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PROBLEMS Conducted by
F. T . HAWES, Gloucester, N.S.W., to whom a ll solutions and a ll corresponde nce should be ad dressed
Suomi On ce m o r <' C\·ery p r o iJi emi st has r e c ivctl am o n g hi s C hri s tmas g ifts th e girt whic h h e p r o h a ill y pri zes a ilo,·e a ll oth e r s-an A .C. W. C hristmas l:ool >. .It is n ow j11 s t tl1irty y ears s in ce ou r a 1.1a zing Al a in C. Wh i t e ini tiat ed thi s .c usto m o f con,·ey in g Chri stm as g r ee t in gs t o hi s f €' 11 o w-pro hl crnists, per , ,, cliurn o f n. l>oo l> or pro l) l em s co rn [n thi s way 1pi lc d du r i n g th e yea r. h e h as, in a ll, b est o w e d n.ilo ut fOt·tytwo volnm cs or proil l c rn lite r a ture upo n hi s fri end s-a di s pl a y or s u st n in t d cn thu s ins1n, n1 ag·naniln i ty, a nd ~·(·n e ro si t~· Hnpa r n.ll c l c cl in t h e ann al ~'< o r an y o th <'l' a rt or h o bby . Th e 193·1 A. C. vV . C hri stmas n ool' i s e nti tl ed " S uomi." a n d prese n ts u s with n. c o ll ec tion o r l fi O pro b le m s hy F' in nish compose r s. S c in g th a t until 1886 th e r e was n o c h ess c lu b in F i n l a nd, a nd n o chess co l n m n u n t il 1 912, l'i n ni s h com r osc 1·s may we l l r eel proud o f' th e fac t that th eir w o rk h as
earn ed a place in A.C.W.'s uniqu e seri es or publi ca tions. F o rty compo s<'r s a t·e r eprese nted in th e b ook, but th e onl y Ji'inni sh c ompose r with a d e fi ni t e intern a ti o n a l r eputati on i s .Jo'll a nn <'s O!'hq nist, who has clo n e mu ch fin e w o rl>; h u t i n r ec ent y ear s T-faellstt·om , N il sson , Rauta n e n , and P entti S o l a a r <' ft'<'
- J . J. O'Keef e. A g· i\'C il
fe w prob l ems from the b ook a re in thi . i S S il . -P.E.
The Kling Jn onr A.C .R . f o r Sep t<'mile r l a s t , S ec w e t ool> p a in s t o exp l a in th ilc r get· Them !', cxcmp li f~· i ng as i t docs th e i ndi)·ec t , f o r ced , a n d h arm f u l snppr<'ss i o n o r m oh ili ty. T o-d a y we exa m i n e the i n,·f'rs i o n or t he p rin c ipl e in a n ew th eme, th e Kling . Jn " Ch ess Eu c lid," 1818 ( o t· earli er), th e r e a ppear s thi s p osi t i o n by J. 'K l ing o·f Main x -h o rn 19th March , 1 911; di e d 1st .Dec€'mhc r , 187 6.
lG ; 1s:lpq 2 ; l.p1K21'1 ;
~s lpl ;
l.QI3klp2;
5 Ppl;
tTl.R ·I.
White t o p lay a n d d r a w . So l uti on: 1. 11 -fl ch , S -c~; 2. K -c2ch , RxR; 3. Q- c5 c h , K- c3; ·l. Qxc I, SxQ s tal emate.
Th e positi on, it w ill b e seen, i s not a pro bl em in t he acce pted sen se, but it carri es o u t in fu ll a d e finite 1 robl em icl ea-s u pp r~ess ion of m o bility -in a s pec ia l w ay ; f or obse r v e : (1) 'l'h e p l ay i s direct ; t hat i s, th e pi a n or a ttac k i s c on ceh ·ed by White a n cl exec uted b y vVhite. Jn t he man oeu\Te, Bl a ck h as no p l a n o f' hi s o wn- h e is n o t c o n s ulted.
(2) Th e play is v ol unt ary on White's p a rt ; tha t i s, Bl a<'k does not f o r ce the 11ishop . t o fl, t he O<'CUpati o n O( that squ a r e b y t h e B i shop is a p relirnina r .v s t ep on Wh ito's part. (3) 'l'h c s npprc ssi o n or m o bility i s useful t o W h i te, i n tha t B l ack must s uffe t· th e sta.J mate in du ced.
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No. 56&.-L. Gallagh er , Syd n ey First I ublication
No. 567.- Dr. J. J. O'J.( eefc, Australi a First p ubl i eati on
Mate in two (6 v. 5)
.Mate i n two (11 v 7)
No. 568.- Hei l
No. 5G9 .- g ino Pcson e;1, Finl and Pri ze, Nati onal Tourney, 1 93 2
M a t e in two (7 v 13)
Mate in two (7 v 10)
Seein g t hat th e position d ea l s with mobility- th e direct , vo l11n tar~·, a nd m;e fu l su ppress i on or m obi l ity- the questi o n may be asked, " \ 'VI1y not call th e posi t i o n a direct Seeberger ' ?" B y man y it was so call ed, but it i ::; well lo r em ember, a s pointed o ut by out· D r. O'Kcc Ce, wl1osc r ecent contri b utio n s t o chess th eo r y h ave been v e nt ilated and freely acknowledged by ('ontin c nta l a uthoriti es, tha t "No t hem e can be both dir ect a nd i ndirec t." H en ce, i f in d irect, for ced a nd harmful suppression o ~ mobility b e subscri bed "Seeber g e r "; the n for el i r ect, voluntary and u seful suppression,
a n e w n am e mu s t be f ou n d; and be ca use the o l d est Jm own posi t i on fea t uri ng su c h m o bil i ty i s that by K ling , th e name " !(ling " has b en chosen f o r tl1e n ew th em e.. Fi na ll y, ancl in a po::;ili o n in whi cl1 vVhitc co ntrac ts to m ate, it may be a sk ed, how shall Blacl< c ontri v e to mal
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M a t e in two (6 v
5)
Jan. 25, 193
No. 571.- A . Tsch e pumoff~ Fin land 9 Kar.ia la, 11th J a n., 1925
M a t e in two (5 v 3)
No. 572.-D r . .J. J. O 'K eef e, Au ~ trali a F irst pub l i catio n
No. 573.- H. J. Tu c k er a nd P . 0 . Fed l e r, A ust r al i a .- F irst publication
Mate i n three (7 v 5)
Mate in three (11 v 6)
inh er ent in B lack's sch em e, and u se it to B l acl<'s undoin g . I n o ther w o rds, in orthodox eli r ect m at e p r ol ) l ern s f eaturin g th e K lin g, th e m a noeuvr e w o rl
s titute a direct, vo lunta r y, and useful irn moiJili satio n o n B l ack's part , s u ffi c i e n t of itself t o d r aw; but W hite may not a ll o w t hi s, h en ce h e p l ays 3. S- h 6, in o rde r th a t th e i mmobilisati o n o l' t he B i shop m ay b e fru str ated. 1. R- h 7, B - a1; 2. K-bl, P - b2; 3. S -h 6 ; a n d n ow B l ack is for ced to t ake th e pawn, when 4. S - f5 m a t es by dis cove r y . Inc identall y, White h as emp loyed Indi a n s trategy t o f rust rate B l ack's " K ling." Needl ess to say, tl>e K ling i s a criti cal th em e. In t h e position befor e us B l ack seel
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No. 575 ..,..-Pcntti So l a, Fin l and Mon. l\1 n. Di e Schwalbe, 3r d Qr. 1929
M ate in four (6 v. 6) 1·riti a l man o uvre 1. . . . B-a1, 2.. 1 ' - IJ~ (b2 th e c riti cal squa r e), and so (•ompl et e tl;e immob ili sation of th e th em piece.
SYNTHETICS
Solution to No. 2 ( N ew Series ) O wing
to a mi sprint in th e p r oso l\·er s w e r e i n a posi ti on to appr oac h the o ri g inal from d i fferent nngl es. Kiwi and L .G. submitted: ~(Jfi ; 7B; K 21d's2; 8 ; 3S11 '1 b; 3HsB2; 3~2ql. Mat in two. B -d•l. Eac h so iIJC I' c l a i m d th e privi l ge of a l tering t1 1 final mate Sc4 to S c 3. ' ~o~ra rnrn e,
A ll other ; so l v e r·s su b mitted : I IJ21<3; :lp 1Q~H; S1 p2p2; 3kB3; 8; pl'6; 2sls3; q b6. Mate in tw o. B -d4. T h i s tim e th e c ha nge was mad e from ~c4 to Sb4 . Th e 1 .E. spent many ni gh t s co ntrivi n g th ese two po. ·ition s w ith solutions i d enti cal except in o n e particula r. It i s a p ity th e mi spr·int occu rred, beca u se th e intend ed "incon si sten cy," r3- b4, m ay ha , ·c trapped a number of o11 r sol v e r s. f co urse, o p ena lty ,,,ay be imposed upo n a mi sprinted progr a mm e.
Solution No. 3 16; 3pl pps; 1p1Pid'2 ; 5R2; 1QP3B1; 'f\:7 ; 7b. M a t e in two. Q-bl.
Programme No. 4-Biock Position King
k ey.
White for ce s h a ll con -
Mate in fo u r
(3 v 4)
s i s t of Q, R , two Knig hts, a nd pawns. H l ack fo r ce, Bishop a nd pawns. Th mating :- 1. . . . l >-IJ1 ( Q); 2. QxQ mate. 1. . . P- c3; 2. Q- 1'1 mat e. 1. . . . l'-c5; 2. Q-d5 m a t e. 1. . . . I ~ move; 2. Qx'B mate. 1. . . . rxP; 2. Sx l' mate.
SOLUTIONS o . 556 (O'K.): Q -a6. No. 557 (O'K): R-1'8. o. 55 (B. a nd 0.): B-a2. o. 559 (Forsber g'): R - d 8. No. 560 (Ge1 ' c r·s): S- cH. o. 561 (Los.): B-b3. No. 562 (Dr cse) : S - f5- 1. . . . B-al; 2. l1-b:l; 1. . . . R- 1 ; 2. Q-e2; threat No. 563 (II.annem a n): 2. Q - 5 c h. Q-a7, a nd th er e a r e i g ht di stin c t r eIJii es to th e moves of th o Black K n ight 14. No. 564 (Kipping): Q-g7 ( n ot h 8, o n account of 1. . . . B-a3); 1. . . . H-a3; 2. f(-h 2, et c. No. 565 ( Guttm a nn): R-g8; 1. .. . S; 2. R-1'8 ; 2. . .. S; 3. R- eS, 3. . . S; 4. R-bS, t c. Pt·o blems in Forsyth: J a n ovci c, S-a5; Stocchi, Q-b5; Han n em a nn, Px l '; Ruben s, so lution g iven in o,·em b er .
CORRECTION So l\·crs pl ease n ote that p r·oblem No. 52 9 (Tu ck er· ) i s n o t cool
( Cont inued on p. 35)
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Kt-B 5 K-K 3 B-B 1 R esign s
Notes by M. E. Goldstein
White a nticipated that Lam par"1 , hims elf a n ardent exponent of the 11 ll sh Opening, would n ot pla y the , tll'l' ct" defence, P-K 4 . I share I onparter 's conviction that P-K 4 Ill n ot permanently r emain B lack's '" Rl" defen ce, as it discloses his del tlHive plan too early. h) B la ck can n ow theoretica.lly lll!llise by 3 . . . . P-B 4, but wher e I the fun of such early exchanges In •II r s pondence chess, In which White II ht be able to demonstrate t h e adlllltage of the first move after t w elve 111nths' hard labour ! An a lternative I 3. P x P, Kt x P; 4. P-K Kt 3, ( ) The cause of a ll Black's subsetlt ln t di fficulties. As he had no intenllln of that "perpetual motion machIll• ," a n attempt to maintain the gamIt pa w n, simple dev elopment by 6... . B 4 or 5. . . . Q Kt-Q 2 wlts far t ferable, (d) Recovering the pawn with adntage, whereas 6. P-K 4 allows lick to hold it. ( ) Not 6. . . . P-Q Kt 4; 7. Kt6 !, Kt X Kt; 8. P X Kt, B-Kt 2; n-Kt 1 ! Euwe-Tartakower, Plst(ll )
(Continue-d from p. 23) SCORES
yan 1922. (f) Giving White a n overwhelming position in the centre, but B lack's pos ition is a lready precarious. (g) T actically this pawn sacrifice is the best chance, a nd in over-the - board play might come off. (h) Fixing the hostile Kin g In the cen tre of the board, and the prelude to an Instructive sacrificial combination . H ere is th<;~ difference between over-the-board a nd correspondence play: in the former case s uch a sacrifice is made partly Intuitively; In the latter case the whole combination can be worked out to t h e last dot before It is played. (I) If 17. .. . P x B, White traps the Queen by 18. Q x P ch, K-Q 1; 19. B-B 5. Upon 17. . . . Q x P , the following Interestin g variations a re adduced by Purdy as demonstrating a forced win : 18. Q R-B 1 ! !, Q X B; 19. Q x B P ch, K-Q 1; 20. Q-Q 6 ch, Kt-Q 2 (not 20. . . • K-K 1 ; 21. R-B 7 and 22. R-K 7 ch forces a win); 21. R-Kt 1, Q-B 5; 22. K R-B 1, Q x P; 23. Q-B 6, and It 23.. .. R.-Q Kt 1 mate in two. Or (18. QR-B1! ) , QxP; 18. QxBPch, Q-Q 2; 20. B x R P wins.
(j) Only postponing the inevitable. Black could never recover from hi• anti-positional opening.
New Series.-Scores to date : Kiwi, P.O.P., H.J.T., L.G., and "Square"each 20. Job and Yat es, 18. Comments Section
Section ( Maximum 140) 1.. •. a nd Ward, 136; Square, 135; lwi and H.J.T., 134; P.O.P., 132; . 'II, 130; E .W., 96; Rixi, 90; Casual, i Gr eco and Ellis, 68; J ob 30. 'I' " Squar e" : W e have deducted o marks previously credited you , as • II as on e point by way of penalty. 11, 529 (Tucker ) is n ot cooked by ' l -c3. Try in r eply 1 . . . . Q-b4. r was a n unsound problem in bvember issue, so that the maxifo r this month was 14 points.
Synthetics ( Maximum 60) ~l llxi m um
to Kiwi, P.O.P ., H .J .T.
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"Square," 13; H.J.T. and L.G., each 12; Casual, 9. And D ecember to go! AWARD
The first correct solution t o the Pauly P r oblem contribut~d by Mr. J . A. Erskine was received from Mr. G. Jack, of Gulargambon e, to · whom we have forwarded the pri z·e, "II Prob 1ema."
COMMENTS SECTION
"Squar e": No. 547 : "Black Bishop on a2 will prevent th~ cook by RxP." Award: Five marks.
