Answer to Correspondent.

Otago Witness, Issue 2295, 24 February 1898, Page 40

Answer to Correspondent.

W. S. X.—The allusion in the piugupii you mention in last week's ii--sue was to Pope's lines : tr Lo ! the poor Indian whose untu'orert mind See-, God in cloud* and hears H-m in the wind." Some American authorities think that the poet meEMit " Lo " for the name of an Indian, bur, there can be no doubt it was meant as an exclamation. A poet nowadays woulJ hardly consider even poetic license woull justify him in bf-ginning a line with "lo" or rhyming "mind" with " wind." Chess (tames. Game between A. E. Tietzen arid L. Serrailler, played last month as the (Jity of London Ohess Club. Fre>*ch Defence. ■White. Black. | Black. White. (Tietzen.) (Serrailler.) i (Tktzen.) (Serrailler.) J P-K 4 P-K 3 178-KW Kt-Q5(!) 2 Q-K 2 a PQ B 4-6 IS Q-K 5 (?) B Q :-! 3V- - IKt 3 Kt-Q B 3 19 Q-K 3 Bx B 4 P-Q S) 3 P-Q 4 20 Px Be Kt-R 4 5f x P-c Qx P 21 B Xt; 4 Q-Q B 3 6 Kt-B 3 Kt-B 3 22 Kt-K 4 Xt x P (!) 7PQ3 B-K 2 23 Qx Kt(B4; P-B 4 8 B-Kt 2 O-O :4 K-Kt 3 Px B 9 O-u Tl-Q 1 i's Q x P Kt-B 7(!) 10 Xt-Xl Q-K 4 26 10-K4 Ktxß 11 B-K 3 Kt,-Q 4 27 Xt KB 3 Kt-B 7-/ 12 Kt-Q 2 Q-B 2 28 Kt-K 5 Q B 2 13 Kt-K4 P-Q Xt 3 S9 Q x X Pch K-B 1 14 P-Q B 4 (?) Xi -B 3 30 Xt-Xt 5 P-Kt, 3-<7 15 B-B 4 Q-Q 2 31 QB6 eh K-Kt 1-ft 16 Xt Xt 5 B-Kt 2 32 Xt (X 5)-B 7P-K R 4 After a few more nioves Black res'gns. (a) Played by Tehigorin iv his match with Dr Tarrasch in 1593 (b) Tarrasch plaj ed 2 b-q 2 to enable him to follow with p-q. 4. Steinitz, however, recommends the text move. (c) If the pawn is nob taken it would go to q 5 and cramp White's game. The opening is not favourable to White. (of) Threatening_Kt xX P, etc., but Black's next move prevents this. (c) Olearly Qx P will not do. White should now lose. (/) White now turns the tables on his opponent, who being too anxious to keep all that he has gained loses the game. (6) Black cannot save the game. (/i) 31 k-k 1 h no better. Games by Prince Dadiau of Mengralia. Two Knights' Deee^e. White. Black. White. Black. (Dadian.) (Bitcham.) (Dadian.) (Bitcham.) 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 12 Xt-Xt 3 B-Kt 3 2 10-K B 3 Kt-Q B 3 13 Xt Q 5 P-R 3 3 B-B 4 Kt-B 3 14 Kt-B 5 Q-Kt 4 4 H-Q 4 PxP 15 Rxß eh K-B 1 SOU XtxP IGKt-Q7ch K-Kt 1 6 11-Kl PQ4 17 Q-Kt 4 P-K R 4 7 B x P Q x B 18 Xt (Q5)-B 6 8 Kt-B 3 Q-B 5 eh Px Xt 9 JR, x Xt eh li-K 3 19 B-P^ Hs,ch V x Q 10 B-Kt 5 B-Q B 4 20 Xt x P mate. 11 Kt-Q 2 Q-ll 3 The finish is magnificent. A brilliant game, played at St. Petersburg :— Centre Gambit. White. Black. White. Black. (Dadian.) (M. L. N.) (Dadian.) (M. L. N.) IP-K4 P-K 4' 13 B-Q 4 Q-B 3 2 P-Q 4 PxP H Kt-K 5 Q-KR3 3 P-K B 4 B-Kt sch 15 F-B 5 X Kt-B 3 4P B 3 PxP 16 XI -Xt 4 Q-K, 6 5 Xt x P Kt-K 2 17 P-Kt 3 Q-Kt 4 6 Kt-B 3 P-Q B 3 IS P-K X 4 QQ 1 7 B-B 4 P-Q 4 19 Kt-R 6 eh K-R1 8P x P BxKt eh 20 BxP eh Xx B 9PxB PxP 21 P-B 6ch K-ll 1 10 B-Q 3 Q-B 2 22 Q-K, 5 B-K3 11 O-O QxQBP 23BxRP Q-Q 3 i 12 B-K 3 O-O 24 Kt-B 5 Resigns.