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THE SUN, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1914.
PROBLEMS FOR "SUN"
"; READERS TO SOLYE
Tliroc Answers to Itriil-re Puz
zle Tlml St limped Kn llsli
Players.
SriUMMSKS OF CIIKCKKItS
to have puzsled the American cracks as
much as It did the Hngllsh. who first '
tried It In actual play; but It must be
remembered that the forme- have bad
more practice In problem solving. It tc-1
nulned neveMhclcs for readers of Tnr
KU.V tn show tint the required number
of tricks could b- got In three different
ways. . Ileie Is the distribution!
10 8 2
Q 3
0 Q
X 8
5J7
J 10 6 4
OA 8
A
Clubs are trumps ami 7. ! In the lead.
T and 7. want ail e ght tricks aga nt any
defence.
The most popular solution, sent In by
th in.ijorlt) of those who g it It light.
Is for 7. to st.ut with the t in in i. the pn
piary object of .ittack being to force heart
discards from II or to establish the eight
of spades f r V. n the second mini I
of trumps, both of A's fall and II has to
d'seard. I
1 II .11 I ,t. t - I' I....I..
(iiiiiiioiiii anil t is in i'i it an iwo roiiuii
t ,w ii,. ii.- a... ,.t ii,.-.. .ii .i,..
:? . J ii , . .i .
,l..or dls.'i lc. Ill, the 1 1st ,
trump If A b go a heart, keeplir,' the
urade king throws aw i.v the spade and
H must bHi. up n heart or nuke the.
.light of diamond good for .i trick In .
hand
If II illfcii-.ln 11 hr.irt mi the return ,
of the trump by V the nct lead will be
a spade Inst- id of a diamond and '. will
rump it. The last trump forces A lo
d'scard. If be lets go a heart Y makes
three tricks In that suit. If he drops the
diamond queen V can make two heart
tmkx .mil lead through li s minor tenac! '
In diamond for two more tricks.
If A d'lards a spade, leaving hi part
ner with the J n k of that suit. Y discard
the Ik art. and II may as well go on ills
cardl.ng hearts, so as lo keep guard on
the to other suits. 7. now lead a heart,
and afer Y la made two tricks In that
Ult II finds himself In a hole, as he
must (-H.i1pI.s1i two diamond for . uc a
spade for Y.
Sewr.il Miroil t!ds iilt.i.-k l mak ng '
T lead one round of hearts before fore-.
Ing 7. with the spade when II discarded 1
a heart "li the second trump lead. The I
trick I then for , to unblock by play- 1
lug the heart Jack. Then If A discard I
the Np.iib' kliiL' Y can let mi the d ainond, I
eo as to make the tenace In heart or the.
spade eight, unless II ilii ts to give ,
two trick In diamonds. j
Several solvers did not see the trump '
attack at nil but started uith the ace
of diamond, which they followed w'th 1
the si'Vi n . f hearts. A spade lead gives ,
7. a turf and Y Is In again with .mother
hoait from 3Vm hand to lead his third
heart for 7. to ruff with the high trump,
so that he can lead the smaller one
through A This allows y to win which
ever trump A plays and gives 7. a final
ruff on the spades, nuking the ace of
iruinp niinseii on inn lasi irictv. j
Pome varied this by starting with the
heart, letting 7. ruiT a spade on the re-
turn. Then the aco of diamonds wins. '
T wins another h-art and , rurfsVthe
thlid heart with the high trump, so as
to lead the small one through A nnd i
get a tint on the second round of spades. ,
This u i, i..rv nr,.iiv virlniinn
T,Sm, e solvers 'saw f' these varla- '
tlons. the diamond and the heatt opening. !
but none saw all three. Those who got j
the trump attack did not see the ,'ros i
ruff at nil. Here ire those who cot the
Inl.. ,-l.l-u l.i ,..n .1, t),..f
" ,. ....... Wu', ' .. o.
Dean Smith, K. M. I'ro'. Wilker Mc.Mir-j
tin. I.. S. Il.rt. Ji . l'r iuU II Voung. D. I
A. , Henry Anilresen, ('. II. O'l'onnor,
couit. II. T. Stockton, W. I'. W., Itoseoo f
IlarrlH. 1'rederlc I'yle. Warren Il.mner, .1
C. Hume. M. II 11. .loin H. Whltltw. P.
A. Weaver. Whlli-ivvay, ll.irrv Itoen
thnl, P. S. Howell. O. Itichardson.
fleorge H C.lovir. Charle M. Hoot. C. V
Johnson. W. .1. (likes. O. K. Mempel, C
H. derry and .1. W. Wortx.
Here Is a position that wa ummI as a
special test lesson by a well 'mown
teacher nf the old game of bridge. It
Is curious that any four persons to whom !
