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Draw &C equal to Q-B Since
D--B is equal to Dc and A u Is
the shortest line of railroad 4 G must
be a straight line. By similar triangles
Do Is equal to half DIP: therefore
the new dock is exactly two-thirds of the
distance from As present dock TO rs
and II will have to pay only third
as tho expense of the new line"
These solutions contain 10 demonstra-
ton that the liue A u B is the short
est although that is the point OF the
whole problem, Here Is nearer mp
proach to it, but II fails 10 point out the
principle Of the obtusc angle II is by
G.. II. Richards:
by geometry It may easily be proved
that through a given point. touching q
given line and passing through a second
point only one path that ~ the shortest
may he described. Therefore there eau
be- only one line for the railroad. and the
new dock must be located i've miles. S6i
feet and o,627 inches from AS present
dock"
Next week the demonstration that the
shortest road can be shown by geometry
will be given. In the meantime those
who wish to correct their answers so a:
to prove tho main point OF the problem
may do so,
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CHESS FOR PLAYER,
LOVER AND STUDENT
War Does Not Interfere With
Bic British Tourney at
Chester.
YATES TIES BLACkBURNE
Many American Players Return
From Europe on
Refugee ships.
vATES TIES BLACkBURNE

Play In the annual championship tour
nament OF the British Chess Federation at
Chester went on steadily on schedule
time In spite Of the war. According to
latest advIces. T.. D. Yates OF Yorkshire.
title holder, who started OF with three
straight wins and then added four more
scalps to his list was tied with j. H.
Blackburno after nine rounds had been
contested. H. fact the veteran profess
sional led at the cad of the eighth round
in which Yates met his first reverse at the
hands OF r. II. V. Scott. In the following
round, however, Blackburne drew his
game with Gunsberr. while Yates polished
Off Viner the Australian champion.
Yates had won from Gunsberf In the
fourth round. Tho two leaders were
scheduled to meet In the last round. a
fitting conclusion to so important a tour
ney--Blackburnc aud Yates. each with n
score OF S TO / to his credit. Tho other
leaders were: Dr. j Schumcr. 6i5 to
3is : A. Louis, TO g. Il. II. V. Scott, 6
to I; !. Gunsberg. 5ia to SO #: r. II. Lean
and w. $. Nirer, each AZ TO "A.
In the major open tournament at
Chester q. ShorleS. with two more games
to play. had a total of nine points. The
same player won first prize In IA rapid
transit or lightning tourney, with Guns
berg placed second. Mrs Hopldine. title
holder. was making q clean sweep in the
women's championship tournament, hav-
ing won nine games straight, The solving
tournament was won by J. Keeble of Nor
wIch, with ]. w. Dixon, second. and w.
Webster. third Tho second lightning
tourney was won by B. Goulding Brown.
with i, u, Chambers and G. Shor,es tied
for second and Il, II. =, Stevenson fourth.
The recent death of W. III. Gundry Mt
Burnham IL reported. The deceased was
not only widely known as II composer OF
chess problems, OF which some 500 stand
to his credit, but was also strong over
| the board player having held the cham
pionship OF Devon. For twelve years he
served as secretary of tho Exeter Chess
club and hlled "A like office for the Devon
County Chess Association.
The returning tide OF American travel
lers, refugees from the European war
zone, includes the names OF several we'll
known chess players, In addition to that
OF Frank J. Marshall, the United States
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FINE PLAYERS SLIP
AT ROYAL AUCTION
Most Likely to BE Guilty OF a
Revoke. According to
Those Who Know.
MUCH LIKE OTHER GAMES
Possibility Of Error Makes 1t
All the More Fascinating
Features.

