August 1, 1891.] 



KNOWLEDGE 



159 



THrts—AV,, 7 ; YZ, 2. 



Note. — A discards his losing diamond instead of over- 

 trumping, and so secures the game. He might infer from 

 Z's nine of hearts that B holds the eight ; but the nine 

 may be a false card (as is indeed the fact), and in that 

 case Z will save the game if he has the best spade after 

 three rounds, unless A allows him to win this trick. For, 

 after overtrumping, A cannot prevent YZ from making 

 either the knave of spades or the knave of diamonds as 

 well as the eight of trumps. 



Tricki 10 to 13. — Whatever Z leads, A makes the 

 remaining tricks, and 



AB Score Five by Cards. 



J. G. Ellis. — Quite right, of course. Seeing the win of 

 the Queen we looked for nothing else. 



T. — Notice in July number reads, "jmaU'il Iwfore the 10th," 

 which is, of course, identical with " on or before the 9th." 

 Problem enclosed is hardly legible ; and if legible, unsound. 



H. C. H. and J. Taylor. — Too late for acknowledgment 

 with the rest ; will credit next month if no objections are 

 raised. 



PEOBLEM (No. 2). 

 By G. F. 



A's Hand. 



H.— 10, 7, 6, 2. 

 S. — Ace, Kg, Qn. 

 D.— Ace, Kg, 10, 3. 



C— 8, 3. 



Y's Hand. 



H.— Qn, Kn. 



S.— 8, 7, 5. 

 D.— Kn, 9, 8, 2. 

 C— 9, 7, 6, 4. 



B's Hand. 



H. — Ace, Kg, 4. 



S.— 10, 6, 2. 



D.— 7, 4. 



C— Kg, Qn, Kn, 5, 2. 



Z'a Hand. 



H.— 9, 8, 5, 3. 

 S.— Kn, 9, 4, 3. 

 D.— Qn, 6, 5. 

 C— Ace, 10. 



This is purposely given as a very simple example of the 

 disadvantage of overtrumping in like circumstances, and 

 A's proper play may seem to many readers too obvious to 

 need demonstration, since it is clear that, after discarding 

 his diamond, he must win every other trick. Yet it is 

 surprising how often such opportunities are missed in 

 actual play. Next month we hope to give a somewhat 

 more difficult illustration of the same principle. 



Ct)€ss (JToUimn. 



By C. D. LococK, B.A.Oxon. 



To Correspondents. — Communications for this column 

 should be addressed "Cintni, I Idwl./iurst, Kent," and posted 

 /)('/'();■(' the 10th of each month. 



Solution of Problem No. 1 (bi/ W. E. Holland) : — 1. 

 K to K3, and mates next move. 



CoHRi-.cT Solutions from : — Alpha, T. E. Kerrigan, T. 

 Hurley, K. T. M., Giu. Pianissimo, K., .T. Landan, F. A., 

 A. G. Hansard, T. A. Earl, T. K. Bentlcy, R. ^V. Houghton, 

 F. W. Sharp, White Knight, A. J. Luisham, G. F., .J. 

 Humble, A. N. Brayshaw, E. B., Betula, C. S., A. C. L. 

 Wilkinson, M. B. (Jesmond), E. A. Layton, C. T. Blan- 

 shard, J. -Johnston, .J. G. Ellis, A. Rutherford, T. H. 

 Billington, and T. — (30 correct ; 2 incorrect.) 



H. S\ B.— Not quite right. If 1. 1\ to B2, Q x R, and 

 there is no mate. 



F. DE F. (Perugia).— After 1. K to B4, QxR; 2. Kt x 

 Qch is not mate. 



G. F. — Thanks for problem, which wo insert ; it is quite 

 good enough. Owing to a misprint in your key-move we 

 thought at first that there must be two solutions. 



Black. 



White to play, and mate in three moves. 



The attention of solvers is called to the rule that in the 

 case of thret'-movi' problems all White s second moves should 

 be sent. Competitors' scores will be published nest month. 



Game played, .July 1st, in the Divan Tournament : — 

 Ri;y Lopez. 



