Chess Problems by Henry Tate Ken Fraser Round about 1915, Henry Tate (1873-1926) pasted into an album a collection of 60 of his published problems and then, apparently, started another one. The State Library of Victoria holds both of these albums, but has spread them over two different collections. The first album, Chess Problems by Henry Tate, Book 1, which contains problems 1-60, is among the Tate Chess Papers in the Anderson Chess Collection; the second album, which holds problems nos. 61-67, is MS 10455 in the Australian Manuscripts Collection. Each album contains 30 pages of a heavy olive green paper onto which Tate has pasted clippings of his published problems, and then added ms. notes about their publication dates and, sometimes, their solutions. The title of Book 1 is written on a label pasted onto the cover of the album; the label originally pasted onto Book 2 is now missing. The original printed diagrams of the problems were commonly accompanied by their description in Forsyth Notation. That notation has been used in this transcript as it originally appeared and no attempt has been made to provide a uniform use of Kt, N, and S. Where the notation was lacking in the original albums it has been supplied in square brackets. e.g. Tate No. 3. [ Kt7 / 2pKp3 / 8 / RP1k1PR1 / 3p4 / P2P2Kt1/ 8 / 8 ] White to play and mate in two moves. The Forsythed problems are followed, in quote marks, by Tate’s annotations, with his own keys and solutions where they are given. If the keys and solutions are lacking in the album they have been supplied, if possible, from the column itself. The chess column problem numbers are supplied after Tate’s annotation of the published date. Apparent misprints in the album or the columns are noted by [sic.] followed by a correction. (For examples of incorrect diagrams see nos. 26 and 45.) Comments, extracts from the chess columns, and other matters not listed in the album, are treated as Notes. Note: There is a possibility that Book 1 existed in more than one copy. A notebook in Tate’s Chess Papers in the Anderson Chess Collection contains the following draft of an undated letter to A.C.White, the American chess problemist and patron. The draft, ca. 1915, reads: “Dear Mr. White, Many thanks for diagrams, and four books which all arrived safely. I am very proud to be numbered on your Xmas list and will deeply appreciate the privilege. Mr. Magee sent me a circular of the G.C.C.C. which I shall immediately join. Will send you my problems (about 60) as soon as possible. [Italics not in original] Will supplement this note with another later on with which I hope to send you a photo or two of local interest. Some of the people will problematically be known to you. I might mention that I am in active correspondence with Mr. T.R.Dawson. One of our staples is the “eccentric”. I am trying to get all the Australian eccentrics I can for him and so far have gathered up all the loose ends in sight. Just beginning to feel started. Your highly esteemed representative has just told me that you offer a Columns prize for 3ers next year. A splendid gift of which the thoughtfulness is no small part. It is sure to be valuable to Australian composers.” (Henry Tate Chess Papers. Anderson Chess Collection Manuscripts. Box 25/2.) [Bob Meadley: I have shortened the Notes, made solutions algebraic, and added the diagrams. His last problem is dated 1924. There are probably more in the Leader until his death in 1926.]

Book 1: Problems 1-60 1.

8 / 8 / 3K2pQ / 8 / 3k1P2 / 3pKtPP1 / 2Rr4 / 2B4Kt. (9x4) White to play and mate in two moves. (Tate’s First Problem) “Published in Melbourne ‘Leader’ 2-9-11” (no. 3314) Key: “Q-h2” waiting if 1…RxQ,RxR,PxR,g5;2.Rc4,Qh8,QxR,Nf5

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3K4 / 8 / 2Kt5 / 2P4Q / 1Rr1kKt2 / P7 / p1rp1P2 / 8. (8x5) White to play and mate in three moves. “Published in Melbourne ‘Leader’ 9-3-12” (no. 3384) (Leader, 30-9-12). Key:1. Kt-d4 threat 2.Qd5+..KxN;3.Qf5++ If l…Rxc5; 2. Nxc2..Rc4;3.RxR & 1..RxdN+;2.Qd5+..Kxf4;3.RxR If l..R(c2) moves or P-d1 (any); 2. Q-d5+…Kxf4;3.Qf5++ If l..KxfN..2.Qf5 or 1..KxdN;2.Qd5+..Kc3;3.Ne2

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[Kt7 / 2pKp3 / 8 / RP1k1PR1 / 3p4 / P2P2Kt1/ 8 / 8 ] (9x4) White to play and mate in two moves. “Published in Melbourne ‘Leader’ 25-5-12 No 3413.” “Mentioned in Australian Columns Tourney 1911/12” “Re-printed in ‘Adelaide Chronicle’ 9-11-12.” [Album copy? (no 3452)] Key. 1.Nh5 waiting if 1..Ke5/Kc5;2.f6/b6 or 1..c5/e5;2.bxep/fxep 1..c6/e6;2.Pxc6/Pxe6

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[8 / 3Kp3 / 1p5B / 1P1k1PRKt / 3p4 / P2P4 / 8 / 8] (8x4) White to play and mate in two moves “Published in Melbourne ‘Leader’ 22-6-12 (In Forsyth)” (Leader, 13-7-12) Key 1.B-f8 waiting if 1..Kc5/e5;2.f6 1..e5/e6;2.Pxep/Pxe6

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3b4 / 5B2 / 1p6 / 3R4 / 2kKt4 / P3prp1 / 1K2P1b1 / 8. White to play and mate in two moves. “Published in the Melbourne ‘Leader’ 13-7-12” (no. 3429) Key: 1.Nc2 threat 2.Rf5 if 1..RxB/Bf6+;2.Nxe3/Re5

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2Kt5 / 5K2 / 8 / 4k3 / P1p5 / 2P2B2 / 4P3 / 2B5. (7x2) White to play and mate in three moves. “Published in the Melbourne ‘Leader’ 3-8-12” (no. 3436) Key:1.Nb6 waiting if l..Kf5;2.e4+..Ke5;3.Nxc4 1..Kd6;2.Bf4+..Kc5;3.Nd7

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[8 / 6p1 / 3P2Pb / R6r / 2N1k2p / 2K2b1P / 3B2N1 / 8.] (8x6) White to mate in two moves. “Published in the ‘Weekly Times’, Melbourne 21.9.12.” (no. 3027) (Weekly Times, 5-10-12) Key:1.B-g5 dual threat 2.Re5 & Nd2 If 1..RxB;.2.Nd2

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2Bkt4 / 6pK / 1p1P1Kt1p / b3p1k1 / 1pQ1PKt2 / 3P3p / 7P / 8. (9x9) White to play and mate in three moves. “Published in the Melbourne ‘Leader’ 7-12-12” (no. 3491) Key:1. Qa2 threat 2. Nxh3+ & 3.Qf2 If 1..Pxf6;2.Qg8+..Kxf4;3.Qg3 & 1..Pxf4;2.Qd5+..Kxf6;3.Qf5 1..Kxf4;2.Qd2+..Kf3;3.Bg4 & 1..Kxf6;2.Nxh3..Ne6;3.Qxe6 Note: This solution was checked against the Leader solution (28.12.12). Tate’s annotations do not include K-h5 and its duals as given in the Leader.