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PROBLEMS Con ducted by F. T. HAWES, Gloucester, N.S.W., to whom all solutions and a ll correspondence should be addressed
MODERN TWO-MOVE THEMES The Schor Th , c hor· takes its n a m e f r o m l .aszl o Sc h o r·, a n o t a ble com poser of I I ungar·y, born 1 th D ecember ,' 1 97, rtncl s till with us a s an en er getic expon nt of th e multi - them e problem. What i s probabl y the or·i g ina l "Sch o r" was compos d for th e ei g hth Ameri can •·ongr ss t o ur·n ey, a nd a pp a r d under l h!' a uthor's n a m e as N o. 3037, " G ood l'um pa nion," A u g ust 1921, f r o m whi ch It wi ll be s n tha t the them e is s till In its t een s; n ev erthe l ess, it h as been wid l y practi sed, and at th e present tim i s enjoy ing a w ell - d eser ved p opulnrity a m o n g l eading compo sers the WOrld over'. l 'ro b l em : -L. Sch o r, Aug u s t "(: ood ompa nion Fo lder." 5"i~ ;
1921,
1B G; 1rqBR1Kl; R s1k4; 1P pP 4;
R: 7s ; 3Q1!::ib. Mat
in two.
l. B - c5, S- d6; 2. R -c5 m a t e. 'o. 57 ) .
( See
In the " 'cho r ," · in r esp o n se t o the l
In th e p r·obl em b for e us, i t is p ure l y accidenta l t hat the t hem e - p i ecethe Knigh t- in r esponding t o ·w h ite's threat , occu pies the squa r e vacat ed by th e l< ey - pi ece. In passing , w e call a t t entio n t o t he ri c h by- pl ay, 1. . . . S x P; 2. B x R d is. ch. mat e, a n d 1. . . . B x P; 2. S - 3 mate, bot h "N i et vel t" r· cor d ings, fo r a n expla n a ti o n of whi c h p l eas see t he A.C.R. of D ecem b er 193 3.· W e a r e pleased t o be in a posi t i o n t o furni sh a nu m b er of fin e Sch o r s, o n e by om· n ew contri b uto r , F . Ash l ey, whos w ork comma n ds r esp ect , a nd f o r w hom w e pr di et a b r·i ght f uture (No. 577) . H r e th l
No. 576.-R. l'. Ashl ey, A u str a lia
No. 577.-R. F. Ashley, Austra lia
First Publication
First P ubli cation
Mate in two (9 v. 10)
Mate in two (9 v . 8)
No. 578.-L.
chor
No.
579.- J . H. Barrow , England
No. 3037, G.C., A ug ust 1921
2nd Grantham Journal, '28
Mate in two (10 v. 7)
Mate in two (9 v. 10)
the wall of B l ack. Pawns by which th e B lack K ni g ht i s confined presents a n ugly pic ture. Th e prototype, No. 578, suggests that th e happi est r esults p r obabl y ob tain f r·om th e u se mad e of a mixed battery fr-om which em a n a t e th e t h em e line, as w ell as the incidental play by whi c h the problem i s enrich ed; a nd this thoug ht i s accentuated in the very fin e probl em , No. 567, of l ast month, b y Dr. O'Keefe, in which the battery upon the fourth r a nk not only makes
p r ovision for the beautiful inc iden shut -off, 1. ... B - d6; 2. P-c5 mate, bu as w ell, instates th e ver y sati sfactor adjunct of a fli ght square. A word by w ay of warning, how ev er. Th e mech a ni cs of the Schor: without th e realisa ti on of the sub st a n ce, has come with in our v i si on: 2bRK3; q2sQ3; 5p2; lprlr3; 1P3BZ; 8. Mate in tw Q.
l•'tlh .
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No. 581.-G. Guidelli 1st P r . Meredith .Tny. G.C. 1919
Mate in two (8 ·v. 12)
Mat e in two (7 v. 5)
No. 582.- J. K. Heydon Morning Post, 1933
No. 583.-M. de Moraes, Jn. 3rd Hon. Me n. 14th Mered ith 'l'ny, G.C. 1922
Mate in two (7 v . 4)
Mate in two (6 v. 5)
W:hite l,eys bY 1. S - d6 and a nwith 2. S-f5 to all th e B lack !~ n ight' s responses (othe r than 1. .. . H· P5 ) , the thematic variation 1. . . . · <'!i being m e t by 2. QxQ mate.
F e bruary-June of this year. The prize -fo ur copi es of "Eis Escacs a C'atalunya." No. 577 is elig ible.
Is the proble m a Schor? Artificially; fnr th e Black Knig ht is not essentially p inned; the White Rook and the lil ael> Bishop are superfluous !
W e a r e waiting for solutions to No. 4. Up to th e present only one solution, somewhat faulty, ha.s come to hand, the solver r emarking: "I cannot get the variation 1. . . . PxP; 2. SxP mate, so will leave it to P .O.P. and Co." Sounds lik e a c hallenge, doesn't it ? I do not wish my solvers to worry furth e r with programme No. 3. I
1re r e
~w <' rs
We would see our problomists adnpti ng Sohor ' tactics over the n ext few tnnnths, and to tJ-frs e nd we a nnounce 1111 informal tourney for "Schors" conir•II)Lited to the A.C.R. over the period
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No. 5'85.-Dr. J. J. O'Keefe, Sydney
First P,ublication
D i e Schwal b e, Jan. 1934
Mate in four (5 v. 3)
Mate in four (10 v. 11)
b l am e myself for the omission of the two n ecessar·y words, "Discovered checl<," as part of the threat 2. R -d 4. A ll solvers a r e credited full marks for No. 3.
-No. 569 (Pesonen ): Q-g6.-No. 57 (Takala): S - g5.-No. 571 (Tschepu noff): R-a2.-Charming , and diffic
A · re w Z ealand correspondent, who signs himself "Phoenix," invites me to put th e Blacl< King on d5, and the B lac l< Knigh ts upon b3 and d8, a nd t o a rran ge any mating system t o su it. This I have done, and have attained to three distinct programm es. I l eave th e plan to my sol vers, but with this unde rstandin g, that if you shou l d find tim e too pressing to h eed th e chal len g e pi'Oposed by P hoenix, you accept these moves:-
1. . . . BxR; 2. R-f5, B-d2; etc. B-d4; 2. S-c5, any; 3. R-a4.
1. . . . S-c5 ; 2. S-c3 mate. S-d4 , R - e5 mate.
1.
1. . . . S-c6; 2. Bxb3 m a t e. S- e6; 2. S-e7 mate.
1.
Other, 2. R-a5 mate.
SOLUTIONS No. 566 (Ga llagher): K -e8. A compl ete bloc!<, with a neatly contrived l
e noug-h. No. 572 (O'Keefe): R-h6.
1: . ..
1. . . . R-c2; 2. B - e2, et c . 1. . . . B-fG; 2. R-f5, et c. 'l'he thematic try, 1. R-t5, is met b 1.. . . . B-c3. After the d ecoy of th Bishop, 1. R-h6, 1. . . . BxR, th e tr operates as the main-pl a n; for , by th a n alogous defence, 2. . . . B - d3, a w eak n ess is creat ed (th e B i shop inter·ferin w ith the Roo!<), a n d mate follows b 3. B-e2. This is th e Roman th em e, a a i s h er e presented in Mer edith settin o. 573 (Tucker a nd Fedler): 1 Q - gS, K-d5; 2. Sxe6, etc. 1. . . . KxS; 2. QxP. 1. . . . K-d3; 2. S-c5. 1. . . K-b4; 2. Q x P. A difficult three - er with echo- mates i!l the main p l ay. · No. 574 (Kraemer): l. R-h7, 1. . . B-al; 2. K-b1, P-b2; 3. S-h6, et c. Fo an expl anation of th e th eme of thi fine problem, see und er "Kling" in th January A.C.R. No. 575 (Sola): 1. Q-f2, S-d7; 2 K-b5, B-eG; 3. K-a5. 1. . . . S- e6; 2 K-c4, B-d5; 3. K-c3. A very pretty economi cal bifurcatftn of th e avoid ance of check . We congratulate th author.
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By
Way of Protest
It is o ur duty a n d pleasure to publish to-da y al letter from our esteemed contributor, Mr. J. K. H eydon, w ell known as one of the world's leading p r oblem is ts, and as Problem Editor of the A.C.R. during the 1932 - 33 ~ eason. This letter s h ould b e r ead in · con j unction with Mr. H eydon's article on the S eeber ger Theme • in the A .C.R. of S eptember 1932 ; a n d with a nother article u pon the same the me, written by myself and published in the A ,C.R. of S eptem b er 1934.
W e shall r ep ly letter n ex t month.
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to
Mr.
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H eydon's
Your S eeberger a r ticle in the S e pt e mber A.C.R., and e specially the s ta t ement that Seeberger's decoy is "ad," awaken my fightin g spi rit, a nd I hope you will g iv e publicity to m y heartfelt d is s ent. Two (or more ) rad ically different them es a r e n ow includ e('! Jmder ~·S eebe rge r," a nd what purports to be an enlighten ed widening of th e concept is r eall y a r e trograde ste p, and tho rough l y b ad classifi ca tion. A loose g roup of them es charact eri sed by ad - d ecoys, and· even by b lack deploys, has b een lu mped in with the true S eeb e rgers, of w h ich the decoy is emphatically "ex." '!.'he ques tion of " ex" and " a d " has to be fa ced At one time equity was the length of th e Lord Cha n cellor's toe ; but this was found to b e unsatisfactory, and Equity w a s endowed with in flex ible rules. W e must do the same with "ex" and "ad." At present the Lord Chancellor says that by far the most striking feature of S eeberg er's decoy is that it carries the theme-piece into· a prison cell , and tha t obviously it is an "ad"-decoy. B ut w e n eed a bette r rule tha n say-so of th is kind, or th e n ext Lord Chanc ellor may prefer to cali it exile . in -
stead of pr is o n , a nd r ev er s e h is cesser's di c tum. '!.'he r eal rule o ut a mile, t oo; w e have to th e the matic effect of the move, some a rtisti c metapho r wh ich it s uggest. Seeber ger's decoy carri the m e -piece f r o m wh e re it woul been themati ca lly usefu l to · is the matically useless . it is a n ex - d ecoy. Now compare Krae mer's whic h you q uote on page 269. enta lly, it is cooked b y 1. Sd6, 2. Bf4; but o v erlooking this a nd s ide ring . th e t heme-line, surel y o bvious that the stra t egy is w unlike S eeber ger's. 'l'h e idea least as diffe r ent fro m S eebe rger's it is f rom Grimshaw's. S eeberger's is c r iti ca l e limination of a pi ece. His decoy is a s " ex" as shaw's. N ever mind about g oing prison, and' a ll that; w h a t does move do, th em a tical ly ? It carries . th em e -piece from wh er e it would ha been them a t ically usefu l t o w her e is the m a ti cally u s eless, a nd this is ess en ce of ex-deco y. In Kraem e r's , on th e oth er h a nd, par·a- cr itical m ove is not a decoy a ll. It is a deploy. Th e probl em a d ir ect black combinatio n succeeds to th e extent of White ch a n ge his tac ti cs. In Black prolongs h is life a Rig htly consi der ed, this type of Seeb erger · is a direct combina t io n d ef en ce. Black de ploy s from a useles s tion to one whi ch is th ematically f ul, at least t o some extent. does n o t fo r ce the solution fla w; ther e a ll the time, and B lack w ith it. In other pse udo-Seeller ger's , s uch the Schiffma nn R enaud entry
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1\o. 586.- Dr. A . C hi cco, I taly .
No. 587.- A . W . D a ni el, Lon don:
l•'lrs l, I Q r t . "D ie S c hwa lbe," 193 3.
Secon d, B.C .P .S. 25t h T n y .
Ma t e in tw o (10 v . 5)·.
Mat e in two ( 9 v . 12) .
No. 588.- F . F leck , Hungar y. l lrs l, II Q rt. "D ie Schwa lbe," 1933.
No. 589-E. a n d J. P . P e d e r s e n, D en mar l'
Mat e i n t wo (10 v 8) .
Mat e i n two (10 v . 11) .
111 q11ot e, th e c r iti ca l move is a d ecoy, II il is s till utte rly unlik e a S eebe r! , T he decoy is "ad," a n d its f unc 111 is to f o r ce a d e fe n sive w eakn ess 1 I he a d - side of the c utting - point. lllloiJ ilis a tion for its own sak e, w hic h IH•cessaril y com plete, a nd is Seel'll'"r's idea, is utte rl y diffe r e n t fr o m '' l'rca t io n of a d efen s iv e ly w ea k spot 1 th e a d - s id e of the c utting - point. 11•1 1·c r y word "spot" poi t s the d if " ''"'e ; tru e S eebe r ger immobilisation Ind e pe n d e nt of th e B la ck Kipg 's ' IIH, a nd h as n othing t o do with the
Second, " Magasine t ," 1933.
d ef e n ce of a spot . Its esse n ce is t he e l imination of t he th e m e - p iece. Vir tua ll y, t h e t hem e - p iece g oes o ff the boa rd- is ex -deco y ed in e x cels is . A s I have. ind ica t ed, the pse udoS eebe r g e rs w ill require f urthe r c las s ifica tion , Kraemer's being a eli r ect the m e, a nd Sch iffm a n's indirect , b ut I a m content to leave the m g r:o u p ed fo r th e ):)r es e n t, so lon g as the y are I s egregat ed from the S eeb e rge r s . s e t o ut thi s vie in the A .C.R. of S e p t e mbe r 1932, a nd c h r isten ed the pse udo - S eeb e rge r gTou p the P a latz, in
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No. 590.-0. Stocchi, Italy. First, "Magasinet," 1933.
Mate in two (14 v. 9). No. 592.-P. Takacs. Second, "Magasinet," 1933.
Mate in three (5 v. 9) . compHme nt to the a uthor of "Antiform." Since, h ow ever, the complim e nt was not accept ed, or even acknow led ged; a nd since I am clear e r than ever upon the point, I now c hris t e n the pseudo-Seebergei· group the Heydon group. It is fairly mine by right of first presentation, but appare ntly • by right of first clear r ecognitio n . S h e's mine-1 saw h e r first; a nd so I t e ll the world ! Cong ratulations upon your good worl\! - J. K. HEYDON.
. Mate in two (12 v. 12) . The proble ms to w11ich Mr. r e fe rs a r e these :Dr. A . Krae m e r, "Hamburg pondent" 1924:-4S3 ; 5p2; p6p; 8; 3K1S2; 8; b1B5. Mate in fo 1. B -d:l, B- h 8 ; 2. B - c3, P-f6; 3. etc. No. 531, A .C.R., September 1 F. T. Hawes:-24 ; p1kS1K2; 2p4P; 7b; 8. Mate in four. 'l'he m e-line: - 1. Q-g7, B-b8; 2. P c h , K-d6; 3. Q-c8, e t c.
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No. 595.-Sam L oyd.
F irst, "Ch ess Monthly," 1857
V . Saturday C ou rier , 23 Aug ., 185 6.
Mat e in three (key Sg4 ).
M a t e in fourteen (see l etterpress ).
