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KNOWLEDGE 



[Febrcary 1, 1898. 



White (li). 



White mates in three moves. 



Game played in the Hastings International Tourney. 



(Jueen's (iambit ilerUneit. 



nated by Mr. Steinitz. 



(h) Best ; though there is a well-known trap by 4. . . . 

 QKt to Q2 ; 5. P X P, P x P ; 6. Kt x P, Kt x Kt ; 7. B x Q. 

 B to KtSch, etc. 



((•) The logical reply to the Queen's Fianchetto. If 

 Black retakes with the Pawn, White takes the free 

 diagonal with &. BQ3, retaining command of the QB file, 

 while the Black QB is blocked. If, as here, he retakes 

 with the Knight, White gains time afterwards by P to K4. 



(d) Obviously, if 11. . . . BxP, 12. P to QKtS, Q to 

 KtSch, 13. Kt to Q2. The move made is forced, as White 

 threatens to win a Pawn by Q to B2, unless, indeed, he 

 can venture on 11. ... Q to KtSch. 



{c) If now 12. ... B X P, 13. Q to E4 wins a piece. 

 Or if 12. ... Q to Kt5ch. 13. K to K2, B x EP, 14. E to 

 B3, Q x Pch ; 15. R to B2, Q to E6 ; IC. Q to Esq. We 

 cannot, of course, say for certain if this was Mr. Pillsbury's 

 idea. 



(/) A wasted move. Black is apparently trying to keep 

 hia majority of Pawns on the Queen's side, when it would 

 be safer to free his game by P to QB4. Nevertheless, his 

 plan is suflBciently ingenious and characteristic. 



((/) \\ith a view to the direct attack on the King which 

 follows. 



(/i) Completely overlooking Whites intention. He should 

 play Kt to Bsq. 



(/) Threatening R to R8ch. If now 27. . . . Kt to Bsq, 

 28. Q to E4, Kt to Kt3 ; and White mates in three moves. 



(./■) For if 28. . . . Kt to Bsq, R x Ktch, followed by 

 R X E, wins everything. The whole finish was very pretty 

 and forcible. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



The first-class amateur tourney at Llandudno resulted 

 in a win for Mr. A. Burn with the fine score of nine out of 

 ten games played. He lost, only to Mr. Bellingham, who 

 took the second prize, Mr. -Jones being third. Messrs. 

 Owen, Sherrard, and Gunston were among the unsncceasful 

 competitors. 



The Hastings Annual Chess Festival is fixed for January 

 24th-27th. Besides the leading English masters, M. 

 •Janowski is expected to be present. 



A telephone match, played on December I8th between the 

 City of London Club and the Yorkshire Chess Association, 

 resulted in a victory for the former team by 5i games to 2^. 

 On the same day Surrey defeated Kent by 13 games to 7. 



The Vienna and St. Petersburg Chess Clubs are playing 

 a match of two games by correspondence. 



KNOWLEDGE, PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 



Contents of No. 147. 



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(/Iln»(rotod) 



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Lydekker, b.a., f.k.s ."? 



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