11 11 Miiiioiii.-.i linn ."" 'i'ii me ;
O'lrreet line of pl.iv until they, have tried
1I..O ,.f l I4M,I ll.l.'A IflA.I
out several 1 n s .i.v' f..ii"d i'w lp defects:
nnipc.K rnnm.KM no. !!.
Clubs ate ti limps and Is In the lead,
1(0 .v shniild Y and , play the hand so as
to get Ihe gie.itest number nf tricks out
ill It agalnit the best defence?
The dlslilbutiou of the card Is n fol
lows .
V has tho King queen live of hearts;
i queen jliree of diamonds; four ai.d
deuce of spades; no trumps,
A has the nine eight suveir six live of
asmonds ; queen six live of spades; no
nn.ru or trumps.
H boa the uce Jack of hearts; queen
even of trumps; klrg Jack four deuce
of diamonds; no spades.
7. has the nee Jack of trumps: ten of
diamonds, j.irK ,.M nm. eUlil time of
tr i lis nu Iiimi Is,
. in:, urn cmiivi i
Prpbjiin No JliT was the cluing of a
. i' . j -l n ui t,,. .Messrs, dins-
2? A K 9
AT
0 6
4 8 4
Y I Q 6
A B 6
Z 1 3 6
A. W Madden C. T. .Murrell. p. l'erry, II. , f
T. Ilurke. V. II. Palrtleld. A. P. tlreenburg, II
R r,, Tlralne S. S. ('lain. Keystone. I,. M.
Atterbury. W. T Thallon. II. It. Wright. I
If W. Starr. 1. Snotswooil. Ilurton O. i t
Ttlslr, Hart Kogerty, It. M. Whl'eheail. V. i
Reely. M. 1,. . .I.unes Stein. S. C Mar-!
n i i ri
1M li
5ol foTol I "' I f55JT2
tot i - m
o ol lo ol jjj
1RP mm
o '
l o" ol U 1 I 0 j
iM Fl FTl
W
Jl&j ly k l l
: M7im
i
burg and Ranks, There appear to be no
less than three key moves that will win
for white, ami one which looks very prom
ising that would give black a drawn
Kamc,
In the. actual game the wlnnltrg play
was that shown In the tlrst variation of
thos tabulated below, white's move being
2.-. 21.
The distribution of the pieces Is as fol
lime. I Hark men on fi, 7, !, 11, ID and
21. White men on 14, 18, 25, 26, 28 mi
31. White tn play ami win.
The following analysis of the possibili
ties of the situation Is from It. 1). Ly
man, who calls attention to the ease with
which a .plact might slip up and Rive
black a drae, provided black knew how
to secure It. That Is a problem In Itself,
aim a very Interesting one.
White. Illack.
II 2) 2:. 21 n 13
21 IT 1322
2 1C II IB
IS If. A l 20
1311 716
1713 - W wins.
A.
2427
.11 2t H 20
1510 W wins.
No. 1.
2 22 IJII 1ft
IS 15 ! 11
13 II IS 23
II 2 23 2ft
2 7 I ft 20
22 17 . 2ft 30
23 21 3025
711 :.
1713 9 14
11 16 W wins.
II.
J 13
2521 II 1ft
IS 15 1620
1511 716
14 10 C 9
221 W win.".
No. 2.
25 22 C 11 15
15 2 ! 25
2 6 2530
26 22 3026
2" 17 22
1713 221"
ii 10 U 13
10 II W wins.
C.
915
2217 1322
Same as tiunk at 1.
Those who got one or more of
,, u.n,,,.,,, ,, ,Anl, ..i,
. " II. li'MP. James A. llreep Ralph
iuanionii. r. .1 Mcdarry. .lame? llyland. ,
AU)rt j. ,,,.,, ,. n.roff obolen. I
oonrrtil Alheldt. Jo-eph Klllott. William I). I
r1,xr u M T. w. MeMahon. Julius
olstelit. William Deane. .1. .1 I". ltron. !
p. .. W. Nicholas J. Ztinlno. I.. S. Hart.,
.lr. Ileiijamin Simon. Alfred H. Driver.
John Daly, Smith N Allen, C M. Ilunn,
Hubert II. Hlvoii. ('. I.. Lynn. J. A. Mac
('.ilium. II. Atlas. 1". A. Magennl. K. .1.
Walker. John (irlffen. Charles W Hall.
IMward Kaveny, (car llrlekson, Itobert 1
T. Illnlr, J. II. Norcmac and one unslgnej '
It Is Interesting to note that white 1
has Hire key mows that will win: 23:
21. 2122 or 26-22. but that If he
brgln with 26 23, we Bct 1926 and I
2 19 These bring about the following!
position : j
rr.OBt.KM NO 299. CIIRCI.KHS.
Hy II D. Lyman.
HInck.
Fvl Wl Vd
JK5
S3 55
S3 El IE
E3og3!B ffi
S3 IfDojg 53
White.