No. 311, A .C .R., S eptember 1932, by .1. .\ . Sch i ffm ann, R enaud '!'hem e '!'o urIll'.\' 1929: - 2BB4 ; 2pS1K2; 2pk p R2; '' 11.;r pR 1 ; 2P2rp1; SP1p1p2 ; 4b3; 6bl. ,\ Into in fou r .
n o so lution, or t hat it w a s m isprint ed. M y father had great er f aith in Sam, a nd d ecided t o go a t once a nd see him p erson a lly . . . . · when Loyd assu r ed him of the so u ndn ess o f the p r oblem, h e r en ew ed hi s a t tack upo n it, an d h i s e fforts w er e soon c rowned with s uc cess.''
I. R -h6, H- c 3; 2. H ( g )- g 6, H( f) - e4 ;
1. . .. B -f2 ; 2. R (g) - g-6, R (f)- c 4 ; 3. - ru, et c.
THIS MONTH'S FARE J 11 s t a f ew 1111 1. a n d' 595.
words a b o ut N os. 593,
~a m Loyd w as the· yo ung est of a l a 11 1i l y of ei g ht children. The t h r ee lll'oth er s, Tom , Isaac, and Sam, t ook l o C'Om posing· ch ess p robl ems in their ' lt•!'ns. Tom d r·opped out, a nd Sam H•lo n o utstripped Isaac, b o th i n quanl l l .l ' a n d qua lity of output, t o be hailed 11t si x t een as the g r eatest of A m erican 1'II III posers.
or No. 593 l et . Mr. A .
C.
White
p!'ak:-
'
" T he A m erica n India n two- m o v er li11 s for m e a p er son a l inter est, for it l11d to m y f a th er's acqu a inta n ce with 1.<1.1·cl, and so t o m y own . . . . Neil li (• r m y fath er nor Mr. Saye ( my f al l ~t · l ·' s f ri end) w er e then m or e th an b e ~jl nncrs in sol v ing . . . . Wh en th e \ 111c r ican Indian was r epubli sh ed in I ll v 'Mail' a nd 'Express' in 1890, it 1'11111 pl et el y ba ffled the two friends, Mr. 1'\"ye d ecl a ring that the problem h ad
No. 594 w as p ubli sh ed un der the m o tto, " L et t hose' Jaugn wh o win" ; and certa in l y t h e p r obl em d eser ved the win it secu r ed . Loyd wrote of t he p r obl em: " Thi s was an impromptu, posed for I au ! Morph y, wh o compli m ented i t hi ghl y . It w o n t he C h ess M onthly p r ize, a nd h as been a p op u l a r f avourite fo r m a n y y ea r s, as showing four differ ent sty les of composi ti o n in · the v a ri a tions ; the brilli a nt qu een sacri fi ce, t he stra t eg i c play w ith th e !mig ht, t h e waiting princ i p l e, and the long fli g hts of the rook." N o. 595.-Thi s is a r em a rka ble concepti on for a boy of fifteen . T h e so luti on i s: - 1. K- c5 ; 2. K-b6 ; 3. K - a 7 ; 'L K-a8 ; 5. K -bS; 6. K - c 7; 7. K-d8 ; 8. K -c7 ; 9. K - fS ; 10. K -g7; 11. K-h 6; 12. K- g5 ; 13. K xP ; 14 m a t es.
SOLUTIONS 576 ( Ashl ey): Q -d6.
577 ( A shl ey): Q -b5. 'l'h e i nter f eren cc -Grimsh aw t ype-u pon f 5 h el ps . the Sc hor idea a l on g . 578 ( Schor): B-c5.
'!'his p robably
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is the o ri g inal "Schor," and a:; :su c h is r cmar·kably good. 579 (Bon·ow): Q x c 4. The keymove, a capture. i s themati c, a nd thc r·cfo r·c in o r·dcr·. The "Schor" i :s he r e doubled: 1. . . . ~-c2; 2. P - d 3 m a t e; 1. ... S-<15; 2. Q x P mat e. 580 ( H e r·trnann) : splendid "~chor."
~(e)
-c5.
Again a
581 (Guid elli): R-h4. A lo n g time since we had one of O uide lli's; h en ce q1is will come as a r e fresher. 582 (Heydon): Q-h2. May be comp ar·cd with 3B4; 4~3; 3p·l ; P 2l :lk 3; 8; p6S; K4Qs1; 5s2. Mate in two. Q-g1, by W. A. Hhinl
-IJ5; 3. K-e 6.
2.
1. . . . l'-b5; 2. B-eS, r-b4 ; 3. K-e 6.
Fine! White introdu ces the Ind ian i n nicel y -timed play. l'\o. 585 (O'K eefe) : Tries 1. Q-g4, f4, R x Q; 2. B-at, R- h 4; 3? Sol utio n : -!. Q-h4, R x Q; 2. B-at, etc. The finest o p positio n pr·oblem I have seen; i n fact, th e two opposition pt·obleml; which occm· to m e as the grandest in p r oblemdom, are b y Austr a lia n composers ! O ne is the above; h er e is t he o ther: -
H. W. Gr a nt, first p t·i zc, Logical Combi nation Tourney, A.C.R. 1933; d edicated t o J. I<. H eydon. No. 366, Marc h 1933:- 1Q6; 8; 1K6; 6p1; p 5~1; 2p 2bP1 ; 2P3rp; 1H B2Bll<. The thematic try is 1. Q-b7, n arrow l y defeat ed. A fine tr·y (no n-thematic) is 1. B-a3. The solu t i on r un s:-1. Q-a8, B x Q; 2. B-a3, B- b7; 3. B-aG, et c. SCORES Con cct sol uti ons for· Decem ber r eceived fr·om: - L.O.; "Squar e"; H.J.'l'.; l J.Q.P. ; R.J.W,.; E. Gell; ..Khvi"; and C. Lake. For January, as abo,·c, except that "Kiwi" drops two m a r·k s for fail ing t o locat e cook t o No. 567. F or F ebnaary : f r o m E. Gell.
~olu ti ons
in
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SYNTHETICS Str a n ge- \·cr y :str-ange! P l'\o. 1 is still hold ing ou r· soh ·ct·s. soh ·er· lea\·es it to P.O.I '. and Co. other· says: "Cannot get 1. . . . 2. S x P mate." A n other· " K iwi" may a ttend t o th is; 1 Two r e mar·k: " T his progt·amme impossible." J ust at the moment o f writi ng wor ds, I have t·eceivcd a con ect dc r·ing f r om oua· H.J.'l'. (Mr. of South Austr·al ia, so 1 do n o t tate in decla r·i ng him the winner. contrivings will be a·cvcalcd month. In the meantime you arc I.Ju:;y l'\o. 5, a n d he r e is No. 6 t o l
TO CORRESPONDENTS "Square":
Your 144-148 is
will rec tify.
K. A. K. Larsen : With H er·e you arc. Will A.C'.R. please note: " Magasin et" holding i ts 1935 t our·n ey r o t• twoa nd three-er·s. Send to " Raadhuspladsen, Copenhagen V, marie J'uclge, 1{,. A. K. Lar sen.
Our American correspond ent, points out that problem s Nos. 516 517, publisiHid by us as o riginals in A.C.R. for A ugus t , were publi:shcd the .American C hess Bulletin-No. in Sep.-Oct. 1931, and No. 517 1934. T he problems w e r e sent to us g r a m med ( I'Libbc r· stamped), but out comment. W e natur·ally acce them as o r·i g inals.
EDITOR'S NOTE Our readers will be sorry that Mr. H a wes h as had a breakdowri, and has been orde month's rest. H e hopes to a long his A.C.R. budget as usual.
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nnd ucted by F. T. HAWES, Gloucester, N .S.W., to whom all solutions and a ll correspondence should be addressed
·In Reply 111 •·cpl y to .J. K .. H eydon 's l etter in 111 st A.C.R., Dr. J. J. O':l;(eef e llllfll'imis, I express m y g ratificati on t l• •ll l'ning t h at its on e- time Probl em
111•11' st i ll tal
in the
ht pr ob l em th eory th e littl e pre fixes 11 nd a d -, i f not dri v en too h a rd • l oo cl osel y, can b e q uite usefu l , ' ' w hen they get into t h e hands of lfiM, w ho, l ike H eydon and m ysel f , • ,, a p en chant for po l emics, the y 11 lt•a cl to mu ch sp illing of ink, for moves, a nd t h eoret i c a ll y ' 1 important moves, a b out whicl1 • 11ned theorists sti ll d i ffer as to th e 111 11priate l a b el to be a ttach ed . Ob11 l y every ch ess move implies th e • 11 l lon o( on e square and th e occ u 111111 o f another, a nd so has hoth ex tl 11 il - features. T l1e u l t i mate 1"-bel 1,.. a ttach ed to a ny move depends 1 '" w l1i ch of th ese two .h atures i s pi'Pclominant on e. ,...rh at b e h.lg' ~·o, <'asy to understand that :;1 oves •·•·op up i n whi ch th e ex- 'ln d u.d" '"nts so nearl y ba1ance that differ•· • Of Op i n i on as tO ~V1l ;_c n i :=; pre11111111 nt m ust arise, a n d in such th e best we can hope for , per' , Is a majori ty verd i c t one w ay or I ll" rrefixes ex - a nd ad - w.er e i n"'" '' '" into probl em t h eo r y by the l)r, R a l itzsch, who, in "Di e II· tilc11ng ' c ontributed. much to New ''"" n th eo r y. Pal itzsch h el d that 11 ru l-move must h ave " un cas de 1 " l.t· .. it mu st have a d e finite sq u are 1! 11 o bjective ; and c onversel y, ever y " ll1at has "un cas de. but" must " 11 n.d - move. Thu s it i s, t h at in '" 1"I, ev er y cri t i cal mov e that l1as 1 I I H o bject th e 'Suppress ion of pow<,:!r,
In t h is t y p e of c r i t i cal move, one0 t h e cri tical p i ece h ils crossed t he cutting point, th e probl em is sol vab l e, and from th e point of v i ew of t hem e a n d sol vabi lity i t is a matter of u tter i ndiffer en ce upon which square beyond th e cutting poi nt th e c r i t i cal piec.e com es to r est . 'l'hus, i f in th e Loveday, th e k ey B ishop c oul d get to (b, - 1) or (a, -2 ) , sol vability and th em e would r emain unimpaired, but as convention enjoins that a problem sh all have but one key , the author has util ized th e lim i ts of t h e board to excl u de th ese poten t ial cooks. B ut a criti c a l move w h i c h h as for i t s object th e s u ppression of mobility of t h e criti cal p i ece, has, and must h a v e, " un cas d e b ut"- on e parti cular square as i ts object. W er e it otherwise th er e woul d be no sol u tion. T h us, i f in Seeb er ger's probl em the Bishop c ould g et beyond aS to ( - b, 9) or ( - c, 10) et c., th ere wou l d be no sol ut i on and no th em e. H en ce, critical mov es a iming a t th e suppressi on of mobi l ity a r e a d-moves a nd so the See b er ger critical move is a n a d-deco y . But shou l d H eydon r efu se to accept th e dictum of the man who was responsi ble for th e ex - a n d ad - c oncep tion, th a t ever y move w i th " u n cas d e but" i s a n ad -m ove, th en it can b e shown tha t th e sam e r esu l t can lJe differen.t a rr iv ed at by an . e.ntirel y method ol' r eason in g . In eases o f doubt as to wh eth er a cert a in move shou l d b e l abell ed ex - or a d - , it is a g ood pla n to examin e th e anti form of th e m ove. Th e fact th a t in Sch iffman's spl end id Anti -Seeb erger quoted in th e Sept ember arti cl e, th e anti move l eads to a n ew Seeb er ger , is li abl e /to cau se . confu s i on; I a nL afrai d this h as h'appen ed with Heydon, and I find I ca nn ot f o ll ow h i s com m ents on thiR posj tion.
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Mate in f our (6 v. 6) No. 598.- H . o x , Vi c tori a Fi r s t p u b li c a ti on
Mat e i n t wo ( 4 v. 3) Oppo r·tun el ~•. T r ecen t l y com posed a n A n t i - Seeher ger in w hi c h the so l u ti o n -fl a w in h er ent in H l acl.;' s a nti-mo ,-e i s s~ banal, that th er:e i s n o r isl< of it d i str acting a t t en t i o n fro m the Seeber g-er th em e l ine, as i s li a hl e t o happ en in Rc hi ffm a n 's gor g·eo u s S eeb erg·erA nti sceh er g er .
Tn min e (No. 595), i f aft er th e k ey ( R d 5) Bla c k m a l
M a t e i n two (6 v . 7)
t ua l pre -l
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'' 11110.- K. A . K. Larsen, D enma rl\ .. Arbeider-Skak," 1934
Mate in two (15 v. 7) 11.
602.- K. A. L. Kubbel, L eningrad 1s t, "Riga Rundschan," 1934,
No. 603.-J. A. J. Smith, Lavington 1st, "B.C.M.", 1934
Mate in two (9 v. 7) S eber·g e r plot again st it, Bd5, Bd6; 2. Rb3, Ph~; 1:- hG. and now th e mobilit)· o f th e l'ln!'l; Bishop is th e on l y thing that III' <' S th B lacl< King from hav ing, throug h zugzwang-, to g-o to b5 a nd IJe lllll l <'d ! Bu t of course afte r 1. .. B-d5, \ loitf' has up his sl eev e 2. S x bt ch, l\l oI ; 3. l~-b 6 and 4. Rh3 mat e. .nd 11o w su r·el y every reader will admi t llo11 t th advantage to Blac l< of this tllll i- immobilisati on move (1. .. . R-d5) llo ·s in the vacati o n by th e B i shop of 11 11 · squar·e a3; that is, 1. . . . Bd5 is oil\ Px-deploy. But it has just been Jll'll\' •d to he an anti-moYe, and ther e-
lliits :- 1.
fore, h)' th e d e fi niti o n of a ntiforms, th e mov whi c h brought the Bishop to a3 rnu t ha ,·e been the a nti form of a n ex-de plo y . i.e. it must ha ,· b een a n ad - d coy. 'rhus, the Seebe r~er c r·iti cal move is a n ad-decoy. H eydon imag ines h e has disc over ed a for·mnla whi h will in fallibl y t ell u s wh e th er a n y m ove i s ex- or ad-, but: wh en it i s appli ed t o th e Seeber g er· move it fails bad l y. He says: " See ber·ger' s d coy cani es the th em p i ec e fr·om wh er e it wou ld have heen th e mati caliy use ful to wh er·e it is th emati cally usel ess." H e says in e ffect that the Bishop on d 5 in Sec-
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Mate in three (11 v. 9) h ei•ger 's origi n a l positic;n~ is doing u se fu l th emati c w o rk. What i s th is worl
it appear s to m e stri vi.n g to m ake th e fit his formu l a i n stead of. v i ce I have good reason for b elievi P alatz, thro u g h some accident, r eceived th e copy of the 'A.C.R.' t a inin & H eydon's Seeberger In my opi ni on Heydon's argu m ent much b etter put in h i s September a rti cl e than it is now in hi s 1 93-5 l etter-probabl y l ack of in pol em ics!
- .J. J . Sydn ey, 29th Mar ch , 1935.
TO CORRESPONDENTS P.O.P.-Gu idelli di ed 8th J a n ., H .J .T .- Thanks for probl em s. er a n d o th er 3- er n ext i ss ue. A. 0. Gray-Th a n ks for copy; u se in par t . L.G.-Will ex am i n e your probl em r epor t.