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8 / 8 / 3Q2P1 / 6k1 / 4P1Ktb/ 5P1R / K7 / 8. (7x2) Black, in playing last, moved illegally, but made no capture. He moved one piece only and that his own. Black has to retract the illegal move, and to make a legal one instead. White mates in one move. “Winner of the ‘Leader’ Eccentricity Competition 1912.” “Published in Melbourne ‘Leader’ 28-12-12” (no. 3502) (Leader, 18.1.13) Key: Black illegally moved his B from h5 to h4. He replaces the B on h5 and then makes a legal move. If BxP, white mates by Q-f6; if BxN, white mates by P-f4. Note: A clipping from the Leader (1-3-13) headed “Our Eccentricity Competition”, with winners and comments, is pasted in. [BM: Clever. Other illegal B moves such as e1 or h1 Black can stop mate.]

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8 / p7 / 8 / Q4B2 / p1kp1K2 / 3R4 / 2b5 / 8. (4x5) White to play and mate in two moves. “Published in ‘The Australasian’ 4-1-13.” (no. 2728) (Australasian, 18.1.13) Key: 1.Bc8 threat 2.Ba6 if 1..KxR/BxR;2.Ba6/Be6.

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1b1Kt4 / 3p4 / 8 / B1pKtk3 / 6Pp / 1P3P2 / 7K / 3R4. (8x5) White to play and mate in two moves. “Published in the British Chess Magazine, December 1912.” “Re-printed in Melbourne ‘Leader’ 1-2-13” (no. 3520) Key: 1. Bd2 threat 2.Bf4 If 1..Kd4+/KxN+/Kd6;2.Bf4

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5kt2 / Kp6 / pQ3Ktrp / 4kbqR / 2B1P3 / 2P1Kt1P1 / 8 / 3r4. (9x9) White to play and mate in two moves. “Published in Melbourne ‘Leader’ 22/2/13.” (no. 3529) Key: 1.Bd3 threat 2.Nc4 If 1..Be6/Qxe3/Ne6;2.Qd4/RxB/Nd7

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B7 / p1BR1ktK1 / 3prP2 / Kt4rp1 / 1PKtk1p2 / pR1p1kt2 / 4qP2 / b1Q5. White to play and mate in two moves. (11x13) “Published in ‘Brisbane Courier’ (Tourney) Feb 15, 1913.” (no. 1291) Solution: (Courier, 15.3.1913) Key move : N –e5.Threat 2.Qc5 If 1..Bc5/Qc2/RxN;2.QxB/Nxf3/Qc4

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3R4 / 5Kt2 / 8 / 1P1Kt1P2 / 3k4 / 3B4 / 1P3K2 / 8. (8x1) White to play and mate in two moves. “Published in the ‘Brisbane Courier’ (Tourney) Feb 22, 1913.” (no. 1292) Solution: (Courier, 22.3.1913) Key move: N-g5. If 1..Ke5/Kc5/KxB;2.Nf3/Ne5/Ne3

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1K1Kt4 / 1P6 / 3ktr1BR / 2k3pp / 1RP5 / 2PPqbQ1 / 3rpKtp1 / 2kt1b1B1. White to play and mate in two moves. (12x12) “Published in the Melbourne ‘Leader’ 22-3-13.” (no. 3539) Solution: Clipping from the Leader, 12.4.13 pasted in. No 3539 (Tate). Key: 1.B-e4 threat 2.Nxe6 If 1..RxR/Re8/QxB/Bg4/Nb5/; 2.Qe5/QxN/NxB/QxQ/RxN

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3Rr3 / 1kt1q1B2 / 4P1Ktp / 1pp2kt1P / 1r1k2KR / 4KtP2 / 1pQ2B2 / 2b5 White to play and mate in 2 moves. (11x11) “Published in ‘Australasian’ 29-3-13.” (No. 2740)

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[16a]

2bRr3 / 3q1B2 / 4P1Ktp / 1pp2kt1P / 1r1k2KR / 4KtPkt1 / 1pQ2B2 / 2b5. White to play and mate in two moves. (11x12) Solution: (Australasian, 26-4-13) Key: 1.e7 threat 2.NxN If 1..NxN+/Nd6+/BxN;2.KxN/Nf5/Qd2

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4R3 / 2p1kt2K / B1p1Pk2 / 2Pr1p1P / 4bQ2 / 6Kt1 / 8 / 4R3 White to play and mate in two moves. “Published in Melbourne ‘Leader’ 26-4-13.” (No. 3557) Note: Two clippings from the Leader, 17-5-13, pasted in. a) Solution: 1. Bc4. The try 1. B-B8 is met by R-Q2. The problem shows a ‘triple pin model mate’. If 1..N any/R any/B any;2.NxB/Rf8/Rf8 b) “Correct solutions to No. 3557 (Tate)” contains the names of solvers and their comments.

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8 / 1Q6 / 4kp2 / 1P1Kt4 / 3B1p2 / K2Kt1b1kt / 4p2b / 6kt1 White to play and mate in three moves. (6x8) “Published in the Melbourne ‘Leader’ 10-5-13.” (No. 3565) Key 1.Qh7 threat 2.Nc7+..Kd6;3.Bc5 If 1..KxN;2.Qd7 If 1..BxN;2.Nc5+..Kd6;3.Qd7 & 1..Kd6;2.Nc7..any;3.Bc5

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[ 8 / K3b3 / 3B4 / k1Ktkt4 / 2pKt4 / 8 / PPb5 / 8 ] (6x5) White to play and mate in two moves “Published in the ‘Adelaide Chronicle’ about 24-5-13.” (No. 3506) Solution: Undated clipping pasted in. No. 3506 (H.Tate) Key: 1.a4. threat 2.Nc6 if 1..Nb4/Kb4;2.Bc7/Nc6

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3kt4 / 1p2R1PB / 2p3KP / 4P1BP / 2P1k1ktr / 1Kt2p2Kt / 4Pprp / 4b1qQ White to play and mate in two moves. (13x12) “Published in the Melbourne ‘Leader’, 31-5-13.” (No. 3574) Solution: (Leader, 21.6.13) Key: 1.B-f4 threat 2.Kg5 If 1..Nxe5+/Nf6+/Nxh6+/Ne6;2.RxN/KxN/KxN/Kf7