Illack to play ami ilraw
The distribution of the pieces I. Illack
men on 3. 7, 9. II and 26. White men
on II. v. 19. 25 and 31.
As there I 110 practical variation to
the line of play that secures the draw,
till should be a particularly Instructive
lesson for the beginner, ns well as quite
h nui in cracK lor ine 'Xpert.
, I
stvipii: aoiitiov
. 7' " : 7n, . .
. ;X " 'Vl' "f.IJ V
"t t,r " ' " ' ,, , u J'
. ' 1 " r '"i "" I
10 ,J " ,d.. ' a,rnu"'i:ra. " ,a" '
mane tne figures ror one hundred and i
m Jrhnn'lnl
".'onl of he an vers '
, ; ' " ot tn answers was legltl-;
ybo ,,., , , h ,
,,, . ,, ,i,, . , . if
"r " "llx thm u Wi,M ""'V ''luff
""e Is l'e solution:
Hy Joining the figures for 111 lo those
for 100U we get 1 !!, which In more tlu.i
1500.
A PrCt'l.lAH NASICK,
There are n number of puzzling and In
terestlng facts connected with nnslck
ui,n;ir,i ii'ltlh lini' l.ivu.l ,1...
,lf sfl. uf thp KrratL.Ht mathematical
, ,. thl - HMrPh for a tiiIm it-hl-li
.. . .. ' ' . '
would hold true for the construction of
all such squares.
One uf the unexplored corti'es of th
pioblem contains the secret of the con
xtKiit tint ends always v.1 Ih the same
digit This problem divld-s itself Into
two parts, the tt'st li'iig t llnd 111.
clplo for any tlnal tlgure, and the second to
lllld the digit that will give the lowest
constant. As an Introduction to this In
vestigation take this cryptogram:
91
avo vto iro no no
two aco aoo co no
VVO ISO TCO A O 8XO
AOO 880 TVO SCO OAO
810 T 0 T0 mo czo
iCach of thee letters stands for a digit,
and alwajs for the same digit, therefor
each of the twenty-live numbers In Ihe
tweuty.tlve cellsends with the same digit.
The problem Is to discover the number
that the letters represent, so that If the
figures took the place of the letters tho
quure would be a true nnslck. each row
up and down or from side to side or diago
nally or nny broken diagonal always yield
ing the siime total.
Itepreseiilntlvea J. Hampton Moore of
IVnnsylvnnla and Krnnk W. .Mnndell of
Wyoming aro two of the most Invclcr-
nte talkers In tlu House. They run llnd
i u great thnl to nay on almost any uli
I J.vt anil do. Hoth ult on tho Itrjiu'j
I llean aide of the House, but each . so
I eager to sprend language over tho
pages of the 'uii;rt'4fumi( Hcrnrrt that
they are i-onstuntly getting In each
other's way like two willing buys trying
to help mother.
The other night Moore gave a dinner.
Mondell wait one of the. gucsta and was
called on for a speech. After lin hud
been talking for a while a strange, glad
light n'erspread his fHre and no nb
srrved gratefully tn the genlnl nnd
urbnne host;
"I believe tills I the first time I havo
i ver tnlked when x'ou were present
without being Interrupted,"
PRIZE GAME EVILS
AT ROYAL AUCTION
Two Defects In Scoring System
at Public Gaines of Pro
gressive. RKSnr A MATT EH OF UTK
As the season approaches for the large (
public games of bridge that are held for
the purpose of raising funds for various
charities, authorities are being consulted
a to the rules beat suited to govern
such contests. It Is a difficult matter to
satisfy the divers demands of many play
ers, each with an Idea that her club
has the only correct method of counting.
These subscription and seml-publlc af
fairs are usually divided Into two or more
section. In one section the games are all
pivot, so as to allow friends to make up
their own tables. They can play anything
they like, as they must decide on their
winners themselves. In the other section
the game Is progressive, each Individual
phivlng for herself, changing both part
ner ajiri adversaries every four deals.
When the gnme Is pivot a prlxe must
be provided for each table, and It Is
usual to have them all alike, as there Is
no way In which to decide why one player
should be credited with a better score
than another without opening the door
for some quartet to run up a fabulous
score, so that one of the party shall win
the top prize. When the same four go
to another public game another of their
number can take her turn to ln the
grand piano or the automobile.
In the progressive game two evils nreto unguard the diamond and then risk a'
glaringly apparent, and there Is always
more or e grumbling at some one's luck,
In spite nf the oft repeated excuse that
It 1 a fair for one as for an
other. It. is nil a matter of luck anyway,
but the good players hate to be smothered
and go home without a pi lie.