SYNTHETICS
spea \( of a "pa r acriti cal" Seeber ger i s a
l oose w ay of
d eal ing
w i th
a
saying probl em
that we a r e featuring
a
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witl1
a
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Programme No. 1 (N ew Seri es ). B i sh op k ey 1.mpins B laclc 2. B - b6 m a t e. King
h as t wo fli g hts, c5 a nd
1. . . . K x R ; 2. Sc2 mate. Q x R ch; 2. Sd3 d i s. ch. mate.
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THE 21. 22. 23. 24.
R X R Q-B2 B x K t (K7) Kt-Kt5
25. F-R4 26. B-Kt5 (g-) 27. B x B 28. P X P?(h) 2S. K-R3 30. 1:' X B 31. K x Kt 32. Q-Q2
AUfn RALA S IAN
B
X
R
Q-B2 Kt x B Q-K1 B-Q2 Kt-B4!
. Q x B Kt x RP ch B X Kt Q-B2! Q-B6! (i) Q-Kt5 mate
(a) H ere 7. . . . B-Q2 forces W ,hite's KB back to K2, wh er e it should have g-one at first. (b) Necessary is Kt-R3 or P-QKt3, to prepare a g-uard fot the QP. (c Missing- his chance: 8. . . . B Q2!; 9. B-B2 (if B-K2, Kt-B4, winning- a pawn), Kt-Kt5 with cl ear advantag-e, for if Wh i t e attempts to escape th e · unwe lcome exchang-e by 10. Kt3 "?, B l ac!{ messes him u p with 10. B Kt4; 11. R - K1, Kt-B4!, threatening. . • . Kt-Q6. . (d) There is n o n eed to stop . . . Kt-R5. ( e ) If P x P e.p.,. 1:' x P is satisfactory for Blaclc (0 Turn i ng- White's w eaken i ng- 12th move to account.
(g-) This starts trouble. playing- desperately to win.
White is
(h) One of those moves that looks bad, and is. One does these thing-s when strain ing- after a win when none i ~ there. (i) This is what Black had overl ooked.
Misses Mr. F. A . Crowl points out that in sug-g-esting 18. . . . Q-R4 in CondonKoshnitsky, p . 60 (February) we made a g-risly oversight, as 19. BxPch wou l d win two pawns. 'It appears, then, that Koshnitsky's ini tial error was the unnecessary interpolati on of 12. . . . R - KKtl ?, prematurely re moving the d efend er of the weak KRP. But even as h e played, h e r etained some advantage. Mrs. H. R. Abbott, of Christchurch, seems to have been the first to point
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out that in Kelling - Darwin A .C.R.), Kelling· cou l d have ably shortened the game by P ch! We confess that w e did ami ne the play after B l ack's b 'on move 15, which made the win Mr. M. D . Harpur (Sydney) out that in annotating the gam don - Crow! in our F ebruary num 59), Mr. Koshnitsky overlooked source for Condon on move 33, Condon resigned ! Namely, 33. Pch!, Q x R; 34. R x Rch, 35. R-Q7 ch, et c. Condon cons:l 4!1. . that tbis would have drawn. In any case, the double query Condon's • last move, 32. Q-K2, is d ently wrong. It appears that game was never lost till White signed!
A PROBLEM BY "CHIELAMAN To cel ebrate the on l y which the Monday chess col Sydney "Telegraph" had ev er a.nnru•,.• on A pri l Fool's Day, "Chi'""""~"l!llll' "ffl that paper's chess editor, and published a special puzzle of th e usual orthodox problem. were offered for the first six sol utions opened, but found th e tnre answer. Here is th e diagram, correctl y and th e puzz l e is : What is · the l est number
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PROBLEMS F. T. HAWES, Glouceater, N.S .W., to whom all aolutiona and all correapondence ahould be addressed
Call for " More" " • 11mke n o apology for a "break" f rom theor y this month, as as 1 or ou r r ead e r s h ave asked f or ltiPr acq uai ntance with Loyd, we "" a m u sin g story associated with r•rrr· t~· days, and include a little upon problems, which may b e I u::;e f ul to those whose experior our art is "as good l uck lla,·e it ! "
111 tlw opening of the Lo~·d Hook , ,\ . C. vVhite writes:.. . The earli est a n ecd ote I have rl ahout Sam Loyd s hows h ow his was carri ed away by hi s ensrn. H e h ad got his son a posiwith a ,·ery prim old Quaker. tr·av elling( show came t o the n wher e ~am was s tationed, a nd, 111/-:' o th er exci t em ents, a flaunting h•ng-c was i ssu ed for running a rNI yards. Ham was tall a nd a nd co uld run a short distance rapidly. The c h a llen g e excited a nd h e t ook it up a t o n ce. His lir•r round it out, and m ade a trip 1 r· o n purpose to r·emonstrate w i th rrr, t(' llin g him that h e would lose posi ti on w ith the o ld Q u a k er. rr a n swered h is fath er t hat he had l(llg'<'d to run, a nd could not with"' n o w. The race s tarted, and ~am rw d out hi s plan o r r unning desrtlcl y f r om star·t to fi ni sh . During ,, race Sam r ecognised his father's 11lr·•·: 'G o it, Samm y -don't l et him 11 .1·ou.' Ram c r ossed the line first, 11 fP II immediatel y, entirel y out of ··:rlh." 'l'o quot e David Harum: "Ther e's n o W e a r e taki n g the lll ,..rt~· of supposin g that Samm y, t o Hlrrllnemo rate his vic t ory over the • llc·us fellow , composed this little trick he 11 hic h the \'ic t o r , Wh i te, is r e\·eal ed "Young f ellow out-pacing a s tage lroll'rrl i n s 'posin g."
f•l luw" : -
Sam L oyd , " Baltimore Herald," 1880:-32; I BB5; SS6; kr·Q5; 7K. As a lesson in solving, n o t e that this posi tio n is n o t diffic ult to unravel , for against th e capture of the Queen. b y the Rook (it is a good rul e to p lay B lack flr·sl) there is no pr·ovision, and no c hance of making p r ov ision, a n d if th e Queen vacates c2 she must mo1·e t o some position where sh e can capture i f. B lack c h ecks a t h2; hence, 1. Q-h7, 1. . . . R-h2 c h; 2. QxR mate ! Touching u pon the subject of economy, it may not have occurred to you that, bY making a c omplet e tum of t he board, Loyd could have u sed two Wh ite pawn s instead of t h e two W hite B ishops b4 a nd c 4. Wh y did Loy d n o t mak e the chan ge? The answe r is, l .oyd decided that tho w hol e sh o uld be presented as a p uzzle rather tha n as a problem; that the mobility of the Bisho ps might provide for incautious attempts a t sol vi n g; that, fo r ins tance, t r·ial mo,·es, B c3, Bd3, Bc5, et c ., migh t d elay t he actual sol ving of the puzzle. E conomy or for·ce h er e (as i n man y of J .oyd 's problem s) is not essen lially consid er ed. Bu t what is meant by econ omy? Does i t mean secur-ing a r·esult with the f ewest p i eces? Hardly, f or this would g ive a ficti tious value t o som e of t he simpl est efforts; but it i s the c r eation of the theme w i th as sm a ll an a m ount of force cond ucive to a hig h rat io of p l ay that counts. Take, for instance, this posi tion a ttributed t o Loyd i n n on c halant mood:--
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M a t e in two (12 v !J)
s ugges t s
immediatel y
White's
M a t e in two (5 v 3)
k ey
SYNTHETICS
mO\'C,
Some idea.<;, however , a r·e uneconomical in c h amct er (indeed, m a n y t wo-move id '3ns a r c), a n d thi s will ·be undet·st ood thr·ough our f1na l p osi tion: " C leveland Voice," 1 878 :- 24; 3p4; 3R4; K l p5; lpS4R; lkb4Q. Mat e in two. R-h8.
It will be seen that the White Rook i s a sup<'l'iluit y; ncverthel es:o;, w ithou t the piece the posi tion would for·f eit its str·ategi c con t en t, a nd admit or several soluti on s as w e ll.
The sol u tio n t o No. 3 was gi the J an u a r y number. H er e i s the histor·y of No. 4, c aused ou r so l ver s so much only two of the corps returning t ions. The prog r a mme subm itted as (see Janua r y) w as aC'tually a h earsed o n e, a nd was sent b y Mr. drew Bol us, of Birmi ngham, to la t e Philip H. Williams, with the lowing sol ution a ttac h ed :-2b5 ;
1
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III U.--;-H.
.1:\o. 611.- l saac Loy d, .\merica (Brother to Sam Loyd)
Mate in t hree ( lwy J3h1)
:-.rate in three ( I
No. 612.- J. A. E•·skine, .\.ust arlia
, ·o. 613.- D r. J. J. O'Keefe a nd 1·'. T. H awes.-Firs t Publ icatio n
Fi •·st Publicat ion
M a t e in fou r (7 v 4) ll'~ p3;
P Q6;
Kl p2p~;
4Pp2;
Mate in ~1S2R2;
lk I. I n ::;u bmitling th e position as though II lrnd com e f•·om a b11ild ing compos' 1', ~ lr. Bolus said he utterly failed tu see any d e\"ice which wou ld hold t111· fl ight in •·es po nse to 1. . . . Pxl ' ; ~x l' mate? T ile li ttle d eceptio n or l lir• ''budding composer·" threw Mr. William s off his guard, and forthwith h,. set t o w orl< upon the syntheti c, rtntl soon achie,·ed (e,·cn as H.T. and 1'.0 . 1'.) :-ll
This position, Willi a m s fon varded lu his f r ien d with a floul'ish of com -
five (6 v
3)
pliments and sympat hy. I magin e hi s feeli ngs when he leat·ned that ther e was no budding com poser in it, a nd that both positions had b een car e full y construct ed by ::\fr. H ., with the idea of t esting his f r ien d's synthetic abil ity.
PROGRAMME NO.2 ( NEW SERIES) Ke~·
13 -e5.
1. . 1-;xB; 2. Q- e6 mate. 1. .. RxB; 2. R-d4 mate. 1. . . Hxn; 2. B-eG mate. A nd other YaJ·iation s. Kow tum the board, so tha t th e fl1·st rank shall become t he eigh t h r ani<; r econstr uc t, that n o dua l s will appear i n the play.
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(a) The Queen's Counter Gambit; playable. (b) C01·rcct Is 3. P x P. M ason gh·cs 3. I' x 1', 1'- K 5 ; 4. Q - 1(2, R-1<2 ! (hotter tha n 4• • • • Q-1<2, g i ven in ":'lfodc m C hN!S O penings"): 5. Q x P, J
Black o bser' \'eS that lr 28 . . . . 29. Q- Kt5, I'- B 3; 30. Bx l', J\:131), lh<>r c follo w s move f r a ught with So h e plays safe.
29. ll
X
31.
I' !
Again Queen .
29.. 30. Kt- Ro ch H . . . K - Kt3'! ?, 3J. Q - nG ch 32. Q-1\:tG C'h A n d vVhilc fOI'CN! Rook down .
Ro u nd 12-A Recovery The diagromm<'d pof!ltion occuned in th<> game h<'twcen C. R. Lnmparter and W. J. Greenfield. Black Is the <>x cllange a nd a pawn up. and should win ensily. Hut at the moment h e has two weaknesses-the R ook on Q l , whic h ham per-s his Queen. and the poi nt K Kt2. B o th these could · ha,·e heen co,·ered b y 27. . . . 1'- B3, lerwlng \ Vhltc n o game, as 2 . B x J' Is easily knock ed o ut. Gr·l'cntle ld , confused by that desi r e fo r ultra--sa fety whic h b eset s any plan•r In a winning posi tion, J>layed 27. . . . Q 3, a m o,·c which docs nothing t o r·c ll c ,·c either· di sahilit~·. Th e g ame continued ns fo llow s: 27. Q-Q3'! 28. H - 1<6! Q- Bl
SO L U TION
TO
A M A NGUS" The sol utio n to th<> pnz1.lc hy amangus" o n p. 132 (.\ pril) lllO\'eS! E,·er y diag !'am must t>Ofllt ion that could legally c h ess boar·d. Ther efore. l..::ing must he In th<> play<>r'a W e arc asked what ilcl the numher o f m o ,·es White mnte. I f w e nssumc the Wh was o n Kl, I t Is possible to two mo,·es I n all , I.e., 1 . K - 1<6 ; 2. R- l\: 1 mate. has alrea d y d o n e a quarter i.e., h as pcr·f o r·m c d o n e or lllO\'Cm cnts n eC'CI!Sil I'Y for Th er ef or(', h <> hilS 1 'I lllOV<'S
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PROBLEMS Conducted by F. T. HAWES, Gloucester, N.S.W., to whom a nd a ll correspondence should be addres sed
Common Interests "'Th<' yNtr 1 8!\7 was a memorahle one in .\mericnn chess a nnals. Bef o r e that date, interest in <'hes:; had b een fitful with u s, but a t a hound o u r· count ry took the fi r st place I n the eyes of th e whole C'hess wor·lcl. · T h<' stabli sl1m en t of l•'i sk e"H 'Chcs!:! Monthl y ' gave .\m er i ca an organ which CC'rtainl y sur·pa ssed the ·~chachzei tung' of Berlin a n d the Dutch ·~issa,' th<' only two o th er· magazines entir·el y de,·ot <'d at the time t o the game, i n liter a r·y inter est. But the great <'V<'nt of the year was t he ar·rival In 'ew York, in Oct ober, of a young man just twenty year s old, a nath·e of !"ew O r·l ean s, with a local reputation as a chess p r·odlgy. When Paul M o n >hY a rTh•ccl in New Yorl,, he had to en counter· a S<'t of antagonists of whom man~· a more expe r·i c n eed play<'r wou ld have been ti mid. P aulsen, S tan l ey, Li chen stein , Thompson , Hammo nd, M ead, a nd :.\Tontgomcry, were n ames of g r·eater r eputati o n in 1 57 than they are n ow. Hardly o n e of these players, howe,·c r, could score agai n st l\1orphy. in 'on>mber he defeated Stanl ey i n a m a t c h a t the odds of pawn a nd 1110\'e,
"Meanwhil<', as we ha,·c seen, a nother youth, four year~~ youn g r· than l\l o r·phy, was winning, i n the IH'Ohlern world, di stinctions full~· os startling a nd a l most as fr·et~uent as ~l o r·phy's. Loy d was chosl"n l'.E. of the 'Chcss Monthly' almost from th e ver y star·t, and h e made it famous l a r-gel y by the cont r·ibution s of his o wn prohl <'m s. T h er·e were few other compo::ser s to r el y o n: E. 13. Cool;, G. N. h ene~·. and T. 111. Brown wer·e amon g the problem i sts who a r·e best r·em rnbered to-da~·. but they were not s ufficiently fertil e at the time t o keep the magazine supplied. ~o L oyd multiplied himself. H e was not on ly !'am Loyd: he hecamc W . T
K n igh t of Castll"tOn, of sacr·amento, "at. L; nder donyms he workN l up the i ha\'ing an active cot·p s of tors, and a r ous<>d t h e acti\' the friendly l'ivalt·y of many novices. . . . Loyd's active m flying f r om one a c tivity to '1 am so ln rs.v,' h w r o t e at t he 'on a little .\.utomaton which I will be abl e to perform the Tour f r·om a n y S(!ltar·e. that I ha most gi\'en up composing.' But, Of the fate or the au t omaton I been able t o find n o trace." White. Under th e motto, " .\ Bol with p rob l em composNI h~· l'a u t kbK5 ; ppG; 11'6; 21; R7; 8. two. R - a6. Upon this A. . White " I have n ot tr·ac<'d thi s hack t han 1 888, when H . L ehmer·, t he o f the " J .esehalle,'' r eferTed t o the only p r·oblem composed by phy. Seeing the wonderful!~· mates whic h )lo rph y was able nounce in his actual gam es, duction, if gcnui nc, is a l so dl ing."
