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KNOWLEDGE 



[Feb. 9, 1883. 



(But €l)ti9 Column. 



By Mepiiisto. 



PROBLEM No. 71. 



Bv C. I'LA.Ni K. 

 Black. 



White. 

 White to play and mate in three moves. 



GAME PLAYED IN THE SUSSEX CHAMPIONSHIP 



TOURNAMENT, JANUARY, 1883. 



ENGLISH GAME. 



NOTES. 



(a) Later on this more enables White to isolate Black's Queen's 

 Pawn. We think P to QKt3 better on account of the support it 

 gives to P to B4, and also providing a convenient square on Kt2 for 

 the Queen's Pishop, at present shut in. 



(b) Kt takes P deserves a slight preference. 



(c) White is losing time ; he ought to plav 8. P takes P, B 

 takes P. 0. B to Q3, or 9. P to QKt4, followed by B to Kt2. 



(il) This move weakens the defence if played at an early stage 

 of a game, before the forces have been fully developed, as it forms 

 a convenient object of attack. 



(e) Q to B2 was better play, preceded by P takes P. 



(/) Black might have taken advantage of White's indifference. 

 He would have obtained a strong position by |)Iaving Kt takes Kt. 

 14. P takes Kt, P to QB5, followed by 15. P to QKt4. 



(g) White liaving missed the opportunity of bringing this Bishop 

 into play on his ninth move, now attempts to do so at great dis- 

 advantage to himself. He ought to have played R to Kt sq first. 



(;i) Before doing this. Black might have ventured on P to Kto. 



(i) Unnecessary precaution, and weakens his position very much. 



(j) Had Black not played R to li2, to which move the loss of his 

 game is to be attributed, he might have played R to QB3 with 

 advantage. Ncverthele.s.'i, Black might have done better by post- 

 poning P takes P and playing B takes RP instead, if then 27. P 

 takes B, P takes P. 2S. R to K2, Q takes P with a strong attack. 



(k) He ought to have submitted to the loss of the piece and 

 jilayed QR to 13 eq. 



Solution of Pbize Pnonr.EM, DV Pkabscs (page 62). 



1. QKt to Kt5 (threatening 



mate by 1' to Q 1) 



2. Kt to Q6 



3. R to B5 (ch) 



4. Kt to B7 (mate) 



(«) 



P takes Kt 



2. B to B4 P tks B, or (i) 



3. P to Q4 (ch) P tks P en pas. 

 ■). R to B5 (ch) 



mate 



1. Q to Q6, or (n) 



2. Q to Kt3 



3. Q takes R 



(h) 



R takes B 



3. R takes P (ch) 

 and mates 

 next move 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 •»• Please address Chess Editor, 



R. Pilkington. — Y'our opponent certainly had no right to object to 

 your move because he considered it a bad one. He must abide by 

 5. Kt takes KP, but having avowedly made his sixth move under a 

 misapprehension, you might allow him to re-consider it. 



A Learner.— Problem No. 70. K 1. B takes P, P to Kt6, and 

 there is no mate. 



J. Simmonds. — Received with thanks. 



John Lonsdale, Alex. S. Orr. — If 1. Kt takes Q, R takes P, and 

 there is no mate. 



W. Collins. — In game, p. 61, on move 16, if Black plays Q to K4, 

 then White would maintain his advantage by 17. R to B5. 



J. Hughes.— Problem 71. If 1. Q to K3, B to Q6, and there is 

 no mate. 



Correct solutions received. — Problem No. 71, J. A. Miles. Prize 

 Problem, Clarence. No. 72, double solution received only from 

 W. ; first solution, Clarence, John, Berrow. No. 73, W., Berrow, 

 J. Adamson, R. J. P., Clarence, A. K. McAdam. 



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