The great defect In the progressive
ystem of scoring, which ha already
In en discussed In these articles, l the
Illegal method of determining the value
of the four deals that usually constitute '
a round. The laws say the lower score
shall be deducted from the higher, but ,
In practice the lower score keeps alt" It
makes. In pivot this makes no difference.
as the higher score I still at the table t
to hold the lower down.
The other evil In the progreslve game
Is the overpowering effect of one big
penalty score. A player may get SOO or
900 on a band, or twice a much us the
average value of four deals. It Is the
Mime a If one set of plsvem were al
lowed to play seven or eight rounds lo
the Ave of the others.
The average winning scores In these
rsme usually run from 1.S00 to 2,200.
This means about 100 to a round, or 100
for each deal, adding 125 points for 11
game won. In one or the Mg charity
games last winter the top score of 2,401
and the lowest to win one of the sixty
prlies was t.OCs,
Let in suppose that Mrs. Smith has
l.lnrt to her credit when she sits down for
the last inund. If she gets 400 she Is
luckv and may get one of the tallender J
,,ri... .. .nMn't.i.n. . n i,r.v ,.f h.iitn. !
powder.
' "
III!! on I !,.. In, fnor l,il, .h
may get a chance to set four diamonds, i
reuom.ieo. nir em. poims aim maj nave
S,T,;. Vr:.w TZTl0 ' y 0,nS "
. . . . - . . . . . ..
1.000 to add to her 1.J00, total :.300:.
nrsi lime, ii rinjri luano worm several
bundled dollars. This Is an nctuat nc-
currence from Inst winter.
As the hnmls are quickie played and
brown up, nnd as very few women can
tecnll the details. It I seldom possible to;
ascertain the causes of these freak scores '
In :l duplicate tournament that the writer
had charge of last winter two players nt
on.- tnlile had the astonishing total of
1 .S00 points In penalties In one set of four
deal. Thv weie able to show how tbev
made tin m, ns the cards were still In the
trnvs.
The curlou par' of It was that the play
of tlirM- hands at othT table showed that 1
'here should have been a gain of TO nolnts
on these ilenls lnieml of a net loss of
1.701. This swine gave n lead that no
other pair could overcome, nllhough the
tournament lnled for four sitting, with
twenty-eight deals In each.
It Is In order to neevent Just such freak
score that the Knickerbocker Whlt Club
of this city has innde It a rule In Its bl
monthlv miction names for mixed pnlrs
miiuiMit HiK-iioii Kiinies ior mixeii pairs
that there shall be no nennltv allowed to
lb- winners b.-von,1 ;r,0 point, ltho,.h
Ihe lowers aie still ehirA,l V..,v V.lii
I m inn.'" ,,n,i,,r"; !,'h L,!5.e...f
nnintint nctunllv lost. This effectually
ii'evenls one pall from making an unheat
nhl core on a single freak hand.
Kven under this arrangement. In the
case nf the four deals already cited, the
nnlr who actually got l.00 would have
won 050. Here Is the table of the scores
made nnd the sam cnres at other tables
adding the usual 126 for a game won In
n slncle deal, according to the official laws
for duplicate i
nl.
I
A ll
, IViA
Tl
c n
in
ii
it
ATI
:v.
r-n
4S
Tuisli i m tn
i
Such figures an these naturally suggest
tint however unusual the cae may be
It Is possible, and although four such
deals might not come together In one
round they might easllv occur at In
tervals during a tournament. If tho name
pnlr hit upon them they would win every
thing In sight.
Tills has led to the suggestion that
he penalty on any one deal should be
limited to the value of n game.
A"," ,fB,nf worth 153 I'n'nts, plus
tho 30 It takes to win It, and some 50
or more In honors on the average, nr.
would be a fair equity In penalties, fllve
this to the winner,, but charge the losers
with the full extent of their loss. n. ,
present computed. This suggestion refers, l
of course, lo the dupllcnte and progressive!
r "in, in which mere ars no rub
bers. Hut the moment we come to consider C J 10 7 2
mi- Kiiiumoiis inai prevail in all the
games In which women are the plavers
the application of any such suggestion
Is seen to be Impossible, because of the
pernicious system of allowing the losers
lo keep all they get, There Is no pnssl
blllty of giving the winners 17S or 200
In penalties ns their limit, and at the
same time taking 400 from tho losers.
The losers won't stnnd for It, and there
you are. Had the scores Just cited arisen
In a large chnrlty gnme the losers would
have kept their 91 points, Instead of being
made 1,7011 minus.
