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. KNOWLEDGE 



[Dec, 15, 1882. 



Sn.— Hprpwith pocloard ple«<e find dctailtnl Fohition of that 

 Lvaacifol coniKMition— Prublrm No. tJO, by John Simpson — which 

 >pp««rs in the CbeM Column of Knowledge for November 24. I 

 h.sve sprnl many houn trying to solve this problem, nnd have i\t 

 i>r »— n r<>«riinlt-d by arriving at the correct resnlt. The more I 

 :'..■ i>o«ition the more beaatifal it seems, and one cannot help 

 •. .: what an eicet-Jingiy tino ganio chess is, and how 

 .1 .-■:<■;»• difficult of mastorv. G. H. Bonneb. 



SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 60. 

 Bv Joii.s- SlMP.s«)N, p. 4-2i. 



1. KtoQ8 



Thij move, which apparently doc3 not influence the position in 

 .■«ny way. I«ave,< Black the option of four different moves with his 

 Kinp. — viz, to B3, B5, K5, and (^4. Besides this remarkable 

 /rr-edom of action of Black's King, he has throe additional moves 

 with his I'awns. 



We shall now consider the various defences, 

 (a) 1. K to B3 

 3. Kt Ukos P 2. K to B2 or K4 



3. Q toKtTorQlmato. 



().) if 1. K to B5 



2. KKt to B3 and Q mates on qi. 



(c) if 1. K to Ko 

 a KKt to B3 and mate as Iwfore. 



(d) if 1. K to Q4 



2. Q to K3 2. Anything. 



3. (^Kt to KtG mate. 



(e) if 1. P to B3 

 S. KKt to B5 and mates with Q as in (a) 



(0 if 1. PtoK4 



2. Q to K3 (ch) 2. K to Q3 or B3 



3. g to K7 mate. 



(',) if 1. P to KtO 



2. Q toK3(ch) 2. K toyt 



3. QKt to KtG mate, or 



2. K to B3 

 3. Q to K7 mate. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 •»• Plcane address ChesH Editor. 



Ch. lUrl*>rt.- Problem not suitable. 



A. W. was shocked to lind no solution of Problem No. 60 in our 

 No. 67. Ho will l>c further "shocked" by seeing that his own 

 aolntion wan wrong, as also Nn. Ul. 



Pity, <ih, Kceffe ; your solution is wrong. 



C. W. Hammick.— You might have .sent the first move. 



Corrett solution of Problem No. o'.) received from J. .T. A. 

 Problem No. tjj from G. 11. Bonner, Henrv Planck, U. T. Berrow. 

 Ko. ei, W. J. Uovnolds, C. Hammick. No. C2, Henry Planck, 

 A. W., Krancis J. Drake, W. H. B. U. No. 04, John Watson. II. 

 8«ward. No. 65, H. .Seward. 



Incorrect solutions received from John Watson (63 and 05), 

 J. Y. B., W. WaUon. Old Meldmm, W. Kinscy Dover, Schmucke, 

 i. P. B<.rTow. R. J. P. 



Further solutions rcceive<l from I. A. M.,63,4,5. John O'Kceffe, 

 63, *. W., CO to C6. John Simpson, C3, 4, 5. Berrow, C3, 4. 

 U. V. T., 61,12, 3, 5. W., W, T. T. Dorrington, T. S. L., 62, Geo. 

 H. Bonner, Tyro. K. J. P., 63, 4. G. Woodcock, 61, 2, 4, 5. 



O. W.— U. B to KO is certainly l>ettor; but better still is to 

 pUy 3. P lo Q4. 



^ur Z2^f)i£(t Column. 



Bt " Five of Clubs." 



K WINNING TRLMP. 



Hpndtt—H, «, 5, 2. 

 Uean»-Kn. 

 QdU-A. 7. 



-A,K,Kn,C, 



SpndfM — Kn, 4, .3. 

 Hearts— y, 10, 8, 7. 

 •|u1js— 8, 3, 4. 

