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42 THE WESTMINSTER BUDGET JUNE 18, 1897" The English allies starling with the Vienna Opening, lapsed into the Knights Game, and the driest pf the dryforms of it. The late hour-1 PROBLEM No. 59. By Captain. A.

S. Beaumont. BLACK. WHITE. White to play and.

urate -in two moves. SOLUTION OF PROBIJEM 58. 1. to K6, any or Kt mates. A handsome and valuable work of art has been offered to the Daily Telegraph Shilling Branch of the Prince of WalesV HospitalsJvund by Messrs.

S. Weingottand Son, 83, Fleet-street. The trophy is a replica of the statue of her Majesty which stands on the Thames Embankment, at Blackfriars Bridge. The statuette is carved from a flawless block of meerschaum, the Queen leaning oh a pedestal, upon which a bowl has been fixed, and two flexible tubes attached to the ebony pedestal of the statuette transform it into a narghile for the use of two persons. Sir Edward Lawson suggested that the trophy, value £60, should be offered for competition amongst the Metropolitan Chess Clubs, at a nominal eptrance fee, the proceeds to be devoted to the Prince Hospital Fund.

The proposal will be discussed by one of the leading clubs, or a committee of representatives of clubs. The donors a.re willing to add a second prize, and probably a third, if the scheme can be carried out. The final match in the Beaumont Cup Competition (Surrey Minor Trophy), between Richmond and was played at the rooms of the City of London Chess Club, Richmond wimrmg the match after a keen struggle by four games to two. T.he cup will therefore be held during the ensuing season by the Richmond Chess Club. Tchigorin won his match with Schiffers, at St.

Petersburg, by seven games to one, and six draws. The following is the Consultation Game played by cable between the House of Commons and the House of Representatives, Washington, on the occasion of the recent cable match. The English players were Messrs. Plunkett, Shaw, and Strauss; the American, Messrs. Bodine, Pearson, and Plowman England.

White. 1. PtoK4 2. Kt to QB3 3. Kt to B3 4.

to Kt5 5. Kt to Q5 6. Kt .7. Kt Kt 8. Castles 9.

to R5 10. PtoQ3 11. to R4 12. to Kt3 13. to Kt5 14.

KR toQsq 16. QR toB sq 17. toB sq 18. to K3 VIENNA America. Black.

to K4 Kt to KB3 Kt to B3 BtoKt5 Kt Kt Kt to Q5 PxKt Castles PtoQ3 to QR3 to QKt4 to KB4 to sq KxQ to Q2 to K7 QR to sq to K8 ch OPENING. England. America. White. Black.

19; 20. to Q7 21. to sq to B5 22. to Kt3 to K4 23. BxB RxB 24.

to sq ch 25. to Kt4 26. to K2 to Kt2 27. to QB3 to sq 28. to B2 to B2 29.

PtoQB4 to B3 30. to K3 PxP 31. to B3 32. PxP 33. to Q3 to B5 ch 34.

to Q4 BxB 35. KxB consultation the; beginning might be treason of this If the American allies had, not, committed the seventeenth move the result would have been a state 'draw, and the game was ridtworth the time and the cable expenses. On the move Black wTnawn With careful plaV a draw might have; been obtained neverthe- es especially to B3, so that jThe. game has been left tLbi adjudicated upon at Washington bat there is no doubt whatever as to the verdict, a lost game for The following is Messrs. Jacobs and at the-City of London Chess Club.

Mr. won the match by five games to three, and three drawn FRENCH DEFENCE. H. W. Trenchard.

Herbert Jacobs. H. W. Trenchard. W.

Trenchard. White. 1. to K4 2. toQ4 3.

Kt to QB3 4.KtxP 5. to Q3 6. KtxKt 7. to K4 8. to Q3 9.