I 'ti 1 11 some reformer can suggest n
scheme thai will remedy this slate nf
affair, nil these large charity rimes mutt
remain entirely a mnller of luck, with
n premium on petty dishonesty when a
lilnver whose score Is hopeless wants to
help a friend who has a chance for the
grand piano. The player who gets the
chance to double one or two absurd bids
and pull out l.noo or 1,500 points In pen
altles will get the tlrst prize, even If she
does not know enough about the game
lo take her partner out nf a no trumper
with ten hearts In her hand,
The four deals In which there l.sno points
In penalties were piled np present snmo
Interesting and Instructive points, both In
the bidding and In the play They are
lessons In how not lo do It Mere Ii one
of thrm, the losing player having the
tf'u
(JA ( 6 8
J 9 0
OQ J "
10 7 A
C?Q 4
K Q 10 6 3
0 9 4 3
K 9 2
07 9 8 3
6 4
Ovtt 10 7 5 2
8 6 3
OK J 10 7
A 7
O A 0 6
7. dealt nnd bid no trump. A said two
clubs. V two no trunlps, H three diamonds
and 7. three no trumps, which A doubled,
The only comments upon this bidding
are that A had no business to say any
thingthat V should hav doubled, leav
ing It to his partner's Judgment whether
to go on with the no trumper or to et
the clubs, and that U's bid of three, just
to get h diamond led, when he has no
possible reentry, even If h established the
Milt, Is absurd. A doubled because he
thought his partner had a big diamond
suit and a sure reentry somewhere.
A led the club king and 7. won It with
the ace. A small heart put dummy In
with the ace to lead the ten of spades for
the finesse. A let the ten hold, Dummy
then came back with a heart, finessed the
ten and let A In to make his (pieen nf
clubs. Then A ted a diamond, the Jack, !
king and ace falling. j
7. returned the diamond as the only way
to get dummy In to take another spade
tlnesse. He made his club Jack while he I
was In, lost the finesse In spades, and let
A make two clubs and II make two dia
monds. This set the contract for 300, less '
the 40 aces. I
The correct play nf the band, after win-1
nlng the tlrst trick and putting dummy In
with the heart, was to continue the spades
while dummy was In the lead, as thern Is 1
no certainty that he will ever he In again. I
On the second round A's king Is smoked
out. He can make the nueen of club 1
while he Is In. but that Is the last trick
for A and n. '
The diamonds fall as before and 7. pro-1
ceeds to make his two established spades, 1
discarding a heart from dummy. With '
the clubs and diamonds still stopped he
leans me nenri King, as It would he folly
, nn'sse m ncarts. nve hy cards at double
value mid a game, 265 plus, instead of I
.In 1 1 h. ... I
-pv iiiioui ; iinirri'iicc, oo, 9
In this deal the losing playris had the
A-ll hands,
7 4
. A K 9 7 t
0
A Q 9 6 4
Q7J 8 3
OQ J 8 6 4
J 10 7 6 3
010 9 C 2
Q J 9 4
010 9 7 6 3
C?A Q 6
10 6 6 3
OA E 2 v
H0t
7. dealt and bid no trump. A said two
diamonds, Y two royals and II three dia
monds. 7. went three no trumps nnd A
four diamond. Y called attention to the
Insuttlclency and corrected It to five, pass
ing at the same time. 7. doubled the live
diamonds.
A' uvei calling the no trumncr with tun
diamonds I totally unwarranted, except
a a pusner. unu irs support of It, JuM
because he can ruff the spade suit. Is very
weak. 7. should have supported the royals'
insieau or returning to no trump..
The most Interesting nnd Instructive.
point about this hand Is the opening lead.
I instead of starting with a high club, fo
as to show tho suit that supported tlie'
royals. V led the small heart. Ills rea-i
soning was. that If 7. had a no trumper he
had the tops In both red suits, and that the
best thing for the hand would be to give
7. a chance to get as many round of
trumps, two for one. na he could
I Ifl.. h...A MIIH.Id ,.t t ....... I..
I ... ,,u, . nni in,
and A. II made four more trlclts on the'
cross rnrr. but that left them 600 down.
, ,. for .,,,. ,.onnr.
The student I
, ,uu "nu " wouiii nave savea .v points.
A nhoiild have passed the tlrst bid and
j let v and 7. win n game worth 205 point,
On the next hand the losing players had
jthe deal again
O A Q 3
E J 6 4
0 7 6 6 2
4 6 4
OK fi 6
3
O K (J 10
K 6 3
09 7 4
Q 6 T 2
08
J 10 9 7
9 4
5 10 5 Z 2
A 10 9 G
O t. J
A 3 5
7. dealt and bio mi trump. A and Y
both panned, II bidding two royals, falling
Into the same rrror that his partner made
In this position two deals before and
asking for a lead in a hopelessly weak
fult and no leentry. This bid of Its Inl
A to Imagine that II had a strong suit.
. . - . "
H0.,WhMn A 'nt , " rump A doubled,
1 i 'i"0."''''1 " '"J,"' ''l-imnnd to hold
' to exhaust II. On the next dla.
ifl"n.l led II PHrr.l lhrHVn,U seven, be.
ginning a teverse discard. The absurdltv
of this play and Its wonderful psychological
effect upon 7. will appear presently,
Z led the ace of clubs, following with
the ten, on which A dlscardod a spade.
