Chess.
PROBLEM No. 92. By Sergeant-Major McArthur.
Black.
White.
White, to play and mate in four moves.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
T. S., Feilding.—Thanks for your letter with inclosures. Will communicate shortly. G. H. D. and W. 8., Wellington.—Your solutions to Problem 89 are incorrect.—What if black for his first move play Kt to Kt 6? See solution below.
The following game was lately played in Adelaide, between Mr. W. H. Fagan and Mr. T. Elliot, a pretty little gambit well worth playing over. White. Black. Mr. W. H. Fagan. Mr. J. Elliot. 1. P. toK 4 1. P to K 4 2. P to K B 4 2. P takes P 3. B to B 4 3. P to KKt 4 (a) 4. P to Q 4 4. B to Kt 2 5. Kt to K B 3 5. Q to K 2 6. Castles 6. Kt to Q B 3 7. Kt to B 3 7. P to Q 3 8. Kt to Q 5 8. Q to Q sq 9. P to B 3 9. Pto B 3 10. Kt takes Kt P 10. P takes Kt 11. Qto R 5 (ch) 11. K to B sq 12. Q Kt takes K B P 12. Q to K sq (b) 13. Kt to K Kt 6 double check and mate. (a) Bad. (b) If Q to K 2 White mates, with equal ingenuity by Kt to K 6.
SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 89. White. Black. 1. Bto K 6 1. Kt to Kt 6 2. Kt to B 2 (ch) 2. K to B 5 3. Kt takes Kt (mate)
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 421, 6 March 1880, Page 3
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