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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-05

Don't poss - . specialist unless you
are qualified FOR the job.
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KINGS GAMBIT.
Remove Whites Queens rook from the board.l

The Manhattan and Isaac l.. Rice
Progressive Chess Clubs held most sue
cessful quarterly meetings on Thursday
evening. when s. y. Levy In the alb
sence Of the president and vicc-pres!dent
presided at tho Manhattan Chess Club
and President Joseph Liebcrgall at the
Isaac L. Rice Progressive Club. From
the reports read by tho secretaries n
treasurers OF both clubs It was seen
that both these ORGANIZATIONS are four
,shing and the tournament managers are
bent upon making things very lively dur
ing the coming season. At the Isaac
L. Rice Progressive Club 1t was decided
unanimously that n committee should
arrange a memorial function on Novem-
Der .. the first anniversary OF the death
OF Prof. Isaac l.. Rice. to be wound up
with a grand rapid transit tournament,
Rice gamb!ts only to be played in tho
first round. Nominations FOR officers
and directors. who are to be elected
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that II there Is a choice In leading up TO
no trumpers, he preference should be
given to the major suit, as no trumpers
are never long In hearts or spades. or the
suit would have been selected for the
declaration. as II Is safer.
Consequently, when the second hand
holds n good major suit bid. he assumes
weakness In that suit In the no trumper.
But this overlooks the inevitable answer,
that IL the no trumper is weak in that
suit the player will shift. or play to a
the game. The bid Is a distinct warning
that the no trumper cannot go game. as
the declared suit will be led.
There are countless instances OF such
second hand bids going game against
original no trump bids. but in the hur-
rah over II one seldom stops to inquire
II the dealer really held n no trumper.
much less to analyze carefully what
would have happened to that alleged no
trumper II the second player had kept
still.
In the hand already alluded to, pub
lished September 10. the second player.
holding five spades TO the king queen
Jack. and five hearts to tho ace queen
r5ack, would have set the no trumper II
he had kept still. but could not possibly
win the game In either hearts or spades.
In spite Of the fact that many good
players still bid major suits against no
trumpers. probably from force Of habit.
the fundamental rule holds good that 1t
Is n losing gam in the long run, because
there Is more to be made by setting the
no trumper than by attempting to get
the declaration way from II.
The excuse that modern dealers bid
no trumps on next to nothing only en-
hances h strength Of the argument
against disturbing such bidders. because
the weaker the no trumper the more
severely It can be punished. but 1t some
times turns out to bo anything but a
weak one. The old maxim is quite
apropos. Let sleeping dogs lie.'
In order to arrive at a fair estimate
Of the merits OF the argument there are
two kinds OF hands to consider those
that that are practically sound no
trump bids on tho dealers part, but
nothing extraordinary, md those h a
are distinctly sketchy. Until some one
tells US how TO discover which class
tho dealers hand belongs to we must go
on averages.
Here are one or two examples Of this
system Of ov~ercalllng no trumpers with
major suits. taken from notes Of n large
number Of hands played in duplicate
matches last winter. The student may
Judge for himself OF the respective
merits OF the two systems; that con-
sistently recommended by ThE SrN
especially for beginners. which Is TO let
the no trumper alone. and that followed
by those who assume that no trumpers
are largely matters of blum. ,
The hands given to-day are In the
class OF average original no trump dec
larations. and OF cards in the second
hand. which would demand a declaration
under any circumstance but this par
ticular one q no trumper bid ahead
Of them.
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z dealt n bid no trump. This is
a fair average hand and can stand a
take out In either OF the major suits.
A bid two hearts. hoping to score 81
honors. even II he were set so on the
contract This drove Y TO three dla-
monds. a suit which he would not other
wise have mentioned. and u. who can
run the diamonds. bid three hearts.
As \ result A was set for two tricks.
leaving him with n net loss OF 80 points.
Had he let rs no truinper alone he
would have scored so In penalties. aces
easy. Had Y been left to play &, at
three diamonds he would have uade It.
and he did so at three tables. The
difference between this ~ plus and the
80 minus II might have been shows a
clear loss OF SO for A.
According to the brief notes OF the
play at one table Y opened with tho
diamond. although tho trump is more
usual when the partner has bid no
trumps. 2 won the trick and led a
trump. A ruled dummy with "A small
diamond n led a club. This allowed Y
to get in again and lead another trump,
putting dummy out OF the running.
A ruled the club. put dummy In with
a spade and led another club. This left
z with two trumps to AS one. Y won
the next spade lead with the queen and
z rufYed the diamond. The ace OF
clubs forced AS last trump and z made
the next two tricks with the trump and
the spade king.
Here Is another in which the second
hand bid not only frightens the dealer
out OF his no trumper but drives him
into an unexpected game going declara-
ton.
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CHESS FOR PLAYER,
LOVER AND STUDENT
Janowski's Brilliant Play
Blackburne Would Have
Called Tt

