CHESS AND DKAUGHTS. Chronicle. « All communications are to be addressed to the Chess Editor. Contributors are asked to observe the customary rules of writing disinctly and on one side of the paper only PKOBLEM No. 5. By A. P. Silvera, Jamaica. Black. 3 pieces. s ipi up ip ip fi WAV'/, '/. :•/'///, . '',/'>%#/" '''/W--'%> f m mm. ii White. 7 pieces. White to plsy and mate in Wo moves TO CORRESPONDENTS. P. Sim (Wanganui) — Yon Bra quite right ; we had overlooked tho threatened mate. Solution of Problem No 3, by Mrs JBaird, Key movo, Eto Q7. Black. - White. 1 K tabes P 2 M to K5 mate IKto B 5 2Ktto Q2 „ ] KtoK3 2 KttoQ4 „ 1 Kto K5 5, Xt to Q4 „ Game No 8. Played by telegraph m the recent match between MaDaia and Wanganui. Two Knights defence. White. Black. Mr Sexton, Dr Hatherly, Manaia. Wanganui. 1 PtoK4 1 Pto Xl 2 Xt to KB3 2 Xt to QB3 8 B to E4 8 Xt to B 3 4 Xt to Xt 5 4 P to Ql 5 P takes P 5 Xt to E4 6BtoKt6ch 6Pt083 7 P takes P 7 P takes P 8 B to K2 8 B to Xl 2 The usual move, P to KB3, seems preferable. 9PtoQB3 9Pt084 10 Xt to KB3 10 8 to Q3 11 P to Q3 11 Castles 12 Q Xt to Q2 12 K to K sq 13 Castles 13 Xt to B 3 14 Xt to B 4 14 B to KB eg 15 Xt to Xt 5 15 P to Xt 3 168t083 16QtoQ2 17 R to K Eg 17 K to Xt Eg 18 Xt to K4 This renders the exchange of Kuighta almost compulsory, but Black suffers no disadvantage. 18 Xt takes Xt 19 P takes Xt Better B takes Xt, notwithstanding the apparently Etrong reply of P to KB4. 19 Q to K3 20 P to Q Xt 3 The Knights should have gone to K3, as its defence costs a Pawn. 20 KR to Q eg 21 Q to K2 21 B to QB3 22 B to Xt 4 22 Q to K2 23 P to K Xt 3 23 Xt to E4 24 P to KB4 24 P to B 3 25 P to KB4 25 Xt takes Xt 26 P takes Xt 26 Q to KB2 27 Q to KB eg 27 B takes P 28 B to K2 28 B takes B 29 Q takes B 29 P to B 5 A powerful move and the key to a etrong attack. 30 R to KB f q 30 R to Q6 31Rt083 31 it(Ktsq)toßsq 32 BtoKS 3iQtoQKt2 83 QE to KB Eg At this stage nil unfinished games were left for adjudication. Mr Benbow, of Wellington, the adjudicator, has given his decision in favour of Black. CHESS NOTES. New Tohk International TouenaMENT, This impromptu tournament was the outcome of- the failure of the Columbian Congress to organise a tournament, and was only international in a very limited sense. With absentees such oeTarrascb, Tchigorm, GnnEberg, Blackbnrne, Bardeleben, and the leading German,, find Austrian players, much of the interest in the result must have been discounted. Lasker, who won every game, merely sustained and did not add to his reputation. The only surprise was tfee low position of Pollock, the ex-champion of Ireland, who mubt have been sadly out of form, considering his brilliant playing in previous tournaments. At the conclusion of the ninth round the scoring was-.— Lasker 9, Albin 6J, Lee 6, ShowalterG, Delmar 5, Pillsbury 5, Tanbenham 5, Pollock 2, Oily 2 and Gossip 15, Leonardo de Cutri the " Puttino," being anxious to measure his strength with Buy Lopez, the pre-eminent chess master of his era, determined to go to Madrid, the capital of the Spanish monarchy. Arrived there he sought the place where the chess players were assembled, and met Huy Lopez, Lopez was playing with an amateur, to whom he was giving the pawn and move. One of the players suggested that Leonardo should play with Lopez, at 50 crowns the game. The bystanders were astonished at ' the audacity of the challenge, Leonardo il^and Lopez played one game, which was drawn, Leonardo having no desire to win at the first sitting. In a second encounter he had the advantage of one game, The news travelled through the whole city, and on the third day there was a numerous assemblage of spectators. Notwithstanding this, tho ' Putino ' was not anxious to show his full strength, and on that day he contented himself by beating Lopez by the odd game. On learning what had occurred Phillip 11, was nnwilliflg to believe that Lopez had been defeated, and' named a day on which ' the rivals should play in his presence for a promised gift of 1,000 crowns. Leonardo purposely lost the first two games, and the King, being convinced of Leonardo's inferiority, was about to leave the place. Then Leonardo requested His Majesty to remain, saying that he had purposely lost the first two games in order to win the next three without difficulty, so that his superiority might shine the more. And so it certainly did, and the King was so pleased that not only did he give Leonardo the promised 1000 crowns, but he also presented him with costly gifts. Having thus secured the protection of the King, Leonardo continued his wandering life, gathered laurels wherever he went, until one day, when he was visiting the palace of Prince of Basignano in Calabria, he was assassinated by an envious rival. He had then reached the age of 40. El. Pablo Morphy,

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