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8 / 1p1Kt1p2 / 1P1pPP2 / 2Pk4 / P2p2K1 / 1P1Kt1P2 / 8 / 8 ((10x5) White to play and mate in two moves. “Published in the ‘Australasian’ 14-6-13.” (No. 2751) Key: 1.c6 waiting If 1..Kxc6/Pxc6/Kxe6/Pxe6;2.Nb4/Nf4

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8 / 1K2P3 / 1P5Kt / 4B3 / 8 / 2P2kPp / 2PPpppP / 4R1R1 White to play and mate in three moves. (12x5) “Published in Melbourne ‘Leader’ 14-6-13.” (No. 3580) Key: 1.Bd4 threat 2.Pe8=Q & 3.Qe3 If 1..f1=B;2.e8=B..any;3.Bc6 If 1..f1=N;2.e8=Q..any;3.Qe3 & 1..f1=Q;2.e8=Q..Qf2;3.Qc6 1..Ke4;2.e8=Q etc & 1..Pxe1 or g1 =?;2.e8=Q. Many duals.

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[8 / R3Kt3 / 2p5 / 8 / 2K2k2 / 4p3 / 6Q1 / 8] (4x3) White to play and mate in three moves. “Published in ‘Hampstead and Highgate Express’, Ap 19th 1913.” (No. 1512) Tourney Problem no. 16. “Re-printed Melbourne ‘Leader’ June 21 1913.” (No. 3584) Clippings from both papers naming solvers with correct solutions pasted in. Key:1.Ra3 waiting If 1..Ke5;2.Rxe3.. Kd6/Kf4/f6;3.Qxc6/Qg3/Qg6 1..c5;2.Rxe3..KxR;3.Nd5 & 1..e2;2.Qg3 & 3.Re3

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[6BB / 1Ktp5 / 1p6 / 4R3 / 3kpb2 / 8 / 1P3P2 / 3K2R1] (8x5) White to play and mate in two moves. “Competed in ‘Western Daily Mercury Tourney’ 1912/13.” “Re-printed Melbourne Weekly Times: 12.7.13.” (No. 3144) Note: The Western Daily Mercury was published in Plymouth, Devon. (Weekly Times, 2.8.13) Key 1.R-g7 Threat 2.Rd7 If 1..e3/BxR/KxR/Kd3;2.Rd7/Rd7/Rg5/Rd7

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7K / 3pP2p / 1p1rr3 / 2Kt5 / pP1Kt4 / P1k1bBBR / Q5p1 / 5b2 (10x10) Competed in the ‘Western Daily Mercury’, 16th Tourney, 1912-1913. White to play and mate in two moves. “Re-printed in Melbourne ‘Leader’ 14.7.13.” [sic. ie. 12.7.13] (No. 3590) (Leader, 2.8.13) Key : 1.B-e2. Threat 2.Nb5 If 1..KxN/BxN+/BxB;2.Qc4/Be5/NxB

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[6R1 / 8 / 2p1p3 / 2PbQ3 / 2pRkt2k / 2P5 / 8 / 7K] (6x6) White to play and force Black to mate in two moves. “Published in ‘Weekly Times’ 19.7.13 (Entered for Tourney).” (No. 3146) (Weekly Times, 16.8.13) Key. R-g1 waiting if 1..Kh3;2.Qg3+..NxQ The problem was published upside down, corrected above.

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5K2 / 1p6 / 6p1 / 4k1Ktp / 8 / 2R1B1R1 / 8 / 8 (5x4) White to play and mate in three moves. “Cooked” “Published in the Melbourne ‘Leader’ 9.8.13.” (No. 3602) Solution: A clipping from the Leader, 30.8.13, pasted in, reads:-. No. 3602 (Tate) unfortunately has three solutions:(a) Author’s: 1.Ba7,Threat 2.Bb8+ & 3.gRd3 (b) 1. Bb6, Kd6 ; 2.Rc5 &c. If other: 2. Bc7 &c. (c) 1.Rc5+, Kd6 ; 2. R-Kt2 &c. If K-B3 ; 2.R-KB3 short mate. Duals are omitted. [BM (1.09.05): Add a BP on b6. Key is then Bxb6 (QN6).]

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[b4k2 / 1p1p1P1kt / 1p1r1pP1 / 1B2pKtp1 / pB2K3 / P3P1p1 / 6P1 / 8] White to play and force Black to mate in two moves. (9x12) “Printed in the ‘Weekly Times’ 9.8.13.” (No. 3155) Solution: A clipping from the Weekly Times, 30.8.13, pasted in, reads:Problem No. 3155 (Tate):- Unfortunately, the position could not have occurred in actual play, owing to the presence of the black pawn on b7 and black bishop on QR sq. The position comes under the heading impossible position and is therefore “cooked”. Key 1.Be2..g4;2.Bb5!..Ng5 or 1..b5;2.Bg4..b6

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8 / 3p4 / 3P1Kp1 / 2Pk4 / P2P4 / 2Pp4 / P2P2P1 / 3B4 (10x4) White to play and mate in two moves. “Published in Melbourne ‘Leader’ 16.8.13.” (No. 3606) “(Kg5)” Solution: A clipping from the Leader, 6.9.13, pasted in, reads:Key: 1. Kg5. Waiting. A star-flighter, with every mate a model. If 1..Kc6/Kc4/Ke6/Ke4;2.Bf3/Bb3/Bb3/Bf3

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r2ktKt1b1 / 3pR3 / 3B1pKt1 / P2k4 / R1pp1p1kt / KQ3r2 / 5pB1 / 6bq White to play and mate in two moves. (9x14) “Published in ‘Australasian’ 30.8.13.” (No. 2762) Solution: (Australasian 13.9.13) Key: l.Re2 threat 2.Ne7 If 1..Kc6/Nc6/Nf5/d3;2.Ne7/Nxf4/QxR/Qxc4

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8 / 8 / PpPKtPpP1 / 1Kt1k4 / K2P2P1 / 6P1 / 4P3 / 8 (11x3) White to play and mate in two moves. “Published in ‘Leader’ 30.8.13.” (No. 3613) (Leader, 20.9.13) Key: 1.Nf5. waiting This is a double-echo star-flighter, with every mate a model. If 1..Kxc6/Kxe6/Kc4/Ke4;2.Ne7/Nc7/Ne3/Nc3

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1K3B2 / QP5b / 2p5 / 2R4Kt / 2Ktkkt1rR / 6p1 / 1PP2b1kt / 4r2B White to play and mate in two moves. (11x9) “Published in ‘Leader’ 13.9.13.” (No. 3620) (Leader, 4.10.13) Key: 1.Ng7. threat 2.Ne6 If 1..RxN/Bg8/Nd2/NxR/Rg6/Bf5;2.BxR/Nf5/Rxc6/QxN/Nf5/NxB