Tho British champion and veteran
player J. II. Blackburne could not have
paid greater homage to the late Ameri-
can ingenious chess master Paul Nor
ply than by calling any brilliant COM
bination "A little bit Of Morphy."
whether he himself at simultaneous ex-
hibitions succeeded IN bringing about
brilliant endings, or whether n other
master excelled by 'nreworks' at SINH
lar exhibitions or in, offhand play At
games with odds against amateurs. Who
soeyer had the good. fortune to witness
will never forget the witty remarks made
by him during the progress of play.
Oftentimes he would address his op-
ponents with the remark: well, hero
I have a chance to bring about a little
bit OF Morphy.' but on n occasion,
when he fulfilled an engagement at the
Bradford Chess Club. maybe thirty years
ago. ne seemed TO have been at his best.
Play had proceeded for about . couple
OF hours when he came to q board at
ttt ass aiihNCut vim =
be In q terrible fx. AS a matter Of fact,
he almost stood ready 20 resign the
game. After Blackburne had taken in
the situation he dryly remarked Things
do not look we'll at all. ! am very much
in q TX" The amateurs face bright
ened into a perfect smile as he thought
that bis position was not as hopeless AZ
il looked. But ~Blackburne quietly con-
tinued: See hero, my friend" address
ing his adversary. there are four dis-
ferent ways in mating you in three
nov and I do not know as yet which
Is the neatest little bit of Morphy.'"
II tho British champion could have
witnessed Janowski's play ut the Man
haitian Chess Club last week, when the
Partisan conceded 20 his amateur OPP
ponent the odds of n rock. he certainly
would not have hesltated a minute 20
apply his favorite term for brilliant
tactics. the more so as It was really
a masterpiece. OF course ever ready
question. will at once minimize the mas
ter's clever tactics by calling the ANA.
teur a dufer. &C. entirely overlooking
tho fact hat Janowski played minus a
rock and that a rock player cannot be
expected always to nnd . proper de-
fence. However. let the reader be the
critic and Judge for himself when play
Ing over the game. which 10 herewith
appended:
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0IUoCO PIANO

