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KNOWLEDGE. 



[Mat 2, 1898. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



The Cable Match between teams representing the British 

 Isles and the United States was played on March 18th and 

 19th, an exciting contest resulting, as last year, in a 

 victory for the British team by the odd game. It will be 

 noticed that the three American players new to these 

 contests (at boards Nos. 8, 9, and 10) met with no success. 

 Our opponents would, perhaps, as they seem inclined to 

 admit, have done better to rely on well-tried players, even 

 at the risk of complaints as to the " New York clique." 

 The following is the score : — 



Great Britain. 

 3. H. Blackbume (London) 

 A. Bum (Liverpool) 

 H. Caro (London) 

 H. E. Atkini (Leicester) 

 G. E. H. Belllngham (Dudley) . 



D. Y. MiUs (Edinburgh) 



C. D. Locock (London) 



E. M. Jackson (Loudon) 

 Herbert Jacobs (London) 

 H. W. Trenchard (London) 



America. 



H. N. PUlsbury (New York) .. 

 J. W. Showalter (New York) 

 J. H. Barry (Boston) 

 E. Hymes (New York) ... 

 A. B. Hodges (New York) 



E. Delmar (New York) 



D. G. Baird (New York) 



F. K. Young (Boston) 



A. K. Robinson (Philadelphia) , 

 J. A. Gttlbreath (New Orleans).. 



5i 



A brief description of each game is appended. The 

 American players had the move at boards 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9. 



No. 1. — Mr. Blackburne, in defending the Queen's 

 Gambit, obtained an inferior game, and was compelled to 

 give his opponent the advantage of a passed Pawn. After 

 many fruitless attempts to utilize his advantage, Mr. 

 Pillsbury, most unselfishly playing to the score, gave up 

 his best Pawn on the chance of a win. In the end Mr. 

 Blackburne was a Pawn ahead, but this was probably 

 insufficient to win. 



No. 2. — Mr. Burn obtained a slight advantage in a close 

 game, but after nearly all the pieces were exchanged, Mr. 

 Showalter made a most brilliant combination out of the 

 small material left, the sacrifice of a piece leaving him 

 ultimately with two Pawns to the good and a won game. 



No. 8. — Mr. Caro disregarded his opponent's King's side 

 advance in a close game, and obtained a (perhaps) winning 

 advantage on the Queen's side ; but he overlooked a most 

 ingenious saving and winning resource, and was compelled 

 to resign. 



No. 4. — Mr. Atkins obtained a slight advantage in a 

 French Defence (2. Q to K2), but the sacrifice of a piece 

 did not turn out so well as he expected, and he was glad to 

 have an opportunity of giving perpetual check. 



No. 5. — Mr. Bellingham, defending the " close Buy 

 Lopez," found himself under a violent attack. He defended 

 himself with great care and patience, and most of the 

 pieces were exchanged ; but the attack came again with 

 Q and R on each side, and the Black Pawns could not be 

 saved. 



No. 6. — Mr. Mills had not much diflSoulty in disposing 

 of the eccentric variation of the French Defence played by 

 his opponent. He won the exchange first, and then the 

 game, having only to steer clear of a few traps. 



No. 7. — Mr. Locock's Two Knights Defence was promptly 

 converted into a Giuoco Pianissimo. Black obtained a 

 slight advantage early, but was unable to prevent the 

 exchange of all the mmor pieces. White after that should 

 have made some desperate attempt to win or lose (a draw 

 being useless to his side), but neither side attempted any- 

 thing, and the position at the end of the second day was 

 practically the same as at the end of the first. 



No. 8. — Mr. Jackson waited until his opponent had 

 finished his eccentric development in a French Defence, 

 and then proceeded to take vigorous advantage of the 

 various flaws in his opponent's position, winning first the 

 Queen and two Pawns for Rook and Knight, and after- 

 wards what he liked. 