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[8 / 7R / 2Pk4 / 1P4P1 / 1R2Pp2 ./ B3pp2 / pp3p2 / rb3K1kt] White to play and force Black to mate in two moves. (8x10) “Published in ‘Weekly Times’ 20.9.13.” (No. 3171) Weekly Times, 11.10.13 Key: 1.Pb6 waiting If 1..Kxc6;2.Rb3.. ++ or 1..Ke6;2.Rb5 ..++or 1…Ke5/c5;2.Rh6..++

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7k / 7P / 5RK1 / 8 / 7Q / 6p1 / 5q2 / 1r6 (4x4) White to play and mate in two moves. “Published’Pittsburg Gazette Times’ 13.7.13 Tourney problem No.1009?” “Re-printed ‘Leader’ 8.11.13.” (No. 3644) (Leader, 29.11.13) Key : 1.Qd5 threat 2.Rf8 If 1..Rb6/Qc2+ or Qf5+/QxQ;2.Qd8/RxQ/Rf8

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8 / p3Kt3 / bp2p1R1 / 4P3 / Bpk2Pp1 / 1p1R1rP1 / 1P2PBQK / 3Kt4 White to play and mate in two moves. (13x9) “Published in Melbourne ‘Leader’ 15.9.13 [sic. i.e.15.11.13]” Solution: A clipping from the Leader, 6.12.13, pasted in, reads:No. 3646 Key: 1.Rd5 waiting The key is a waiting move, making no threat. It finds the position a semiwaiter, and leaves it a pure waiter. There are five ‘changed’ mates and an ‘added’ mate. Mr. Alain C. White, in “The Classification of Two-Move Problems” says:- If a waiting key both adds to and changes the mates, we have a rare hybrid type, x x x. These two types, for interest and difficulty, are far in advance of the waiting moves proper. No duals. If 1..Rc3,Rd3,Re3/Rxf4or PxR/B any/b5; 2.Qe4,PxR,NxR,Ne3 orRc6/Bb5/Rc5

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7k / p1Kt2R2 / 2p1P3 / P1p4p / KpKt4p / 1P5P / 4P1Pp / 7R (11x8) A White man has fallen off the board. Replace him, and White then moves and forces Black to mate White in four moves. “Published in Melbourne ‘Leader’ 20.12.13.” “Entered in Eccentricity Tourney.” “First prize ex aequis” Solution: A clipping from the Leader ,10.1.14, pasted in, reads: The essence of this problem is to replace the right man on the right square. The solver must demonstrate that the man and the square he selects are the right ones, otherwise he has not solves the problem. Proof:- As Black’s position requires that his pawns must have made four captures, and White, besides the man that has fallen off, has only four men missing, it is plain that all the White men captured must have been seized by pawns. White’s king’s bishop could not have been captured by a pawn, as the WeP and WgP are unmoved. The Black pieces made no capture, so the WKB could not have been captured on its original square. Therefore White’s king’s bishop is the man that fell off, and it fell from f1. Replace the WB on f1 and proceed:- 1. P-e3, any ; 2. B-d3, any ; 3. B-h7, K or P moves ; 4. N-b5, either PxN mate. White can play N-b5, as soon as Black plays P-a6. If Black plays 1. P-a6, there is a dual by 2. N-b5, or 2. B-d3. Note: The task is introduced by a tall tale about the siege of Troy during which “...Henry V, attended by Napolean Bonaparte and Tiglath Pileser II, played a game with Hannibal, who was seconded by Umslopogaas and Stonewall Jackson. The press were represented by de Rougemont and Baron Munchhausen who have forwarded the following particulars…”

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6Kkt / 5rPp / 2p5 / 5p2 / p2q4 / Pp6 / 1p4PKt / 1k6 (5x10) (a) The Black queen does not move except to capture or answer a check. (b) Black must capture when he can White to play, and with Black’s assistance mate in seven moves. “Cooked. Afterwards corrected to mate in 6 and sent to T.R,Dawson.” “Published in Melbourne ‘Leader’ 3.1.14.” (No. 3668) “Entered in Eccentricity Tourney.” Author’s Key:1.g4..Qxg4;2.Nf3..QxN;3.Pxh8=R..Ka1;4.Kxf7..b1=R;5.Ra8..b2 6.Rxa4..Qxa3. Cook in 6 1.g4..Qxg4;2.NxQ..PxN;3.Pxh8=Q..Rc7 4.Qe5..Rc2;5.Qe4..Kc1;6.Qe1. [BM: It would be nice to see the fix which went to TRD but I can’t find it.]

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In Memoriam Thomas Henderson, of Berwick and Northcote, Victoria. 3K4 / 3B4 / 2pkp3 / P5P1 / P5P1 / 2Kt5 / 3B4 / 2R1RKt2 (11x3) White to play and mate in two moves. The task is followed by: “It was with much sorrow that I learned of the death of Mr. T. Henderson, our highly esteemed composer.” Obit of TH in 10 Jan 1914 Leader Key: 1.Ne3 waiting if 1..e5 or c5/Ke5 or c5;2.Ne4 or Nc4/Nc4 or Ne4 The key completes the cross.

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Dedicated to W.J.McArthur, Esq., of Birkenhead, S.A. 1q6 / r1Kt2bB1 / p6p / 1R2Kt2k / 2p4p / 4PP2 / 1rB3PK / b7. (9x10) White to play and mate in three moves. “Published in Melbourne ‘Leader’ Jan 31, ’14.” (No. 3681) (Leader, 21.2.1914) Key: 1.Nd5 threat 2.Nf4+ & 3.Nxf7 If 1..Qd8/Qb6/Qd6;2.Nf4+..Kg5;3.Nxf7 or 1..QxN+;2.Nf4+..Kg5;3.RxQ 1..Bxd5;2.Bg6+..Kg5;3.f4 or 1..h3;2.g4+..Kg5/h4;3.Bf6 1..Kg5;2.Bf6+..Kh5;3.Nf4. Many duals. The Leader continued: “After three of the moves included under ‘others’ in above solution there follows the quadruple 2. Kt-f4 ch, Kt-f6 ch, B-g6 ch, B-f6 , &c. (In another case there is a triple).Several solvers, not finding the quadruple …”

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8 / 3p2r1 / 3KP3 / 3p4 / Kt1pkbp2 / 6rR / 1Kt2pR2 / 6BQ. (8x9) White to play and mate in two moves. “Published in Melbourne ‘Leader’ 28.2.14” (No. 3694) (Leader, 21.3.1914) Key: 1.Qg2 Threat 2.Rf3 If 1..Ke3/e1=Q/RxQ/Bf3;2.Rxe2/Rd2/RxR/Rxe2

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8 / 8 / 1R5q / 2p3Q1 / 3p1p2 / 3pkp2 / 3r1r2 / 4K3. (3x9) Selfmate in two. “Pittsburg Gazette Times. Feb 1st 1914” (No. 1270) Solution: (Pittsburg Gazette Times – undated) Key 1.Re6+..QxR; 2.Qxf4+.. KxQ mate.