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:\late In two (6 "· 3) '' 1016.- W. W . W a ll is. J o hannesburg Pi rst publication
1:\o. 618.-W . W . \ Va llis. J o hanneshur g F ir·st IHth l ication
:\l n t <• I n t wo (fl "· 12)
Mate In two \10 , .. 9)
SOLUTION S
o. 604 (Tuck e r ).- B-f6. 1. SxP; 2. l 'x r •. ete. 1. . . . S-h3: 2. R -<1 3, e t e. l. . . . S-f3; 2. 1'-c5, et e. No. 605 (O' I(cc l'c).-1. IJ- d 5, H - dG; 2. R-b3, 1'-b4; 3. H-h6, a l so soh ·NI hy 1. s-c 3 c heck (H.W.G.) .
April So. 596 (O' I
M ay l\"o. No. 1:\o. No. l\"o. t\o.
606 607 608 609 610
Gll
(Gal laghct· ).- S - f 5. (T u cket·).- 1' -d 1. (Tuc k er).- K -d 1. ( H eydon) .- B-c6. (Tuc k c r). -1'3-hl. ( l.oyd).- B-al .
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No. 619.- L. Hol lmann, H am
1. Pr. II Pr·oblema, 1932
Mate in two S v . 5) No. 620.- W. Koch 1. Pr. Franken-Dil a r·em, 1932
Mate in two 12 v. S) f"o. 61t (Ersl
TO CORRESPONDENTS H.J..'l'.-~l'h e "S. and R." is defunc t. Yom Schor i s right. W. W. Wallis.- Thanks for· prob l ems and for congratula tions. See this iss ue. E. T. Hammm·sley.- Your· claim o C R-b4 to No. 572 (Dr. O'Keefe) is q uite corr·ect. The R - h3 i s part of
the Doc tor's plan for a tnre issue. Of cou rse, in your· cookthi s Rook has n o par·t. I s ther e thing to prevent your solving lar·l y? W. W. S pen cer.- W el come to corps. Solving tour·ney opens t h la sue. End-games to the editor, pi
SOLVER S' COMMENTS No. 596 (O'Keefe ) .- H ..J.T.: "A waiter n eatl y done." P.O.P . : "A
ltoou • 21, 1935.
\o. 622.- H. J. Tuc l
No. 623.- F . T. Hawes 2nd, H o n. 1\lcn., "Aus tralasi an Cen t en at·y, 1934-35
:.\fate i n t hree (5 ,. 7 )
Mat e in three (11 ,._ 6)
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" J.: ;xceliE'nt
SYNTHETIC AWARD
t <'mpo-duc l
( C ox) .- H .J.T.: ··.\ min i al un· gem." P .O. P . : " T his i s r ea ll y ' 'lit. The absen c e of pawn s a nd • httngcd mate g r eatl y enha n c e the w ohlem." I'.E.: "Seldom do w e see t• •tu l ulttm pta~· in snch n <'at dt·c ss. r:x("(•i lent."
·o. 60 4 (Tucl
Six m on ths and no c h a n ge in tho scores of o ur "big th t·ee" ! H .J .T . got in fit·st wi t h No. 4, but P .O.P. and " K iwi" f ollowed almost i mm ediately. T o H.J.T,, 1' .0. 1' .. a nd "Kiw i," we a r c forwardi n g hook pl'izes in r ecog nition of th eit' k een s u pport of our \'('ntut·es. T o-day we submit the fi r s t prog ramm e o f ou t· ·ew Ser ies, t o t c t·mi n ate in D ecem ber; prize 5s.
N ew Series, No. 1 P rogramme B e for e -key pl a n :- 1. Q-a8. 1. .. . S other; P- c -1; :l. S - d •l. 1. . . . R-fll mate. C h a n g e in l
So luti on~
SOLVING TOURNEY Our soh ·i n g t our·n e y fo r 1934 (pri ze '" lid) has b een won by :.\TI'. H. W. Ot''"' ' · o f Gippsland, Vic t oria, wi th t h e rhw sco r e o f 144 p oin ts out o f 148. W 9 11lf•·r o ur h c a t·ty con gratu lati o n s. Our sol v ing tourney fo r 1935 opens wltlt thi s issue, a nd c o n c ludes in De" '"thcr . Sol v er s are r equ it·ed t o so l ve •til t w l'- mover s, a nd one IO'lg"C r p r o b h•tll from ea c h issu e, c h <•.;'n hy t h e tln•r . l< c y- m o ,·es only. C o·>k s cn u nt , \tt·a ; d ed u c tions for wt·on::l' c l:ums. l't•tz,•, 7s 6d,
. . . s-c 4; 2. :!. Qx8. 1. . H-g3 or f :l ; 2. play after th<'
to Synthe tics
Problem b y B. G. Ut.ws: - 1 6; 3plb 2 ; 1Plpq3; RSlkU'lp; K3R3; 5pl'l ; 1 S3B2. t
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PROBLEMS Conducted by F . T . HAWES, Gloucester, N.S.W ., to wh om and all correspondence shou ld be a ddressed r\o. G:! 1.- .\. Botla<'h{' l !!t ,,..., " II I •r·oblema" 193:!
h;t
No. G:!G.- S. Bor n!! pr., "Hl'i!!IJanc
.\t at{' in t wo ( 11 v. 7)
THE END GAME Ma rch Solution 'Xo. 176 (White to t>lay and win). Full solutlon: - 1. B- l•:tl!. t.: x li; :!. K - li: t3 and 110 on till Uw li:ings ar·e i n opposition on g l and g3. The n B lack K ing moves, a n d 1'- i{tG! \1 ins.
BACK NUMBER S AVAI .:-;{'W !!IIIJSt'l'i h cn; Ul'(' U)\\U)'S
<'rty t o start with llw Janua l><'r. Till'~ tlwn A'<'l t" eh·e ror lt•n shillings. nnd sN•m·e piC'tC' s<·r·l(•s on "!'laying • <}uecn's I •a\\ n."
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PROBLEMS Co nducted by F. T . HAWES, Bowe nfe lls South, Lithgow , N.S .W., to who m al l s olutions a nd a ll co rrespondence s ho uld be addressed
Measures of Economy
We must r·c m ombo r· that tho incl u sion of pieces m e r·ely t o o bvi ate a dual i s a n econ omic breach, as ser iou s in itsel f as t he dual whic h it would seel< t o r emove.
:-:omc er-ro r s we d a r·ingly per·petuate. l' 11ree to m y know ledge•we ha,·e pubIIMi w d in diagram form this little t wouro,·cr· ( sec A , below), and tw ice d e ' lru·ed in favour of the W hite Bishop till d •l, when a pa wn would ser ve ''lllally w ell t o g uar·d the v i t al sq ua r·cs •r., c5. Th e usc of the B i s hop is a 1lnlation of eco nomy, u ut the solve r· 11111 l:len l:lc. in the use of the piece, the jauthor's's des ire t o make th e C hamcl••on E c ho piece-complete (1. . . . J<-c6; , <~-c5; 1. . . . !'-; any ; 2. Q-d7), as 111'11 as t o add to the diffic ulty of solution t hrough t he g r eat e r m obility i " '(' ttr ed in t he presen tation oC the th,•me. G r eat er pr·obl em ists have sl ml l.u·l)· s inned. .I s thi s our j ustification'?
E con omy i n a problem is a m ore impo rtant "apo theosi s" t han that o( diffic ulty. This f act is a ppreciated and observed l)y pr·obl emi sts gen er·all y, but o cca si o na ll y, a nd in a playful mood as it w e r e, a composer will " l et the Thus, Sh i nkman law go whistle." h er e adds a 6. usel ess for the pur·poscs of t h e idea, t o put the sol ver· off the scent; t o l et him imagin e that 1. . . . K-c6; 2. Qxd6 is the mate whic h will follow. "In most cases a partial recon s truc ti on (quot es Laws) w i ll secure what i s wanted without dis r ega r·di ng th e rules whic h h ave r egulated t he best compos ition s ."
t •rob lcm A.- By F. T. H a w es, "The l.<•adcr," Mar·ch 1923 : - 2J32s2; lQG; hkl: 8 ; 3B1p2; 5 1< 2; 16. Mat e in two.
W. 1\. Shinkman: - 6Bl; 5H2; 1'2p1Qlp; P 2k 2pR; P7; 3Sp3 ; lp21'3; bK6. M ate in two. Q-g7.
I•
1. Q-a7, K-c 6; 2. Q-c5 mate.
mo,·cs; ~:!'110 .
1. .• . 2. Q-d7 mate.-Chamclcon
.\ m o r·e glar·ing Yiolation of m e lll'inei plc of economy occu rs in th i s lit'Ohlcm: - 2bR4; 6.81 ; 1p 1P1p2 ; lll:-:2 1<1 1'; 8; 2p1PS1K; 2qH'3; s1rB4 . \l ntc in t w o . S-g5. H er e the author tulll r than to prevent such mo,·es a s I. .. . R-c l, fl, g l , et c. The probl em, llttttposed som e year·s ago, is by a stu olt•nt o f th e F_..ng lis h school , whi c h a ims acc umte con str·uc tion th r·ough the • Xt·lusion o f a ll duals in p lay, The urodcrn t enden cy is to allow the dual to o perate by a saYing in mate r ial; thus. f r·orri t he problem before us, w e I would suggest the r em o ,·al o r th e lltt'<'C' pi eces m entio n ed, and t o l cr·ate tl11· dua l r esulting from 1. . . . Q-cl.
l•t
(To b e continued.)
More About Loyd Mor ph y and l..oyd alike fi r·st t r ied th eir stre ng th against the powerful cor·ps of adve r sar ies illl the lists of the first A m e rican C hess Congr ess. Mor phy ea sil y carri ed off fir st p r ize from all com er s in the gra n d tournament; but in tho pr·oblem tourney, Loyd was only placed third. For this the•·e w er e, I th i nk, several •·eason s. His opponents- n otabl y Rudolf Willmer s and Com ·ad Bayer , who d efeated himw er e r·el a tivc l y st r onge r tha n the oppo nents o f Mor·ph y, with the exception of P au l sen. Htill , M o rph y would cer·t ai nly have won, even if mor e of the p layer s had been m o r e n ea•·ly in his own class. F o r thc r·e is this d ist i n,ction between a good p l ayer a n d a good pr·oblemist, that a playe•· usuall y plays
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Mat e in two (7 ,. 10) No. 630 : J. Pospis il Bahn Fr·ei 1888 -90
M a t e i n two (6 v 5) in much the sam e form ; whereas the compositions or t he problemist f r e quently \'ar y , h eeause their mer·it d epends o n the them e c hosen , as well as th e composer's skill in executio n. C'om·ad Bayer· was t o be L oyd's r·h·al tiH·o ug h o ut hi s car·eer . Eve r y t en year s they w er e to m eet . Th e fi r s t \'lc tory for· the Austr·ia n was ' in 1858. In 1 868 the two great composer s m et again i n the Pa l'i s t o ur·ney, a n d again Bayer was Ylc to r. In the n ext l'a ri s con gress ( l 8 78) Lo~·d won hi s r e ven ge. These three t ourneys were t he m ost ser·ious a n'ait·s In which l .oyd compet ed. H e did no t win first Jl lncc In
any of the tlu·ee, so the c laim mir·er s make. tha t he was a tourney probl emist, does not ju stlfl ~d . W e a r·e thrown ba more o n the d e finiti on o f his a lity. H e was the g r·eatt>st of geniuses- un fette r ed , unben d i most untamed. But t o urney q uir·es patient talen t, docility ion s a n d r·ules, oft en sen ·ility t ast es or the judges. I n small n eys Loyd's g en ius would triumph, as It did n ear·ly a times ; bu t In large tourn e~·s out of his el em e n t, a n d equal to be unsuccessfuL- A. C.
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Mate in two ( 11 ,. 10)
M a l e in two (10 , . G)
No. 63 I : 1\1. Seger s l 'r·. W . :.\f. N ew s, 1934
1'\o. 635: R. R u pp l ' r·. B.C.M. 1934
Mate in two (11 v 10)
Mate In thr·ee ·( 11 v 9)
l.o~·d 's t hree -mo,·er· f rom th e third • ~ ~ s<>t. tlr·st .\ m e rican Chess Con~o ·ss. 1 57- :-3S2Sb; 3plp2; 3k2rR; ll:tR; 2 1'p2b K ; P Plpl p lp ; 5sl s; rl. l. K-g3, R o r· S c hecks; ~. K -f4. I . . . B - e5 ch; 2. QxB, et c. IIi;,; f o ur·- m over· : -1B6; b1S1R1pp; 1 fi : 2p i'2SR; 2 Pk1r·ohl<>nt1111. l.oycl himsel f r·emar·ked or the
pr·oulem, "The surprising f ealur·e o f an ad,·erse c hec k can b e introduced i n the most startling manner , not m erely laying you r· 1-:ing o pen t o c hec k , but by actua lly precipitating a nd for·ci ng it." Of the k ey, A.C.W. r emal·k,;: " . . . Appa r entl y self destruc tive." 'l.'he moti f of this prob l em r·eminds m e of that contai n ed in L oyd's "Checkmat e ' o,·elty Tour·n ey" success o f 1903, one or h i s las t com petitive cfforts:-4r1b1; 1p4Bl; pS2pR2 ; RB2k3; 1P2S2p; 2p3bl ; s2 Plpl r ; 5K l s. Mate In thr·ee. 1{-c:!, 1'-fS( Q); 2. K- e3, L ... P-f8(S) ; :!. R - f 2 ch. l .oycl's own c r i t icism runs: " T he o ri g ina lity of the pr·obl em I s due
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Mate in fou r (4 v 5) to th e W1hite K i n g b e in g pl a ced i n absafety, and yet coming out on a reck less ca r·eer, with no immed iate th r eat and in face of inn umer·able c heck s. T h e freedom or th e H l ael< Ki ng t o move o r to capture the Knight constitut es a pretty featu r·e of what may be look ed upon a s a re markabl y bol d t heme." ~olute
fer· f r om Glouce~ter to L ithgow , of m y ch ess material and ence sheets, together· with r elation t o sci e n ce and ed uca lost. r may ha\'e to ask co rTespo ndc nts to r ep eat
SYNTHETICS Programme No. 2
TO MY READERS Will r·ca cler s p l ea se note m y n ew acldr·ess: Bowen fels South, Li t h go w. Soluti on s to problems will be given next month. Nex t month, too, we w ill make the aw·a r·d i n our informal ··~chor" t ourney. In maki ng t he t r·ans-
T,HE END·GAME-Continued. June Solutions No. 185.-1. K - KtS c h, K - Kt7 ; 2. R - H7!, P-K S(Q); 3. H-Kt7 ch, and draws bY p erpetual o r wins th e Queen . No. 186.-1. Kt- B1, R x KtP (a) ; 2. P -B7, R-Q4 ch ; 3. Kt- Q3!, R x K t ch; 4. K - B2, R-Q5; 5. P-BS (be comes Rook!) , R - QR5; 6. K t -Kt3 and wins.- (a) If 1. . . . R-Q4 eh; 2. K -B2 !, R-B4 eh! ; 3. K - Q3, R x KtP ; 4. P - B7, R-Ktl!; 5. KtKt3 ch, etc.
