20° 55', 

 and an apparent diameter of 2-6". On the 30th he rises 

 at 8h. 8m. p.m., with a northern declination of 20° 54'. 

 He is in quadrature with the Sun on the 5th. He i- 

 almost stationary in Taurus daring the month. 



There are no very well marked showers of shooting 

 stars in September. 



The Moon enters her last quarter at 9h. 42m. a.m. on 

 the 3rd ; is new at 7h. 5m. a.m. on the 10th ; enters her 

 first quarter at 4h. 19m. a.m. on the 18th, and is full at 

 8h. 23m. p.m. on the 25th. She is in perigee at lOh. a.m. 

 on the 4th (distance from the earth 229,650 miles) ; in 

 apogee at 2h. p.m. on the 17th (distance from the earth 

 251,240 miles) ; and in perigee again at 4h. p.m. on the 

 29th (distance from the earth 228,430 miles). 



The following ephemerides of comets 1892 VI. and 

 1893 I. may be useful : — 



f892 VI. 



E.A. Decl. South, (i-o^ttocovery.) 



September 1. 171i. 7ni. 30s. ... 18° 21 4' ... 0'159 



.5. 9in. 35s. ... 179' ... 0146 



9. 11m. 5l8. ... 15-3' ... 0134. 



13. 14m. 179. ... 126' ... 0124 



17. 16m. 53s. ... 10-4' ... 0115 



21. 19m. 379. ... 8-6' ... 0-106 



25. 22m. 293. ... 68' ... 098 



29. 25m. 30s. ... 52' ... 0081 



1893 I. 



E.A. Decl. Soutb. Br. 



September 1. Oh. 22m. 429. ... 8"^ 52-8' ... 0.079 



13. Oil. Om. 52s. ... 12° 37-3' ... 0069 



21. 23h. 46ui. 38s. ... 14" 493' ... 0-061 



29. 33m. 23.S. ... 16" 422' ... 0-0.53 



Cl)css CTolttmu. 



By C. D. LooooK, B.A.Oxon. 



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All communications for this column should be addressed 

 to the " Chess Editor, Knowledge Ofice," sluA posted before 

 the 12th of each month. 



Solution of Auijuat Prohlem (A. G. Fellows) : — 

 Key-move, 1. B to R3. 

 If 1. . . . KxR, 2. P to R6, &c. 

 If 1. . . . K to Q4, 2. B to Kt8, &c. 

 Correct Solution received from R. B. Cooke. 

 Solution to " Alpha's " Sanscrit Cdntrilmlion : — 



1. Rto R7ch, BxR. 



2. Q to KtSch, B X Q. 



3. P to Kt6, &c. 

 Correctly solved by R. B. Cooke, 



Solution to Mr. Roscnhawn's Prohlem, : — 



1. Kt to Kt5, K to Ktsq. 



2. R to K8ch, K to B2. 

 8. Kt to Q6ch, &c. 



Correctly solved by R. B. Cooke, 

 ir. A. Champion. — A good first attempt, hut not quite 

 correct. After 1. B to Kt8, K x B ; 2. Kt to Q3, K to (j4 

 (best), there is no mate. Moreover, Black is not compelled 

 to take the Bishop on his first move. 



PROBLEM. 

 By C. D. LococK. 



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White. 



White to play and mate in two moves. 



The following game was played at the meeting of the 



Counties' Chess Association last month. The score is 

 from the Daily News : — 



" Fianchetto Defence." 



White Black 



(Mr. J. H. make). (Rev. J. Owen;. 



1. P to K4 1. P to QKt3 



2. P to Q4 2. B to Kt2 



3. B to Q3 3. QKt to B3 (a) 



4. P to QB3 4. P to K4 (b) 



5. P to Q5 5. QKt to K2 



6. Kt to K2 6. Kt to Kt3 {c) 



7. Castles 7. B to K2 



8. Kt to Kt3 8. Kt to B3 



9. Kt to B5 9. Castles 



10. P to QB4 (</) 10. P to Q3 



11. Ktto B3 11. B toBsq(<') 



12. B to K3 12. K to Rsq ? 



13. K to Esq ( /■) 13. R to KKtsq ? 



14. P to KKt4 14. Kt to Ksq 



15. Kt to K2 15. B to Kt4 



16. Q toQ2! 16. PtoKB3(-/) 



17. R to KKtsq , 17. BxKt 



18. KtPxB 18. Ktto R5 (/() 



19. R to Kt3 19. P to KR3 



20. QR to KKtsq 20. Q to Q2 (/) 



21. P toB4 21. PxP 



22. Kt X P 22. P to Kt3 



23. Kt to K6 ! 23. Kt to Kt2 {J) 



24. KtxB 24. BPxKt 



25. BxP! 26. PxB 



26. Q X P 26. Kt to R4 (A) 



27. QxKt (R4) 27. Q to R2 



28. R to R3 28. Resigns (l) 



Notes. 



(«) Played by Mr. Owen's side in the last Telephone 



Match between Liverpool and the British Chess Club. 



