PROBLEM 175.

Otago Witness, Issue 1419, 1 February 1879, Page 31

PROBLEM 175.

BLACK.

■WHITE. While to play and mate in three moves.

From Westminster Papers, E. H. Philip. Q. W. Farrow. Whits. Black. lPtoK4(a) lPtoK4(a) 2 P to X B 4 (b) 2 P take* •* 8KttoKB3(o) SPtoKKU 4PtoKR4 4PtoKts(d) 6KttoKt6 6 P to Kit 3 (d) 6 Xt takes X B P (c) OK takes Xt (f) 7PtoQ4 7PtoQ4 8 B takes P * P taktlß p 9 B to B i ca (g) 9 X to Xt 2 lOOastlei(h) 10KttoKB3(.) UQtoQ2 HKttoQB3 12 Xt to Q B 3 12 H to X 2 18KttoKt6 138t0Q3 I4BtoKKt6(j) 14BtoK2(k) 158t0K84 15BtoQ3(i) 16BtoK'3 16"toQR3 IT Xt to Q B 3 (m) 17 B to Q 3 18 B to K. Xt 6 (n) 18 B to X 2 (o) 19 Xt takes P 19 Xt takes Xt (p) 20 Btoß7ch(q) 20 KtoKt3 21 Q to X B 4 21 P takes B 22 Q takes Xt oh (r) 22 X to R 3 23 P to R 5 23 B to X B 4 (a) 24 Q takes B 24 Q takes P eh (t) 25KtoRsq(n) 25 Q R to X Ktfq (v) 26 B to Q 3 26 Kto Xt 2 (w) 27 X to £ sq 27 Q takes Q KtP (x) 28 P to X Xt 3 28 lit to Q 5 29 It to B 6 eh 29 X takes P 30Qt082 3)Kttoß6 31 R takes Xt 31 P takes R (y) 32 Q takes P eh (z) 32 P to Xt 5 33 Q to B 5 eh and matoi in five more moves. NOTES BY ALL THE POKT3. (a) And charged before the eyes of ladies and of kirgs. " Passing of Arthur."— Tennyson. (b) He rushed into the field, and foremast fighting fell. "Childe Harold"— Byron. (0) Dashed from the ranks Sir Harry B June. «'« ' Lord ol the lales "- Scott. (d) As the wolves that headlong go on the stately buffalo. " Siege ol Corinth."— Byron. (c) Full on to the King like fltsh of fame Spurred to full speed tho warhorse c«ne. " Lord ol the Mes."— Sott. (t) High in his stirrups stood the King, And gave hi* battle axe the swing —Ibid (a) My claneman's blood demands jevenge. " Lady of the Lake. "-Scott. (h) And slowly seeks his cattle walls. •' Marmion." — Sett. (1) I, with two more to help me, will hold tbe fo* in play. " H oratius. '• —Macau ay . (j) Will you walk into my piriour ? said the spider to the fly. Old Ballad. (k) Dl ■ you ever catch a wcaiel asleep? Did you ever with a sprat hook a whale ? Modern Ballad. (1) And then and there was hurrying to and fro. "Cbilde Harold."— Byron. (m) He that fights and runs away.— Old Proverb. (n) If the serpent lie so far ahead, We shall have warm work ol it here. " Saga of King Olaf."— Longfellow. (o) Come back, come t ack, Horatius, loud cried the fathers all. " Horatius."— Macaulay. (p) The bold Sir Bedivere, the last of all his knights. " Passing ol Arthur."— Tenny>on. (q) Tho Assyrian canoe dtwn like a wolf onthelold. " Dostr'jct'on ol Sinnaoh rib."— Byron. (r) Be still, and look thou on false King. '* Bernardo del Carpio "" — Mas H mans. (s) Forward the Ligit Brigade ! into the valley of death. Tennyson. (t) Tantaane ira in celestibus animis " The (a) Little Jack Homer latin a corner. Nursery Rhyme. (v) But still the Scots around their King Unbroken fought in despera'e rintr. " MUrmion."— Scott. (w) Come one, come all, this rock shall fly From its firm base, as soon as I. "L idy of the Lake."-Scott. (x) Swift to smite and never to spar * " Siege of Corinth "—Byron, (y) The storms prevails, the rampirts yield a way. " Pleasure' of Hope " — Campbell. (z) Hope for a season bade the world farewell, And freedom shrieked when Kosciusko fell. " Pleasures of Hope."— Campbell.