Dr Tolosa-y-Carreras on Chess Problems.

Otago Witness, Issue 2157, 27 June 1895, Page 38

Dr Tolosa-y-Carreras on Chess Problems.

rANCII'UL PROBLEMS. " The construction of probloms of the kinds heretofore treated of must be conformable to the established restrictions explained in the first paragraph of this article. Now we wish to give the reader a slight idea of a peculiar kind of composition in which composers can show the vigour of their intellectual faculties and display without restrain the powerful wings of imagination. We know that in the chess world there are Olympian Aristarcbs who will pay no regard to anything but problems of the usual kind, asserting that other compositions are not chess. We do not share that opinion. In questions of art eclecticism is preferable to puritan ism, especially in dealing with an activity chiefly directed to distracting and combatting the weary hour. It must be well understood that our sympathies,, our tastes, and our preferences lead us towards' the direct problem without conditions— the serious problem— the problem composed strictly according to the Tules prescribed by acithetic considerations, by usage, and by time. Nevertheless, our predilections do not prevent us from respecting those of other people. We liko other compositions as manifestations of art, and we admit fanciful problems when they are the product of a clever stroke inspired by the spirit of some one or other of the intrinsic laws of chess. After these considerations, which it wag due to ourselves tostate, we will present to the eyes of the reader some specimens of the fanciful problem." The problem* in this week's issue are two ef those selected

by the Doctor as ppidmem. Another, in the J'orsyth no ,ution, is— k 7, 1 H, 2 113, 2KKtI, 2 B I' p3,1 P2 p 2. 5 P p I, (I 15 ], 7Q. White to play and male in 10 ii'ovcs with tho queen without muvii g h.'i-, th'jbla k king to stand ou his q rl Avhnn inatcil. '11l' 3 composer of thi-, problem was Mons. A l.ichli iisioiu, mul ho gave it Uio name of Thu ti-v ril of G iluith. A -mi m ing that Hie predilectioet; of iva<ters ot the Witness arc like those of JJr Toloha-y-Oarrera.-, as bUtod above by himself, we think the above three samples of this genus of problem will suffice.— Ed. W.