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KNOWLEDGE. 



[June 1, 1900. 



Of No. 2 only, from D. D., A. Gorham. 



D. D. — KtxP will not solve No. 1. 



A. Gorham. — If 1. Kt lo K3, Q x Q, ami l.liere is no 

 mate. 



Otto Schachel. — None of your solutions to No. 1 

 will work. Black's best defence must be assumed in 

 every case. 



W. Clugston. — Many thanks. You will see that Mr. 

 Gundry's problem appears below. 



PROBLEMS. 



No. 1. 

 By B. G. Laws. 



Black (8). 



:q. 



AVhite (10). 



White mates in three moves. 



No. 2. 

 By W. H. Gundry. 



Blv k (I) 



//,/o. 



^l^i ■1'^^, 









/,T^// ///M ^P 



mm. mm 



.,*.•. 





WuiTK (In,. 



White mates in two moves. 



Pillsbury, Maroczy, Janowski, Schlecter, Brody, Burn, 

 Mason, Tchigorin, and about twelve others, including 

 perhaps Blackbume. 



The death of Rudolph Charousek deprives the world 

 of a brilliant player who might easily have risen to the 

 championship. Before his death, at the age of 27, most 

 judges would have placed him among the first five liviujj 

 players. Charousek won the Berlin touniament and was 

 second to Tchigorin at Budapest, and to Bum at 

 Cologno, the last tournament in which he took part. 



The Hastings Chess Festival was brought to a success- 

 ful conclusion last month. Messrs. Blackbume. Lee 

 and Teichmann were the masters engaged, five drawn 

 games being the result of their consultation games. 

 Mr. Teichmann's simultaneous performance resulted in 

 a score of 15 wins and 5 draws out of 20. Mr. Black- 

 bume, blindfold, was also in excellent form, winning 5 

 games and drawing one. In the duplicate series of 

 consultation games Mr. Teichmann made the best score, 

 winning both his games, while Messrs. Blackbume and 

 Lee won one and drew one. 



After an adjournment over Easter the City of London 

 invitation tournament was brought to a conclusion with 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



The Anglo-American inter-universities cable match 

 has resulted in a decisive win for the English univer- 

 sities. The score was as under : — 



Enqland. 

 Tattersall (Camb.) 

 Softlaw (Camb.) 

 Ellis (Oxon.) ... 

 George (Oxon.) 

 Soddv (Oxon.) 

 Wiles (Oxon.) 



The Paris International Tournament is just beginning 

 as we go to Press. The entries include Lask-^r, 



the following score : — 



. £20 



( £12 



(. £12 



. £8 



. £6 



. £4 



. £2 



Messrs. Teichmann and Mason both started badly. 

 Mr. Blackbume, on the other hand, secured a good lead 

 at the start, but after the adjournment was severely 

 handicapped by illness. Mr. Ward is to be congratulated 

 on an excellent performance; to be one poi«it only 

 behind the first prize winner is a most creditable achieve- 

 ment in such company. Mr. Gunsberg showed that he 

 has lost little of his former skill, though lie retired 

 from serious chess some years ago. Mr. Loman, on the 

 other hand, has done better things in his time. 



The annual tournament of the Southern Counties' 

 Chess Union will be held this year at Bath, the date 

 fixed being September 3 to 12. The Scottish Associa- 

 tion tourney has resulted in a tie between Mr. D. Y. 

 Mills, the perennial holder of the trophj', and Dr. Mac- 

 donald ; the tie is to be played off during the summer. 

 The championship of the Southern Counties Chess' 

 Union has again been won by Surrey, who defeated 

 Gloucestershire in the final tie. 



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