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[Aug. 10, 1883. 



(Bm Cf)f0s Column. 



By Mephisto. 



PROBLEM No. 90.— SECOND PRIZE THREE - MOVER IN 

 THE PROBLEM TOURNAMENT OF THE GERMAN CHESS 

 ASSOCIATION. 



By Herman Ascheboug, Cheistunli. 



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"White. 

 Wliite to play and mate in three moves. 



PROBLEM No. 91. 



By W. Teerill. 



Black. 





■White. 

 Wliite to play and mate in three moves, 



SOLUTIONS. 

 Problem No. 8S, p. 32. 



1. Kt to K5 K takes Kt, or 1. K to Kt4 



2. Q to B sq K moves 2. Q to B sq. (ch) K takes P 



3. Q mates accordingly. 3. Kt to B6 mate. 



Peize Peoblem No. S9, p. 64. 



1. Q to R8. 



1- R (R2) takes Q, or 1. R (Kt sq) takes Q 



2. Kt to Q7 and mates accordingly 2. Kt takes KtP and mates ace. 



or 



1. Q takes R 1. R (Kt sq) to Kt2 



2. Q takes R (ch) Any move 2. Kt to Q7 R takes Kt (best) 



3. Q to R sq mate. 3. Q to Ko mate. 



The other numerous variations of this beautiful problem are 

 obvious. 



*** Correction in the game on p. SO — White's fourth move 

 should be B to Kto. 



CoKRESPoxDEXTs Will kindly excuse omissions or delay in our 

 answers on account of the late tournaments. We have made a 

 terrestrial excursion in the Chess Domain ; but we will again revert 

 to our former habit of giving Chess for its own sake, and disclose to 

 our readers the beauties and intellectual charms of our noble game, 

 free of earthly dust. 



As an exception to prove the rule of correctness, a mystifying 

 error has occurred in our article on the tournament in our last 

 number, p. 79, in the last paragraph. We meant to speak of Black- 

 burne's " powerful " I^lay, which somehow got converted into 

 " powerless." 



In the second tournament at Nuremberg, Herr S. Tarrasch, of 

 Breslau, a young medical student, won the first prize. Messrs. 

 Scheve, Lowentbal, and Neustadl tied for second, third, and fourth. 

 Herr Rocamora, of Hamburg, won fifth, and Herr Bauer, sixth. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



*«* Please address Chess Editor. 



W. — Yonr solution of End game very interesting, but you will, no 

 doubt, have seen by the solution published on p. 48 that the main 

 variation is untenable on account of, firstly, advancing the P to 

 R7 ; secondly, playing R to QR8; and thirdly, first checking on 

 KB8 before playing R to KKt8, which allows the K to escape by 

 Kt2, R3, Kt3, &c. 



JoHX.— In Problem 88, if 1. Kt to K5, K takes Kt. 2. Q to K7 

 (ch), K to B4. 3. Q to K6, K to Kt4, and there is no mate. 2. (^ 

 to B sq is correct ; solution otherwise correct. 



F. G. RiCHAEDSox. — See above reply. 



A. C. Geay. — We have had no special article on the subject, 

 perhaps occasional references, such as in No. 73, p. 186; and No. 

 76, p. 228 ; or in No. 82, p. 313. 



T. C. — Solutions incorrect ; see p. 48. 



Amateue. — We are sorry, almost ashamed, to say there is no 

 suitable book on the openings in print. If you cannot get Cook's 

 or Gossipp's, take Staunton or Wormold. 

 ^ Stettin. — For solution of this fine Ending see p. 48. 



CoREECT solutions received — Problems 86, 87, and 88 from 

 Stettin. Problems 88 and 89 by W. 



Peoblems received with thanks from W. Terrill, E. W. Smith, 

 J. C. S. 



Joseph Law. — Your diagnosis of the Prize Problem is not correct, 

 as you may see by the solution published above. Fritz will there- 

 fore honour himself by cheerfully keeping the prize. 



Contents of No. 92. 



PAGE 



A Naturaliat'3 Year. Wasps and 

 Flowers. Bt Grant Allen 65 



The Morality 'of Happiness : Con- 

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The Chemisn-T of Cookery. XIT. 

 By W. Matti'eu Wilhams 67 



Pretty Proof of the Earth's Hotun- 

 dity. (Illiia). By B. A. Proctor . 63 



How to Get Strong 70 



Pleasant Hours with the Microscope. 

 (,111m.) By H. J. Slack 71 



PAGI 



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Laws of Brightness.' VII 74 



Discoyery of the Chief Diyision in 



Satnm''s King. By Capt. Noble ... 75 

 The Face of the Sky. By F.E.A.8. 77 

 Paradox Column : A New Theory of 



Copernicus 77 



Correspondence 77 



Our Mathematical Column : G-eome- 



tricai Problems. X 78 



Our Chess Column 79 



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