8. K.-Kt, Zoo S'BNKS. PrIi;i. Es1p.
o-Kst; KtIKt en-. kt-oA Ext:
10 K.B snot e SSs.iss. Sscsus: q 10
cssiies. If instesd Of T.. kiIKi. White pias:
i liSki, PsB; iifo-Ss. b-Rs; i. dr. a.
k-Q; u. KtxP Oh, K.B:. II. DON, DER
case With. advantage for black. Bisci also
obtains the better game II white plays s.
BxP oh instead for capturing the II ~
WJ This move 10 not advisable. - viii.
and his B at K3 sfterward affords blsck .
Gcj Black has already the better position
I'D II 10 generally preferable TO castle on
tho kine's side. NJ the king 10 less exposed
TO attack there than on the queens eide.
increases his advantage.
n.Ds Ii. B.. for iisp Il. pIxi. sSen H.. VIA.
S Ak. CHI Oh. i: k XXX. 6 p.P CHI h, 4 I'll FL
20. More decisive would have been r..
Kt-Bt, As well as R-R'. II in reply white
PLAYED q. .o-oKt2. then N...ox0 Oh: IS
T. R-xM,, - then sin% sRs-B N: ana sI sins.
~ White could not avoid the lose ~ .
PAW. = q. P-RA. then N...R-K: IS
@A siupaer, but. III. .sm. -:s Lost n
then s1...P-oB&: threatening a.. .KtxP.
~ A we'll played gams By Mr.. 0rifAth.
PROBLEM NO. sss. BY r. MoRAvEC.
Black-7 PieceaL
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1sss A eoSs
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z dealt. His no trumper Is beyond
criticism. but 4 does not realize its
strength and bids two spades. His hand
Is perfectly good for the contract. as will
he seen II the hand Is played with spades
for trumps.
Not being able to stop the spades. but
having honors in nil the other suits, y.
with more faith In his partners bids,
felt he had to encourage him a bit. so he
bid three clubs. Satisfied with having
driven tho opponents into a minor suit, d
passed. z correctly inferred that Y was
bidding on his ability to ruff the spade
suit, so he passed.
This happened at two tables, and at
both OF them Y went game In clubs.
What has A gained by overcalling the
no trumper7 At the tables at which A
did not bid, Y said nothing about the
clubs. and all that z could mako at no
trumps was two odd four diamonds. two
clubs, the aces of hearts and spades. It
has already been admitted that A could
have made his contract In spades, with
four honors, but no would have been set
II he had bid three. BY making any bid
at all, he drives he opponents into tho
only possible declaration that could win
the game.
This happened At two tables. but the
Dlhy Wdo ~ hhok ~ " cDhH ~
teresting and instructive, At ono table
Y led trumps at once; at the other hs
ruffed his own strong trump hand right
along.
The trump leading play Is simple, All
hangs on being able 10 get n into the
lead on the third round Of diamonds at
ter forcing BIS last trump. so as to lead
from tho ace to h queen In hearts. A
and Il make n heart and one trump
only.
At tho other table. y led tho spade,
dummy won It and led another for Y to
ruff. A small diamond and no hnesse
Of the Jack allowed Y to ruff another
spade. Another small diamond caught
rs queen. A small heart from dummy.
and A put On tho king, so as to give Ii
q ruff with the third diamond.
1t does not matter what Il leads now
He actually led another spade. upon
which dummy discarded his last dia
mond. Y ruled the spade. led king and
another trump and dummy wound up the
show with his two trumps and the sstab-
lisAsa 4Sarts.
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Auction Bridge. J. r. N. says: The
holds FIVE hearts to the king ten.
three spades to the king ten, three CLUBS
10 the king nine n W small Ola
monda What should no declare and
why?
Pass. He 10 10 strong enough for a
no trumper and a not the sure tricks
to Justify q heart bid on the nrst round.
II the situation II favorable he a bid
when It comes round to him
again. II It never m round no IN
well out Of It.
q. L. d. says: The dealer bids . dia-
mond and all pass. A leads the spade
Jack. dummy lays down king and "
small, third hand has ace ana three
small. Dummy's weak suit Ia three
hearts TO tho nine. As the declarer
must have the spade queen. should b
pass up the Jack when dummy does not
nut on the king or should she win n
return tho suit. hoping the Jack Is a
singleton, or should she lead a heart
after winning tho spadef
Put on the ace and lead the heart II
she has any card that will beat dummy's
nine. But the unnamed cards In the
thlr0 mana are lHlpOTthHtt us aHy hi'o'
should be made at once, so as to he sure
Of saving tho gane.
Mrs. T. says: The declarer leads
from her own hand when dummy won
the last trick. Dummy says. This
hand, partner" The opponent on tho
left says Il Is too late to correct the
lead, but her partner wishes TO exact a
penalty for dummy's remark 10 there
any under tho circumstAncesf
Tho only penalty 10 that the oppo-
nents may require the lead TO DO made
from tho wrong hand. This has been
done in refusing to allow the lead to be
corrected.
F. ]. L. says: Toward the end Of the
hand one Of the deolarers opponents
finds he has . card too many The
others have the right number and CON
cluds to play the hand out. Al the next
trick, whom A leads the king Of hearts,
ths deciareP remarks that no won .
trick With that card earlier In the play.
The tricks are counted and found TO be
correct and the Duplicate card 10 then
discovered 70 be from some other pack.
but net from The 0du pack On The table.
Doss this invaltda1o the dAAlf
n ths 0Asss SeAssU Aavs ~ s1OAA
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number of cards and there was no ques-
ton as to tho correctness OF the deal
at the time It was made the superfiuous
card must have been taken into the hand
of the player by accident, and as he has
not suffered any injury from its possess
sion the deal must stand. but he cannot
lead that card and win a trick with Il
play.
G. T. Al says: During tho coupe
of a rubber A takes q dislike to the red
cards and insists they are hoodoos. so
he orders another red pack from tho
club attendant. II bets that II no orders
new cards at all he must order wv
packs and that he annot take the red
cards unless his opponents agree to It
A bets that II he orders new cards and
pays for them he can have the color he
wants.
A Is wrong. He must order two packs,
and his opponents have the choice for
their next deal.
y. C. J. says: The bidding has been
spades by II. as against no trumps by
2, and II il AS lead TO the no trumper.
lie holds four spades to the Jack ten and
leads the smallest. b bets he should have
led the Jack. Dummy had queen small.
Il had six to the king nine and played
the king, which fell to the lone aoe and
left the queen good.
Some players lead tho lowest OF four
to show number. but the majority are Of
opinion that It is better to show what
high cards are out against tho suit the
partner has declared. In this case the
play OF tho king Ii wrong. no matter
which system A follows. as the deciarer
must nave ace Jack or ace alone.
L. p. says: The declaration 10 no
trump. The declarer wins only one trick,
and has no nee. What do tho adver-
saries scorer There was no doubling.
In penalties 500 and 50 for little
slam, with 20 aces. This suppose that
the bid was one only.
Poker. q. T. says: A opens. n and @
stay, each In turn raising. Opener sea-
both raises n stands pat. Neither u
nor G vii, call his bet after tina draw,
but ask to see openers. 1t turns out thai
A has . four card straight only. b hal
three sixea and @ three QussnA bstA
holding their hands until they saw open.
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THE SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

