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FOREST AND STREAM. 



slimy moss growing upon it. He thought, however, that 

 it was soti, and pushed ahead, his friends in the meantime 

 watching to see the result of his new rig. They had not Ions 

 to wait, as the old gentleman's feet flew from under him and 

 down he came, and there he was, in great danger of drowning 

 the breeches filled with water and the old man was powerless 

 to help himself. His friends in the meantime were so con- 

 vulsed with laughter as to be unable for a few moments to ex> 

 to his rescue. At length he was taken out, and this ended 

 his fishing career. J D H 



NaOivUU, Teim., Aug. 1878. 



She §mm of §hess. 



Problem No. 25. 



Tonrney set, No. 19. Motto : Blue Bells of Scotland. 



White to play and give mate in threemoves. 



SOLUTIONS TO PBOBLEMS— NO. 21. 



[Solutions Nob. 17, IS, and 19 should lave read Nos. IS, 19 and 30. 

 White P at Q3 should be changed for a Black P.] 



1— Q-S4 1— P tks B 



2— B tks B Ob 2— K tks B 

 3— P tks P mate 



1- 1— P tks P 



«-Q-Kt7 2- Any 



3— <i tks K P mate 



1 1— 1— Ii-K BT 



2— B-B5 2-K tks P 



I 3— Kt Iks E mate 



I 1— 1— B tks B 



it-Q tks B 2— K-B7 



I 3— H-B5 mate 



White. 



1— P-K4 



2— Kt-K B3 

 3— B-iitJ 

 4— B-R4 

 5-P-Q4 

 0— Castles 

 7— P-B.5 

 fc—P-Q B3 

 9— PlKs P 

 10— B-Q Kt3 

 ll_P-Cjs 

 12— P-O0 (b) 

 13— P tks P 

 14— B-Q B2 

 16-Q-Q3 

 16— Kt Q B3 

 17— P-Q Kt3 

 18— B-K H6 



Game No. 73 



Black. 



Englisch 



1— P-K4 



2— Kt-Q B3 



S— P-QR3 



4— Kt-K B8 



5—1' tts P 



6— B-Q hi (a) 



7— Kt-tJ4 



8— Castles 



9— B-K2 

 10-Kt-Q KtS 

 11— Kt-Q R4 

 12— P tks f 

 13— B-K B3 

 14— Kt- (Kt.3) B5 

 15— P-K Kt3 

 16— P-Q KM 

 17— Kt-Kt.3 

 IS— K R-K 



-RUT LOPEZ. 



White. Black. 



MacKenzle Englisch 



19— Q R-K lil-Q B-K 12 (c) 



2o— R tks R ch 20— y tks It 



21— R-K 



22-Kt-K4 



SS— Qt.k-sB 



24— P-K R4 



25— B-K KtS 



'26— B-B4 



27-R-Q 



28— B-K3 (e) 



29— P-K R5 



30-P tks P 



31— B-K Kt5 



32— B-B6 



33— R-Q5 



34— Q tks Q 84— Kt tks P 



35— B itsK Kt P 85— Kt-K2 



36— B tks Kt and wins 



21-Q-Q 

 22— b tks Kt 

 23— Kt-Q 113 

 24— B-K Kt2 

 25— Q-Kt 

 Sa— K B-B 

 27-Q-K 

 2S-Q-Q 

 29— Kt-Q B 

 80— R P Iks P 

 31— Q-Kt3 

 32-ti-l; B4 

 33— Q tks K (f) 



KOTB8 (Condensed), 

 (a) That this move is not better than the recognized continuation of 

 6— B-K2 is speedily Bhown. 

 (6) Rather venturesome. 

 (e) B.-K3 is preferable. 



(d) 1 favor Kt-Q4. 



(e) This fine move preveuts Black exchanging Queens save at the ex- 

 ense of a piece. 



CO Either resign or play Q-Kt5, which allows of a further struggle.— 

 \f<*tmm*ler Papert, 



r JOTTINGS. 



—The Derbyshire Chens Column of Aug. 8 is devoted entirely to 

 American chesB matters. We indorse a portion of that w hich it con- 

 tains—the balance we view with disapproval. The Turf observed: 

 "That it is the impartial judgment that oar representatives have not 

 been out-played, and that their misfortune must be asonbed to some 

 other cause tban lack of ability, etc." This is published In the Derby- 

 shire Chew Column witli the appended comments thereon : " What this 

 ' some other cause' may be, of course we cannot even guess at, but our 

 readers will have some Idea of the chronic state of brag that Just uow 

 obtains in the States from the fact that this article is being copied into 

 other American journals [kindly give names of some 71 and that Mac- 

 Kenzle is Chess Editor of the Turf." Oh, Derbyshire, did not MacKen- 

 zie score one and one-half games against Zukertort, one and oue-half 

 games against VVinawer, one game against both Blackburne and Bird, 

 and then two consecutive games, In playing off a tie, against BUM? 

 Are not these straws whereon to express an " impartial judgment?" 

 What would have been the "impartial judgment" of the Derbyshire 

 Chesa Column had MacKenzle represented Derby at the Paris Tourney? 