one OF the fascinations of the game OF
auction lies In it's resemblance to many
other games OF skill, such as golf and
chess. In that one is never perfect. but
has always something to learn. The slips
that some OF the most expert players Will
make, which the spectator Is confident he
would have avoided reminds ono OF the
old adage that lockers on are sometimes
better Judges of the game than the play
ers.
II is undoubtedly true that person
sitting behind tho declarer can some
times see quite clearly point that tho
actual player Of the hand completely over
looks. From time to time the writer
has gathered quite a collection or inter-
esting hands that were played by persons
whose skill Is generally acknowledged to
he far above the average, which show
how easy II In for one plan OF campaign
TO obscure the possibilities of another and
much better one.
ono OF the old writer's on whist has re-
marked that IL In not the duffcr but the
most brilliant player. the player with
ina ginstion. that is most likely to he
guilty OF revoke. He Is absorbed with
an idea. and the same absorption In a plan
OF attack at auction may easily he respon-
sble for lnattention to details in the ele-
ments of other attacks.
Certain features stand out so promi-
nently In some hands that they obscure
the lesser but moro important Some lines
OF play look 80 easy that the more DIM
cult are not even considered. Here Is a
hand. for instance. In which there IL a
little slip that might have proved very
expensive. with leisurely look at the
situation II may he argued that any duffer
could have seen the point. yet no one
noticed It in the play at the card table:
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Upon the split diamond suit theory z
played the hand and failed to go game
by just one trick. After the third round
Of diamonds, upon which A discarded a
spade, dummy got IN with the hearts and
made the king queen Jack, but A still
had the top heart over dummy's small
one.
When dummy led the club Y inessed
the ten and A let II hold When shifted
to small spade A put his king right on
and made his heart trick and had to
unguard something, SO he picked tho
spade, keeping king jack OF clubs. This
did not cave him. as a led the spade and
Il made the Jack OF diamonds and came
through with "A club. so that A made his
ace and held Il down 10 two by cards,
Just his contract but not the game.
Those who were looking on thought
that tho declarer risked everything on the
diamonds being split, and argued that if
they were split he went game anyway.
but that he should have 80 arranged mat
ters as to provide for their not being
split.
II Il let's the diamonds alone and plays
the spades, In which lie holds the sequence
or four TO the queen. lie has Just as good
IA chance to make ono or two spades as
he has To make one extra diamond and
may make both.
" tho hand 10 played that way Y win
N4ilE tnc HTSI neiTl ITHF ana lPaulug the
small spade. a will pass the trick up TO
, u, who Will naturally lead clubs to
dummys weakness. Y will put on the
ten. n wins with the ace he must
either return tho club or play q diamond.
The club kills BIS queen and the diamond
| kills his Jack. as dummy will play the
eight second hand.
This shows that either lead by will
give Y enough TO go game because three
diamonds are all that Is necessary II II
makes both king and jack OF clubs or IL
he makes the fourth diamond and one
club.
1f A leads hearts again instead OF re-
turning the club he makes II even easier
for H. as dummy will run Off his three
good hearts and then come through " for
the flnesse in clubs. after which the three
diamond tricks win the game.
Here IL rather striking example or
players being so absorbed In one line OF
play that he fails to see another which
IL equally certain, even II his own plan
is correct. and more certain II his own
scheme has hole In II.
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dealt and bid no trump, winch \ over
called with two hearts; an incxcusablC
bid unless he Is willing to take a sting
for several hundred points, Instead of
doubling the two hearts. Y went two ne
trumps, missing great opportunity 70,
penalties because IL A In doubled can
not take him out except ~ "a loss. and
A will be set for at least 400.
Against the no trumper \ led the tor
heart and won the trick with the acc
The situation now presents a pretty prob
lem. The solution sought for IN to 20
game on the hand
II the diamonds are spilt three on each
side n can establish the fourth diamond
In VS. hand by leading out three rounds
at once and thea putting dummy In with
heart. -Four tricks IN each Of the red
suits leaves u only one trick to make
in either of the black suits to go game
and he has both these suits safely stopped
II IL useless tn lead the hearts first.
in the hope of forcing any. diamond dis
cards, because the hearts are the only
chance for dummy 10 get I'm TO mako the
fourth diamond trick after the high ones
In rs hand are out of his way and u
can lead hearts only once.
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followe Black men on I. 2 and IS. kings
on 20 and 80 White men on ., 10 and
~, kings on aud I. White to play and
win. Here are the moves that solve;
White. Black.
f7-c9 1876
10-S liz
s-S %