No. 1 87.- 1. R - R 8 c h, l<-Q2; 2. P - Kt7, R - QB4 ( a ); 3. R-QS eh, K -
1. Q -a5, mate. 1. . . . K-g6 ; 2. ~ -f4 1. . . . Dx~; 2. B -bl Threat 2. ~ -c7 d bl. mate.
K3; 4. R -QG ch, K-K4! ; 5. R-Kt4; 6. U -B5 ch, R x R ; KtS(Q) c h a nd wins.-(a) If R-KB4, 3. K - Ktl forces the No. 188.-1. B-1{7, P-B4; BS!, B - Kt3; 3. B-Q6!, B-B7, P-R4 (forced at last) ; Q6! (not 5. B-QS, B -K tl- K I . . . P-R5; 6. B-JC7, P-R6 ; 7. P, P- R7 ; 8. B-Bl, P- R S(Q ) ; K t 3 mate.
July Solutions ~o. 189.-1. K t-B5, 2. K t - K7ch, K-]~1; 3. P -Kt7
(Continued on p. 220)
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PROBLEMS Conducted by F . T . HAWES, Bowenfels South, N.S.W ., to whom a ll solutions and a ll correspondence s hould be a dd ressed
Informal Tourney
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I <11'<'1111'1' l\l r·. 0. I'Nl lcr·, of South I IISti'Uii., , Lhl' wi nner·. with :\l r·. II. .J. 'l'lll'k<'r a f;'OO
:\ o. 577 (Ashl<'~' ).-Thl' tiwm<' Kni ~ht ruur tion!l In four varia t iom;, til r<'C' of liH· nl highly str'ategiral. Grimshnw l •la.' · occurs on f5, hut s uff~r·s in thltt II u neeonomlcnlly employs th<' l
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orl. . '>:o. 608 ( Tuek<•r·).-Tlw t hem<' ,.n ,·int ion 1. . . . S - fG; 2. 1'-rG dis. eh. milt<' I~ pr rhnps o'<•rshadowNl h~· til <' s pc·C'I:t<' lllar "Dttt'llnl'," 1. K - d I, SxS; ~. I\ -dr. dis. I'h. mate, hut i!,l nev<' l'thPIPss pioplrtnt and LC'C'hniC'nll y C'OI'I'eC't. Th<' \\'h ite Bi!lhop (<'2) is nn unfor·tunnl<• "' ,·pssi t y.
:"\o. GI G ( I 'C'dh?T).- Two fac ts !l ll ~' st th e J;p~·-t!JC initially unpr o,·idc
:\o. 617 (Wnllis).-Thc autho r 's hlt{'ndcd key hrings thc ineidentai ' 11h•ntal to the them e) cr·oss ehcck lu~;h relief. H owever, ther e arc o·o mpctith' C' flaws: ( 1) The Plii'CI )' ..toan ieal pin of the Whit<• Knig ht
well (i n I nto two mC'(thc
Kni gh t is hl'lplng as a mating unit, e'·c n wer<' tlw pin hy the 11ishop not p •·rsrnt): :!. I. C>xR-a cooking mo,·c!
SECOND INFORMAL TOURNEY COND ITION S H oward Themr: White unpin s Bla r l< a nd tlwn lllac·l< unpins 'Nhitc ror· mat<•. See ·o. 638 ( .\ sh lt•y) or this iss u r. Positions, unpublished, mw
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SYNTHETICS Solution t o ~;ynt h l'tlc gi\'<'n i n our numiler, and ean ceiiNl in vipw of n ew sc·ric~< lwginning in .JunC': F. llawC's, "l.('adet·" 1909 :-S : 3r·:!l31; B7: 7R: 11<3; GQI{; 7s; 1>7. l\l ate i n two. 11-cH. ('or·r·cetl)' sol\'l'd h Y a ll memher·>! of th C' <'Orps. By t hc following, }-l ..J.T. seeurl's Ill\ additional Yarintion : hKB Ill; :.!P6; 1Q6: r2kll3; pl16: l G; 4r3. Kp~· ma'• •\nllc r son: - 16; lpG; s lo\p2Slp; 71'; Oh~kll'; 2p lH)Rl; 2Dis. :\fatC' in two. So l\·ell h ,\' all m em hc r·s. "Sttuare" wr·itl's : "This month's syn thetie pro,·cs t <'mpting, as the 'muta.te' pr·o,·ides the onl y m edium hy which true a rt may lh·e. :'\'est <'C pns?- T simply 111ust trespass, as l hciic,·e I ha,·r more mutates t o my c r·c dlt than any other loe::r l compose r, and possihi Y th an all put ~og!' tlle r·. " (i\ t r·uism , please. r f aders- not a boast! - P .E.) :\fn~·
Xew Series, ·o. :!.-8; r~Sf)J> ; lQG; 3SlkBl: 11>3; 4RlTO; B7; 8. Mate i n two. Q-a5. . \ pr·ohlem hy W. Bal'fett, oC ew South Wnl<'s- and a \'l't'Y fin <' 011('.
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:\f a t e in two (9 v 6) 1'\o. 610.- D r·. Gilber t Dol>l>s, · . S ..\ . F i r·st Publi catio n
:M ate i n two (9 , . 10 ) P rogramm e N o. 3 .-\.
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piece two-Ct'. 1. . . . QS1. . . . I
t. Q-c3 mate.
thews ra sh io na iJIY ex pe r i m en ti nl{! suggest s that w e take J. K. H probl em:-8: : l p 3; :!K5; 2B5 : l 'lp l P 3; 265 (mate i n fou r) , tra n sfer'l'ing t o the r·ight side or board, solve again: -8 ; 8 ; 3p l; 5 H2; 5kt; 3 1'1pll' ; 5 B:!. ~Mate in 1. B-R6, etc.
TWINS O ur· Mr·. c:rant contr h ·cs ;. 646 and 6H. Ou r contr il>uto r , .M r·. H . J . Tuc ker, doubtle>;s would ha,· bmken into song h a d he seen these in time. .-\gai n w e have pr·obl cmist 1'. R. l\l at-
The fam ous . \~ n g· l o-A m e ri can be gh·en as fl nale:-16; 21 lpSt; 5kpl: 2<1. Mate in thn•t•, Q-a8. CarT~' thi s position on e to left. and soh·e by 1. Q-gl. Tht• mer· is b~· L. 1<. J ok i sch, U.S..\.: latter b,,. H. G. Laws, of Engl a nd, ma~-
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Mate in th r·c<' ( 8 , . ·I)
OR . J . J. O'KEEFE
with m~· hook::;, my lan;.;-uag-('S, and my ('ius,; : but I nC\'l' l' Imagined t hat I would IH·cak thus eart~· with l i f e',; a et ivities. 1-luwe\'CI'. this Ol) f)OI'tllnity p r ~·Hc•ntcd . a nd . . . .
l·:, trac·t f r o m a l t'th· r written ~~ ~· th e wl ~ POt ,
(i\1.'' r·t•ad en ; w i ll join with m e in wish ing Dr·. and i\l r H. O' l
P.E's. A DDRES S :\'ot<• that "Lithgow" shoultl he omitled f r·om the I'I'Oblem Edi tor 's a ddress. wh i eh now r·eads: F. T . H awes, Do w en f el s South, N.l-i. W .
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G36 ( l{t·nuwt· a nd l'ala t z).-1. any; :!. H -I'S . . \n ('xampl c o r clc•n T hctnl', with which I a t <'t'.
J une lill (.\10tliH' WS).- J1 .ga, n 1r, ( I 'N ih•r ).- <2-
G37 ( IIUW<'!I).- 1. l'-e5, Bxl'; with 3. ~-n I o r· e I to follow, ~-<'1 mat !'. I . . . . B -c3; 2. ~ a. ~ - hli o t· t
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( 'l' llc•kc•t·).- 1. 1'-h!i, I' X I' ; :!. I. . . . 1'-!'3; :!. 1!-g:!. li~:l (l ln wes).- 1. Q-hs: 1.;xR; :!. Q·t'fi. J • • . • ~ -d I ; :!. <2-!'3, c> l e.
SOLVER S' SCORES
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mn xl11111111 R R .J . \V., N. S. Tt'tl\'c•s, K .1. C'ook (wPI<'Om<'). .July,
(('h iC'C'0).- 12 -<·1. ( l:o t·os).-~-gl
.JIIn(', m axi mum 18 poi nts N o. G l7 ).~ 1{iwi, ~quar<', I S ; 1':. ~. T t·a,·c•R (wc•l com <' ) , J l. .T. ('. l ~'l kc· (wPIC'Oil H') . I I (s<'<' N I. H - h G~ ).
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(l'ospiHii).-R -h:i. (C'hi<'c·o).- B-f6.
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G33 ( Buchn<'r).- l'- c3. 631 (:o;,•gt•rs). -1< - d :!. 635 (Rupp).- 1. P- e l , I' x I '; :!. Hxl'. I. . . . l'xll; ~. l'xl'. 1. . . . H 01' I' -f:!; 2. R- fl. 1. . . . R-!'1; ~. Rx~. I. . . . Rx B ; :!. ~xI' mat!'. :-;C't ns o <'Oili iiiPlt• wnitPI', tlw kpy g-unrnntC'I'H an nchli -
~q11nrc•,
Dr. (; i lhert Do hhs, for· prohl<'mH; :·we this issul'. ha\'1' YOII US ll <'OntrihutOI',
H. F. .\ shll'~·.-1\'ot a f t·inge tlon, si tl<'<' llw l>il'ce pt·omotes \'Ur l cet y; the t·econ slruction how<•\'C'r, HIIA'I;'l'st s that the s uhmitted Is the hett<>r. Tha T o "Origi n al".'ot beca u se \ 'anC'C' a nyth i ng n ew. hut c·lolltC' a n £>w whnt wc n1h ·anC't•!
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AN EVENING WITH THE Our readers may be surprised to l earn that during the who le six years and more of the A.C.R's. existence, the Editor a nd the Problem Editor had not• m et unti l l ast month. Ahout twelve year·s ago they did m eet, but purely as human b eings, as they then w ere. The inc ident being typical of both , it may be worth r ecounting. The ~rlter, then a schoolboY. was d u e at 9.30 t o play in a n inter·state t e legraphic m a t c h. H e turned up exactly an hour· late. " H,e tho ught," he explained to his capta.ln, "that it was 10.30." The match had n ot actually s tarted, of course, as it was only half an hour after the time a ppo inted, hut the t eams had been d efin itel y arr·angcd, a nd M .r. Hawes. who happened to be d o wn from the countr·y on holiday, had heen su bstituted for· the ah; sen t i n fant. Hawes, howe,·er , in si st ed on g i\'ing up his place, and s pent the day acti ng a s a t eller.
pieces on the b oard f r om a two f eet, and a nnounced that make a probl e m aro und th f ew self-blocks as the them e. select ed a key-piece and a t h r eat, placed th e k ey-piece position it would occupy after a nd built up the problem p i ece, ,·cr y mu ch like a ligh tist who starts off with a lines, and finishes up wi th a ('olllhrlllll• h ead. As each dual or cook i t self, h e wou l d kill it off in !:'tant with som e simple l ittle which the w a t c h er would
Their· meeting last month was on another· of Hawes' r a r e v i s its t o Syd n ey, a nd took place at th e Editor's r esiden ce. Th e host will try to picture his g u est f o r· our problem fans. Shor·t and s turdy, a n d ob\'iousl~· complet el y reco,·ered r r·o m his r ecent illness, h e looked muc h younger· than his year s. His expression is still almost as l
h e would cau se th e alteration , .... ,.,• •, duce a new mate.
Pressed for his own estimate, Mr·. Hawes m ention ed that he had once composed t en two-ers in o n e nig h t.
creatio n, one was· filled with enthusiasm for the probl em wild desire to ru sh o ut a nd a ll the idio t s who pour scorn "because Black i s beaten I stat·t."
L a t er on In, the ev ening, h e g aye his host a m ost entertaining hal f -hou r· by compo:;ing a problem ))e fo r·e his very cyes. He just dropped a fe w Hla c l<
Most of o ur reader s would the same, and would havc sorry a s the writer was when hus annou n ('cd its appr·oach.