 - We opine that you would have devoted au entire column to the subject, 

 and kept it up for weeks thereafter. Had you treated the matter as did 

 the Turf you would not have indulged in brag. "Brag just now 

 obtains in the States"— indeed ! This affords us a seasonable opportu- 

 nity to remind the Derbyshire Chess Editor that he has indulged in 

 brag— we refer to his articles on Relcheltn's 121er and 166er. This 

 brag has hard facts at its back, and English solving ability is justly a 

 matter of pride. We " acknowledge the corn" In that instance, and we 

 also parenthetically state that Andrews is a first-class problemist, 

 solver, critic and umpire, and that .Messrs. Pierce and Meyer are also 

 good problemists and Bolvers. But why did you so present, the subject 

 to your readers ia a manner that left open no fair inference to your 

 readers other than that MacKenzie wrote this ■' impartial criticism?" 

 Hardly the fan- thing to do, knowing as you ninst have, that Mr, Mac- 

 Kenzle did not conduct the Turf chess column while engaged In play 

 at the Paris Tourney. WhUe we admire Thompson's pluck, enthusi- 

 asm and ability, we cannot applaud or even silently wink at his indis- 

 criminate and unfair attack upon American chess in that exceptional 

 oases are made to appear as illustrations of American chess players 



generally, it ia not our intention to provoke a discussion with the 



SSfST C ° h '" m b ' V *' ab ° Ve ° r 0ttI "»"* observation, that 



friend Thompson sometimes goes off before even a half cocfc 



-Tim winners of the prizes in the problem tourney of the MvUta 

 ft»7fc Saccte of Italy, are : first, G. B. Val.e, Spezia ; seoo. 

 Malaga, Spain; third, M. Oberman, Leipzig, Germany. 



-The English manager of the International Tourney intends to pub- 

 lish game., etc.-he having discontinued his column In the Glasgow 

 A<*w of the Weck-m the Argu* and Etprei, chess c.ilutnn, of Ayr, Scot- 

 ability M0rtOn ' s cheBS commn ln tu « P*per is conducted with rare 



, h _T1 ! e K We * tmimter p *Per 'or August gives a portrait of Mr. Wlnawer 

 the celebrated Russo-Polisu chess player, and about sixty games played 

 at Parts. It is a valuable number, and should be in the bauds of everv 

 chess player. J 



Garni 



Final round. 

 White. 

 Mason 

 1-P-K4 



2-Kt-K B3 

 8— B-Kt5 

 4— Kt tks Kt 

 5— Castles 

 6— P-K Bl (a) 

 7— B-B2 (b) 

 S-P.Q3 

 »— P tks p 



10— B-Q3 (c> 



U-P-B5 



12— B-K B4 



13-KI-R3 



14-Kt-B4 



15— Kt-R5 



16— BtksKt 



17— Q-K2 



IS— P-B3 



19-R-B3 



No. 74.— HTJT 

 Played July 23, 

 Black. 

 Bird 

 1-P-Kl 

 2— Kt-Q B3 

 5— Kt-US 

 t-P tks Kt 

 5- P-K El 

 6— P-Q BS 

 7-P-Q4 

 S-P tks P 

 9— B-Q Bl 

 10— Kt KM 

 11— Kt-Kt5 

 12— B-Q2 

 13-Q-K2 

 14— P Q KM 

 16— Kt-K6 

 16— P tks B 

 17— Q-K4 

 if— P-HB {<!) 

 19-P-K13 



LOPEZ— BIRD'S In: 

 1S7S: 



White. 



Mason 



20— Kt~Kt,3 



at— Kt-Qfi 



Si— RtksP 



us— p i ks P 

 24—F tks B 

 25-K-K 

 26— B-K4 

 27— P-K Kt3 

 38- B-Q 



B3— C K-K 



Ml— B tks B 

 B5-B tks R 

 ;;r,-K-B 

 37— BBS 



Resigns (g) 



Black. 

 Bird 



20— B-K!.:) 



21— nastiet Q it 



22—PtM P 

 B— II tks Kt 

 24- Q tks V 

 sis — Q R-K 

 26— P-RB 

 2T— UK* 

 28-Q-KlB 



a»— b-q 



3i'— P-B4 

 81— P-BG 

 82—11 (Q sq) K (f) 

 .33— B-W3 

 84— It tks B 

 35-R tks li 

 S6-Q-Q5 

 87-O-QD eh 



(<*) This Is altogether premature. P-Q3 Is the correct continuation. 



(&> Possibly necessary after the last move, and, no doubt, intended as 

 Its follower, but it only shows how completely the nature 1 1 

 Ing has been misconceived. Mr. Mason possesses many of the quali- 

 ties of a really strong player, and particularly he is by no means apt to 

 break down under difficulties, but he certainly lacks v#at is called 

 judgment. 



(0 Which is obviously a sign ef weakness. 



(d) This P seems likely, either directly or indirectly, to work consid- 

 erable mischief. 



(«) He cannot stand against H tks B while the K remains at K, but 

 B-B3 would appear lo be more hopeful than the text move 



(/) Which of course wins. 



(a) This game Isagcod specimen of Mr. Bird's vigorous, if somewhat 

 loose, style. Careful elaboration Is not a quality that he goes in for, 

 and us long as hla opponent's game be broken up, lie does not seem to 

 mind Sis own being in various pieces.— Westminster Papers. 



Cokkkotion op Pkoblkm No. 23.— Remove White's Qt'E^" I aw 

 board, and place White's Kino on Q's 8th square. 



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Goosk.— We have lately seen somewhere — we don't exactly 



.here— the wood-cut of a strange bird. 



under it this legend, which has helped us considerably : 



" -1 /(«.)• hypobortii*— Snow Gocfe." \Ve are glad to be so 



informed, because we felt it was no-gOose. 



.^ — n- — . 



Onondaoa Con.vrY Aoi-.k ni/rm-Ai. Society.— The first an- 

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