Correct solutions from the following. all
ot whom are eligible for the white cards
n THE SUN checker Club II they can Only
keep up the good work and solve the
next nine:
Smith y. Allen, John Ryan. Roger ".
Ifill, l.. j. McGarry. l.. ". lIarlzog, NJ
:. Mcmahon. George williams. J. +. cody.
\. w. Warwick, Henry J. Knpp, Peter
Melln. Thomas Foy, ". J. Atkins. q. !.
Chandler, Lady Laird, Edith Fuller. l.. $.
Hart. Jr. J. II. Noremac. William Deaul
\. Rawson. Ward Humphreys. r. r.
Powell. James Tyron. s. T. Viciers. Ben
jamin Simon. Henry J. Berg, J. IT, Me
tiraw, ". Atlas, L. II. Green. Andrew
peterson. w. O. Drummond NJ Watts.
Julius Olstein. J. j. T.. Bronx, Joseph
toncoli Jr. Henry Wallace, Horace
Palmer. Irving King. Oscar Bergh. I. w.
Mcmahon Frank a. Magennis Charles
\. Hal, NJ II. Temple Clarence watt.
Herbert Dahl J. T. Sanders. Hugh Kil-
yea, T.. j. Walker. Albert j Ford. A. T..
Driver. Grant Hall. G. r. Gillette. r. g.
Wilson. Thomas ifallorau. Robert IT..
HiNon. G. l.. -, l.. r. Mailman. Oscar
Erickson. :. r. Jackson, J.. II. Moore,
y l.. Tavlor Frank Bradley. John DAILY.
~. j. Behr. II. A. W. Henry Lowe. H. l.,
smith. 7, t. Matthews. Walter Page, r
~ Blgelow. George VI. Lee. John woz-
nicki Samuel Il Williams. Abraham
hantell' charles Green. +. der. Grant
nan. o. W Dudley. VI. Smead. Joseph
Elliott. Ralph Diamond Isaiah spector.
r. W. eurr. Edward J. Korpanty. Ru-
do'nh Nit"h'r. Thomas +. how'd 7 =
leGroh, Harris Burg. T. c. Y, James
hNland, i. J. McManus. william n.
clarke. James @. Pinkerton. Walker Nc
Martin st John. Fred Butterworth. IIo-
n"ken c. l.. Lynn. y. J. r. George p.
franerie and g NJ Bum
Here is something n trife harder which
may weed out fcw OF the names on Tho
foregoing list:
PROBLEM 80. 29S-CrrECkrrs
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HUNGARIAN DEFENCE.

tm This move constitutes the Hungarian be-
lencei IT gives black cramped position and It
90 y 4. PIP white obtains the better game
by 8. P-B3
90 Premature lie should have played Kt-- Bs
(dl y doubtful move. by which white blocks
the action of his own h. He might have played
Instead :, B-Qkt5 followed II P-ORS, by o.
hxki and 10. PAP or. II black played PIP, o.
Cel Black now begins losing time with his KITS
Casting would have given him fairly safe
game,
% 4 mistake OF which his opponent takes
clever advantage.
tG Better than defending his p by B-K2 at
once. The tcAt move forces P-OB3 and gives
white III" "-uon OF unlocking the position when
ever ne cnHoscs.
IN II II manifest that white has the much
better game; hut his play now begins 10 slackcn
and In few moves black emergcs from his ain
cuiicS.
90 Much stronger would have been 10 B-oBI
threatening II PIP and N IL PAP: ie HxB
lkl't ~, RAP. Qxh; 20. QAP CHI, 10: 81. 70
II black In reply would have continued 10
fkb II, PNB mo- only opening the u ME for she
M, blil also preventing blacks 1T lodging at
10, Is II did later on In the game.
~ Driving blacks y 10 better post. B--OBt
would sun nave been II good move.
~ Blacks position has much improved during
.ht last few moves With the text move White
initiates combination OF doubtful soundness In
order 10 bring about complications
On kt-k2 a. once would apparently have saved
move, but black was perhaps afraid Of P--Ktf,
although R-KBt would probably have been
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$50 THE TWO QtARBtEs
rms Interesting li;ilc problem brought
out large number of very dlssimilar
solutions. which seems to bear ont the
Oh statement that the chief difficulty in
Algebra and geometry IL not working out
the ngures, but getting the proposIt,on
I correctly stated. The situation Is this:
TWO men. y and n. have quarries
e'Sht miles apart In level country. A
Is four miles directly north from the
/ river while is just two miles from IL.
They agre" 10 build common dock.
connecting the river with each quarry
by a straight line OF railroad.
The conditions were that this road
should touch the river nj such a point
that 1t would Use up the shortest pos
sible amount OF track that would con-
meet the three polnts--As quarry, BIS
quarry and the river. a and B were
each 70 pay for the length of track laid
from his quarry To the new dock, and
as A was TO locate the dock II was to
his interest TO put az much OF the cost
on Il as he could. while still complying
with the condition of the shortest route
Tho solution Of this problem depends
more upon a knowledge OF geometry than
anything else No figures were asked for.
although they seemed to he. for the simple
reason that there Is only one possible
place Tor tho dock, ami that is not gov
rrued by AS wishes IN the matter but by
the condition uf the shortrs. route.
The solution can best II" demonstrated
graphically, and rests on the principle
that the shortest line that will connect
the two quarries and the river is the
most obtuSs angie.
The majority OF those that sent In
solutions devoted all their attention TO
calculating the length Of the railroad,
some bringing Il down 10 thousandths of
an inch. y large number made the length
or line from each Quarry to the river
the sam" while others gO- II at exactly
two-th!rds for \ and one-thrd FOR Il.
Several assumed that tho problem was
very simple, the following being in one
form or another q favoritc solution:
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~
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"a 8

