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KNOWLEDGE. 



[No\'EMBER 1, 1900. 



[This problem has been much and deservedly admired.'] 



CoKEFCT SoLrTiONS of both problems received from 

 W. de P. Crousaz, H. S. Brandreth, Alpha, G. A. Forde 

 (Capt.), H. Le Jeune. 



Of No. 1 only from J. T. W. Claridge, H Boyes, Major 

 Nangle. 



H. Bones. — In reply to 1. K to B2, Black has a valid 

 defence in I ... B to B5. If then 2. P to K3, BtoKt-1 ; 

 or if 2. Kt to Kt4, P to K6ch. It is a very good " try." 



P. A. Cobbold (Ontario). — Your solutions of the Sep- 

 tember j^roblems are quite correct. Yes, most experienced 

 solvers make use of the diagram only, at any rate for two 

 movers. "Wlien White has a choice of moves at any stage 

 after the first move the result is a dual, e.q., in the Sep- 

 tember problem (No. 2), after I. P to Kt.5, Kt (K8) 

 moves, there would be dual mates in answer to four 

 different moves of the Knight if the Black Rook at R8 

 were removed. That is, there would be four duals. A 

 dual on the first move is generally known as a " cook," 

 and of course ruins the j^roblem. 



Major Nangle. — See reply to H. Boyes. Many thanks 

 for the problem, which shall be examined and published 

 if sound. 



/. J. Allen. — Problem received with thanks. You are 

 jjerfectly correct with regard to Mr. Guudry's problem in 

 the June number. How the flaw came to be overlooked 

 is difficult to say. 



After an interval of thi'ee or four months, it has remained 

 for Mr. J. J. Allen, of Calcutta, to point out a flaw in Mr. 

 W. H. Gundrv's problem, published in the June number. 

 In reply to l" KtKt3, Black can play Q to QKtSch. and 

 there is no mate. It is very strange that this should have 

 escajied the notice of not only the composer, but the band 

 of regular solvers, to say nothing of the Chess editor. As 

 Mr. Allen suggests, the problem may be rendered sound 

 by placing the White King at Kt2 instead of Ktsq, 



PROBLEMS. 

 By P. G. L. F. 



No. I. 



Black (6). 







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tsi 



,//^''" BSJ "//''/'^ 



V/. 



V^/M^^ 



^ 



White (7). 



White mates iu two moves. 



No. 2. 



Black (9). 



m ^m,„ ^m, mm. 





P 



■■'////■■ '\ 



i v.. ^ 





m. wma WM wm 



■ ® 5 I ^ 

 kk 



White (4). 



White mates iu three moves. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



I omitted to state last mouth the result of the tie 

 for the first three prizes in the Munich Tournament. 

 Maroczy, after losing one game, retired owing to ill-liealth, 

 and had to be content with the third prize. This left 

 Pillsbury and Schlechter equal first and second, and the 

 tie-match between them resulted in a win for each, and 

 two games drawn They accordingly divided the first and 

 second ])rizes. This is certainly Herr Schlechter's finest 

 performance in tournament play. He seems to have over- 

 come to a great extent the tendency to draw, which at one 

 time earned him the well-kno\v]i title of the " drawing 

 master," a title which, by the way, was originally held by 

 his fellow-townsman, Herr Englisch. 



A copy of the third edition of Mr. Tames Mason's 

 " Principles of Chess " (Hoi-ace Cox ) lias been sent for 

 review. The merits of the book, and the greater portion 

 of its contents, are, or ought to be, so well known that 

 little more than the fact of tlie appearance of this the 

 latest edition need be mentioned. It has been revised 

 and enlarged to the extent of 327 pages- The appendix 

 contains some interesting exercises on stalemate, the fifty- 

 moves rule, and a scheme for calculating the value of 

 drawn games in tournaments. Mr. Mason's plan is well 

 known to readers of the British Chess Magazine. It is 

 based on the jirinciple that won games should count 1, 

 drawn games 0, and lost games — ^. This would to a 

 great extent abolish the nuisance of the "accommodation " 

 draw, for a drawn game would api>roa.ch iu value nearer 

 to that of a lost game than that of a game won. Mr. 

 Mason has advocated this reform for tlie past seven years, 

 so far without success. The book retains its former 

 excellent binding, and still costs only half- a- crown. 

 Evidently it will never become out of date. 



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