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KNOWLEDGE. 



[March 1, 1900. 



correct key. After 1. Q to Kt6, PxQ ; 2. B x KtP, 

 Black replies 2. . . . P to B6. 



W. J. Allen. — You wi'.i .see that you are right in 

 your conjecture as to the aifficulty of the .second move 

 in No. 2. It is, in fact, as you suggest, harder to find 

 than the key, which is rather the sort of move that a 

 modern solver would be likely to try first, on the chance 

 of its being correct. 



E. Hervante, H. Le Jbune, W. de P. Crousaz. — 



1. Q to K2 will not solve No. 2. E.g . 1 Kt to K5, 



threatening a check : ths only defence against tlie 

 threatened" 2. Q to QKt2 and 2. Kt to KtTch. In 

 the latter case the Knight is able to interpose at QB4, 

 after 2. . . . K x Kt, 3. B to KtGch. It is a very near 

 and beautiful " try." 



W. Nash. — Both problems in half-an-hour from the 

 diagram would seem to show that the " rust " is very 

 easily removed. 



Capt. Forde. — Your account of previous experiences 

 \;ith No. 1 is very interesting. Your friend's advice 

 to " try the least likely move " was evidently well 

 judge<l. 



PROBLEM. 

 By J. K. Ma?meikan (Rcpton). 



Buci (.'!). 



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White tl'). 

 White mates in three moves. 



Mr. W. A. Shinkman, of Grand Kapids, U.S.A., pro- 

 ba.bly the greatest composer of long sui-mate problems 

 in the world, has sent the following fine specinicn of 

 ids work. It is useless to give it a diagram as self-made 

 poblems are caviare to the Knot/ledge baud of 

 solvers. Perhaps, howeve-, they may be induced to 

 examine the solution appended, and see for themselves 

 the beautiful possibilities of this class of problem. The 

 position is : — 



White— K at KR6, Q at QB8, R at QR2, Kt at Q.5, 

 P at KR7. 



Black — K at Ksq, B at Qsq. White compels Black 

 to mate in 13 moves. 



Mr. Shinkman sent no solution with his '' puzzle." 

 but the following is no doubt the composer's beautiful 

 intention : — 



'Whitf, 



1. P to R8. becomes Kt. 



2. R to KB2ch 



3. Kt to KB7 



4. K to R7 



6. K to R8. 



G. Kt to KKt5 dis. ch 



7. R to KKt2 ! 



8. Kt to QB7 



Black. 



1. K moves. 



2. K to K or Ktsq 



3. K to Esq 



4. K moves 



5. K moves 



6. K moves 



7. K moves 



8. K to K2 



9. Q to KGch 



10. Q to Qtich 



11. Kt to R7ch 



12. Q to KB(!ch 



13. R to Kt7ch. 



9. K to Bs(i 



10. B to K2 



11. K to B2 



12. BxQch 



13. B X R mate. 



The Chess Editor confesses without shame that he 

 did not solve this fi-om the diagram, but by a process 

 of " looking backward " from a finish which should be 

 worthy of Mr. Shinkman. After it had become evident 

 that a new Knight shoul 1 be manauvred to KR7, the 

 great difficulty was in the play of the Rook. The 

 second move especially was quite unexpected, leading, 

 as it does, to the extremely subtle seventh move, but 

 the most wonderful feature of the problem is the ab- 

 sence of any alternative solution, if this is indeed the 

 case. 



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CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



The Anglo-American Cable Match takes place on 

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 to the cable match between a combined team of 

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In the South-Eastern division of the S.C.C.U. Surrey 

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The late Professo-- Ruskiii' took a great interest in 

 Chess, more particularly in very short and lively games, 

 such as those of Mr. Bird. He was the originator of 

 the expression " Social Chess," the title of Mr. Mason's 

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