ers The bet IL that a. tho openers
hand Is foul Q wins the pot.
C has been bluffed out by As be
so has b. The pot 10 therefore AS II 10
had legitimate openers. ~ no cannne
show his qualification the pot mus, ro-
main as It is for the next deal.
S. s. w. sayst We cannot see thA
objection to letting an opener split II / >
wants TO without saying he 10 splitt;nc.
provided he nails HE discard. Why =
that not evidence enough tla3 he :
splitting without saying 1T
The objection IL that IL foross one
player at the table to disclose his hand
and TO confess that whereas HI had a
good pair to 60 in with he has nothing
but a bobtail to draw to. This II con.
trary to the whole spirit ~ the game.
BY making every opener put his dis
card under the chips in tho pool this IS
avoided.
% II. c. b. wants 70 know whsis
he can ind the rules FOR this Japane
game. referred to In II EVENING Sun
on September 20. as deeper than chess.
Any good publisher will supply tia
only book that gives the complete d.
scription Of the play and the laws. L.
is entitled GO" and Is fully illustrate,
.Hbn 49,
Auction Bridge. J. NJ. W. says \
deals and passes without n bid. holdirs
eight hearts to the five honQ!s. the other
suits divided 2. 2, !, without "a winning
card among them. The reason assigned
are that II In impossible there should not
be some other bids made. and then tia
secondary bid OF hearts will come IN.
Also. that hand 10 better for tho offensive
n partner can SHOW a suit, as II can BID
higher after knowing what the partn.r
has Tho hand cannot go eams II tie
partner has nothing. m he should be a.
lowed 70 show what he can do.
Most players would bid three Or for
hearts on suoh . hand At once. trustr ;;
the partner Tor two tricks. To pass an
bid hearts the second round looks like :
long. weak suit, and may discourage tin
partner from assisting. Suppose. acrr
passing, second hand bids two spades.
Third hand will cay aothins. and thcr
the dealer WIN have g risk three h"ar's
IN tie AsrA
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THAT Wan PRoBLRN,

