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KNOWLEDGE 



[Apsii. 2, 1900. 



J. W. Meues. — Your solutions to last month's pro- 

 blems did not arrive till after this page had gone to 

 press ; otherwise you would have been credited with 

 No. 1, in spite of the clerical error. 



G. B. Gooding. — P to Q4 is a near try, but Black can 

 reply 1. . . . P x P en passant. Moreover after 1 

 K to Kt6, 2. Q to Q2, K to E6; 3. Kt to B5 is not 

 mate, as the Black Pawn can cover the check. ■ 



W. Parkinson. — See reply to G. B. Gooding abo' e. 



J. T. Blakemore. — Correct solutions to J G. 

 Campbell's jDroblems just too lat-e to acknowledge las', 

 month. 



Problems received with thanks from W. H. Gundry. 

 N. M. Gibbius, W. Clugston. They will appear shortly 

 if found to be correct. 



It is interesting to leam that the four-move problem 

 which appeared in the October Number obtained first 

 prize, out of 52 entries, in the problem tourney of the 

 '■ British Chess Magazine." The composer was Karel 

 Traxler, of Bohemia. Below are two of the prize-winners 

 in the recent problem tourney of the " Birmingham 

 Daily Post." Some judges might consider them superior 

 to the first and third prize winners. 



No. 1. 



Second Phize. 



Bt AV. Oleave (London"). 



Black ('■). 









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y,. W> W 



y///ff;;y, ^%^wm'/, _, 'wm/ -mm 



White (8j. 



White mates in two moves. 

 No. 2. 



FOUETH PkIZE. 



Bj Hexkt a. Wood (Shaw). 

 Black (7). 





M 



'WZ-i 



W'ap 





^^..^...^^/ _.i' 





'////. 



ji^^ 



•#4^. M 



Whiii (0). 



White mates in two moves. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



The English side for the forthcoming cable matca 

 with America will consist of Messrs. H. E. Atkins. 

 G. E. Bellingham, J. H. Blackburne, E. M. Jackson, 

 Herbert Jacobs, T. F. Lawrence, F. J. Lee, D. J. Mills, 

 H. W. Trenchard, and W. Ward. The reserves will be 

 Mr. E. O. Jones, Mr. Physick, and Mr. Passmore. Th"^ 

 match takes place on March 23rd and 24th at th° 

 Monaco Restaurant. 



The annual Hastings and St. Leonards Chess Festival 

 :j fixed for March 30th to April 3rd inclusive. Messrs. 

 Plackburne, Mason and Teichmann ai-e the masters en- 

 gaged. There will be the usual consultation games, and 

 blindfold and simultaneous exhibitions, as well as some 

 local events, including a match between teams of lOii 

 plavers representing Kent and Sussex. 



The City of London Chess Club has organised an 

 Invitation Tournament, in which seven professionals and 

 seven amateurs are to compete. The seven prizes to be 

 given amount to £64. Play begins at 7, Grocers' HaL 

 Court, Poultry, on April 5th, with an adjournment 

 between April 12th and April 18th. The tournament 

 will be an interesting test of the relative strengths of 

 British amateurs and professionals, and will give th^ 

 latter an excellent opportunity of getting into practice 

 for the Paris International Tourney. 



Mr. Bellingham is playing a match with Mr. Burn ; 

 the present score is 4J to li in favour of the former and 

 as the match is limited to nine games Mr. Burn cannot 

 now win it. At Chicago Mr. Marshall, the winner of 

 the minor tournament in London, has defeated Mr. 

 S. P. Johnstone by the narrow majority of 7 games to 

 G. Both plavers took part in the cable match last year, 

 and will probably J)lay again. Mr. Delmar has won 

 two short matches with Mr. Halpern and ISL'.jor 

 Hanham. 



In the South^Eastern section of the S.C.Ch.U. tourney, 

 Hampshire succeeded in defeating Sussex by 9 games to 

 7, the latter team being two men short. Hampshire 

 accordingly tied with Surrey for the leadership of the 

 section, but were defeated rather easily in playing off 

 the tie. The final will lie between Surrey and either 

 Somerset or Gloucestershire. 



The " Richardson " cup competition for Scottish clubs, 

 limited to teams of five, has at length been decided In 

 the final tie the Glasgow Club defeated EdinburgV. by 

 3 games to 2. 



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