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KNOWLEDGE. 



[Skptembrr, 1901. 



F. J. Lea. — Your solutious last month were too late to 

 count. 



G. A. Forde.—Bx'R will not solve No. ;^. The Black- 

 Queen can give check. But as this is au incorrect claim 

 for a third and not for a second solution, no points have 

 been deducted. 



W. H. S. M.— F to K.3 is met by Ex P. You never- 

 theless score 3 points for No. 3, for the reason stated 

 immediately above. Correction to solution of No. 2 

 received ju.st in time. 



A. F. Wh/lfhonse. — K to B2 exposes the White King to 

 check. 



C. C. Massey. — Obviously the solution Kt to Q(Jch was 

 not intended by the composer. The solution to tlie June 

 three-mover is, as was clearly stated in the July niunbi'r, 

 P X B, becoming a Bishop, not a " Knight " as you quote. 

 But if Ihe White Pawn were to become a Queen, then the 

 Black Pawn would become a Knight, and stalemate would 

 n^sult. 



PROBLEMS. 



By C. D. Luco.-l 

 No. 1. 



Black (lo). 



■_ m 



II »i*a..^»i 



msm m 



®S Sil Hi w 



mA ^ mM. 



m m m 



m 



9 ^ 



White (i)). 



White mates in two moves. 

 No. 2. 



Blach (in. 





'"- js; 



Hi 'f§. 





Whits (S). 



W^hite mates in three moves. 



The following are now leading in the Solution Tourney : 



Furly-five poin/s. — C. Johnstou. A. C. Challenger, W. 

 Jav. 



Fortij-foiir iioinf.'<.—S. G. Lucko.-k. \V. H. S. M.. G. 

 Groom", F. Dennis, G. W. Middlcton. 



Forhj-fhree point'i. — J. Baddeley. 



Forty-tiro points. — H. le Jeune, W. de P. Crousaz, G. W. 



Forty-one pou>t><. — W^. Nash, J. E. Broadbent. 



Forty points, — Vivieune H. Macmeikan. 



Thirty-nine points. — C. C. Massey. Alpha. 



Tlurty-eiyht points. — G. A. Forde. 



It will be seen that the number of those who have scored 

 the maximum possible number of points is now reduced 

 to three ; but fifteen others follow them at very close 

 intervals, and the competition is evidently reaching its 

 most exciting stage. 



The following is the solution of Mr. H. Wnod's 

 prolilem : — 



Place the White Pawns at Q.">, K5, KB5, KKt5, KR5, 

 KG, KB6, and KKt6. Black's best methods of prolonging 

 the game are — 



(x) KttoKRS; 1. KtP X BPch, Kt xP; 2. P x Ktch, 



K X P; 3. P to Ktfich, P X P (best); 4. RP X Pch, 

 K moves ; 5. BP mates. 



(b) QP X P; 1. P X PBch, K X P (he.st); 2. KtP 

 checks, RP X P (best) ; 3. RP x Pch, K moves; 4. BP 

 checks, K moves ; 5. BP x P mate. 



G. W. Middleton sends a solution, but with 1) While 

 Pawns. 



CoRKECTioN. — The composer of the '' eight Pawns 



])robleni " has just discovered that Black has a satisfactory 



defence in 1. KP x BP, and that nine Pawns (the 



number postulaled by Mr. Middleton) are required for 



the purpose. As Mr. Wood himself .justly remarks, this 



necessity for an extra Pawn deprives the puzzle of all its 



ponit. 



— *-♦.* — 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



A match between Messrs. F. J. Lea and R. Teichmann 

 was recently concluded at 37. King Street, Covent Garden, 

 a former home of the British Chess Club. Mr. Teichmann 

 proved victorious by 5 games to 2. 



Many chess-]ilayers and others will learn with regret 

 the news of the death of the Rev. J. Coker, of Tingewick, 

 Bucks, at the age of 7ti. Mr. Coker was formerly captain 

 of the Winchester College Cricket Eleven, and played also 

 for Oxford University. As a chess-player he was well 

 known at most of the meetings of the Counties Chess 

 Association, where he was always a formidable competitor. 



The final contest for the Southern Championship took 

 place at Reading on July 20, when Surrey encountered 

 Ghiucestershire. In order to retain their title Surrey had 

 not only t.j win the match, but to win it by a majority of 

 at least 9^ to 6^, for reasons stated in the August number. 

 With this object in view, Surrey put a very strong team 

 mto the field, and, though the S('oring on the first six 

 boards was quite even, they obtained a decisive majority 

 on the remainder, and won handsomely by 11 gam^s to 5. 

 Mr. D. Y. Mills took charge of board No. I for Gloucester- 

 shire, and defeated the Surrey Champion, Mr. Herbert 

 Jacobs. 



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