The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20

which have been picked out Of q string
OF pretty hard propositions arranged
for the special purpose Of cutting down
that honor list from the forty -soven names
that were printed on January o.
That the effort has been eninently
SUCCESSFUL h evident from the fact that
three q whom are newcomers Among
the fallen are two champions who have
never missed a problem before. One q
them tripped up on No. 80 by overlook
ing that httls ak OF spades, and the other
fell down on No. 81 through cArslessness
In not examining the diamond opening
more closely. az he thought II would
solve the problem no matter what A might
lead for the second trick.
ThS credit Of knocking out the heavy
weights " divided between Frank Roy
90. and A. p. Of YcnLsrs, Who put No.
a toRvther, and whose No. n will be
remembered a. having caught 20 many
mapping. All the problems from No.
50 20 50 inclusive were much above the
separate composer eager 60 cut down
the honor igt. No. IS relieved the strain
a bit and then came three more hard
once Here h the iist Of the survivors:
c. w. Aborn. New York; X. d. -. Now
port, X. l.; Robert Crothers, Rochester.
Del: q. p. H., New York; lGoe. SaTAnac
Lake. ". Y: II. e. Jewett. West Point.
schwscks, Pittsfeid. Aass.: Bay State.
North Attleboro, Mass; y. ID. W, East
phia; D. A. W.. Fort Plain. n. Y. and
Three Of these. N. \. B.. b. NJ. C. and
II. &. Jewett. have never been ON an
honor list before. Victor Du Pont, Jr,;
=. p. n. and lgoe are there for the third
been on one previous list. while 20 Robert
CrOthers belongs the honor OF joining
Percival Levy and n. X. ThAw AZ the
only ones that have got there Ave times
out Of the six possible, no that those three
had a chance "a be level with them were
all knocked out by the last set.
The cracks started out bravely with
forty-one correct solutions TO No. So
No. 50 knocked out twenty Of these.
No. - killed OF four more. and No. 50
THOSE ARABIAN NI0HTs.
Although q number Of ingenious
answers to this problem have been re-
ceived. no one seems to have seen the
catch in 10, the consequence being that
the answers vary all the way from u
fraction under Is feet 20 something
over ~. The solution will therefore he
postponed in order TO give time for
another look at the conditions.
The solution Of chess problem No. ~.
printed two weeks ego. u ar instructive
example % the msnDer in which an
advante g. NAV be gained ny threatening
to break up the line Of communication
between two supporting pieces. The
position IN AIKEN from the game between
Paulsen and Zukertort, played IN 1871.
after bisck he d brought his knight to kt
Whites reply was nxP. and the CON-
tinua ton he looked for was KAB. r RI oh.
driving the black king between his own
rocks. breaking up their communication
and losing the exchange. In order TO
avoid this black would not take the
bishop. and the pley went this way:
WAac. Black.
BxP Kt KITS
BxR ktXR
BxP RNRPch
MIR ktxRch
X kt2 kt-QT
BxP
Now the NJ cannot escape, hecAIIss
the X. Rfter advancing KIP. can attack
and win the Kt
Correct solutions from the following:
Mate Ho,, &. 2. Johnson. DIR. A. ". Bald
win. y. d. W. J. r. Marsh. ". X. ThRw,
=. u. y. J. II. MacGrorty and Milton 4.
IslupIl.
Here il good example Of tho care
required in an end game. a part Of chess
strstegy in which most beginners are
sadly deficient:
CaEas rRoBLEM No. ~.