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AU communications to be addressed to the Chess Editor, “The Weekly Graphic and New Zealand Mail'* Auckland. A NSW E'RS TO DENTS. GORDON COLE. —‘Position No. 12. Solution correct; and No. 14 correct. JOB.—Your solution to Pa? it ion Noi 14 correct, and No. 15 correct. J.G.W., GISBORNE.-~rosition No II White to play and draw. Sorry you

failed. The solution is xs follows:— 1. PQ7, QxP; 2. P B 6 eh, QxP (if 2 KxP; 3 B-Kts eh); 3. BK4, Qxß; t Kt-Qfl eh, KxKt stalenrite. Zaur solutions to 12 and 15 are correct. COUNTRY PLAYER.—The auumal chess tournament to decide the championship of New Zealand far tire coming year will open at the Social Hall of the Workingmen's on the 28th Inst. Position No. 18. By DR. A. DECKER, Chicago. (Black.)

White to play and mate in four. Forsyth Notation: 8; 8; 8; Ip 3P IK; lplplß2; pPk4P; P3Q3; 2rr4.

A Blindfold Brillluncy. “Hamppc Ailgaier Gambit.” 11. N. Pillsbury. An Amateur. 1. P-K4 1. PK4 2. Kt-QB 3 2. Kt-QB 3 3. P-KB4 3. PxP 4. Kt B 3 4. P-KKt4 5. P-KR4 5. P-Kts 6. Kt-KKta (i. P-KR3 7. KtxP 7. KxKt 8. P-Q4 8. P-Q4 9. DxP 9. B-Kl2 10. ILK 3 It). B-B3 11. P KKt3 11. PsP 12. U B 4 eh 12. K-Kt2 13. Castles 13. BxQP 14. R-B7 eh 14. K-Kt.3 15. P-R5 eh 15. KxP 16. R Kt 7 16. Kt K 4 17. Bxß 17. Kt-Kt.3 18. K Kt2 18. R-R2 19. Q R eh 19. Kt-R5 ch 20. QxKt eh 20. QxQ 21. B-KB7 mats

Laeker-Schlechter Match. 1 The playing of the Lasker-Sclilechter match may now he regarded as a certainty. Important chess associations in all lands have taken a lively interest in the success of the match; and considerable monetary subscriptions are contemplated. For example, the friends of chess in St. Petersburg offer to give 3,000 roubles ( £3lB 15/-) as an honorarium, with the proviso that the last six games of the match shall be contested at the St. Petersburg C.C. It is proposed that a prize for the winner of the match shall be provided by means of a universal subscription. A circular, attached to which are the signatures of Emanuel Lasker and Karl Sehheliter, has been issued, giving the “chess world” information as follows: —-“We arc ready to contest in the December, Ithe January, the February, and the March now coming a mati.li for the Chess Championship of the World. We ask the friends of chess to show that they are interested in our undertaking by providing a prize for the winner of the match. The match will be played in public: and care will .be taken to give all chess friends, wheresoever their dwelling-places may be, the pleasure of playing over the moves of the games. Anyone who may feel that an undertaking which, in addition to giving him pleasure, will be of public interest, has » claim upon him for more than merely moral support. Notes. The Durban Chess Club, which for some years tried the experiment of having a club-room of its own, has shifted its headquarters to the promises of the Model Dairy Co. An attractive programme has been arranged for the next few months, culminating in the South 'African Championship Tournament in July. A match is taking place in Johannesburg between Mr. B. Seigheim and Dr. M. Blieden. two well-known South African players. The first to score seven won games will win the match, but as only one game will be played each week, the contest is likely to last for some time. Two hours 20 minutes may be consumed in any game by either player over his first 40 moves; but thereafter he must make 20 moves per hour. The championship of Sydney School of Arts C.C. has been won by Mr. T. M. Bradshaw, with five wins and two drawn games. Second place was gained by Mr. Tyler, with five wins and one loss. Six players competed in the recent Masters’ Tournament of the New York Plate Chess Association. The following scores were made: —H. Rosenfeld, 4; F. J. Marshall. 3.1; C. Jaffe, 3; W. L. Moorman. 2A; H. E. Daly, It; and O. Roething. 1. In the individual encounters Marshall beat Rosenfeld, but lost to JafTe. whom he defeate 1 in a -bort match before his meeting with Capablanea. The problem of the discovery of the North Pole has. says the “Chess Amateur,’’ been Cooked. Ahem! At ieast, *o it has been stated in more than one Pearvodical. Ahem!