THAI wan PROBLEM.
The puzzle va to discover a number.
less than 10000. which would meet the
following conditions: Some cannon balls
that had been piled in triangular pyra-
mlds. six on a side and six high. had
been rearranged into pyramids Of MINI
on a side and nine high. In no. original
arrangements there had been one ball
left over. In the second arrangement
there was non over.
The solution depends upon two things
the Limitation of the number TO less than
10000, and the number OF times that n
number 4 be ascertained will 20 into
another number. with q remainder of
one only.
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100 piles.
IS In each,
or 6,1o+.

Every triangular pyramid Of six on
a side contains Sc units. while every
similar triangle with nine OF a side con-
,ains 1875 units. The problem IL there
fore 10 find some multiple OF 165 which
ehall leave a remainder OF one when d.
vided by IS.
The only number that will answer
these conditions. less thar 10000. Is 6.l05.
as the next larger Is I5.345. In tho orig
inal distribution there must have been
100 piles OF Sc each. and under tho new
arrangement only 81 piles Of les each.
The TEN COUNTERS.
There II an old and pretty we'll known
puzzle which rests upon the Geome'r'cal
principle of the pentagon. This "a TO ar
range ten counters in such a manner
that there shall be Ave distinct rows OF
four each. Hero Is the solution:
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PROBLEMS FOR SUN
READERS TO SOLVE.
Instructive End Games at
Bridge and Checkers
New Honor Lists.

Bridge problem No. sos was not as
difficult as most OF those In the eight
card class. the solution depending upon
a principle Of play rather than upon
any scheme Of forcing discards or plac-
ing the lead. Simple as It may appear
to the expert solver, the extra trick h a
would have won the game n rubber
was entirely missed In the actual game.
although It was admitted that the posi-
ton Of every card was marked. Hero is
the distribution:
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Clubs are trumps and z is In tho lea d.
Y and u want all six tricks against any
system Of discarding. Distribution fol.
lows:
diamonds.
A has tho three Of trumps eight four
Of diamonds; king queen deuce of
spades no hearts.
Il has the Jack ten Of hearts: eight Of
trumps: queen nine Of diamonds. and
the seven Of spades.
Y has the Jack OF trumps /: ace Jack six
Of diamonds; four and three Of spades !
no hearts,
CHECKER nNplNos.
Problem No. Sss seems to have given
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THIS arrangement avails Itself OF the
opportunity TO make each counter a part
OF two separate rows by the simple ex-
pedient OF turning the inner peTagon
upside down
What other ARRANGEMENT II there thai
will equally produce Ave rows with -four
IN ZACH row, using only ten counters. the
figure having not tho slightest resem-
blance to . pentagon7
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some Of the solvers considerable trouble
In spite Of the fact that II could be done
in three move Tho key move was not
easy to md and the ending would have
done credit to that past master Of sur
prise endings, II D. Lyman.
Tho distribution vas Black men on
II, IS and 90 king on .. White men on
Is. 20 and 81 king on 4. Black to play
and win. Here are the moves that
solve:
Black. White.
- Isis
800 27-20
=
The hopelessness Of whites position
Is almost laughable, yet there Is not q
hint Of what II coming In tho problem
itself. The student should observe that
the result Is brought about entirely by q
correct application. Of the theory Of the
move.
Here Is the last Of tho easy ones be-
fore the start of the ace for the next
honor list. which will begin with No. 401.
pRoDIBM NO. 400. cHHoKIRs.
Black
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next Thursday evening. concluded the
business Of the Isaac L Rics Progres-
sive Chess Club.