7, let IPs queen of clubs win, nnd II came
through wtth the deuce of ipades, com
pleting his echo. Ah he had bid twn
royals. 7, assumed that he had the king
and finessed the queen, letting In
the whole diamond suit fur 200 pennltleM.
less 40 aces.
7. makes two serious errors In the piny,
He should hnve kept the high clubs In
his own hand so as lo take tho Unease
In hearts and get In to make the fourth
heart If they were split. Ho khuuld have
known that It Is n principle of play never
to let A player with an established suit
get Into the lend with anything smaller
thin an ace, and should have played the
spade aoe second hand after Untuning the
club. Then the heart finesse. In again
with the cluli, nnd two heart tricks,
two more clubs and the fourth heart Is
three by cards, doubled, and 40 aces, 226
plus. That li a difference of 3 ST..
The last hand was a nulln, always a
dangerous bid and very expensive If It
goes wrong. The losing pair had the A
nnd II hands again this time:
0 A Q 6 4
53
OH J
A E 0 8 6
J 10 8
A 9 0
0 J 10 9 0
4 S
O A Z 7 B 2
O J 9 7 6
U 6 4
0 4
Q 7 6
', dealt and stalled with three spades,
which A overcalled with a diamond, Y
bidding royals. After Y had gone to four
royals, A shifted to four nulloa nnd Y
doubled.
Y led the club live, and IJ put on tho
ace, getting 7.' king, II led a spado and
Y took nut two rounds at once before
leading anuther club, which A won with
the Jack, As the four of clubs wan still
out A was afraid that card would be used
later to throw dummy Into the lead, so he
took out another lound of clubs, which
gave Y a discard of the diamond queun.
When the hearts came Y saw on the
second round that 7. was safe In that
suit nnd won It with the queen, putting
dummy tn again with the four of hearts,
io that A and II hid to take all the rest
of the tricks and went down for 700,
When Y went us far a four royals, A
should have let him nlniin and been sails
fled to lose a game worth 21.1 points, In
stead of being eft for 700. The nulla Is
hopeless any way that A plays It. al
though he could have saved a Hick by
an Immediate lead nj ths rtlnmondi.
Y
A B
Z
Y
A B
Z
Y
3 A B
Z
Y
A B
2
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Kdward Uisker, who must not be con
founded with I'haniplon l)r Kmanuel l.as
ker, writes from London under date of
September 25, that, Iicciium' of being a
llermnn subject, he Is practically stranded
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having been dismissed from his position,
whclh he held a considerable time, and,
to mako matters worse, an accident hap
pened to him which nearly crippled him,
nnd It will take some time before he
will be restored to health. If ho can
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einment, he will leave KngKind for this
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Lasker holds the championship tltlo of
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bit no doubt that In this case lamdon's
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Innd. .
News comes from Ilerlln that, like tho
Illce Chess Club of this city, the Her
llner Chess Society will havo to suspend
operatlbns for this year. In view of the
fact that this organization I looking
back to a successful career of more than
n century. It Is lo be regretted that ow
ing to the fact that many members are
engaged In war nnd others are uiiihlo in
pay their dues the war should have hit
the Herlllier Chess Society so hard.
As St. Petersburg has ben if moved
by n ltiisslnn ukase from the Kuroprnn
map, It Is nil the more pleasing to hear
that St Petersburg, Pin., Is all the more
determlnd to ptnee herself on the map.
A correspondent Informs Tun Spn that a
strong chess and checker club has been
established In that city To mnke mnt
ters still more Interesting, tho local trade,
board will erect a handsome pavlllonllke
structure for the club, to bo about 25x33
feet In nlze with wide projecting eaves.
In It will bo chess and checker tables,
with ample rooms nnd seats, and to the
rear will ti laid out croquet and similar
grounds. The, club also hopes to ar
range some big nntionnl tournaments In
the near future.
At a meeting of Brooklyn nnd Platen
Island High School representatives yester
day what was formerly the Itrooklyn
High School Chess League was changed
to the llrooklyn-rtlchmond Inlerscliolastlc
Chem League, with six schools ns mem-
hers Moys' High, nushwicb. CommercHl,
Kastern District nnd Manual Training of
Itrooklyn nnd Curtis High of Richmond,
it wns decided to hold n round robin
championship tournament of two rounds,
with a series of honw and home matches.
