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KNOWLEDGE. 



[January 1, 1900. 



J. Neville. — Very glad to receive your appreciative 

 letter. 



G. F. Todd. — Your suggested key 1. Kt to Kt5 to 

 the four-mover certainlv • omes verv near. For instance 

 neither 1. . . . P x P lior 1. . . . B to Kt5 uor 1. . . . 

 K to Q4 are valid defences. There is nothing left 

 therefore except 1. . . . B x Kt. 



J. O. Neumann. — In No. 1. after 1. B to KKt7 there 

 is no mate, whatever Black reply. In No. 2. 1. B to 

 K7 is answered by K to K4 or Bishop moves. By ex- 

 changing the column of letters for the row of figures 

 your notation would become the ordinary German 

 notation. 



Alpha, G. A. Forde.— If 1. Kt to KK4, P to Q4. 

 Hence the Black Pawn at KKt5. 



B. G. Laws. — Problem withdrawn a.s requested. The 

 coincidence which prevents its publication is as curious 

 as it is unfortunate for us. 



J. Baddeley. — We quite agree with you in principle : 

 but how about a fifteen-move problem ? Few players 

 but Mr. Blackburne could manage this from the dia- 

 gram alone : and yet these long problems, sui-mate or 

 otherwise, frequently contain the most beautiful com- 

 binations. Moreover, if the composer moves the pieces, 

 may not a mere solver do likewise without reproach? 



PROBLEMS. 



By J. T. Blakemore. 



No. 1. 



Black t^). 





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^e^/ 







I 



^^'^ f m 



Ui. 





White (:i). 

 White mates in two moves. 



No. 2. 



Buck (i;). 



'■■///////,^ ',///////, g^g'^-i ^^P* 



mm ■ § ■ 



^1 W'-. 



I ■ ■lii 



WM 





'Whiti(IO). 



White mates in two moves. 



Mr. Blackburne's Games at Chess. Edited by P. 

 Anderson Graham. (Longmans, Green & Co.) 



Some two or three years ago Dr. Tarrasch published 

 a selection of 300 of his games. Mr. Blackburne has 

 now followed suit with this handsomely bound volume, 

 which contains more than 400 of his games, selected, 

 annotated and arranged by himself. Mr. Blackburne 

 has undoubtedly been, for the last thirty years, the 

 most prominent of English chess-players : the present 

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