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[November 1, 1899. 



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2. 

 or 2. 

 or 2. 

 or 2. 



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2. 

 or 2. 

 or 2. 



Defence A, 



K to Q4, 2. R X Pch. 



K to B5, 8. Kt to QOoh, etc. 



KtoKS, 3. BtoB3ch(orKttoQ6ch). 



Defence B, 



PxP, 2. Q toQ4ch. 



K X Kt, 3. R to K3, etc. 



Defence C. 



Kt to B7, 2. R to K3oh 

 KtxR, 3. Kt to Q6ch, etc. 



Defence ]>. 



BxKt, 

 KxR. 

 Kt moves, 

 P to B6, 

 B to Kt5, 



2. RxQP. 



8. Q to B3ch, etc. 



3. B to B3ch, etc. 

 3. B x Pch, etc. 



3. B to KtGch, etc. 



Defence E. 



. P to Q7, 2. R to QB3. 



. P bee. Q, 3. Kt to Q6ch, etc. 



. K to Q4, 3. B to B3 mates. 



, P to B6, 3. Kt to Kt3 (or Q6) ch, etc. 



Correct Solution received from J. Baddeley, who fails 

 only in giving the correct attack in reply to P to Q7. 



Six other solvers have attempted the problem, 1. Q to QO 

 being the favourite beginning. This works very well 

 against 1. . . . PxKt, and even 1. ... B to B4, but 

 1. ... B to Ksq seems a valid defence. In fact, the 

 amount of defensive work done by the Black Queen's 

 Bishop in reply to many " tries," is a feature of the pro- 

 blem, which is probably one of the finest four-movers ever 

 composed. 



C. H. Schachel.—Mter 1. B to Kt6ch, K moves; 2. R 

 X P, K to B5 ; 3. Q to R6ch, K x P, there is no mate. 

 Probably also there are other defences at move 2. 



W, H. Jones. — 1. RxP seems all right if Black reply 

 1. ... K to Q4 (as you give), or 1. . . PxKt. But is 

 there a mate in 3 after 1. . . . KxR? We have no 

 time to examine it. 



J. K. ^[acmeikan. — Many thanks for your problem, 

 which appears below. 



PROBLEMS. 



No. 1. 

 By J. K. Macmeikan (Repton). 



Black (7). 



No. 2. 



Black (2). 



White (lu). 



White mates in two moves. 



'^m 'mm, a -mm. 



M^ 



1 



Whitk (7). 



White mates in two moves. 



CHESS I NTELL IGENCE, 



There were twelve competitors in the Russian National 

 Tournament, which was held recently in Moscow. M. 

 Tchigorin won the first prize with the fine score of 10 out 

 of a possible 11. M. Schiii'ers scored 7i, and took the 

 second prize. The remainder of the competitors are pro- 

 bably unknown to English players. 



In the tournament of the New York State Chess Asso- 

 ciation, Mr. Lipschiitz has won the first prize, and proved 

 clearly that his play has suffered no deterioration during 

 his long retirement from the chess arena. The second 

 prize resulted in a tie between Mr. Kemeny and Mr. F. J. 

 Marshall, the winner of the ** second tournament " in 

 London last summer, Messrs. Halprin, Shipley and 

 Bampton divided the fourth and fifth prizes. 



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