No. 9. — Mr. .Jacobs played P to KB4 in answer to 1. P 

 to Q4. His opponent injudiciously exchanged the centre 

 Pawns, thereby freeing Black's game for an attack on the 

 King's side. Mr. .Jacobs won a Pawn, and the Bishops 

 of opposite colours made winning all the easier. The 

 actual process chosen was very pretty, Mr. Jacobs sacri- 

 ficing the exchange in an end game in order to permanently 

 block in his opponent's Rook. 



No. 10. — Mr. Trenchard attacked a little prematurely 

 on the King's side in a close game. His opponent weakly 

 blocked the Queen's side, and afterwards sacrificed the 

 exchange rather unnecessarily. After that Mr. Trenchard 

 picked up Pawns till his opponent resigned. 



The Inter-University Match was played at the British 

 Chess Club on March 25th. The following is the score : — 



E. G. S. Chnrchill (Magdalen) .. 

 E. E. W George (New College) 

 A. P. L. Hnlbert (Keble) 



F. Soddy (Merton) 



F. A. Babcock (Wadham) 



L. T. Dodd (Merton) 



Cambridgc. 



C. E. C. Tattersall (Trinity) .. 



L. McLean (King's) 



H. G. Softlaw (Trinity HaU) .. 

 A. Potheringham (Emmanuel).. 

 A. W. Foster (St. John's) 

 K. S. Makower (Trinity)... 

 H. K. Cullen (Caius) 



KNOWLEDGE, PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 



Contents ol No. 149 (March). 



PASE 



The Total Solar Echpse, January 

 2-2, 1898. By E. Walter Maunder, 

 F.K.A.S. (Illustrated) 49 



British Bees.— I, By Fred. Enock, 

 F.I..S.. F.E.S., etc. (Illustrated) 50 



The Vinegar Eel. By C. Ains- 

 worth Mitchell, B.A., F.l.c 53 



Botanical Studies.— II. Coleo- 

 chfiete. By A. Vaughan Jennings, 

 F.I..S., F.o.s. (Illustrated) .54 



Cloud Belts. By Wni.Shackleton, 



FKA.S 56 



A New Theory of the MUky Way. 



ByC. Eastou 57 



Letters .- 60 



The Masses and Distances of 



Binary Stars. By J. E. Gore, 



P.R.A.S 62 



Science Not«s 63 



Notices of Books 63 



British Ornithological Notes 66 



Obituary 67 



The Karkinokosm, or World of 



Crustacea. — II. By the Rev. 



Thomas E. E. Stebbing, ma., 



F.R.S., F.L.s. (Illustrated) 67 



Notes on Comets and Meteors. 



By W. F. Denning, f.r.a.s. ... 70 

 The Face of the Sky for March. 



By Herbert Sadler, f.r.a.s 71 



Chess Column. By C. D. Locock 71 

 Plate.— The Equatorial Cloud-Belt. 



Contents of No. 15a (April). 



PAGE 



Economic Botany. By John E. 

 Jackson, a.l.s., etc 73 



The Structure of Ireland. By 

 Grenville A. J. Cole, m.b.i.a., 

 F.G.S. (Illustrated) 74 



The Sea-Otter and its Extermina- 

 tion. By E. Lydekker, ».A., 

 F.E.s. (Illustrated) 78 



British Ornithological Notes 80 



Letters 81 



British Bees. — II. By Fred. 

 Enock, F.L.s. , F.E.S. , etc. (Illus- 

 tra(ed) 82 



In the Moon's Northern Regions. 

 By Arthur Mee. F.R.A.a 84 



Notices of Books 85 



Stars having Large Proper Motion. 

 By E. C. I-ickering 89 



The Level of Sunspots. By the 

 Eev. Arthur East. (Illustrated) 89 



The Evolution of the Venom-Fang. 

 By Lionel Jervis. (tHustiated) 91 



Notes on Comets and Meteors. 

 By W. F. Denning, F.R.A.S. 94 



The Face of the Sky for April. 

 By Herbert Sadler, f.r.a.s 95 



Chess Column. By C. D. Locock 95 



Plate.— The Limar Alps and their 



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