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A study in Black and White. Dedicated to Chas. G. Watson Esq. (15x10) rR1b1kKt1 / rp1PR2p / p3P2P / 4KpP1 / P3pP2 / 6Q1 / 1PP3p1 / 5BKt1. Without ever moving his R at K7 (e7) to the eighth rank, White plays and mates in two moves in each of the three positions:(a) As per diagram. (Having regard to the strict soundness of the problem, what bad move did Black play last which enabled White to announce mate in two moves?) (b) Move WP at e6 to d2 (c) Replace as in diagram and then add a black pawn at c7 “Leader, 2-5-14.” (No. 3723)

Solution: (Leader, 23.5.14) (a) White has lost only one man, the QB. Black is therefore confined to one capture on a black square. Consequently the black pawn on f5 is on its original file. Black’s last move must have been either P from f7 to f5 or B from a5 or b6 or x B at d8. As P to f5 cannot be proved to be Black’s last move, the only mate in two is by 1. Kt to f6, &c. The ‘strict soundness’ of the problem (including knowledge of previous play), implies that BxB (not P to f5) was Black’s last move, and as Black could at that time have defeated mate in two by RxR or B checks at c3 or d4 – BxB is the ‘bad move’ referred to. (b) Now WQB must have been captured on c1 and (a) is defeated. BB to d8 is impossible, as R could not have checked, but as BK could now have moved from f7 in answer to check by WR moving from e6, P to f5 is still unforced, and the only mate in two is by 1. Q to b3 &c. (c) The only possible last move is KBP two squares, and mate follows by 1. PxPe.p. In both (a) and (b) 1. P to f5 could have been the last move, but is not provable. P to f5 as the ‘bad move’ in a is barred by the author’s statement that the problem is strictly sound, by which we take it that he includes the knowledge of previous play. The problem (a) is sound without this condition.

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6Q1 / 4pb1kt / 5r2 / 1pRP1kPR / 7p / ktB1KPKtrP / 5Kt1B / 8 White to play and mate in two moves. (12x9) “Leader, 23.5.14” (No. 3733) (Leader, 13.6.1914 ) Key: 1.Kd4 Threat 2.Nxh4 If 1..Rg4+/RxN/e5+/Rxh3/Nc2+;2.PxR/e4/dxe ep/e4/BxN

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8 / 2p3p1 / 2Kt1R3 / P2kPP1B / P2Kt1p2 / 4p3 / 4P3 / 1K6. (10x5) White to play and mate in three moves. “Leader, 18/7/14” (No. 3754) (Leader, 15.8.1914) Key: 1. Bf7 Threat 2.Rd6+..Kc5/e5;3.Nb3/Bd5 If 1..Kc5/e4; 2. Rg6..Kc4/f3;3.Nb3/Rg4 If Kc4 or gP moves; 2. Rd6+..Kc3 or c5/Ke4;3.Nb5 or Nb3/Bd5 If Pf3; 2, (dual) Rg6 or h6 ch, &c Note: The Forsyth for the problem was correct, but the published diagram was in error with a White pawn at d2 and a Black pawn at d3. The Leader pointed out the error in its issue of 25/7/1914. Tate has corrected the diagram in the album by erasing the two faulty pawns and replacing them with hand-stamped pawns:- White at e2 and Black at e3.

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Clipping from Pittsburgh Leader, October 19, 1913. (No. 1482) 3b3K / 3P4 / 8 / 8 / pB6 / P7 / b7 / k7 (4x5) If Black can capture when it is his move, he must capture. White to play and, with Black’s assistance, mate in four moves. Diagram states:- Black – four pieces, White – four pieces. Key: 1.Bf8..Be7;2.d8=Q..Bxa3;3.BxB..Kb1;4.Qd1 Note: Tate’s annotation reads “A black knight at f3 is required to make this sound. H.T.” In the printed diagram f3 is an empty square, but Tate has added a hand-stamped black knight to the diagram in that position. Without f3 a cook is 1.Bf8..Be7;2.d8=Q..Bxa3;3.Qd1+..Kb2;4.Bg7

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8 / 8 / 8/ 8 / 2p5 / 5k2 / 2K3kt1 / B7. (2x3) “Leader 25-7-14” (No.3757) 1. Black only moves when he can check, or to get out of check, which he must do if it is his turn to play. 2. White does not move into check. 3.Promotions must be made to weakest piece consistent with (1). White to play and compel Black to mate White in six moves. Solution: (Leader, 15.8.1914) 1. Bd4..Ne3+; (a); 2. BxKt…3.Kd2..c3+ 4.Ke1…5.Bd2..Pxd2+;6 Pd1=R (b) If 1…Ne1+;2.Kd2..c3+;3KxKt…4.Be3..5.Bd2..PxB+;6.Pd1=R

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‘Australasian’ 8th Aug 1914 (No. 2811) 2b1K2kt / 3p1p2 / 8 / 3pkKtKtp / 1P3p2 / 1PpQp1P1 / 2P5 / 8. White to play and mate in three moves. (8x10) (Australasian 22/8/14) Key: 1.Ne7 Threat 2.Qf5+..Kd6;3.Qxf4 If 1 Pd6/Kf6; 2. Qd4+..KxQ/KxN;3.Nc6/Qg7 or 1..Ng6;2.Nxf7+..Ke6;3.Qf5. If Kd6;2.Qxc3…any;3.Nf5

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‘Leader’ Melbourne, 19.9.14 (No. 3777) By C.G. Watson and Henry Tate. Cordially inscribed to H.E.Grant, Esq. 8 / kt1p2Kp1 / 8 / 4Kt3 / 2Ktk1p2 / 5Bp1 / 4P3 / 2R5 (6x6) White to play and mate in three moves. (Leader, 10.10. 1914) Key: 1. Ne3 Threat 2.Nf5+..KxN;3.Rc5 If 1..Kxe5;2.Nf5..any;3.Rc5 or 1..Kxc3;2.Rd1..any;3.Ng4 If 1..Pxc3;2.Ke6..any;3.Rc4 or 1..g6;2.Ng4..any;3.Rc4