b et. 23, 1935
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Economy Measured by True Variety What i s b ette r· than one i cc - c r eam '! Two i ce-cream s, you sa~· ! Hut, act·or·ding to l 'ct er s, " Jt depends upon t he i ce- c r eam!" so with var·iety in the c hess pr o b 1('111, it i s llll::tl ity that counts. Jn the t reatmen t of a c hess idea , the p r obIPm i st i s con ccm ed only with th e p l ay t hat spr·ings n a turally Jro m the mat rix, or plot. W e do n ot su bscri be for ~oap for blowing hubbies; n either do w e as c h cssists su b scr·lbe for the elk t ras-the Yal'iations for eign to th e idea- whi ch g h ·c n o profltal.Jl e r eturn for the tim e and l abour· s pent in their· unfolding . Jt is the author's part t o bu ild into his theme the burden of hL; t ho ughts not t o b ui ld on it; t he buil ding-on process may be likened to t he a c t-in-rm i ::; of a certain fl'l low who, o n 7.00l ogy bent, s pen t an t' x tr·a coin t o sec t he " exit"! Natural! )' t o keep insi de the them e is the tt·nour or o ur way . Touching econ o m y, 1 have heard it t'la imccl that th er e arc two eco nomi c rn tiretics- o nc of the Pi ece, and one or the l'lot, Force, or 1\'l atl'ix. l do not ug r·cc. 1 believe that w e ;;h ·e econom i c san c ti on for· a Quee n in a p r obh·m, wh er e in th e co ur·::;c o f the ::;olution both h er· late ral and diagonal rua ting o r g uarding potentia l ::; are S('en. I conc ur with those who sa y t hat a unit (pa wn ) n eed n ot func tion, other· than in a guarding capacity, to 1,.. economically hon o ured. W e pl'Ob1<-mists may scrutini se t he ::;e\'era l prcces in pia~·. examine t!H:i r s e,·eral Kt· paratc functi o ns, conc lude that th ey nre economicall y "i n s itu," a nd s till fai l in our appraisement of t he econom ic content oi the plot; for unless t hcr·e is an har·monlous blen ding of t he se,·eral piece- fun c tions, unless a n Inter-dependent r·el a tio ns hip existing lw t w een the di f
them e as a whole mus t i n con ::;i::;t ently o bta i n. Consider· thi s problem: 2b1B3; 1p5p; 11<3p l's ; J'41;pl; IR~2; 1p6; 1r1PQU'1; IHSls. :\1atc i n two. The idea h e r ein i s th e liberation of the White Qu ee n for· a l o ng-dil;ta n cc mate : 1. R-b4, threat t. Q-b5 mate. Note that after 1. . . . R moves, or 1 . . .. S(hl) moves, the White Knig hts operate two distinct variations. Now, dispen si ng with these \'aria tiono;, and without inte rfe rin g in any way with the a p p ropr·iat'e interpretation or the them e, six pieces, namcl~·. al, IJ1, b2, d2, fl, a n d h1, may be r cmo, ·ed from th e board. The r e m oval implies only a m odi fi cation or t he o r·iginal k ey t o e ffect soundness in t he whole, a nd this i s secu r·ed b y tra n sferring a5 to b4, when 1. R-d4 will k ey tho po::;ition. Are w e t o a ffirm h er e, that because in tho solution or the origi nal, each or the s ix n am ed pieces i s res ponsible ci thc l' for g uard, unguai'Cl, or· mate, that thc r ef o r·c their functions, c onsicler·ed scpar·atcl y or collectivel y, contribute to t he gener al eco nomy or the for ce employed? No; piece-economy is par·t and parcel of p l o t- econo m y, and var iations fore i gn to the plot ::;hould ha,·c n o place in it. Eco nom~'. ,~ari et~'
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\.Yc re one flrstl~· t o apprai se E conor F orce, and after ward::; r ccl>on Variet y as a s eparate gain, one would be liabl e to con sider the illu::;tratio n o f a single idea with the minimum or Co r ee, as the perfect m ea s ure of the pr·inci p l c unde r· discussion, and be l ed p e l'lmps t o ,·iew the min iature m ·obl em as the plen ipot en c<' of the l ' r·obl em Ar·t. o m ~·
Hut economy i s n o t thu s con ceh·cd. T he principle of economy is to make avai lable power ( t his implies a li ber·al
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:,\Tate i n two ( 11 "· 7) No. 650.- A. Adahaschcff. P riz<', T.'Ttal i a Scacchisti cn, 1 93~ .
:,\Tate in two (12 v. 9) sel ection a nd u sc or the chcssm<'n),
a nd then to prod uce a high ratio of fine play by the thematic con t rol of that power. For instan ce, if i n a problem the s u bst itution of a Queen for a Bishop ser \'CS t o In c r ease the natur a l var i ct~· a riel strategy or t h e p l o t , t hen we may infet· t ha t n o t on l y is t h e substituti on justi fied, but t he econ omy i s matm·ia lly p rom oted, too. Hen ce or toe two position s b elow , both g i ving expr ession t o t he same i dea , t he l a tter as a wol'l> or a r t i s m uch to be p r of JT cd to t he f orm e.
Summar izing : -
(1) Economy rejec ts for eign to the idea. (2) E conomy a n d not scpa)·atc aims.
t he
Val'iet y
(3) True eco n omy natural Yariet.' ·· (4) Econ omy aims t o secure to t heme a hig h ratio or fi n e libe r al usc of the p i eces.
P osi t ions Xo. 1.-r2S4; · li l PS4; 8 ; 1Pil: 4p1 B l ; 16.
Mate i n two.
K ey 1.
Oc t. 23, 1935
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1'\o. 65:!.- L. I r. Persson l'l'i ze, Hchacln•arlden 11, 1935.
:'\o. 653.-J . Szo~hy and 1~ Klei n. l'rlze, Tyo\'aen :,;hakk l, 1931
i\late in two (JO , .. 4)
.\late In two (1:! , .. 5)
:'\o. Gii I.-Bill B eers. D<.•dicated to Dr. !;, D obbs. l lono•· l 't·izc June, A.C.R.
1~ 0. 655.- T. H. Dawson . Tlw ('hess H e,·i<.•w, .\ u~. 1!135 .
.\l a t e in three ( 8 , .. 6)
.\late in th•·ec (6 v . 8)
:'\(), ~--•·:!:,;(; k11':,;3t•; b; 11'6; u.; ,;~; IJtiQ l ; 16. ~late In t\\O. Key 1. S-h.
tt·ath·e IIUI'IlOScs in his J'<'ply to J l cy!lon, he at onel.' "rote asking the J><.•rmission or the editor of "Die Sehwalht•" to withd t·u.w it. nfot·tun atety, his t·cquest atTin'd t oo late, an<.l the p r Oiil<.•m was :slmul tan('ously published lwn• and in (;('rmnn)·. The probll.'m. h) llw way, has turned out unsound; hut we think the follo wing , which Dt·. O' K e<'f<.' o•·i glnnlly submi tted, but later t·eje<.·t c d. l:s IJI'OO f : RlSB I ; llllpl; 1'7; l p!!p3: 1<3p3; h 1R11'3: lt>G; H(!S I. 1\t n t <' in rout·.
( T o I.Je contlmwd.)
PROBLEM No. 605 ( APRIL) \\'(' lind that l'\o.
GO~
of our .\pl'il
I sue was also publish<•
1.
B-d5,
B-d6;
B-1.16, K-1.15; I.
:!.
~-c3
R-IJ3,
1'-b l;
mate, et c.
3.
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No. 656.-Qtto Wurzuurg. T he C hess R eview, Aug. 1935.
l\l:tte in t hr('e
(~
, .. 4)
S EPTEMBER SOLUTIO NS 638 (Ashlcy).-Q-g5.
('l'uclw 1·).- K -c5. (Dobbs).-Q -cll. (0'1\:ccf.c).- Q-bl. (1-Tng lund).- H-clG. G•l 3 ( Cm·lsson).- P-g4. 64<1 (Dobbs).- 1. Q -cl5, K-h4; 2. Q - b3. 1. . . . KxP; 2. S-h7. 1. . . . Bxf'; 2. S-aG. 1 . . . . B- eG; 2. Q-c~. G45 (Dobbs).- 1. Q-g1, KxP; 2. S-cl3. 1. . . . K-cl5; 2. n-c •l. 1. . . . Rid3; 2. B-c6. 1. . . . S-e5; 2. Q-e 3. 1. . . . Th1·; 2. Q-g2 and B-e G. 646 (Grant).- 1. P-dS(S) 2. S-c6 and 3. S-1.>4. 617 (Gra nt).- 1. f'-dS(B) . . . 2. B-a5 a nd 3. B-1>4. 639 610 G41 64 2
END-GAME SOLUTIONS
No. 195.-1. Kt-Kt6, K t x Kt; 2. P x Kt, P x P; 3. K-R3!! and wins . No. 196.-1. K x R, R-BSch; 32. KK2, R - KSch; 3. J<-B3, R-K6ch; 4. K-Kt4, R-K5ch; 5. K-R5, RR5ch; 6. K-Kt5, R-R4ch; 7. KK t4!, R -R5ch; 8. K-B3!, R-B5ch; 9. K-K2-Q2-B2 and wins. No. 197.-1. P-Kt7, B-Q4; 2. P R7, B-lOch; 3. B-B~!, P-B7; 4. K-Kt 2, B-Q4ch; 5 . B-K4!, B':85; 6. B-Q3!, B-Q4ch (if 6. . . . P -
Maximum 1G. Ki wi, Sq uare, P.O.l'., H.J.T., Cook, l.al,e, R.J. s. T ravcs. Wc apprecia te and comments from K. A. K. Proble m Editor, ''M agasi n e t," marie Hi s comment upon the mal 'l'ou•·ncy prize winner ''!'inning of W·hite H o r se and ning of R inck H o rse by the k ey. main play, 1. . . . S-e2, is n icc, the fli ght v ari a ti on is attractive." SYNTHETICS N o. 4
Th •·cat 2. Q- f3 mate . 1. . . 2. Q-h3 mate. 1. . . . TI-cl5; 2. Q mate. 1. . . . S-d5; 2. Q-g7 mat('. solv er may also tJ-y the plot ono to the rigl1t. Solutions to No. 3 arc not in
BS (Q) , 7. K x B wins); 7. K-Kt2; 8. B-K4 and wins. No. 198.-1. K-Kt3!, K - K3; B3!, K-K4; 3. K - K3, K - Q3; B4, P - K3; 5. K-Kt4!, K-B4; Kt5, cl•·aw. Not 1. K-B3?, K-K3; 2. K - B3; 3. P - K 5ch, K-Kt3; KH, P-K3; 5. K-B4, K-R3 ; K4, K-Kt4; 7. K-Q~. K-B5; B4!, K - 1\:5!; 9. K-Kt4, K-Q K-Kt5, K - Q4 and Black wins.
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PROBLEMS Conducted by F . T . HAWES, Bowenfels South, N .S.W., to whom all solutions and all correspondence should be addres s ed
Decoy Themes Tn an ordinary rl e<'o~·. th e B lack pi<'<'C· dN·o~·E'd c ann o t pre,·en t any lon ger a threat of vVhite which it NHlld pre,·en t in t h e initial posi tion . I n th e Roman a n d D r esden T h em es, tl1e pi Pc e decoye d c a n further defend ag ai n st an initial t r y , but on ly in an a nal ogous wa~·. for the d ecoy in itself r·rcates a w eakne ss (known as the solution t'law) in th e H lacl; position, w hich ultimately l eads to mate. The I w o th em es ha,·e many points in c omIliOn; ind eed, ther e is per haps on I~· ,,ne ,· ital point o f differ en ce b e t ween t hem . The two smar t l i t tl e composit ions h erei n spl endidly illu s t r atE' the r..:;;c·Jnbl ancE', and at the same tim e the di f'f<'l'c nce hetwe<'n t h e them es. R oman .- Lo'. l 'alat 7., "Schweiz<'r J ll. Z<·itung," 1934: ~K!i; 5p2; 2S2k 2; 6Rl; lpl!-'2Hl; 5 r ~; 8 ; ·1113. Mate in tiH·ee. H c 1·e the themati c try, 1. H-h 5,' i s nl<'t h~· l. . . . H-cl2, h enee V.' hite mal;es liS<' of a fore - plan (1. R - c15) t o decoy I ll<' Hlad< Bishop to g-3, in orde r that il<• may u ti l ise thE' try move as an c fft·c th·e c ontinuation in play; for , a ll ho11g·h th e Bishop. b y 2. . .. 'n- f .J, sets liP an analogous d e f ence to the mai nplan threat ol' mate upon !16, it c r eate s a sol uti on flaw- in this instance a <:rimshaw interfe r ence o f the I liac i< Hool-~'s g-ual'(l- incluc i ng rnat f' h.'· 3. I:- f!l. It ma.v hf> w ell t o m ention that b~· ''fore-plan " w e m ean a plan pre par a lo r_,. to the i ntrod11cti on of th e "th emal ir· try," as a , ·a Ji d c onti n uation i n pi:J_,.. and wl1ich, with the try, makes the main-plan, whi c h in tu rn mal; es possihl e the so l ution of the ,plot. Dresden .- F. l 'alatz (Ibid): 8 ; 4p2K;
I,:JrUHl; lr3k2; S; 31'1p2; 7n; 8. Mate In th r N'. W e fin;t note the themati c tr.v, 1. 1: x e7. e ff'cctiYc ly nl<'l h~· 1. . .. R-117. After the fore-plan mo,·o of 1. R-c 3,
h.'· whi c h mat e i s immc cliat<'IY th r ea ten e d, WhitC' c ontri , ·c s t h e followingpla.v: 1 . . . . 1{-1>7 (defending f3 ) ; 2. R :x e7 ( a mo,·c to whic h Blac k preYi o u s l y had . . . H-b7 in hand), 2. • . • .B-d5. Tlfe l ast move i s a. cl eco~· of the l lishop -th c themC' p i ece-p,·o,·icJing a g ainst mate at 1'7, hut c r eati ng the Grimshaw interfe1·encc fault as in the form er prop l em (n o t tlwt til e fault is alwa~·s G ri mshaw in ehamcter ), !,~· wh i ch \>Vhite adva ntages matC's;l. H.- c 5.
, ,HI
Jn what wa.vs alik e '!
arc
th<'sc
thC'lllC'S
l l o th arC' indi r ec t the mes : that iR, in hotll it i s Whi t e who wills th e manoc u \'l'e, and it iR. Hlack who is f'o r eecl to l'OmiJi n e with \>Vhitc f o 1· its exe('utio n . . \g·ai n , the d ecoy of' the theme piC'c f> is seen in both. In the li rst position the Blacl< l ~ i shop i s forced to g 3 o n the first mo,·e, and to f4 on the second. In the se<'Oncl positi o n the ntac l<: Bishop is f orced to b7, and then to cl!\. Tn iloth positions the d eco.v is a n a d · decoy of the the m e pi ece -t hat is, a forced move whose disadvantage lies in th e oc cupation of the new squa re. \Vhat is tho ,·i tal d e f f erence ? ·1n the Roman, i t is the one and the sa m e p i ece whic h defeats t h e thC>mati<' try, and, late r in the solution , induces th e Homan wcal;neR><. .I n the Dresd en ther e an• two theme pieces; to the one is g i\·en t.ht> tasl< of' de feating t he th emati c try; to the othl'r, that of' <'Onduc t i ng- thl' s olution p i a,,·. We consider it important to m entio n that in the Homan, the pla.v i s al wa.n; ad -deco~· in cha 1·a c ter; thCI'(' is, how e, ·er. a Dresden t~·pc that a..fl m i ts ex- decoy p l ay, and of th i s WC' shall spc al' lat er. The Dresden idea is t h e f'reation 'or D 1·. Palitzsch of <: t• J·ma n~·. Th r eo "Drcsden ers" appear in the p r oblem s ection t o-day.
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l\ o. 658.- Dr·. J . J . 0' K eefe
F i r st
pu b li catio n
:\l ate i n t h r <'<' ( -1 ,-. 3)
:\l a t <' i n tlwe<> (5 , .. 8 )
.:'\ o . GG0.-1-:. H n rn ner· " .:'\ llnss<'IHr <'r ~chachz<'i tun g " 1 933
:->o. 661.- D r. J . .J . O ' .K eefe " D i<' ~c h wa lh<''' Sept . 1 935
:\l nt<' in tilt'<'<' (7 , .. I)
OCTOB ER SOL UTIO N S GIS
( .\.i\'1..\. ) . -
n -
l'rohn i ,J ~·
til<' h0st l w o-t' r puhli s lw rl h y liS t h i s .'·ea r·. 6·19 (.\rlahase h <' ff').-~-c 6 . • \lso spl end i d. Of course. t h<' intc r <>st li es in 1 .. .. I: - f5 anti J. . . . ·1'- f 5.
650 (.\ da hasch <>ff).-R x f 7. 'l'hc capl llr<' lY self- l>l ocl< (upo n c5 ) , wi t h W hit <' inte r·fer·en ces c un ningl~· in trO(iuced . li ut·lrrw r·'s work i s a l w a y s or h i g h qua li t y .
