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KNOWLEDGE. 



[March 1, 1898. 



Part I.- 

 Whitb. 



1. P to K4 



2. KKt to B3 



3. B to Kt5 



4. P to Q4 



5. P to K5 



6. Castles 



7. B to E4 (h) 



8. BxKt 



9. KtxP 



10. Kt X Kt (d) 



11. Q to K2 



12. Q to K3 (/) 



13. Q to E7 (h) 



-The Opening. 



Black. 



1. P to K4 



2. QKt to B8 



3. Kt to B3 



4. PxP 



5. Kt to K5 



6. P to QR3 (/() 



7. Kt to B4 



8. QPxB 



9. Kt to K3 (<■) 



10. BxKt 



11. Q to R5 («>) 



12. Castles {;i) 



Notes. 



(a) Not to be found at this particular stage in any book 

 on the openings. The time-honoured move is 6 . . . 

 B to K2. 



(/)) This loses a move. 7. BQ3, or B to B4, would be 

 answered by 7. . . . P to Q4. But the best course seems 

 to be 7. B x Kt, QP x B ; 8. Kt x P (or a, b), B to K2 ; 

 !). B to K3, Q to Q4 ! 



(a) 8. (.' to K:.', QB to B4 (or (i.) ) [not 8. ... Q to Q4, 

 on account of P to QB4, now or later] ; 9. B to K3, Q to 

 Q2 (9. Kt X P, Q X Kt !) ; 10. Kt x P, Castles (QR) ; 11. P 

 to KB8, etc. 



(i.) 8. . . . Kt to B4 ; 9. R to Qsq, B to Kt5 ; 10. B 

 to K3, Kt to K3 (or 10. . . . Q to Q4) ; 11. P to B3, 

 Q to Q4, or KB to B4, etc. 



(b) 8. R to Ksq, Kt to B4 ; 9. Q x P (or 9. Kt x P, Kt to 

 K3), Q X Q ; 10. Kt x Q, Kt to K3, etc. 



(c) By a transposition of moves the position in a match 

 game, Morphy r. Lowenthal, has been reached. Lowenthal 

 played this move, which is much better than 9. . . . B to 

 K2, as recommended by Morphy, Salvioli, and Steinitz. 

 The two latter authorities give 9. ... B to K2 ; 10. QKt 

 to B3, Castles ; 11. B to K3, P to KB8 ; apparently over- 

 looking the powerful reply, 12. Q to K2, threatening Kt x P. 



(d) This and his nest move were played by Morphy 

 against Lowenthal. If, instead, 10. B to KB, Kt x Kt ; 

 11. B X Kt, QB to B4 ; 12. P to QB3, Q to H5, with a good 

 game. But, on account of Black's 11th move in the actual 

 game, we are inclined to prefer 10. KKt to B3, Q x Q ; 

 11. E X Q, BK2 ; though Black can develop afterwards by 

 Kt to KBsq, and B to KB4. 



(<■) Much stronger than either 11. ... B to QB4, as 

 played by Lowenthal, or 11. . . . B to K2, as recom- 

 mended by him. The Black Queen is never dislodged from 

 this powerful position. Black now threatens B to B5. 



(/) Evidently intended to prevent Castling (QR), and in 

 a minor degree, perhaps, to support the entry of a Knight 

 at QB5. But in other respects it loses time. 



((/) A bold course, but 12. ... B to K2, followed by 

 Castles (KE), andQR to Qsq, would leave the Queens side 

 pawns unprotected. 12. ... Q to QB5 ; 13. Kt to E3 

 (best), B X Kt ; 14. Q x B, leads to a draw, as Black cannot 

 take the BP on account of B to Kt5. Another plan would 



be 12 E to Qsq ; 1 3. Q to E7 (?), B to Bsq ; 14. Q to 



Kt8, Q to K2. 



(h) This su))jects him to a strong attack. Another 

 course would be— 13. Kt to Q2, B to Q4 ; 14. Q to E7 

 (or a), P to QB4 ; 15. Kt to B3 (if 15. E to Qsq, Q to 

 05!), BxKt; 16. PxB,QtoE4! 



(a) 14. P to QB4, B X P ; 15. P to KKtH, Q to Kt5 ; 

 16. KtxB, QxKt; 17. Q to R7, B to B4 ; 18. Q to 

 R8ch, K to Q2 ; 19. Q x KtP, Q to Kt4 [or, perhaps, 



19. ... B to Kt3 ; 20. E to Qsqch, K to K3 ; 21. E x R, 

 E X R ; 22. B to K3, B x B ; 23. P x B, Q to K5 ; with 

 some advantage] . 



We reserve the rapid and interesting finish for next 

 month. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



The following team has been chosen to represent the 

 British Isles in the Cable Match '■. the United States, on 

 March 18th and 19th : — Messrs, Atkins, Bellingham, 

 Blackburne, Bum, Caro, Jackson, Jacobs, Locock, MUls, 

 and Trenchard. Reserves : Messrs. Cole and Wainwright. 

 Messrs. Caro and Trenchard are new to the match, while 

 Messrs. Blake, Cole, and Lawrence, who were in last 

 year's winning team, are not playing on the present 

 occasion. 



The order of the team is not yet decided on, but it is 

 fairly safe to predict that the first three letters of the 

 alphabet will be well to the fore. 



The Hastings Chess Festival last month met with its 

 usual success. Messrs. Blackburne, Bird, (lunsberg, and 

 Janowski gave simultaneous exhibitions, and took part in 

 consultation games against each other with amateur 

 partners. 



Messrs. Pillsbury and Showalter have begun their second 

 match for the championship of the United States. It will 

 be remembered that their former encounter last year 

 resulted in a hard-earned victory for Mr. Pillsbury by 

 10 games to 8. 



On January 24th the British Chess Club defeated the 

 St. George's Chess Club rather decisively by 8 games to 2, 

 the latter score being made up of 4 drawn games. 



KNOWLEDGE, PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 



Contents of No. 147 (January). 



The Karkinokosm, or World ot 

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F.L.S. (!lliis(rntcd) 1 



A Drowned Continent. By E. 



Lrdekker, b.a., f.b.s 3 



Is Weatherufiected by the Moon ? 

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(Illustrofed) 5 



Serpents and bow to recognize 



them. By Lionel Jervis 7 



The I'risumtic Camera daring 

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Notes on Comets and Meteors. 



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British Oi-nithological Notes 14- 



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Grenville A. J. Cole, h.k.i.a., 



F.G.S. (filusfrofcd) 25 



Economic Botany. By John B, 



Jackson, a.l.s., etc 28 



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189S 38 



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