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4nNBK / 5rPn / 3b2RQ / 2kP3b / 1R4q1 / P1N1P1p1 / 3p1r2 / 6B1 White mates in two moves. (12x10) ”Rominsulap” “Minor duals” [BM: Rominsulad? anagram of Md?] “Pittsburg Gazette Times 26.10.13.” Tourney Problem No. 1142. Entered in Samuel Loyd Memorial Tourney (No. 177). Motto Rominsulap Key: 1.Qf4 threat 2.Rb5 If 1..QxQ/Nc7/Rb7/Rf2xQ/Qe2/BxQ;2.Ne6/Qxd6/Na4/PxR/Qd4/Rc6

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‘Australasian’ 12.9.14. “Fairy Chess” 7k / 1p1p3B / 1P3PPb / PP6 / 8 / P1P5 / 1P6 / 5K1R. (11x4) Task: Black played last, and in doing so moved his Bishop. It is claimed that Black cannot escape mate in one move. Key:-All Black’s missing men are required to account for White’s pawn position. His QB could not have left its own square and must have been illegally moved to h6. Replace B on c8 (the only square), make a legal move and mate in one follows.

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‘Weekly Times’ No. 3180 11.10.14. [i.e. 11.10.13] 7Q / 3p4 / p2P2p1 / P2kt2P1 / P5P1 / Pp3KtP1 / 1rkBBP2 / K7 (13x7) Task: White self-mates in 2 [BM: symbolism after key?] Key :1. Qd8 If 1..Nc7/c3;2.Qc8… & 1..Ne7/f6/f4/e3;2.Q/PxN…

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Two problems from the Natal Mercury 17.10.14. No solutions provided. a) Problem No. 1854. Cordially inscribed to R.W.Borders 1qbKtk3 / 1pP3p1 / 8 / 2PRP1B1 / 5KtpK / 1B4Pp / 8 / 8 Mate in three moves. Black (7) White (10) (a) & (b) Move BQ to c1. Key (a): No solution found. 1.Rd7 intended? (b): 1.Nxb7 threat 2.Rd8+ If 1..Bd7;2.c8=Q..BxQ;3.Rd8 or 2..Kf7;3.RxB or 1..Qd2;2.Rd8

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A further ms. note on the page reads: “(Finished 1.12.14)” 1Q5B / 1pQBb3 / 1r1RqR1r / 4k3 / 3pbp2 / 1p5p / 8 / 4K3 (7x11) Heading: “Entered in G.C.C.C. Two Q. Tourney.” a & b “Mate in two.” Key: 1.Rd6xQ+..Kd5;2.Re5 & 1.Rf6xQ+..Kf5;2.Re5

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4K3 / 8 / 1p5p / 3pbp2 / 4k3 / 1r1RqR1r / 4bBQ1 / 1B4Q1 (7x10) 2-er Key: Intended is 1.Qc1..f4!. But as in (a) either R xQ & Re5.

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‘Leader’ 9.1.15 (No. 3823) r3k2r / p6p / 5P2 / 2p2ppkt / 2p5 / PpP2p2 / bRPKPPP1 / 1KtBRQB2 Black to play

XABCDEFGHY 8r+-+k+-tr( 7zp-+-+-+p' 6-+-+-zP-+& 5+-zp-+pzpn% 4-+p+-+-+$ 3zPpzP-+p+-# 2ltRPmKPzPP+" 1+NvLRwQL+-! xabcdefghy Mr. Henry Tate writes re above position:- Dear Sir, I once visited Naringaringalook, and was shamefully taken in by that rascal, N. Passon. I was young and inexperienced at the time, and paid over a wager in connection with the above position. All payers should be aware of this chess buccaneer. The position was reached in which Black gave the odds of the draw. After an adjournment a dispute arose as to the correct position of the Black pawn on f3. I asserted it was on f3. Passon claimed that it was on f4. Both parties admitted that it occupied one of these two squares, and that Black’s last move was not a

capture. Passon claimed a mate in one (provided the P is on f4), and further contended that, even if the P is allowed to remain on f3, he had the right to castle, and mated in three. A committeeman “thought” he remembered seeing the P on f4, when we adjourned, and the committeeman held that Passon was right in both his contentions. Now I knew he had forfeited his right to castle, but I was quite at a loss to prove it at the time, and so paid up. I now submit the whole thing for your valued adjudication. It will be observed that White has played with extreme caution, and I claim that he has at least a draw. No wonder the club is defunct! We place the dispute before our solvers. Has Black the right to castle? How is the mate in one (P on f4) inflicted? How is the mate in three (P on f3) carried out, if Black has the right to castle? Is the P on f3 or on f4? (Eccentricity Solution Tourney) Solution: (Leader, Jan 30, 1915) All captures on both sides are accounted for by pawn position. As neither White’s hP or bP can have been promoted without an additional capture, and as White’s dP cannot have been captured on its own file, it follows that the P on c3 is the bP and that on f6 the hP and therefore the dP has been promoted on d8, passing through d7, thereby depriving Black of right to castle as his K must have moved. Black has lost the right to castle and H.T. is right on this point. White’s last move must have been with his King. With the BP on f4, the WK could not have come from d3 or e3 as the pawns on c4 and f4 could not have checked without capture. As both players are agreed that Black’s last move was not a capture, the Black pawn must have been on f3. Therefore, as our friend ‘Aldebaran’ says:- “Our friend H.T. is right in both cases.” These points having been settled, the position is a win for White, who needs only a draw to win the wager. Whether H.T. can recover the wager is his look-out. The solutions to N. Passons’ threats are:a) Mate in one with P on f4. 1…R to Q1 mate b) Mate in three with P on f3, provided Black had the right to castle, which he has not:1 …. Castles QR ch. 2. K to K3, KR to K1 ch; 3.KxP, P to K5 mate. [BM: The WRb2 is the a1R.The WRh1 came to d1 via h3/d3.White’s two missing pieces the d pawn and the WNg1 and the Black c file pawns c4/c5 got there by taking the WN on c4/c5 allowing the White d pawn to promote to help the Black d file pawn over to f3 or f4. Black can’t castle due to the d7+. Black’s 3 wasted men the Q, B & N were taken on the g & f files moving the W h pawn to f6 and the last moving b2 to c3.] So is the BP on f3 or f4??? It could be either square. [BM: 2 hypothetical games follow placing the BP on either f3 or f4 so the pawn could be on either square. 1.h4..f5;2.d4..e5;3.Kd2..d6;4.Qe1..Nd7;5.Rh3..gNf6;6.Rd3..Nh5;7.Kc3..Be7 8.Rd1..Bg5;9.hxg5..dNf6;10.gxf6..g5;11.Nf3..c5;12.fNd2..Be6; 13.a3..Qa5+..Kd3;14.Kd3..Qc3+;15.bxc3;16.Ra2..b4;17.Rb2..Ba2; 18.Nc4..d5;19.Kd2..dc4;20.d5..b3;21.d6..Ng7;22.d7+..Kf7;23.d8=Q..Nh5 24.Qd4..Kf8;25.Qf4..exf4;26.Ke3..Ke8;27.Kd2 diagram OR 1.h4..f5;2.d4..e5;3.Kd2..e4;4.Rh3..gNf6;5.Rd3..Nh5;6.Ke3..Be7;7.Qe1..Bg5+ 8.hxg5..d6;9.Rd1..Nd7;10.a3..dNf6;11.gxf6..c5;12.Ra2..Qa5;13.Nf3..Qc3 14.bxc3..Be6;15.Rb2..Ba2;16.fNd2..d5;17.Nc4..dxc4;18.d5..b5;19.d6..b4 20.d7+..Kf7;21.d8=Q..b3;22.Qd3..Kf8;23.Kd2..g5;24.Qf3..exf3;25.Ke3..Ke8 26.Kd2 diagram with BP f3.]

