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KNOWLEDGE. 



[July, 1901. 



The Stars. — About 10 p.m., at the raiddlf of tbe 

 uiontb, Perseus, AmlromefLa, and Cassiopeia will he in the 

 noi-tb-east ; Cygnus aud Peo-asus in the east ; A(|uila iu 

 the south-east ; Lyra nearly overhead ; Corona, Libra, and 

 Virgo in the south-west ; aud Ursa Major in the north- 

 west. 



Observers desirous of following the variations of Nova 

 Persei will find an excellent guide to its position in the 

 photographs by Mr. Stanley Williams, which appear 

 elsewhere in the present number. 



There will be a minimum of Algol at 10.34 on the ITth. 



CTIjcss (iTolumn. 



By C. D. LococK, b.a. 



• 



Communications for this column should be addressed 

 to C. D. LocoCK, Netherfield, Camberley, and be posted 

 by the 10th of each month. 



Solutions of June Problems. 



No. 1. 



(Mrs. W. J. Baird.) 



1. B to B6, and mates next move. 



No. 2. 



(D. L. Anderson.) 



Key-moi'e. — 1. P x B, becoming a Bishop. 



If 1. . . P to E8 (becoming a Knight), 2. B to E3, etc. 

 1. . . P Queens, 2. Kt to K7, etc. 



[This problem has been kept in reserve for some months 

 with the intention of letting it act as a " separator " at the 

 end of the first half of the tourney. It has fulfilled its 

 function admirably, the residt being considerable gaps in 

 the score. A]jart from the " trickiness " of the actual 

 kev, the p)roblem is notewortliy on account of the 

 beautiful " try" by 1. P to B7, met only Ijy B to Q3, and 

 if then 2. BP queens, B to B2. 1. P x B, becoming a 

 Queen, is answered by P to R8, becoming a Knight, and 

 stalemate will result.] 



A. E. Whitehouse. — In No. 1. BxE is answered bv 

 B to R3. or P to B.5. 



H. Le Jenne and Alpha. — You will see that your correc- 

 tions as to No. 2 have been noted. 



PROBLEMS. 



No. 1. 

 By A. H. Williams. 



Black (U). 



^m 



WM 'M 





I il 





[^ — ^^^ ^^^ ^^m' 



1^ "^ ^, 



WM 



i^ s ^; 



^P ^f fM I 



White (U). 



White mates in two moves. 



No. 2. 

 By B. G. Laws, 



Black (i\. 



ri -mm: 'mm. 'mm. 



■mem 





■mm. 





'■man. 



k 



White (7). 



White mates in three moves. 



The following is the present score in the Solution 

 Tourney :^ 



Thirty-two ptiints. — S. Gr. Luckcock, C. Johnston, J. T. 

 Blakemore, A. C. Challenger, W. Jay. 



Thlrtij-ntip points.— 3. Baddelev, G. Groom, W. H. S. M., 

 F. Dennis, G. W. Middleton, H.Le Jeune. 



Tirer/iij-niiit; points. — G. W., Alpha. 



Tti-ent)i-eight points.— Y. H. Maemeikan, F. J. Lea, W. 

 de P. Crousaz, C. C. Massey, Eugene Henrv, A. J. Head, 

 W. Nash, J. Sowden, E. Hunt, J. E. Broadbent, C. Child. 



Tirenfii-si.r.poiHis.—G. A. Forde (Capt.). A. H. Machell 

 Cox. H. Bijyes, C. F. P. 



Ticfnt i/-ti rr-points.— En6irhy, C. C. Pennington. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



A match between Scotland aud the North of England, 

 with 2.5 players aside, resulted on May 2.5th in a decisive 

 victory for the Scottish team, the scoi-e being 13 to 6, with 

 six games left over for adjudication. The match was 

 played at Glasgow, so that the winning side were naturally 

 well represented, the losers being considerably handicapped 

 by the railway journey and the absence of Mr. Burn and 

 many other of their leading ])layers. A return match will 

 probably take place at Manchester next May. 



Essex have created a surprise by defeating Surrey iu 

 the Southern Counties' Competition. The score was 81 to 

 7i, the winning team being led by Mr. VV. Ward and Dr. 

 Smith, who defeated Mr. G. E. Wainwright and Mr. A. 

 Curnoek. 



The Hastings Chess Club, certainly one of the strongest 

 organizations iu the South of England, has arranged a 

 chess tour for next month. They will play matches with 

 Wiltshire, Bath, Bristol, Cheltenham, South Wales, Cork, 

 and the two leading Dublin clubs. 



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