dealt on the rubber game ard bid a
diamond, although many would have
called II no trumper doubled and
went to three hearts at once. Il over
called with three royals. and the various
players kept II up until II got to six
hearts doubled. with to lead. Y being
the declarer and also a person with the
reputa ton OF being very fine player.
Ii led the singleton diamond. Dummy
put on the Jack, A the ace and Y
trumped. small trump from VS. hand
dropped both ten and Jack and lief,
dummy In 10 lead the two esta blished
diamonds.
on these Y discards club and a spade.
When dummy led the spade Y got the
trick with the ace and led the club. as the
only way TO make the king. but It went
to AS ace. and that was the only trick
they made, leaving Y with his contract
six by cards doubled. with simple honors
and the rubber. worth about $50 points in
all.
y, one noticed that this hand vas very
badly played by the declarcr and that n
single card had been transposcd he
would have gone down for zoo points
instead OF making profit OF $50. the
Inference being impossible had he played
the hand correctly.
As soon az the diamond was led and
dummy went down could see little
slam In sight and he made II. but II was
far from a certainty az he PLAYED the
hand. Instead OF leading tho small
trump he should have led Il high one
on the first round from his own hand
so that In case tho two outstanding
trumps happened 20 be both IN the same
hand against him dummy would be IN
the lead on the necessary second round
Then the two diamond Leads and the two
discards would be a certainty.
-.
been in the same hand If In AS II would
not matter. as \ has the long diamonds
and would get his two d!scards before
leading a second round OF trumps. But
suppose they were both with y?
As played the hand dummy would
win the first trick In trumps with the ace.
He must then either lead another round
NJ trumps for TO win and force to lose
two clubs and a spade. or he must lead
a diamond and let h get In a run with the
Jack of trumps.
Now a club lead comes through dunn
my's king and back again. and Il must
run the third round. after which he wins
all the rest OF tho tricks but is still down
for 200 points iu penalties.
This shows that y took two chances to
get through with badly planned attack
when. lac had n certainty Of his contract
one chance he took was that the trumps
were split and the other was that 4 was
tho player that held them both. Against
these was the chance that Is had both
trumps, In which case the lead OF the low
trump from Y's hand would have cost
him nearly 500 points difference in the
score
Here is an instructive situation which
brought out "A good deal Of discussion as
TO the correct play, the bidding being
acknowledged to be very faulty
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FOR THE YOUNGER SET

Here Is a little problem FOR the younger
members Of the family in the solution oil
which they may have To- ask for a
little help from the grownups
There are many ways of writing fig
ures. that which we commonly use being
called The Arabic, In some things We
use the Roman, Now YOU may take
either you please or mix them up ia
solve this puzzle, which Is to write the
figures for one thousand and then add
the figures for one hundred and eleven
IN such u manner that the total shall Ne
more than fifteen hundred.
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satisfactory reply. IL would not have been safe
70 win the y. e.g ...Pxf: 20, PxP. kip. X
Bro, with a winning ATTACK
lmD Having In view the sacrifice OF the ca
change; he moves his X In order 10 prevent black
IRON ht,er"ard exchanging Qs by . ch
M Loss or time. R-KR2 would have made
everything safe and rendered the contemplated
sacrifice OF the exchange unsound
tOl Even now R-kR2 would probably have
az least drawn. H. however, 81 O~Ks oh.
*. KIP. QAQ mot q. Dab. because OF IS R-ki ,
81 Ky re. -. kip oh. K n; 80. BxP and
favor OF white s OIL"
90 Threatening 10 win the o by PxKt oh
", Nmte mas now an easy won game and tho
rest Is merely question of rouhnc
PROBLEM NO. <ss. BY X FRITsCH.
Rlack-a ntsna.
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TIE TRANSPORTATION rrzalr.

Algcrnon Bray has pointed ont that If
1t is not necessary to return the blanks
to their original positions in the puzzle
printed on August lG, Buy THE Sun
the change may be made in ten moves,
instead Of twelve, by so arranging mat
tiers that the three letters, Il, : and y
are pushed down one square diagonaliy
at the end. The order Of the moves is
AZ follows 10, 10, /, :, 22. l6. 10. 10,
and l, each going to the only vacant
space.
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90 8
SQ76
O ] 10 2 Sc
2z 10 go g.!s
kKs IA 81 - 10 3 3
3KQ6 95
-tKJ9 z "a 10 2 S
UA6
- as
D "a
"a 8 3 2