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‘Western Daily Mercury’ 1914 Tourney. 1rKt2bK1 / 3Q4 / 4p2p / 1pk3kt1 / 8 / P2B1pB1 / 1Kt1P1P1q / 2rb4 White to play and mate in two moves. And the “Leader” 13/2/15 (No. 3841) (Leader, 6.3.15) Key 1.Be4 Threat 2.d4 If 1..Qxf2/Rc4/Bg7;2.BxQ/Nd4/Qd6

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Tournament Problem No. 973. By Henry Tate, Melbourne, Australia. [2rR2B1 / 1ktP4p / 2pBKt1pq / 2Pk2P1 / 1r3P2 / 1kt4Qp / 5Kt1P / 5bK1] White mates in 2 moves. (12x11) “Printed 18/4/’15. ‘Phila. Inquirer’ Good Companion Tny.” Key: 1.Qe3 Threat 2.Nf8 If 1..Kc4/RxR/Qg7/Re4;2.;Nd4/Nf8/NxQ/QxR 1..Nxd6/Rxc7/Nxc5 2.Rxd6/NxR/NxN

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No 1. By Henry Tate, Melbourne. [3b2B1 / 6PKt / 3P4 / 4kp2 / 2KR2qR / 2Q3p1 / 8 / 7kt] ( 8x6) Melbourne Chess Club Solving Competition Aug. 10, 1915. 2-er Key: 1 Nf6 Threat 2.Nd7 If 1..KxN/Qxg7/QxR+/f4; 2.Re4/Rd3/QxQ/Rd5 A clipping with the solution, labelled by Tate “Adelaide ‘Observer’ 9/10/15” is pasted in. It reads:1.Kt to KB6; and 2.QR or Kt mates. Solved by “Caissa” (Unley Park), “A capital key reveals a variety of beautiful mates, particularly that where the Black Q checks at K7, which White counters by 2.R to Q3, interposing and discovering Mate with the Q, all in the one operation; a real Kitchener stroke. The position is characteristic of the amiable composer, whose elegant pennon leads [Tate correction ‘lends’] lustre to the Melbourne Chess Club.”

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No. 3. By C.G.Watson & Henry Tate. (13x10) [5Bkt1 / Kp1Rq1P1 / 4Bp1p / 1PkP4 / b3P3 / 1RP5 / 1ktKt5 / 2Kt2Qbr] Tate’s annotations read:“Melbourne Chess Club SolvingCompetition (Aug 10, 1915)” Key: 1.Pd6 Threat 2.Qf5 If 1..QxB/Rh5/Bd5/Nc4 2.Rc6/QxB/PxB/Nd4 1.. BxR/Bh2;2.NxB/Qf2

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A loose hand-stamped problem. Annotated “Henry Tate, Melbourne” and “W[estern].D[aily]. Mercury”. [2kt5 / p6B / 5kt1r / 2kPb2p / 1RPp4 / 2Kt1p2b / K1KtP3B / 6Q1] White to play and mate in three moves. (10x10) [Bob Meadley (21.09.05): The key is 1.Qg7 with the threat of 2.Rb5+ .. Kxc4/Kd6; 3.Na3/c5 If 1..Nd7;2.Ne4 or 1..Ne7;2.QxN+Bd6;3.QxB or 1..Rxh7;2.Qxf6..Rh6;3.Ne4 If 1..Bd7;2.Qxd7..NxQ;3.Ne4 or 1..Pxc3;2.d4+..Bxd4/Kd6;3.Qc7/BxB]

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‘Leader’: Problem No. 3927. By Henry Tate, of Melbourne. Competing in ‘The Leader’ Eccentricity Competition. White – W. Bolton. Black – N. Passon. (11x11) 8 / 7B / 1ppktp2Kt / p2pPR2 / 1Kt2kktPP / 1P4pp / Pp3P2 / 7K Adjudicate this position having regard to the points mentioned in Mr. Bolton’s letter. The diagram gives Passon’s version. Mr. William Bolton writes:- Mr. Chess Editor. I struck that Passon bloke one time down Naringaringalook way. “E tried poker, soler and uker agin me, besides pea an’ thimble an’ the 3 card, an’ ‘e didern do no good. So ‘e sez, “’Ow about chess, Bill?” I sez, “Righto,” an’ I starts orf be pushin’ me QP up two ter get ‘im goin’, an’ ‘e slingout ‘is KBP ter its forth like er sotter flyin’ Dutchman. W’en we reaches the poz I gives yer now it wuz my move, an I wuz jist goin’ ter mate ‘im in two when I ‘appins ter turn away ter shield me match frum the wind. There chanced ter be er mirrer ‘andy an’ I sees ‘im move somethin’ on the board. W’en I turns round an’ ‘as a quiz, I sez, “yer’ve shifted that there pawn on ter yer KKt6, yer sorsisdge!” ‘E says, “It’s bin there fer menny moves. Prove wot yer sez about it!” I wuz flawed, but seein’ as ‘ow “The Leader” wuz dealin’ with Passon, I sends it along. Wot yer say? (Dux Solution Tourney) 60.

Tate’s annotations read:- Melbourne ‘Leader’ 9/10/15. As Black played P-B4 early, P at b2 must be the KKtP. Therefore the Black KBP could not have left his file, all available captures being required for P at B2. The only square for the pawn in dispute is f3. It could never have been on g3. Replace and White mates in 2 by 1.RxKt ch. etc. The solution was given in the Leader for 30.10.1915 reads:As Black’s first move was P-KB4, the Black pawn on b2 must be Black’s KKtP which has therefore made five captures, accounting for all the missing White men. The Black pawn on g3 must therefore be the KBP, and would require to capture to get on to knight’s file; no capture being available, the position is illegal. The dispute being about the pawn on g3 (KKt6), and the position being illegal, the pawn must have been illegally shifted. The only square it could legally stand on is f3 (KB6). Replace the pawn now on g3 to f3, and White mated in two by 1.RxKt dble ch. &c.

