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[Maech 'J, 1883. 



©ur Cfjcjfs Column. 



By Mephisto. 



PROBLEM No. 78. 



By John Simpsox. 



Black. 



Whits. 

 White to play and mate in three moves. 



Fakenham, 20th Feb., 1883. 

 Dear Sir, — I enclose a problem for insertion as a reprint in 

 Knowledge. It has a curious history. It was published in the 

 Illustrated London, News in 1854, and the solution printed 

 therein was not the author's ; and, curiously enough, he did not 

 look at the solution at the time, and has only lately learnt from 

 me that the problem has ftvo solutions, both of which are very 

 pretty. You will see that Mr. Grimshaw's embodies the idea (so 

 much talked of) of Healey's Bristol Three-mover, which was not 

 published till six years later than Mr. Grimshaw's. I have been in 

 correspondence with Mr. G. about it, and have his leave to send it 

 to yon with enunciation as given. J. A. Miles. 



PROBLEM No. 7 9. 



By Walter GmiisnAw. 



Black. 



I ■ ■ ■ 



'W$ "0B. WM -m 



i m mAM 

 WM- W. P S 



Whits. 

 White to play and mate in four moves two entirely different ways. 

 We are much obliged to Mr. Miles for sending us this Problem, 

 which, apart from the curious history of its double solution, is 

 remarkable for the difficulty of the author's solution. We feel 

 some compunction, and will not impose upon our readers the hard 

 task of finding tlio two solutions ; we will assist them by giving t\w. 

 first move of each solution, whicli are : — For the author's solution, 

 1. R to QB2, threatening mate by Q to 116 ; for the second solutiou, 

 1. Kt (B6; to Q5 (ch). 



The following position is the result of a variation in the Allgaicr 

 Gambit, where the black Queen's Knight, after taking the white 

 Queen's Bishop on K5, is allowed also to take the King's Bishop 

 on QB4. This termination has occurred to us several times ; also 

 in a game played last week. We hope its publication as an ending 



will make our readers careful of the danger to be guarded Bgaiiut 

 White proceeded as follows : — 



Amatbub. 

 Black. 



Whits. 



Mephisto. 

 Q to Q3 (ch) K takes Kt 



R to B5 (ch) B takes R (best) 



(If K to Kt3, then R to Kt5 (disc, ch), K to B2. Q to Kt6 (ch) 

 K to K2. R to K sq (ch), B to K4 (best). R (Kt 5) takes B (ch) 

 Kt takes R. Q to Kt7 (ch), K to K3 (best). R takes Kt (ch;, K 

 to Q3. Q to Kt*3 (ch), and mates in three moves.) 

 Q takes B (ch) K takes P 



(Black ought to play Q to Kt4 ! which would make the game 

 rather difficult for White.) 



P to Kta (ch) ! K to R6 



Q to B sq (ch) K takes P 



Q to B2 (ch) K to R6 



Q to E2 mate. 



SOLUTION. 

 Peoblem No. 77, p. 124, by T. W. Combe. 



1. K to Kt6 1. K takes Kt, or K to K5 



2. Q to B6, mate. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 *»* Please address Chess Editor, 



G. E. Thompson. — Thanks for communication. 



H. Nuttall. — No. 77, 1. Q to Q7 (ch), K to K5, and there is no 

 mate. 



Clarenxe. — Thanks for problems. What is the deceased author's 

 name ? If one piece, say a Queen, could give mate by checking on 

 different squares, this would be considered a dual in a problem. 



C. ;B. — Sorry we do not know. Perhaps Jacques, in Hatton- 

 garden, may have some pattern-books. 



ScHMfCKE. — H. A. D. Solutions correct. 



Correct solutions of Problem No. 77 received from W., G. Sweden- 

 bank, C. C, G. E. Thompson, I. G. PoweU, J. S. Maskery, T. Evelyn. 

 E. Ridgeway, R. S. Standen. 



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