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♦ KNOWLEDGE 



[Jan. 19, 1883. 



^ur €l)ti9 Column. 



By Mephisto. 



PROBLEM No. 70. 



By J. A. Miles. 

 Black. 



White. 

 "White to play and mate in three moves. 



P E B L E II No. 71. 

 By C. Plan-ck. 



White. 

 White to play and mate in two mores. 



SOLUTIONS. 

 Pboblem No. 66, by L. P. Eees, p. 488. 

 R to KB3 



P takes R K takes R Kt to KB5 



2 B to R3 (ch) Q to B6 (ch) R takes QP 



K moves K takes Q Anything 



g Q to KB5 mate B to Kt5 mate Q mates 



Problem No. 67, by FRA^•CIS J. Drake, p. 16. 



(o) 1. Kt to B6 K to B4 



2. KttksKP (ch) K to K-i K takes P 



3. P to B4 (cli) K takes P P to Q8 (Kt) (ch) K to K-4 



4. P to Q8 (Kt) mate P to B4 mate 



If 2. K to Kt5. 3. B to B2, anything. 4. B to Q sq. mate. If 

 Black plays 1. P mores, or 1. K to B6, then 2. Kt takes QP, and 

 3. P to B3 mate. 

 (h) 1. B to E2 K to B4 K to B6 



2. B to Q5 K to K4 (best) B to Q5 (cli) K to Kt5 



3. B to K4 P to Q4 B to K4 Anything 



4. P to B4 (ch) K to Q3 P to B3 mate 



5. R to B6 mate. 



No. 68, BY W. Jay N. Beowk, p. 16. 



1. Q to KE sq. 

 If 1. K to B5, Q5, or K5. 2. E to Kt4 mate. 



If 1. K to B3, Q3, or K3. 2. R to B6 mate. 



If 1. K to K3. 

 1. K to B3. 



1. R to Kt7. 

 2. Kt 10 B7 mate. 1. K to K5. 2. Kt to B3 mate. 

 2. Kt to R7 mate. 1. K to B5. 2. Kt to E3 mate. 



Chess Puzzle, by F. C. Collixs, p. 488. 



Black's last move vras from K5 to Q4. This came about in the 

 following manner : — When the King was on K5 White's Pawn was 

 on White's Kings 5th, and a Black Pawn on KB2. Black being in 

 check with tlie Bishop, plays P to B4 to cover it, whereupon White 

 jjlays, P takes P in passing, discovering double check ; the King then 

 moved to Q4. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



*»* Please address Chess Editor. 



South Acton. — Black's twenty-first move in the game on p. 501 

 is K to B5. He ob^aously cannot go to B4, on account of the Queen 

 on R3; then follows 22. Q to Kt3 (ch), K to B5. 23. R to K5 

 mate. 



Correct solutions received. — Problem No. 67, E. J. P., John 

 Lonsdale. Nos. 68 and 69, Tyro, W. E. Edwards, F. S. L. No. 6P, 

 T. T. Dorrington. 



It will be remembered that the Zoological Society sold Jumbo 

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 out of the side of the compartment in which he was located, 

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 it were paper. It appears that the elephant has more than once 

 been in what is called " his tantrums." On one occasion Scutt, the 

 English trainer, who still looks after Jumbo, narrowly escaped 

 iajury. The animal made an attack upon a compartment in wliich 

 his keeper sleeps at night, " crunching up the division like a 

 lucifer matchbox," and making a lunge with his tusks perilously 

 near the spot where Scott was lying. For these breaches of 

 discipline Jumbo was punished. Having his hind feet hobbled, he 

 was, with the assistance of two other elephants in the collection, 

 compelled to kneel down, when he was severely thrashed. Jumbo 

 has since, it is said, "been on his good behaviour." Perhaps it is 

 well that the great proboscidian was not kept at the Zoological 

 Gardens, for serious results might ha^'c attended an outbreak of 

 bad temper in the popular resort where he was so long a leading 

 attraction. 



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