Play will begin on October 23, tke first
round of five play days ending on No
vember 20,
At the annual meeting of the Itrooklyn
Cliea Club four new directors were
elected nnd afterward the directors elected
the ofllcers of the clulfT The board Is now
constituted na follow s : Wulter Underbill,
president: Dr. S. T King, first vlce-ptesl-dent
and treasuier, S. II. Chittenden, sec
ond vice-president . P. It, Kastman, see
tetary; it, Coin ell, mslstant treasuier;
directors, the nhove named olllcers and C,
A. Neff, William M. Itur.scll, J J. Hpnworji,
C. W. Knhlee, V Rose, J II. Watson nnd
K. Josephson, Reports of the treasurer
and secretary show the club to bo In good
llmuiclal standing. There lire about one
hundred member. In the club, which has
Its headquarters at 4 Court Square,
lyn,
A. J. Kddy, a well known chess player
from Chicago, la making the most of his
visit to New York by engaging Krnnk .1.
Marshall, the t'nlted Slates champion, In
n series of games at the room of the
Manhattan Chess club, tho object of which
chiefly I to lest the queen's gambit de.
rllnHl. In nin of the games, the score of
which Is herewith appended, tho amateur
from the West gave the champion a scan
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but the latter won out nevertheless. The
scoro follow.
(jriX.VS liAMIIIT DIU'I.IM'.I),
Kilily
White
in Kit q
IT P Hi
IS q l3
III ll 1(2
2U Kt q:
21 IliP
21 P Q.'W
23 Pxlxl
h OiKi
21 11- KIM
Marihsll,
II Melt
lit Ul
.fi1
q Kill
Kt Kill
q Kta
f l4
KKuqP
KtxP
Ktxll
Kit K
qil II
3 117
27 q 1113
; q
211 11
qKis Kit q
III llxll
li I'M Kris
NOTll.S 11V 1'. J. MAIISItAI.l.,
la) Alltiuueh I tried this move I sin Hill of
of the opinion, eviireii.rit by nie In "Chess .Swin
dles" Ipnee 31 nnd more so since my experience
In the .st ivteratiurg tournament, Hist
P qill Is the rtruinter move, especially If Illack
In coiitent to play safe
Itn JanowuM lure Invariably plsys It K.
in Hoth Miowalier and I'lllMmi made much
use of this move It leads to mine nrrttv attacks.
The modern inastrr pnfri In. trail 7. Ill'il',
followed hy II 11 or
q3 il'ik-e 2, Mart hull's
I Urn .swindles 1
III! Instead nf this. A Pll. mi as to nlari.
Ihr tilark Itnlftit nt 1(5. Is better.
It) A poor move, according to Htelnltz, who
said ".Never move a piece twice before ou have
moved every other piece once."
li 2. Kt KIS t once appears stronger.
(VI If, lintenil, 23. PU llieii 22 KKt qi:
23. I'xKt, KtxP, winning the exchange.
IO Mining- a rhniire. The following resulted
from a subsequent "post mortem" rvanilnntlon
21. II 113. qii B: 27. q KIT. 1 lit, 2. Kt
Ki, qvliP: m. l' Kin, q utn; so. Kt - qn, qu
id, si q 111. Kit q, 32, n K, p qKn:337il
l3. qxKtP. 31 qxl'eh. K ll; 3J. Kl -1(6, and
wins,
IMtOHI.KM NO. 503, MY .1 JKSPKllSlIN,
lllsrk -G IMeres.
i if m
ft
I'M KC
m &? ra m
4M
White 7 Pieces.
White to play and mate In thres moves.
I'ltOULnM NO. (4. II Y BYVEIISE.V AND
RUSK.
Illack e Pleees.
m m m m
m m m mi
w m. m i m
W SSffl
b. m &
.. ms !
a, fit? HE "m
While 6 Places,
White to play and male In two moves
P.ND IJAMU STUDY NO. 13, Ily I,
HAI.KIN1I.
1IUrk-- IMeres.
K.
m
W m m i m
77 S ,iM
i & ri? t m
L.HIffla8
l
i mm m m
m. m p m
White j -(IC
While to play and dras-,
Kilily Marshall.
While Illnek
1 P Ol P CJI .
2 I' On i i u:i
3 lit (JII3 lit KII3a
4 ii nu ii ic
6 P K:i ( ntllis
n Kt 113 P QKtl&
7 0 ll!f II Kt3
s l'P KtlPU
I' IUI1 qxll
10 II II Rt KtS
11 O 1(13 II Ol
12 Ktlll KlvKt
is II ill q qi
II I'Antli- r qui
IJ 1 Oltl Ivt Kl5 1
txifj vh rr'i trju.
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HOI.I'TKl.V TO IMtOHI.KM NtJ jOI.
I q -112. K - US; I. KTQl Ai
1 J Hi, K--III, 2 ll lis I'h Ac
1 q112. K J4; 2. q -117. r
I. U -111, K q, 2 Klsql'. Ar
1. q 112, P- Ul; S, Kt qo ch, Ar
I. U- III. P- II; 2 q-IIS, Ac.
HOl.t'TION TO UNU (1A.MK NO. li.