G!'i2 ( l 'c:H·son ).- 1'-f l. t rPs i n t ht• t r ~·. l. 1'-g-3.
In t <'I'<'St
(i :i~ (!-; zog-h ~· illl
65 1 ( l ~<'e r·s).-1. H-aS, etc. D ohhs shou ld get cr·ecl i t e,·en t hough I worl
ad ,·antage. "-C h e nc~·.
Br·istol n ncl ' l ' tll'l o n, hut t he B i shop' s fu n c ti o n i s pu r ely t h
1'\0\',
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H . .\1atthew:;, ~ . • \ u:;tralia l..i r ::;t publication
Two-('r.
REVIE:W
303
No. 663.- E . . \ l'IU1110wsl' i I 'rixt\ "~Iag_,·ar ~al\l<\'i Ia~(' '3:!
1'-a I and agai n mate in t wo.
X o. 661.- Barulin and l s::;ac ff, Ftussia l 'rilw ''De l'•·oiJiemist" 1932
J'\u. tiH:).-
0 . I{ un:t.t: , < :t•nnanr
I ' l'i >:t·. Dt. .\
•·IJ.
~chaehzi;.;
ln~
.\late in two ( 9 " · 10)
.\l ate in two ( 11 , .. 8 )
'al. " - l•;aton. T hus the ..\ mel'ican sol' •·rs justiliahl,l' e ulog ise thi s fine prohl•·lll. in whi c h l{ri s tol C l caran c<• (1. 1: - aS; ~. Q-hl: 3. Q-h7) is richl~· com l>in ed with l .oyd l .ine Clea•·ancC' (l. 1:-n.S ; ~. (1 -117; ~. 0-hl). Eat o n used t l1e J\uw r i<·an mode. " T urton"; but w e hide with the C:C'rman , i.e .. whe re " support" b; n ot present, p1·e f c •· t o use t he t<-rm l.o~·d l.ine 'learance.
G ~G ('vVur>:burg ).-J. ~ -h6, et e. Nl•at : till' nw;;t attr a c ti,·e ,·nriati o n i s the t hr<•at ~. Q-).:'8, RxQ; 3. ~-f7 mate.
Q-fl. with ~ . H -cl or 2. (J-1'7. a <·<·orclin~ to 111 ael<'s piny. \\'(' thinl' T .H.D. has somew h e1·e c l aim•·tl that the manoe u,· •·e herein shown Is "cl'itico.l " in nature. W e fail to sec t his.
1:55
(Oa~VsOn).- 1.
J'\o. 657 (O' I, ecf c ).- J. Q - ld: 2. Q-g~; Q-1'2, e tc . A ,· c··~· fl nC' mi n iature t CIIlPO -duC'I four rnover.
a.
SE PT E M B ER SCO RE S .\ l axi mum poi nt~. 11. ~o!l·e n; who <'laimt•d "no solution" to >lo. 643 a •·c <·r Nlil N I w ith COI'I'CCt solu t ion: the 1\l:wk ()uccn should sta nd on a l. ~01ane unanimous in thl.'i l' p •·aises of ·o,. 638 {.\shley), 646 - 17 ((:ran t ). Of the fonn e •·, the g e neral opinion i s
,.,.,.s
'tHE AU STRALASIAN CHESS AEVI£.W
3111 1'\o. GGtj.-
Ko. 667.-
F . ~ l l'lze n all\' 1'. t i e n nan y ".\l a;;a si n e t " 1933
~lal t'
in two
(I~
, ., 9)
".\ h t•auliflll a nd bl·illiant ldf':t.'' or t h o• latter. "Two gem !! of th<' llrst
"a ll·r.'' ~l axh111111 1 to 1'.0.1'., II ..J.T .. :-;qlllll'l', l.;iwi. 1\. :-:. 'l'l'll\'t•s. (', l.al
'"o.
SYNTHETICS l'tii'I'N'l solutions f t·om 1'.0. 1'.. 11..1.'1'., anti Kiwi. ('r N iitahlc t'fforts fr·om J olo. Yatt•s. I A.•;;a l , and II . W . Un.'<'ll. From OIH' soh'l'l', a setting- cookNI in !'a Vt'n wa.n.;. Trr again. 1
J K 6; l s lpl ; :!l<:i: :-:olulion.- 1 (i: ~ l ate In two. U-;;3. 1 l t~ Qa ; ii~->~: ~. A Yl' l'r plcasi n g . \ uthor u nl
P rogramme N o. 5 .\ !lc,·cn-pit'C'P p1·oi.Jiem with a complt'lt• ehan ;;l' of play. T h<' !!!'l mau•s: l. . . 1-\ -cG; :!. Q -c·~ mate. 1. • . • :-: m o , ·es: ~. R-f6 mate. 1. . 1' mo\' l's; :!. Q x d:; mate.
LOYD'S " STUCK
M.
STEINITZ"
('onll·ihull•ll hy l .onl t o thl.' "l\1i r'I'OI' .\m('ricon :-:pol·t s." :'\0\' , 1 8~:.. wi th tlw followinl;' l <'ll<'r· : -
am anxious t o hll\'l' i t p u hlishcd soon a>< J)«J took fh'<' minult•s m on•, and the n lw would 8 tand h~· his sol ution. g"fl n• Ill<' l h c fullowi ng -whie h I peel most or yo u1· !';oh ·e r·s lo 1'-f l : H any: ~- B-f8, a ny; 3. any; I. Bx l > nmtt•. . \fle 1· h e lmd oughl~· <'Xa miiH'd it. I showed hi m fol l owi n_.: cle fcnt'l' : l. 1'- f ·l. C- ht: H-1'8. 1' -gt: a. B x I> s t a h •n B e tte r puhlb;h i t unde r the ·s.:-::- :-:tuck St •l nitz. Yours, J .o~·d."'
H e 1·e is
th l' 1 pG: Gt-.:1. ~ l ate in fou r.
l'plJJJlp~:
1 1' 11'1 :
1. 1'-fl, 1)-hJ: ~. 1'- lo3, 1'-;.:-G; J. . . . H-(Jfl : 2. H-f~. e t e. Hx l '. Cl('.
ERRATA
or
" 1-'l'it·nd J 'Cll'rSon, I e n('lOse a n OPc ning proi.Jiem for your tour·ney.
On ' '· 211. insl' l't "h~·" IJero ···· O n p . 27:!. mer ."
fu r· "forme,'' •·· a tl
Dec. 7. 1935
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935
PROBLEMS Con ducte d by F. T . HAWES, Bowenfe ls South, N.S.W., to whom a ll solutions and all correspondence should be addressed
A Loyd Tale Th e lllO:>t famou s of the Fi::;kc-Loyd stol'ic::;, a nd p r obab ly the b est problem ta l e c,·c r· wr·itt en, is the sketch "(;Jmr·Jcs X II. at Bender." 1t has appear·cd in p rint s ince the o rigi nal publication in the "C h ess Month l y" In Mar ch, 1859, in eYer·y con ceivable form a nd language. In the vo lu me of Fisl
g l ance at tho IJoanl made C harl es :smile : " '..Vc do not need the Knight. I can g h ·c it to you, and still mate in four!
1. Pxl', JJ- c3;
~.
R-g4, B-g5; 3. R-lt4.
Who would bcliC\·c it !-hat·dly h :.t.d h e spol,cn, when a :secon d bullet fl ew acr·oss the r oom, a n d tl1e paw n at h~ s h a r ed the fate of the Kni ght. G t·othu sen tum cd pale. "You h ave ou r· f r·ien ds th e 'l'u r·ks with you," said the King, unconcer·ncd ; "it can scarcely be expect ed that 1 should conten d agai n st such odds; but let me see i-C I can dispense with that u nlucky pawn. 1 have it!" he shouted, with a tremendous l a ugh, "I r eel great p l easu r e in infor·mi ng you that ther·e i s undou btedly a m a t e i n live." 1. R-b7, B-c 3; 2. R-b1, B-g5; 3. R-lr1, B-114; 4. R-h2. l. . . . B-gl ; 2. H.-IJ1, B-h2; 3. H.-el, 1\:-114; 1. K-§1,6. 1\'or would Chat·Jes per·mit G r o thusen to l ea,·e till he had sol\·ed the pr·oblem. It is pcr·haps not very r·cma•·kable that the mini ster·, fearful of a repetition of such chess battl es, Jc£t the encampme n t the n ext day a n d joined the en emy. In the o r· ig inal t hree-moYer , F. Amclung has pointed out, in the 13altisc ho ~chachblattct·, 1900, that if tho flr::;t bullet had destr·oy~d the Rook i n ::;tcud of the Knight, Cha•·l cs would luwc had an equal OJ>p o t·tu ni ty of showing his a n a l y ti cal power ::; by a nnoun c ing a mat e in six! 1. S-f3, R-el; 2. SxU, K-h4; 3. 1'-h3, K- h 5; 4 . S-d3, K -M; 5. S-f4. (We arc indebted to M r . A . C. \VIt ite !ot· tho aiJo,·c.-l'.E.)
THE DRESDENER (Concl uded) W e suggest that •·eade r s peruse again tho article "Decoy T hemes" of
THI! AUSTRALASIAN CHESS REVIEW ::'\o. G68.- L es. (;allaghct·, F i t·st J'ubl i cation
~ ydncy
No. UG!I.
:\
?\l ate in two ( 7 v. n) la st month. a nd pat·ti c nla rly note the ml'aning- of th e term ad-deco ~· as th C' r ein usNI. T o-clay w e explain th e " Palitzsch" t~·pp of Dresdenl't'. in which th o ex·decoy o f th e fi t·st clefendet· is seen. 'ote that by ex - d ecoy w e im pl y a f orced mov e w hose disadvantage lies in the vacation of the initial square. T he t heme ma.v he defi n ed thus: the swi t c hing o ff of o n e defending piece (whic h wa s a ble to pan :v a cet·tai n th t·eat w i thout disadvantage) in s uc h a wa~· that a second d!'f c nd i n g pi ece is swit c hed o n ; hut when this second d e f ending piece is call ed upo n to d ef end the pt·evious threat, a
l lt•t·, 7, I I
II . J . Tut·l<,•r . :-4. A tll
M a t e in t wo (9 v. 10)
First
No. 67 1.- C. Honsi t·,·en Pri7.<', " .II Pt·obl em a," 1933-34
;\fat!' i n t w o (9 v. ll) n e w w ea kness fo r B lac k wh ich a ll ows \>Vh itl' t o mat<'. sounds inv ol ved, but th e theme w tll I made c l ea t· b ~· a careful stud~· a appr eciation or ou t· No. 676 h e t·ei n. lf. in i tiall y, W'11ite should play Q-d 8 w ith the t h t·eat of t. Q-f6, Black' first d efendet· ( R at bG) has 1. . • RxeG in hand a s a n efl'ecth·<' t·ej o in
n ee. 7, 1935
TH~ AUSTRALASIAN CHESS REVIEW
i':o. 67~.- J.:. A. L. Kuhbc l, Rw;l:lia lo'i rl:lt. "Ei s l·:,.caco; a Catalunya," 1931
1'\o. 673.- D r·. .J. J . O' K eefe. l ·anni ng l s. F in; t l'ublica t ion
1\late in two ( 8 v. 11)
Mat e in four (4 , ., 2 )
o. 67 1.- John . \ . L est e r , .\ m c rica Firs t l'ub l i cation
Mate in th r ee (12 v. 8) cl('fencc of f6. from a n other piece, the second d efender· (a7) : 1. t l - cll , R-b4; ~. Q-d , B - d4 • . . . Hut now a ne w w eakness (her e an interfcr·('nee of the G rimshaw type) i s c r eat ed, and rnate by 3. Q-h I follows. I loo l< for·ward to seeing som e D r csdenen; f r·om my r·ead ers. and t o the end that a read~· r·es po nsc he made t o th i s n r·ti{')(', I C'xpress m~· willingness to set aside a small prize for· the best l'(:>nder·lng o f t he theme s ubmitted on diagr am befor e . \ pril of n ext year.
:\l ate 'n three (5 v. I)
"TH E L EA DER"
TOURNEYS
Of specia l inter est t o ou r r ead ers shou l d h e the r egula r· tourneys conduc t ed by l\l r·. • \ndrew Da ll, C he;;s Edit o r· of the M el bo u r n e "Leader·." These tour·neys, tire l:!Ccond of which ope n s o n the 30th No,·ember· and r uns t o t he end or )1ay 1936, ar·e o pen t o a ll contributors to the column, a n d t o r·e g ular soh·cr·s of the problems appea r·ing. .\t the end of eac·h t e rm, each soln•r· i s s uppli ed with a lis t of the o;ou nd
THE AUSTRALASIAN CHESS REVIEW No. 676.- F . Palatz, Germany Dt. Wochen schach , 1920
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1\'o. 677.- Dr. G ilbert
?11nl<' i n three ( 5 ,., 8) pt·ohlem s which IHl\'C app C'at'C'd fl uring the t e rm. The l ist takes th e f o rm of a hall ot pnpN·, a n d the soh·er s a r e th e judges. The prizes a t·e 5s f o t· t wo-movers, 7s 6d for tlll'ee- moYer s, a nd a special p ri ze of 2s 6d for th e hest " First Try " - p t·iz!'s to he awarded o n the t·esult of th e poll. T he solver- judge whose p apet· cor't'espon ds most n earl y with th e composite r esu lt wi ll t·eccive a pri ze of 5s. T o the t o urn ey just el osed, se\'enteen two- moYers a nd twelYe th r ee-mo,·ers W<'re subm itted. We eong ratulate Mr. Dall upon his ex cell ent and ot·iginal schem e, a nd trpst to r ecch ·<' a co p~· of the awar d in d ue eou r !'<('.
SOLUTION S Solutio ns ( 20th No,·.) ~ n hand fro m H ..J.T., J.;iwi, C. Lal, e, R ..J.W. Solut ions a nd scot·es fo t· No\'emher a nd D e cem hc •· will he publi shed in th<' Janna t·y issu e. In th e past we have been forced t o o mit sol ver s' comments to p r·obl em s. vVt• eonsi(le•· that th e om i ssi on i s n eit her fail' to o ur eontrillllting problem i s t s n o •· t o o ur sol ,·er s. Th e diffic ulty is o ne of s pace. rs t here a way o ut ? Yes, in part. Wil l H ..J.'I '. (and this featu •·e a;, pa •·t or a r egula r plan ) p l ease comment hrie fly upon P•·ohl ems of th e D ec<'mhe•· issue; P.O.P. pl ease do the J a nua 1·y number; H . W.G.
(Squat·e ), the F'ehrua1·y hatch ; Cox (l< iwi) the :\Tarch t en . you!
SY NTHETICS Solutions t o Nos. 3 and 4. No. 3.- 16; 2T.; 5; 3p4 ; nlRG; 5n 2 ; 8. :vra t c In two.
No. 4.-Sec No. 668 this issue. Co•·•·ect solu tions from H ..T.T .. T'.O.P,. J.
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P ro gramme No. 6 Jn the main p lay, 1. i s a do uhle p in mate h y 2. H -cl5. tn 1. . . . l
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