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KNOWLEDGE. 



[October 1, 1898. 



No. 2. 

 By Dr. C. Planck (Haywards Heath). 



"m ^ -f?-'^ J <m'/. 



White (s). 



White mates in three moves. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



In the Cologne Tournament the leading scores were : — 

 A. Burn (First prize), \\\; Charousek, Cohn and Tchigorin, 

 10^ ; Steinitz, !»^ ; Schfechter and Showalter, 9 ; Berger, 

 8; Janowski, 7f ; Popiel and Schiffers, 7. There were 

 sixteen entries, seven of whom had just finished their 

 arduous struggle in the Vienna tourney. Mr. Burn was 

 again in iine form : we do not remember that an English- 

 man has won any international tourney since Blackbume's 

 famous victory at Berlin in 1881. Mr. Burn lost one 

 game only, to Showalter. Of the others, Charousek quite 

 maintained his high reputation, Tchigorin did much better 

 than at Vienna, and Janowski much worse. 



The important Amateur Tournament of the Southern 

 Counties Chess Union began at Salisbury on September 

 12th. A very strong list of entries was expected in Class I. 



25. P to B4 (/•) 



26. P to B5 



27. P to Kt5 



28. RxP 



29. ExP 



30. R to Q3 



31. RxR 



32. R to Q5 



33. Resigns. 



25. P to Kt3 {ff) 



26. PxP 



27. R to Esq 



28. R to Ktsq 



29. RxP 



30. R to B5ch 



31. KtxR 



32. Kt to Q3 



(rt) This and the next move constitute the most fashion- 

 able modem defence. 5. Kt to QB3, on the next move, 

 would allow Black to pin the Knight, with opportunities 

 sometimes for P to K6 later on, if the White Bishop goes 

 toQ2. 



(i) Probably the best answer to White's fine move. 

 There is no time for 8. . . Kt to B3 ; 9. B to Kt 2, Kt to 

 Q5 ; 10. Kt x B ! As it is, after the exchanges. White 

 with his two Bishops remains with the better game. 



(f) An unpleasant necessity, unless he likes to give up 

 the exchange for a Pawn. 



((/) All this is ingeniously played. White must now 

 exchange in order to avoid the Bishops of opposite colours. 



(<>) A hallucination ; apparently he overlooked that after 

 24. . . RxB, 25. P to Kt7, the other Knight's Pawn ia 

 no longer guarded ; or, perhaps, the defence mentioned in 

 the next note. 



( /■) If 25. P to Kt7, RxP; 20. R to Ktsq, R to Kt6 ! 



('z) 25. ..RxP should be fairly safe here ; if then, 

 26. P to B5, R checks ; 27. K to Ktsq, RxP ; 28. R to 

 Ktsq, B to Bsq. The remainder is plain sailing. 



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