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KNOWLEDGE. 



[November 1, 1898. 



Solution Tourney. 



Solutions, to be in time, must bear a post-mark not later 

 than the 12th of the month in which the problems apjaear. 

 They should be addressed to C. D. Locock, Burwash, 

 Sussex. Key-moves and dual continuations (if any) alone 

 need be given. It will obviously be unfair to publish any 

 criticisms of problems during the progress of the tourney, 

 but the Chess-Editor will be interested to receive them. 



Marks will be awarded as follows ; — For each correct 

 key-move, three points ; for each dual continuation (on 

 the second move), one point. One point will be ihihicted 

 for every incorrect claim. If a problem has no solution, 

 " No solution " must be claimed. If a problem has more 

 than one solution, duals will not score. "Short mates" 

 take precedence of all others. 



Should any problem be incorrectly printed it will be 

 cancelled and republished. 



Information as to the correctness of any diagram cannot 

 be given. All diagrams must be assumed to be correct 

 unless the number of pieces on any diagram disagrees with 

 the number stated. In that case no notice need be taken 

 of it. 



Those solvers who intend to qualify for the " Coroner's 

 Jury " iriile Rule 7), by solving every problem correctly, 

 are particularly requested to keep a record of their im- 

 pressions of each problem as it is published. Merits or 

 defects, clearly visible at the time, are otherwise liable to 

 be foigotten after an interval of six months. This hint is, 

 of course, only necessary in the case of our less ex- 

 perienced solvers. 



The following prettily played game is taken from the 

 Liverpool Mcrcun/. It was played in a recent match 

 between Liverpool and Dublin. 



Zukertort's Opening. 

 White Black 



(A. Kutlun-ford). (A. S. I'eake). 



1. Kt to KB3 1. P to Q4 



2. P to Q4 2. Kt to KB3 



3. Pto K3 3. P to K3 



4. P toQB4 4. PxP 



5. BxP 5. Pto QB4 



6. Castles 0. B to K2 



7. B to Q2 7. Castles 



8. B to B3 8. Kt to K5 



9. Q to QB2 9. Kt X B 



10. Kt X Kt 10. P to QE3 



11. QR to Qsq 11. Q to B2 



12. B to Q3 12. P to KR3 



13. Kt to K4 18. Kt to Q2 



14. PxP 14. P to KB4 



15. KttoKt3 15. QxP 



16. B to B4 16. K to Esq 



17. Q to Kt3 17. Q to Kt3 



18. Kt to K5! 18. QyQ 



19. Kt to Kt6ch 19. K to Ktsq 



20. B X Q 20. K to B2 



21. KtxBP 21. KttoB4 



22. Kt(B5)x Band wins 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



Mr. Lasker, after defeating Mr. Ettlinger of the 

 Manhattan Chess Club by 5 games to 0, has entered for a 

 tournament arranged in New York, for the benefit of those 

 players who bad intended to take part in the Columbian 

 Chess Congress. The other competitors are M. Taubenhaus 

 of Paris, Dr. Schmidt of Dresden, Herr Albin of Vienna, 



Messrs. .Jasnogrodsky, Lee, and Gossip of London, and 

 Messrs. Delmar, Pollock, Showalier, Pillsbury, Oily, Ryan, 

 and Major Hanham of the Ignited States. Mr. Lasker 

 won his first three games in fine style, and should be 

 certain of the first prize. Mr. Lee also made a good start. 

 The performance of Mr. Pillsbury, the winner of a brilliant 

 consultation game against Steinitz, published in this 

 column a few months ago, will be watched with great 

 interest. 



A match by correspondence is announced between 

 Mr. Steinitz and the Liverpool Chess Club. Two games 

 will be played, the time limit being one move a week. 



Mr. C. E. Biaggini, the hon. sec. of the North London 

 Chess Club, informs us that the club has recently changed 

 its quarters. It now meets at the Amhurst Club, Amhurst 

 Road, N., on Thursdays at 7.30. 



The llackncij Mercury announces its eleventh Problem 

 Tourney, for two-move and three-move direct mates. 

 Composers are limited to one problem in each section. 

 Entries to be made before March 1st, 1894. 



The announcement of the match now in progress at 

 St. Petersburg between Dr. Tarrasch of Nuremberg, and 

 M. Tschigoriu of Russia, came as a surprise to most 

 chess-players. The negotiations were conducted in secret 

 and the match commenced without delay early last month. 

 Dr. Tarrasch won the first game, a Ruy Lopez, with the 

 greatest ease in twenty-nine moves, his opponent going all 

 to pieces in the middle game. In the second game 

 Tschigoriu met the Frencli Defence in the strangest 

 fashion, and had to remain strictly on the defensive for 

 some thirty moves, while the German master pressed the 

 attack on the Queen's side with great skill, and eventually 

 won a Pawn. Tschigoriu then obtained a counter-attack 

 on the King's side, which his opponent treated with 

 greater contempt than it deserved, the result being that 

 the Russian, playing with great ingenuity, and aided by 

 his adversary's neglect, succeeded in forcing a mating 

 position on the forty-second move. M. Tschigorin won the 

 third game in sixty-two moves, and lost the fourth in the 

 same number. Dr. Tarrasch also won the fifth game in 

 twenty-six moves. Probably few expected the Russian 

 player to win two out of the first three games ; and though 

 Dr. Tarrasch certainly threw away the second game by 

 over-confidence, it looks as if the match may be closer 

 than was expected. The present score is : Tarrasch, 4 ; 

 Tschigorin, 2 ; Drawn, 0. 



Contents of No. 96. 



PAQB 



The Life-History of a Solar 

 Eclipse. By E. W. Manuder... 181 



Wbaleboue and Whalebone 

 Whales. By E. Lydekker, 

 B.A. Cantab -184 



Galls and their Occupants — IV. 

 ByE. A. Butler 186 



What is the Sun's Photosphere P 

 By A. C. Banyard 189 



Science Notes IIU 



Letters :— Geo. E. Hale ; C. W. 

 Sweeting; F. H. Glew ... 192 



FAaE 

 Lightning Photographs and some 



Photogi'apbic Deftcts. By A. 



C. E.anyarrt I93 



The Constitution of Gases. By 



J.J. Stewart, B.A. Cantab 195 



The Earth in Snace. By William 



Schooling, F.'R.A.S 



The Face of the Sky for 



October. By Herbert Sadler, 



P.R.A.S 



196 



Chess Column. By CD. Locock, 

 B.A.Oxon 



198 



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