Il dealt and bid two 10 trumps, which Is
common way of showing 100 aces In the
hand. AS A had the lead no did not feel
,rled upon to show any suit aud passed.
I had no takeout ana passed also, and Is
tod his partner to lead.
THE Sun would Ice glad to have the
opinion of some of It's readers Az To how
this hand should have been played. \
opening the game with his fourth best
hart.
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CIubs are trumps and Is IN the lead,
Y and Y want six tricks Can they get
them against any style OF defence that
A and b may put upH
The distribution OF the cards is as
follows
holds the four OF hearts, queen and
four of clubs, king three deuce OF dia-
monds. no spades.
A has the queen ten eight OF hearts.
eight of clubs, Jack OF diamonds six OF
spades
haS the trey o. hearts, Ave and three
OF clubs, six and five of diamonds ana the
ace Of spades,
II has the ace nine OF hearts, ten six 81
clubs, eight OF diamonds and the queen
-. spades.
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Checker problem No 291. by John
wehnan OF Brooklyn, while not especially
difficult was a very neat stroke and pro-
vlded an agreeable opening for the next
honor list. Judging from the length OF
rho list OF solvers il attracted consider
able attention from checker players all
over the country.
The distribution Of the pieces was -
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SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. Si
b RIB 2. Kt- k4. sc.
J. R-RS' RxKt. g QxRch, sc.
SOLUTION TO END GAME STUDY rpas
LAST WEEK
!, Boo. R-B2 az RIA ? B-3-
ne ,, B-K5, ch, SCI . D-Ks
R-B6 uf R-R?, instead: B-K6 en-, &cJ
- K-k., lt-QB6. 4. B-KJ. K-BtI
Correct solutions received to Noa si
anu 80. from Charles willing Atlantic CITY
y T. Robert u; Hixon. New York city
H. H. Slemmer New York city.
Correct solutions received to NJ 1s, s.o,u
James Roberts Philadelphia, Ia. W. d L. II
New York city; j. w. johnson, New York
ety. s b. chi!tenden. New York tity
Tonpkinsvilic, Staten Island, n Y: Prof
N L. Perry, Brooklyn, n. y.
Correct solutions received to last weeks
en-, Mi gam r, study from Edward o. psvins
Conn. C., Mate. East Orange, N, j.; James
Eoherts, Philadelphia. Pa; Robert H. Hixon,
=, Additional correct solutions received 70
Anchorage, ".
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White 20 play and win.
The distribution OF the pieces is: Blacl
nien on II, IL. 10 and II: king on 20
Nhlte men on Is. %, 81 and SO: kins
on o
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PROBLEMS FOR "SUN"
READERS TO SOLVE
A Position Of Interest TO the
Student Of Tactics at
Bridge.
NEAT STROKE AT CHECKERS
John Wchnan Of Brooklyn Pro-
vidcs Clever Opening for
Honor List.
NEAT STROKE AT CHECKERS

Bridge problem No. 2oi, Ivy A. 7. Stras-
burger OF Washington. shows a position
In game ending that might easily arise
any time at the card table and con-
tsins "A rather interesting little hint for
the student Of tactics. Here IL the dis
frib,itiop
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Whites pieces
white to play and mate In three moves
PROBLEM NO. tt ny J. JEsPERsEN.
Blacks pieces.
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White-8 pieces
white to play and mate In two moves.
SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. .si.
|, Bro. &c.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-28
WIDOW
WAS PARTY
To PLOT
Opening Argument in Suit to Re-
cover $250,000 Estate for
Heirs Is Bitter.

Colonel j. s. James, counsel for
the heirs at law of Joshua Crawford,
made sweeping charges of fraud and
conspiracy against Mrs, Mary Belle
Crawford Tuesday afternoon in open
ing the arguments in the suit to re-
cover for the heirs the bulk of Craw-
ford's $250,000 estate which now is in
the possession of the widow.
Colonel James charged that Craw-
ford was insane and drunk at the
time he married Mrs Crawford and
therefore was incompetent to enter
into contract of marriage.
He enlarged upon the testimony
given during the long civH trial. es-
pecially on that part which had beer
construed by the heirs to indicate
that Mrs. Crawford not only married
the old man for his money, but ac-
tually poisoned him in order to get II
the more quickly.
The names Of w II, Bishop. Of
Fayette County, Pa. and Charles r
McKenna, of Uniontown, Pa, were
mentioned by Colonel James as those
of two-ex husbands of the defendant
from whom she had not been legally
separated.
Colonel James estimated that II
would take him seven or eight hours
for his argument. This is taken to
mean that the arguments viii extend
into Thursday. They are being heard
before Special Auditor James Ander-
son, who has presided throughout the
trial. which first entered the courts
last May.