THE MEDITERRANEAN NATURALIST 
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CHESS. 
GAMES. 
“Labor et constantia” 
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to be addressed to the editor of the Chess Column , 
48, Strada Mercanti. 
SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. I. 
White. 
1. R to B 5 
2. Mate accordingly. 
PROBLEM No. 2. 
By C. Fiaschi, Ferrara. 
Black. 
Current Gossip. A match is announced 
between Dr. S. Tarrasch and M. J. Tschigorin, 
Steinitz’s great opponet. The first winner of 10 
games scores the match, which will be played at 
St. Petersburg. Stake of £ 250 a-side is men- 
tioned. 
Lasker in his challenge against Steinitz, accepts 
that stakes may be $ 3000— and that play com- 
mence not later then January 1st next. 
Prizes are offered for the best set of rules 
for playing the game of Chess by the editors of 
the Chess Player's Annual , to be published by 
the British Chess Company (247 High Holbonn). 
Among the recent issues by the same firm the 
following are mentioned: Six 'practical Chess 
Openings , Index to the Chess Openings, and Six 
Chess Lessons for Junior Players S. Tinsley. 
These according to the Times “contain all that 
beginner wants to know — or the more ad- 
t for that matter is told in a 
White. 
White to play and mate in 
Off-hand Play.— T he following game (Vienna 
opening) was played recently in the New York, 
Schottlander (White), and Rocamola (Black): — 
White. 
Black. 
1 P-K4 
P-K4 
2 Kt-Q B3 
B— B4 
3 P— K B 4 
P-Q 3 
4 Kt— B 3 
Kt -K B 3 
5 B— B 4 
Kt-B 3 
6 P— Q 3 
P— Q R 3 
7 Kt— Q 5 
B— K3 
8 P— B 3 
B— R 2 
9 B— Kt 3 
Castles 
10 P— B 5 
Bx Kt 
11 PxB 
Kt— K2 
12 Kt— B 4 
Kt— (K 2) x P 
13 Q— B 3 
P-K5 
14 PxP 
R — K sq 
15 B— B2 
Kt x K P and 
wins (a) 
(a) A pretty finish. If B x Kt. Q x Kt ch, and 
wins a piece. 
We may fittingly place together with the above 
a curious little game (Centre Gambit) played re- 
cently in a match at Leeds between Messrs. F. 
P. Wildman (White) and j. S. West (Black). 
White. 
Black. 
1 P — K 4 
P — K 4 
2 P-Q 4 
PxP 
3 QxP 
Kt— Q B 3 
4 Q— K 3 
Kt— K B 3 
5 B— Q 2 
B— K2 
6 B— K 2 
P- Q 4 
7 P— K 5 
Kt — K 5 
8 P — K B 4 (a) 
B— B 4 
9 Q— Q Kt 3 
Q — R 5 eh 
10 P— Kt3 
B- B 7 ch 
11 K — B sq (b) 
Black mates in two moves. 
(a) This was White’s mistake. He was evidently 
anxious to save the K P and overlooked Black’s 
most obvious next move. 
(b) He should have played K — Q sq., but the 
game was lost, as White can proceed with B x P. 
(From The Times Chess Column.) 
An Australian Brilliant, the White being played 
by Mr. Legall. 
White. Black. 
1 P to K 4 
2 B to B 4 
3 K Kt to B 3 
4 Kt to B 3 
5 Kt takes P 
1 P to K 4 
2 P to Q 3 
3 Q Kt to B 3 
4 B to Kt 5 
5 B takes Q 
White mates in two moves. 