1. CJ- KJ. IUq. 2, II -Kit. mute.
I. q-K4. 1 111: 2, 113 lit, K -Kt;
3, q Hi eh, K 113; I. q -Kt mule
Correct snliutons received In prnb'fm
No. 501 sn.l end gstne study No. I- ir.i 'i
lloberl 11. lllson, New York city; Dr A II
llaldwln, Norwulk. Conn.; Wll.lum II ink
Itl.igewood, N. J.
Correct solutions received to problem No
501 from K II. Chlttendan. llruoklyn. N V
Churles Wlllla. Philadelphia, i'a , Wl mi
Masnix' Itrooklyn, N. Y
Additional correct solutions reeelve.1 to
problems Nos. UJ, SOO aal 502 from Y A.
L K., New llnven. Conn; N. J, Lane. N't a
York city, tu No. I7 from William limn
llrooklyn. N. Y , lo No. 600 from t" .1 We
rhesur, Coronado. Cal . lo No. 602 from W
J. Kerrls, Newcastle, Del,
LAKEWOOD.
Lakgwooii, N. J., Oct. 17.--VlslOrs here
were entertained this week with a volun
teer firemen's carnival. I'lre laddies fro a
all parts of the State assemhled on Thu:
day to participate In the parade and tour
nament arrangecTby tho local department
lluslness placed, cottages and hotels weie
elaborately decorated and a practical')
all of tho cottage colony are, or lisve
been, active, members of the local coir
panics society .turned out In force to
witness the events. This Is the Mrs' ai
tempt that Lnkewnod has made to tun.'
tain Ihe Statu tire forced and the rjicen
of the project will make It an annual a,
traction, The companies here inibiaci
such well known society unions as tha
(ioulds, Drexels, Randolphs, Llndlejs
Whltiieys, Homes, Wlllocks, Parks and
many others.
Arrivals at the hotels this week In
cltfde; Laurel-ln-the-Plnej. Miss MacArthu ,
Mrs. C. II. Runce, Miss 13. II. Reniey.
J. W. Fitzgerald, Mr. and Mrs. W W,
Coleman. Mr. and ilrs. J. M. Wnldrni,
IC. W. Clifford, Clarence Porter, Mr mil
Mrs. A. Vnlleant, Mlsa A. H. Valleimt.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian O. Rice, Mr. and Mra.
William Parke, Mr. nnd Mrs. J. Anders' i.
Laurel House. Auguat'Kuehler Heu y
Kvnns, W. V. A. Kemp, Miss M IL
Kano, Mr. and Mrs. James R. Day Mis
Miriam A. Day, the Misses Sykes, M."
Saiah A. Rrady, Miss Kathleen l.mi i
Ilrady, Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hlne.
llartlett Inn. Livingstone Rlauvrlt.
M. Coleman, J. V. Nolan, Mr. and Mrs.
II. 1). Cllbson. Mr. and Mrs. i:. V Janie.
A. N. Haldwln, Mr. and Mrs. J, T 1.
Ryan, Mrs. IC Smith. Dr. J. Retier
mann, Miss A. Rehermiinn, the MIssm
Bdlth and Morgy I'roudnian.
Oak Court Hotel. Prances Kennedy.
R. Goldberg, M. T. Lobe.l, Mr. and Mrf.
C. c. Stahl, Mr. and Mrs. J. I, Reynor,
II. H. Moyd, II. I). I'lati, Mrs. J "
.March of New York.
Palmer House. Mrs. A. Platt, -Mrr V
M. Ilnllett und Miss Hallett of New York.
Ilnvid J. Daly, Miss Kmlly K. n1" an I
Miss A, L. Porr of Itrooklyn.
WHAT EACH MEANT.
T
HUV were In the lure of the ca
baret, ho and tihr Tom and
I.urllna. The contralto as
winging, Poultlvn non-Indorsement win
-n Lurllna's voice oa glio said:
"Kntlrely too low! Hntlrelyl"
Surprise and unmlstakabln admira
tion mingled In Tom's reply.
"Ah, no! It Is exquisite!"
A catch In her breath, amaiemnu in
her wide open blue eyes,
"Why, Tom! How enn you?"
There, were almost tears In her vo - e
"IIuw can I?" ho replied enthusuv
tleally. "Indeed, liow win I not?"
Amazement Med from indignation in
her eyfs. The chill of Ico wan lr er
tone and mnnnrr.
"Then I will thank you to tnl. m
home!"
"Why, Liirlina?" And now '
amniement was In IiIh eyes and i .i
fill eugernesB In his voice. "What
you mean?"
Oh, sho was angry now! IV r Wu
eyes were ublaze.
"I nif.in her gown!"
A beam of light, Tom saw tl a '
"Oh, Juiirter!" Ciiiild Joy hav - n
uttfranre? "I meant her on-f
Thereupon the waiter coin s d '
jIr forslvcn.