 B \l>iamonds— y, 10, 4. 



Z. 



;— A,K,Q,9,7. 



rt«-A, 0, 2, 

 Llubs— K,y. Kn, 3. 

 Diamonds — 7. 



O O^O 



o ol lo 



♦ ♦ 



♦ ♦ 



♦ ♦ 



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THE PLAY. 



i.U>rlinMl Kins the trick, snd card Iwlow leads n«x( round. 

 B Z_ MR. LEWIS'S NOTES. 



1. A hiia no other load. 



2. In this posiliim Z should not 

 trump with (ho i>onuUimnte. Tho 

 latter is the turnup onrd, nnd as Z 

 is about to play out his tierco 

 major, it is bettor if tho trumps 

 fall that 1' should bo loft in no 

 doubt. As, however, tho Eight 

 and tho turu-up remain in after 

 tho piny of the threo rounds, A 

 nmv be tieilited with tho Eight, 

 for' if Z had had tho Eight, ho 

 ought to have trumped with it. 

 Tho fall of the Diamonds at trick 

 2 leaves Z in doubt as to whether 

 Y or It has tho Queen, but when 

 at trick four Y discards Diamond 

 Nino, ho cannot have tho Queen, 

 as by discarding tho Nino ho 

 would bo giving up the tonaco. 



5. Z continues tho trump to 

 dnnv two for one. 



6. -Vt this point Z shonld have 

 cleared tlio Club suit. Ho must 

 make two by cards, even if 11 has 

 Knave and (^ neon of Diamonds, by 

 refusing to ininip, nnd discarding 

 tho two small Hearts. By draw- 

 ing the last trump before clearing 

 the Clubs, ho onablea Jl to take 

 ndvanldgo of tho information 1' 

 gave hiui when ho discarded tho 

 Nine of Diamonds. H, therefore, 

 properly disourds Diamond Queon, 

 tliiiH leaving A, if he lias a ri!ii'i'<?B 

 card, in full ])osse8sion of the suit. 



7. Behold tho result ! A is loft 

 with four good Diamonds, and 

 making six tricks, saves tho game. 

 If at trick si.v, instead of drawing 

 tho trump, Z had playod Club 

 King, A and B could have made 

 but threo tricks, Club King, Dia- 

 mond King, and Diamond Queen ; 

 of course Z would not have trumped 

 the Diamond Queon. Tho draw- 

 ing of tho last trump was tho more 

 blamable because Y, ut tho fourth 

 trick, had practically told Z ho 

 could not do|)ond upon him for u 

 trick in tho Diamond snit. 



Note. — Tho above is tho second of 

 tho three interesting games kindly 

 sent to us and annotated by Mr. 

 F. U. Lewis. Apart from the 

 lesson specially conveyed by it, it 

 is fi])pcially instructive in showing 

 the advantage of carefully playing 

 bad hands. Both Y and Jt have 

 ])oor hands, and as tho game pro- 

 o cds, it l)ecome8 clear to both 

 players that all they can do is to 

 ])lay with careful reference to the 

 indications an to their partner's 

 hands. This they do. Y does all 

 in his power to save his partner from the mistake into which novcr- 

 Ihi-lesH Z falls. As it happens, tho enomy gains more than Y Z, 

 but that is nut Y's fault. H carefully clears his partner's suit by 

 throwing away tho winning Diamond left alone in his hand. 



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♦ ^+ 



4- » 



VACNor..— Whether with weak trumps (not moro than three), 

 you should or should not force partner after ho has had tho lead 

 and rofmincd from leilding trumps, would depend on inrcumstancos. 

 In moat cases, flof. For ho is likely enough to have just such 

 strength in truiiiiis as would guard both your hands if he is not 

 forced, but leave yon powerless if he is. Yet there are many cases 

 in which it may bo better to make a certain trick by forcing, than 

 trust to maintaining trumps against tho enemy. Tho rule. If weak, 

 refniin from forcing partner, is one to which there are many 

 exceptions.— Five or Ci.i'iis. 



