The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-16

for the fact that while A sndB were keep
ing something else Y and Q would. be
playing something else. The published
solution gives the best defence for Aand
B. II they do something else 1t should
be evident that Y and y will vary their
play accordingly. THE SUN has not time
a time With those Who have not the pa
tience to study u the defences for them
selves, but begs to ssu all these fault
finders that they are in error and that
No. Is cannot be defeated by any discards
that A and B can make.
That brain racker about the distance
apart OF the telegraph poles was not
printed as a puzzle that would he at all
difficult to solve, but simply as a little
exercise in mental arithmetic with which
readers might amuse themselves at the
! expense Of such Of their friends as think
they, are very quick witted or clear
headed. But SO many have taken the
trouble to work It out both logically and
alphabetically that It may as we'll be
stated, for the benefit OF those who say
they cannot sec the answer from the date.
that the distance apart OF the poles must
bear the same proportion to a mile that
100. seconds does to an hour, which is
one-thirty-sixth part.
As one-thirty-sixth Of a mile is very
nearly fifty yards, which Is the distance
apart that telegraph poles are always
set. any person familiar with this fact
can determine the speed Of q train by
counting thirty-six poles and noting the
elapsed time.
Correct solutions from II. G. Hill. A. H.
McMartin. s.. F.. Barnett. A.. Farmer,
d. A. c., o. K. Hand, New Bedford; B.
w. Garfield, H.F. Ingalls,. W. W. Dudley,
Fl. Warren, T. j.. MCCARTHY. Charles T.
White, E. b. Barker. Z. S. Thomas. Wiilism
H. Wells. p. e. jackson, B. a. Brevoort.
Homer e. Smith, A. 3. Hanscom. Fred
erick Lloyd, H. z. W., Frederick H.
Bratesman, M. Herbert. Victor Du Pont.
DR.. Charles M. Saeger. N. Mann. J. ".
Cromwell, yr.;- j; VI. Bright, n; +.
and NJ. E. j.
traveller counts the clicks Of the wheels
over the joints in the rails he will hear
as many clicks in twenty seconds as the
train Is going miles In hour. the length
Of the rails being thirty feet.
The chess players seem TO like No; 10,
which illustrates q position IN which
games are often abandoned as drawn.
This ending. which is from actual play.
| requires white to IN such a
manner as to repeat the existing position
with a change in the turn TO move. The
Key to the SOLUTION Ii 10 GET uho King lioin
the square he stands on and return to It'll
an even Tor uneven) number OF moyee
while your opponent does the same thing
In an uneven Tor even) number a..
The position Is very instructive and
should be carefully studied by the begin;
ner. II black had to move white could
| win easily; but as white has to move first
he must get from this position and bach
TO 1t again in such a way that it will be
blacks move
These are the moves K-Bs; K.Ktsa.
III black plays K-B2. K-B5 gets the
opposition and wins at once.J XXI,
R-Bsq. K-Kt5 now brings about the
same position as at the start. but 1t is
blacks move. He must play .k-B,
because K-Ksq brings XXX and loses.
White continues: k-B5. k-Bsq;
K-Kts, K-Ktsq; KIP at Rs. because
P-B7 (ch) only draws, K-B2; K-Kt5,
K-Bsq; KIP, K-B2; K-kt5. h-Bsq;
K-Kts. K-Ktsq: PRS. K-Bsq; and
P--B7 wins.
Correct solutions from N. Mann. r. q.
Randall, F. Powers. A. b. Warner, j. j.
Cox and Mate Ho.'
Here Is a rather curious position which
will repay careful study. as 1t contains a
lesson in looking ahead.
CHESS rEosLKM NO. Ia
Black.