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[Dec. 29, 1882. 



to B »4-. an>l then P takes B would npain leave White with a 

 superior ^mo. 



(i) If !«. Kt takes Kt, Q takes Kt. 17. Q lakes Q, B takes Q. 

 lS.'Kt to Kt6 (ch), K to B2. 13. Kt takes R. R takes Kt. Whites 

 game would bo inurlt inferior t'> Hln-k's. \Vc give a diagram of 

 the pocition : — 



Position after Black's 13th move. 



(A) 17. K to Q2 would have been somewhat better, although 

 %Vhito would still retain his superiority. 



in Of oc.!ir5.> White can also win by Kt takes R (eli). 



SOLUTIONS. 



Pboblkm No. 63, liY G. WoowocK, p. 400. 



1. Kt to Q6 1. K to K4 



2. Q to KKt7 2. KtksKKt.orQKt, or K toQ.". 



3. Q to Kt3, or B7, or Q takes P mates accordingly. 



Xo. G4, BY A. B. Palmeb. 

 1- P to K3 1. R takes B (ch) best 



2. K takes R 2. B to B2 or Q2 (ch) 



3. K to QO or BO 3. B takes BP or KtP (ace.) 



No. C5, BY G. H. T. 

 Thi.i problem is incorrect. It admits of several solutions, such 

 5 1. R takes P ; also 1. Q to Q5 (eh) and 1. Q to K7. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



•«• Pleate addreta Cheaa Editor. 



W.— Solution* all correct. We shall act npon your excellent 



C. Planck, J. A. Miles.— Problems received with thanks. 

 (i. H. Bonner.— Solutions correct. 



L. P. Rce«. — Problem received with thanks. Solution correct. 

 Wc shall be plad to receive your end position amended. 

 W. Jay, N. Brown.— Problems received with thanks. 

 a. U. T.— Solution of C3 incorrect. 



Francis J. Drake, F. S. I,., J. A. M., E. A. F.— Solutions correct. 

 Bcrrow.— 1. K to QH5, K to Kt3. 2. R to QB5, K takes R V 



^ur aaaftisft column* 



By " Five of Cluus." 



A\ 



GENERAL CONDUCT OF TUE GAME. 



J'y. hn-rp roTii.ir1<Tr.d the virions leads, Ujth from strength and 



""1 also so much of the 8<j<|Uont play of the 



I'o the progress of the suit towards being 



r'<-, is the usual object of the play in each 



•.!■'' iH-.-n led from strength or from weak- 



■. il leader anri his partner seek to 



• h'T the suit may be (generally 



■ wi Ihry D.-ck to establish it. We 



■ 'if Ihegamo while the various plain 



If rr,r.T|.,t,r,;, „„,| iifi. rwiirds, when, as the game proceeds, 



•tula, whether csUbliahcd or not, nro worked by cither side. 



Wo 



for the moment that the hands nro so distributed that 



trumps are not led out very early on eitliii- viih'. 



A suit is established when tlie luildei-ol' tlr m , n I'l ii ilie suit has 

 the bestcardorcards, with tliocoiiiiinly cr.h I ,, . i^ mliTvoning 

 between it or them and lower ones. I'oi in n i i In lirst two 



rounds eight Hearts have fallen, iiu-lutlin.; i h- \^ ^, i,Im',ii, Knave, 

 and Nine, and I hold Kin^, Eight, and Thne. i kiuiw tliat two cards 

 remain with the enemy ; and it I know nothing more, my Hearts 

 are not established, because, if I lead King, I am not sure that the 

 Ten will full ; for ono of the adversaries may hold both Ten and a 

 small one, and playing tho latter to my King will retain tho com- 

 mand. But if tho first two rounds have shown that the Ten is held 

 single by one of the adversaries, I know it must fall to my King. 1 

 know this oven if, besides tho Ten, two other cards, ono of (hem 

 tho Three, remain with tho adversaries. My suit is thei-efore 

 established, though I have but two cards left in it. Tho King mil 

 draw tho Ten and tho Three ; tho Eight will win the last trick in 

 the suit. 



Tho contest in plain suits manifestly turns on tho acquisition of 



enemy retains the cora- 

 xt trick in tho snit will go 

 is of little avail. Suppose 

 t lie lead, play a small card 

 rk and bring in their suit. 

 Hiding c;ird of my suit,— 

 s the trick, and cannot lead 



the command, in this way. So long i 



mand of my suit, in suel 



to them, any attempt to 



I got out all tho trum|is, 



of my own suit. The ci 



Nay, even if my partnri 



alone, — my purpose is fo 



mo my suit. 



Tims wo SCO that, in general, no attempt must bo made to bring 

 in a suit, even if strong, until tho adversaries havo been deprived 

 of tho command, or partner, if he has the command, has given it up. 

 And viewing tho matter from all sides^as holder of a strong suit, 

 as adversary of such holder, and as his partner — wo deduce tho 

 rules : — 



1. Unless you have good cards of re-entry, as king-cards in tho 

 adversaries' suits, or good prospect of holding long trumps, do not 

 try to bring in a suit of which yon have not ))erfcct command. 



:.'. Keep the command of an adversary's suit. 



'^^. (let rid of tho command of a partner's suit. 

 (To he continued.) 



Tlie chief Kditor has sent to us a letter from Benares, in which 

 the writer asks that the Whist Column bo discontinued, because — 

 though he admits Whist is a fine game— "he got into the way of 

 passing a (juiot evening at Whist, when at Cambridge, not for 

 money, but found far more wanted him to i)lay at Loo and Vingt- 

 Un." Our correspondent's logic is not very clear; but we suppose 

 ho ennsiilciTil iliiisr> evenings wasted. Very likely. A littlo r;o(«J 

 Whist •"" - .1 li ii wiiy : and two, or at most three, rubbers, closely 

 and nil h- i -ii.i. ' I i^nnl, are worth ton or a dozen rnbbors of tho 

 bumljl. |.ii|.|i, I ill. J Wliist in many college rooms. There is no 

 more rink ul iln i. adurs of this column learning to waste time over 

 Whist, than there is of tho thousands who follow " Mephisto" going 

 irretrievably to tho dogs by playing Chess from noon to tho small 

 hours dailj'. 



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