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Book 2: Problems 61-67 (MS 10455: Australian Manuscripts Collection) An annotated transcript This album is a companion volume to Chess Problems by Henry Tate: Book 1, the album which contains Problems nos. 1-60. That first volume is among the Tate Chess Papers in the Anderson Chess Collection (Anderson Chess Collection Manuscripts: Box 25/1). Each album contains 30 pages of a heavy olive green paper onto which Tate has pasted clippings of his published problems, and then added ms. notes about their publication dates and solutions. The title of Book 1 is written on a label pasted onto the cover of the album; the label originally pasted onto Book 2 is now missing. The chess columns from which the problems were clipped usually accompanied the printed diagrams with an added description of the problem in Forsyth Notation. In this transcript the Forsyth notations only have been used [Diagrams added by Bob Meadley]. The transcript of the printed text is followed by Tate's manuscript annotations entered as quotations under the heading Mss: In some instances Tate's annotations did not provide solutions. The key moves, solutions, and other matter sourced from the original chess columns are entered under Notes: This transcript has been prepared because of the considerable technical difficulties involved in microfilming or photocopying the albums. 61.

Problem No. 2878 Specially contributed to The Australasian Nov. 1915 by Mr. Henry Tate, of Melbourne. 8 | Qp1bKt3 | ktr3p2 | 1pR2Pr1 | 1B3k1P | 2P1b3 | 3Kt1P2 | K2BR3. White to play and mate in two moves. (12 x 9) Key: 1.Rc6 Threat 2.Bd6 (Australasian 4.12.1915) If 1..RxR/NxB/Bc5 or BxN/Rxf5;2.QxB/Qb8/Re4 /Ng6

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Problem No. 3936 ‘Leader’ Nov 6th 1915 by Henry Tate, of Melbourne Entered for Suimate Problem Tourney. 8 | 4pP2 | 2P1Kt1p1 | 1p6 | 1k2Kt1p1 | 2ktPK1R1 | Q2B1P2 | 8 (10x6) White to play and compel Black to mate White in four moves. Note: No 3936 (Tate) unfortunately has two solutions viz: (a) (the Author’s) Intended 1. Pf8=N..g5;2.Nf6..Pxf6;3.Nd7..f5; 4.Nd4..f4 mate 27.11.1915 (b) 1.c7.. Pg5; 2.Nf6..Pxf6; 3.c8=Q/R..f5;4.Nd4..f4 [BM: Why the Pc6?] 62.

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Text: Problem No. 4243 Leader 10/1/17 by Henry Tate, of Melbourne. Fourth Hon Men. October International Tournament G.C.C.P.C. 6Q1 | p7 | 1PR1KPp1 | B1Kt3p1 | 2k1kt1R1 | 1Ktp5 | 2PPr1r1 | 5B2.(12x8) White to play and mate in two moves. Key: 1.Nd4 Threat 2.Ke5 If 1..KxN/NxN+/Nd6+/Nxf6+/Ng3+/Nf2+/Nxd2+;2.Nb3/Kd6/KxN/Kxf6/Kd6/Kd6/Kd6

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Text: Problem No 2985 Australasian 1/12/17 Specially contributed to The Australasian by Mr. Henry Tate, of Melbourne. 3b4 | 3B1p2 | 2bQ2p1 | 1p5Kt | 2PKtk3 | r7 | PP1p4 | 3Kkt1B1. (9x9) White to play and mate in two moves. Key: 1.Nf3 Threat 2.Nxd2 (Australasian. 22.12.1917) If 1..Rd3/Bd5/NxN/KxN/Bg5/Bb6/Bxd7;2.Qf4/QxB/Ng3/Qf4/NxB/Ng5/Qd5

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Text: Problem No 4648 Leader Sept 20 1920 By Henry Tate, of Melbourne. ‘Good Companion’, July, 1920. B7 I 5KQ1 | 1pr5 | 2pk4 | 1r2N3 | R7 | 5N1B | 4b3 (7x6) White to play and mate in two moves Key 1.Qg4 Threat 2.Nf6 If 1..RxN/Kd4/c4/Bc3/Rd4/Kc4;2.QxR/Rd3/Qd7/NxB/Qe6/Nc3

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An appreciation of Henry Tate Pasted into the album next to Problem no. 67 is a clipping from The ‘Leader’ chess column of 11th Oct. 1924 which contained the following appreciation of Tate:

HENRY TATE “We have the pleasure of publishing today a beautiful original problem by Henry Tate, specially contributed to ‘The Leader’. We thank Mr.Tate for dedicating this masterpiece to us. Chess player and problemist alike will be pleased, we feel sure, to learn that Mr. Henry Tate has been appointed musical critic to ‘The Age’. We have before this had occasion to remark that music and chess frequently go together. Among his successes across the board Mr. Tate has won the handicap tournament of the Melbourne Chess Club, beside being twice second in that event. He won the minor championship of Victoria in 1914 after only three years of chess experience. He was chosen for the Inter-State team in 1915 and has represented Victoria on six occasions. As a problemist Mr. Tate has won all sorts of honors. At one time and another he has been successful in all ‘The Leader’ solving contests. He won the Christmas composing tourney in 1912, and tied with C.G.Watson in another year. By solving 24 problems in a given time he won a solving tourney in America (by post). As a chess editor he has done very valuable work. The term Fairy Chess, coined by Mr. Tate for a certain type of problem, has been adopted all over the world. T.R.Dawson, the Wizard of Leeds, states that the English word “fairy” has since made its way into every European language in connection with this branch of chess. When Boris Kostich was in Melbourne Mr. Tate scored four consecutive draws against the master, three of these being particularly meritorious. The first chess problem ever composed by Mr. Tate was published in ‘The Leader’ as No. 3314 on 2nd September 1911. 8 | 8 | 3K2pQ | 8 | 3k1P2 | 3pNPP1 | 2Rr4 | 2B4N. Mate in two. 1. Q-R2.” ***************************************************

The late Ken Fraser finished this work in 2005 and in preparing his life story on CD I rang Peter Wong in late 2014 about placing some Tate material on the OzProblems website to accompany the nice article chiefly written by Geoff Foster in The Problemist July 2006 p.437/8. I had rediscovered this in going through old files. For a man who started composing at the age of 38 he made giant strides. These 2 Albums are held in the State Library of Victoria Anderson Collection. They are not a complete run of his problems. Bob Meadley 21/1/2015