TIL. Germann and r. G. 0ri6ath are
playing . match for the Murton Cup.
resulting from . tie match In . British
tournament Following 10 the scors of
n Of the games with notes ~ A.
Burn in The FSsld:
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pRoDLsN NO. 400. cHscKHRs.
Black.
ID; .:.
White.

Black to play and win.
The distribution IL: Black men on I
and Q: king on s. White men on 8. 10
and IL.
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whits-s Pieces
White TO play and mats Ia eve Rsvsa.
SOLUTION &c NC. 90.
I. o-B2. PxO; .. R-K:, &C.
J. Q-B2. KtIQ; .. Kt-Bs ch. &c.
l. O-B2. P-R6; .. R-K2, 20.
!. Obs. RIP; .. R--K2, he.
/. o-B3, kip; :. XXI 40.
!. Q-Be. R-R1; 3. ORR, &c.
!. OBJ. any other; .. R-k2. &c.
SOLUTION TO NO ssS.
I. F-KB2. &C.
Solutions 60 problems SSS and SIS re-
ceived from John Bogner. New York city
". Mason. Rye. y. Y: John Fox in, New
York city.
Solution TO es< received from Bsn1amin
Erenthal, New York city.
solutions to 6s6 received from y, j.
Lane. New York city; "w. d. 1. Rs, New
York city; $. Il. Chittenden. 9ullfoxd.
Conn; J. w. Scovilie. New York city,
Additional solutions to ss3 and sSs re-.
colved from John ]. LeQuim. East Orans-.
y. j.; Alfonso Martinez, Havana, Cuba; .
ss3 from :. Il. chittenden. 0uilford. Com.
Respecting problem $50 attention should
BE- drawn to the fact that In order to make
the problem sound . black bishop ahould
BE- placed on white's KR square. QNi'
would then ut solve the problem.
CORRESPONDENCE.
]. Y. Heller. Chicago, IL-If I. o..
oxKt; !. Kt-K3 CHI and mate according a.,
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PROBLEM NO. $50. BY r. Mo0AvEC.
Black-7 Pieces.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-02-01

mittee. The latter were ordered paid and the balance referred to the guar dians of finance for their o. K
 Lomen then made his motion rela- tive to the school board funds ana was followed by Councilman Ross who thought the city should publish not ice asking citizens to turn in a report when street lights were found to be out of order. His remarks were mere ly a suggestion, however, and did not agree with the views of Councilman Loman, who said that the police should look after such matters, and thought that they would. As there was no further business, the council then ad- journed on motion of Thompson.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-02-01
NOME SEWARD PENINSULA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

The weekly meeting of the Nome common council last night was dis tinguished largely by the rapid fire
 way in which the business of the meet
 ing was disposed of and also for the absence of all but routine business
 aic very little of that. In fact the council was In session less than a unc rter of an hour. Councilmen Leh- uan and Blake were absent when the mayor called the meeting to order The minutes were read and duly ap' proved. The municipal Poo Bah otherwise Clerk Grimm. assumed fol few minutes one of his varied roles that of clerk of the school board, ant read In his best manner communica. ton requesting that the council se
 aside the sum of two thousand dollar! for the uses and purposes of tho school board. The request was late
 granted under the head of new Lusi ness on motion of Councilman Lomen The mayor called successively for th' reports of city officers, and standing and special committees. but withou
 response. Professor Grimm, who hat by this time resumed his usual role 0
 municipal clerk, then read a varie
 assortment of claims and account
 against the city. some of which wer
 read for the first time while other
 were approved by the finance com