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KNOWLEDGE. 



[December, 1903. 



PROBLEMS. 



No. 1. 

 Bj W. Geaiy. 



Black (lij. 



^ Si ^^ ^P 



^^ p<'///'/«! 



■^ 



White mates in three moves. 



No. 2. 



By C. D. Locnx-k. 



Black ((i) 



« ^ 



ef »■ 





mM^mi.^......m^ Si 





White (11) 



White mates in three moves. 

 CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



In the Southern Counties' Championship, Sussex have 

 defeated Hampshire by 10 games to 6, and have lost to 

 Kent by II5 to 4j. 



A match for the World's Championsliip has been 

 arranged between Dr. Lasker and Dr. Tarrasch, the contest 

 to take place next autumn and the stakes to be £400 a 

 side. The time-limit is unusually generous — 14 moves an 

 hour, and the match will be decided in favour of the 

 player who first wins eight games, drawn games not 

 counting. One novel feature of the conditions is the 

 stipulation that each player shall write notes to every 

 game, independently of the other, immediately after its 

 conclusion. This will enable the book of the match games 

 to be published almost immediately after the conclusion of 

 the match ; a further advantage being that the players 

 •\vill write their notes while the games are still fresh in 

 their memories. The scene or scenes of the encounter will 

 depend on the result of negotiations which Dr. Laskfer has 

 been empowered to conduct. 



An International Tourney will ))e held next April at 

 Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania. Sixtuen players, half 

 of them Americans, have already been selected. The 

 contest will be limited to one round. 



Notes. 



(a) An unprofitable excur.siou. The Queen's Knight 

 should be developed. 



(6) Evidently inferior. Kt to Q2 being now impossible, 

 there is probably nothing better than P x P, with a view 

 to bringing the Queen across the board to the defence of 

 the King's side. 



(c) Mere desperation ; but if 16. ... P to Kt3, White 

 wins easily by 17. R to R8ch, K x R; 18. Q x R, B to Kt2 ; 

 19. K to K2. Mr. Emery has played the game with great 

 vigour, but Mr. Mortimer was evidently below his usual 

 form. 



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