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KNOWLEDGE. 



[October, 1903. 



CEI)css Column. 



5y C. i>. Loi'ocK, K.A. 



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Solutions of September Problems. 



No. 1 (H. N. Fellows). 



1. Q to E2, and mates next move. 



No. 2 (B. G. Laws). 



Key -move. — 1. R to Kt4. 



After 1. ... P to B3, various continuations are possible. 



Solutions received from " Quidam," 2, 4; "Alpha," 

 2, ; W. H. S. M., 2, 4 ; T. Dale, 2, 4 ; W. Nash, 2, 4 ; 

 G. W. Middleton, 2, 0; H. S. Braudreth, 0, 0; "Looker- 

 on," 2, 4; C. Johnston, 2, 4; H. F. Culmer, 2, 4; G. A. 

 Forde (Major), 2, 4; J. W. Dixon, 2, 4; F. L. Schneider 

 (No. 1 only, too late to score). 



" Alpha." — I am glad to hear that your cbaufje of abode 

 will not prevent your continuing to solve the Knowledge 

 problems. I should be sorry indeed to lose the most 

 faithful of our solvers. 



C. T. Blanshard. — The paper sent contained no notice 

 of your Problem Tourney. Did you send the wrong 

 number by mistake ? 



J. W. Abbott. — Many thanks for the two problems, 

 which I shall be very glad to priut shortly. 

 Solution or End-game. 



After 1. R to B8ch, BxR (best) W. H. S. M. points 

 out that White has the choice of two continuations, viz., 

 2. R to KtHch, K X R ; 3. Xt to B6ch, etc., or 2. Q to R7ch, 

 K X Q ; 3. Kt to B6ch, etc. 



SOLUTION TOURNEY. 



Very little change has taken place among the relative 

 positions of the leading solvers. The first ten are now : — 



W. Nash 

 "Looker-on" 

 J. W. Dixon 

 U. Johnston 

 " Quidam".,. 



58 

 58 

 58 

 58 

 55 



W.H. S.M. 



G. W. Middleton 



"Alpha" 



H. F. Culmer ... 

 Major Forde ... 



54 

 50 

 46 

 42 

 40 



PROBLEMS. 



By Philip H. Williams. 

 No. 1. 



WniTE (8). 



White mates in two moves. 



No. 2. 



Black ■:!) 





i ^ I 



1 Mi 





White (.5) 



White mates in three moves. , 



CHESS I NTELL IGENCE. 



The Amateur Chamjiionship Meeting at Plymouth was 

 concluded early last mouth. The entry was more repre- 

 sentative than has been usual of late years, and it was found 

 necessary to divide the players into two sections, the first 

 two in each section to decide the final order l>y means of a 

 fresh tournament limited to themselves. The preliminary 

 scores were : - Section A : Wainwright, 7; Belliugham, 6^ ; 

 Palmer, 6; Michel), 5|^; MoUard, 3; Lambert, 2i ; Parry, 

 2i ; Miss Finn, 2 ; Bowles, 1. Section B : Gunston, 7^ ; 

 Emery, 5|: Alcock, 4^; Mortimer, 4^; Fawcett, 4; Jones, 

 3^ ; West, "5 ; Dunstan, 2 ; Taylor, 2. In the final tourna- 

 ment the score was: — G. E. H Bellingham, 2; A. Emery 

 and W. H. Gunt,ton, U; G. E. Wainwright, 1. Mr. 

 Belliugham thus becomes Amateur Champion. The system 

 in use does not seem altogether satisfactory ; for instance, 

 it seems decidedly hard that Mr. Wainwright, after coming 

 out with a clear lead in probably the stronger section 

 of the two, should have to be content with fourth place. 

 A choice of thi'ee (instead of two) from each section, or a 

 two-round final contest would certainly be a more satis- 

 factory test. 



A series of six games to test the soundness of the 

 " Rice " Gambit was recently played at Brighton, Dr. 

 Lasker offering the gambit in every game and M. Tchigoriu 

 conducting the defence. The result was a victory for the 

 Russian master by two games to one, three being drawn. 



Only three players competed for the Scottish Champion- 

 ship this year, Mr. D. T. Mills being a prominent absentee. 

 Mr. J. Borthwiek came out first with a score of three, Mr. 

 E. Macdouald winning two, and Mr. J. D. Chambers one. 



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