THE MEDITERRANEAN NATURALIST 
V 
“ Labor et constantia 
Alt communications connected with this column 
to be addressed to the Editor of the Chess Column 
48 Strada Mercanti . 
With the kind permission of the Editor of this 
review we are enabled to announce the formation 
and what we trust will prove to be the permanent 
establishment of a Chess column for the delec- 
tation of those of the readers of the Mediterranean 
Naturalist who take an interest in the noble game 
of Chess. 
Compatible with the limited space at our 
disposal we hope to keep our contributors au fait 
on the leading Chess topics of the day, to give 
them some of the current games, to offer problems 
and solutions, and to proffer such assistance as 
it may lay in our power to afford. 
We would, therefore, invite our friends of the 
Malta Chronicle Chess column, and of the Chess 
Amateur to one and all cooperate with us in our 
task and to accord us that moral help which is so 
essential to an undertaking of this description. 
The Editor. 
Chess Literature 
The literature of chess has assumed such gi- 
gantic proportions that an extensive library might 
be collected of works on chess alone 
The New York Clipper, some time ago, con- 
tained a clever Article on the “stupendous biblio- 
theca of Caissan literature”; it estimated that 
five magazines, five newspaper columns, and four 
books had given publicity to nearly 30,000 chess 
problems and nearly 25,000 games, in addition to 
end-games, analysis, notes, comments on current 
tournaments, etc. Making every allowance for the 
probability of numerous duplicate problems and 
games, it must be borne in mind that the above 
figures are taken from only a few leading sources 
less than one per cent, of the aggregate of chess 
literature. What evidence of the inexhaustibility 
of Chess ! (British Chess Magazine ) 
Games 
We do not think that we can better begin our 
series of games then with the following brilliant 
contest between the immortal Paul Morphy, the once 
distinguished champion in Europe and America, 
and the Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard, 
which is extracted from Morphy’s Collection of 
Games annotated by J. Lowenthal. 
White (Mr. M.) Black (Duke of B. &.) 
1. P to K 4. 
P to K 4 
2. Kt. to K B 3 
P to Q 3 
3. P to Q 4 
B to Kt 5 
4. P tks P 
B tks Kt 
5. Q tks B 
P tks P 
6. B to Q B 4 
Kt to K B 3 
7. Q to Q Kt 3 
Q to K 2 
8. Kt to B 3 (aj 
P to B 3 
9. B to K Kt 5 
P to Q Kt 4 
10. Kt tks P 
P tks Kt 
11. B tks Kt P (ch )(b) 
Q Kt to Q 2 
12. Castles (Q R) 
R to Q sq ( c ) 
13. R tks Kt 
R tks R 
14. R to Q sq 
Q to K 3 (d) 
15. B tks R (ch) 
Kt tks B 
16. Q to Kt 8 (ch) (e) 
Kt tks Q 
17. R to Q 8 mate. 
Notes 
(a) B. takes P (ch) followed by Q. takes Kt’s P., 
might have been played with advantage, but the 
line of play adopted by Mr. Morphy led to some- 
thing much more decisive. 
(b) The natural move here was B. to Q’s 5th, 
and most players would have adopted it, but, as 
will be seen on an examination of the position, the 
young champion devised a scheme of attack 
altogether superior to the one suggested. 
(c) Can any better move be found ? 
(d) There is no resource. 
(e) This sacrifice adds greatly to the beauty of 
the whole combination, and produces a most 
artistic finish. The student will do well to look 
closely into Mr. Morphy’s 10th move and those 
that follow, which display a depth and aecuracj 
to which too high praise cannot be awarded. 
Enigma 
By R. Blumenthal. 
White Black 
K at K B sq K at K Kt 5 
Q at Q R 8 
B at K B 7 
Kt at KKt 2 
White to play and mate in two moves. 
