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[Sept. 14, 1883. 



is not so much to establish the long suit, as to play a safe defensive 

 ffame. Any other lead would be unsafe. — Five of Clubs.] 



Signalling for Trumps. — (In reply to "Muff"), this is playinp; 

 an unnecessarily hic^h card, — as a seven first round, five second 

 round. 



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©ur Cftrss Column. 



By Mephisto. 



POSITIOX IN A GAME BETWEEN STEINITZ AND 

 AN AMATEUB. 



It was Black to move, and the game ended in the following pretty 



manner : — 



Kt takes P 

 B takes Q Kt takes Q 



Kt to K7 (ch) K to R sq. 



RP takes Kt QR takes B 



B takes Kt B takes B 



R takes P (ch) K takes R 

 R to R sq. mate. 



PROBLEM No. 97. 



By C. Planck. 



Black. 





m ^ 



Whitb. 

 White to play and mate in two moves. 



PROBLEM No. 98. 



By J. C. S. 



Black. 



I A 



'w^A y'''^'^'' "WM 'm„„, 

 'S-i^'^ ^^ ^^fe '^*^' ' 'Q^*' 





White. 



White to play and mate in three moves. 



SOLUTIONS. 



Problem No. 91, by E. 



1. Kt to Q.-) (ch) R takes R 



2. Q, to Kt8 (ch) Kt to K3 



3. B to R2 (ch) R takes B 



N. Franke\.stein, p. 144. 



4. Q to Kt2 (ch) R takes Q 



5. Kt to B4(ch) Kt tks Kt (ch) 

 Mate. 



No. 95, BY J. 



1. R to K8 Q takes R 



2. Kt to BO (cli) K to B5 



3. Q takes P (ch) mate. 



C. S., p. 114. 



Q to K7 (ch) 

 R takes Q (ch) K to B4 

 Q to B8 (ch) mate. 



Ending, p. 114. 



1. Q to K8 (ch) 



2. K to R2 B takes P (best) 



3. R takes B R takes RP (ch) 



4. K or P takes R Q mates aecordinglj-. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 *»* Please address Chess Editor. 



Stettin. — Solutions correct ; in the ending, 2. B takes P is the 

 correct move. 



Walter Waring. — Problem received with thanks. 



W.— If R to Q4, there is no dual. Solutions of 93, 94, 95, 96, and 

 End Game correct. 



G. W.— Solutions of 93, 94, and 95 correct. In the Ending you 

 will see that 2. B takes P is more forcible. 



R. Sargeant. — The Endeavour, Vassal-road, Brixton ; or the 

 Surrey Chess Association, Hon. Sec, L. P. Rees, Annandale, 

 Anerley. 



Correct Solutions Received. — Problem No. 95, Ipswich. Problem 

 No. 96, Stanley B. Baxter, Clarence, H. A. D., Berrow, H. A. L. S., 

 Purssell's, Cornhill. 



Contents of No. 97. 



PASS 



How to Get Strong : In Middle and 



Advanced Life lio 



The Birth and Growth of Myth. 



XV. By Edward Clodd 146 



Pretty Proofs of the Earth's Kotnn- 



dity. (Ilhia.) Bv E. A. Proctor 117 

 The Fisheries Eihibition. TI. 



(/;;«».) By John Ernest Ady ... 149 

 Chemistry of the Cereals. V. By 



William Jago, F.C.S 1.t1 



Folly and Courage at Niagara 152 



TheWhirlpool Kapids, Niagara ... 153 



The Colo 

 By Wi 



The Har 



Procto 

 uary : Death 



d Curtain in the Eye 



1 Ackroyd 1 



Moon. (Illu$.) By 



15D 



Professor 

 Tohin 157 



CoERBspoNDENCE : Ftmctuation 

 and Printers, &c 158 



Mathematics IttO 



Our Chess Coin 



161 



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