10. Kt to B3 11. QxQ 12. BtoB4 13. BxB 14.

to Q2 15. KRto Ksq 16. PtoKR3 17. to B4 18. Pto B5 19.

to R3 20. to Q3 21. QR to Kt sq 22. PtoQKt4 Black. to K3 P.to Q4 PxP Kt to KB3 to Q2 Kt Bto B3 BxB Kt to B3 to Kt3 RP to Q3 to R4 to sq to sq to Q4 toR4 to R5 to sq to B3 PxP e.p.

White. 23. PxP KttoR2 Kto Q2 to QB sq KttoKt4 29. Kto'K sq 30. to Q2 Rtofct6 PtoB6 Rx Rto Q6 to K3 to B8 ch (Q6) to Q8 to Q2 to sq to Kt8 ch Kt to K5 ch Ktx Resigns 24.

25. 26. 27. 28 31. 32.

33. 34. 35. 36. 37.

38. 39. 40. 41. 42.

43. Herbert Jacobs- Black. PtoK4 PxP P'toK5ck PtoQ5 to K2 to Q4 PtoQ6 KttoQ5 KttoB7 PxP KtxP to QKt4 to Kt7 ch Pto Kt4 KtoKt2 Kt to B7 ch Kt to R8 dis ch Kt'toKt6 to B2 to K3 Kt The variation selected by Mr. Jacobs P) leads to a draw if Black is bent upon such an issue. All complications and the establishment of White's centre are avoided, and as in this instance Black can force exchange ofvpieces and so bring it to an easy erid' game.

If White could'have advanced 10. to Q5 hie would have had the advantage, but this manoeuvre is not feasible because of 10... Bto Kt5ch 11. Kto K2(if 11. to Bsq, then 11...

Castles QR and wins), to Q5; 12. QxQ, Kt ch 13. to Q3, to B4 with the better game. Another line of play would have been later on 12. to Q2 instead ot 12.

to B4, as the latter move compelled another exchange. Atterwards the game drilted into a drawn ending with many interesting phases, Mr. Jacobs ingeniously getting the two centre pawns advanced, hemming in White's king completely. Mr. Trenchard made a finalbid fora draw by doubling rooks on the eighth row, followed by 42.

Kt to K5 ch. The knight could not be taken, because of perpetual check but Black brought the king into safe quarters, and won. If instead of 42. Kt to K5 ch, White had played 42. (B8) to B8 ch, then to Q3 43.

to Kt6 ch, to Q2 44. Kt to B6 ch, to B3, which wins also, as in variation Black sacrifices the rook to escape perpetual check. The ending is an interesting study. PREPARING FOR THE NAVAL REVIEW. The Admiralty having decided that the battleships should leave Chatham in advance of the cruisers and smaller vessels for the naval review at Spithead, the Empress of India, Captain Charles with a complement oi 712 officers and men, and the Repulse, Captain Ernest N.

Rolfe, similarly manned, steamed out and South Locks respectively early the other morning, and passed down the Medway to Sheerness to complete their preparations. POOR LORD MAYOR! horsemanship and endurance of the Lord Mayor and bhentts will undergo a severe ordeal during the Procession. They not only ride from Temple Bar across London Bridge, but as-soon as the Surrey side is reached the. Lord Mayor and Sheriffs and the Deputation will form alongside the Royal route, and wait for the Procession to pass, the Lord Mayor previously taking leave of her Majesty. He will have to wait until the whole Procession has gone by, and it will take an hour and" a-half for it to pass any given point.

For an hour and a half, therefore, the Lord Mayor, seated on his horse, wearing his official robes, holding the Sword of State, and attended by the Sheriffs and Deputation, will have to sit like a Life Guardsman at the Horse Guards until the Procession has defiled before him, and then he will have to return to the Mansion House, which will be no doubt less difficult be supposed, as of course every arrangement will be made to facilitate his passage. SPA, BELGIUM hours from Summer Season. An ideal health and Pleasure Resort Casino. Racing. Theatre.

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