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24 THE WESTMINSTER BUDGET MAY 26, SATURDAY, MAY 20. PROBLEM NO. 159. By K. KONDELIK.

BLACK. WHITE. White to play and mate in two moves. SOLUTION' OF PROBLEM NO 158. 1 Kt to Kt5, Kt 2.

Kt ch, to R4 3. to Kt4 1. to K6 2 to Kt sq ch, moves 3 or sq mates. 1. Kt 2.

to B2 ch; moves 3. to Kt2 nines. The half-yearly meeting of the London Chess League is fixed for June 1, at the City oi London Chess Club, 7, Hall-court, Poultry, E.C. The League Competitions are now concluded with the result: The-A Division was won by North London, second place Ludgate-circus, third Brixton. Division No entries.

Division, Section I. City News Room and West Norwood tie for first and second Heme Hill, third. Section II. G. N.

Railway and Wood Green tie for first and second places St. Martin's, third. Division Insurance, first Forest Gate, second. The vanguard of the competitors in the'forthcoming International Congress at St. Stephen's Hallj Westminster, have made their appearance on Thursday and Friday.

The first arrivals were Pillsbury and Showalter from New York, Herr Essen, from Leyden (Holland). Steinitz sailed two days later from New York than the other Americans, and is expected at the beginning of the week; Marco and Maroczy will start from Vienna and Budapest on the 25th, the Berlin Cohri, Caro and Mieses a day or two later, and by the end of the week the number will be complete. The competitors from abroad have been elected hon. members of the British Chess Club. A game from the winter tournament of the Berlin Chess Club hferr Behdix.

White. 1. to Q4 2. PtoQB4 5. Kt to QB3 4.

BtoKt5 5. to K3 6. Kt to B3 7. Kt 8. 9.

to Q3 10- to QB sq 11. to B2 "S2. Castles 13. KttoK2 14. to QKt4 15.

PtoQR3 16. Kt to Kt3 17. Kt to B5 Close games are vidua! player, and no QUEEN'S Ilerr Cohn. Black. to Q4 to K3 Kt to KB3 to K2 Castles to QKt3 Kt to B3 KttoKa to KR3 to Ki2 to sq to Q3 to QR4 Ktx Kt AMBIT DECLINED.

Herr Bendix. White. 18. Kt 19. 20.

toR sq 21. KR to sq 22. KttoK5 23. KttoB6 24. Kt to R7 25.

Qx 26. RxQ 27. Kt to B6 28. Kt to K7ch 29. x-B 30.

31. to Kt3 32. RtoKSch Resigns Herr Cohh. Black. to R3 to K-2 to KB3 to sq to sq toQKt4 to Kt5 Kt PtoKt6 to Kt7 to B5 to R2 general principles.

In the above game we do not endorse 7. Kt Bla ir developed all right with to B3, owing to the altered position and rS not play as evidently expected by White toQB4, as it would have lew? a pawn because of 10. 11. Kt and the Kt could not b7 taken because of ch. In this instance Blank late Dr.

opponent with 14. Zukertort's makes a combination:" to QKt4, thus giving instance Black follows the maxim, Wait and do nothing until your White made a combination Black his chance for an ntn 03 and "15.. to QR4. White could have attack with He 'onlv sawas far as winning the BP, but he did played Change for acouple of passed pawns, not he haye There is only one supp0rting the 23. Kt andKt the RTICULARLY PRETTYI THE PAWN rare that so elegant an ending occurs in actual play.

A eame played on Board No. 1, in the Match East v. West of Scotland A game piaye QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED. D. Y.

Mills. Black. J. R. Longwill.

White. 1. to Q4 2. Pto QB4 3. Kt to QB3 4.

to Kt5 5. PtoK3 6. Kt to B3 7. 8. to Q3 9.

Castles 10. to sq 11. Kt 12. KfctoK5 13. to Kt sq 14.

to B4 15. to B2 Kt Kt 17. KR to sq 18. 19. to Q2 20.

RxR 21; BP to Q4 to K3 Kt to KB3 to K2 Castles to QKt3 to Kt2 Kt to Q2 to KR3 Kt to B4 to Q3 to R3 KttoK5 Fx Kt to sq Kt J. R. Longwill. White. 22.

23. 24. 25. 26. 27.

28. 29. 30. 31. 32.

33. 34. 35. 36. 37.

38. 39. 40. 41. 42.

to K3 to sq Kto B2 to QKt3 to sq Kto B2 to sq Qx P' Qto B4 to Kt4 to K6 to K5 xQ. to K3 to Kt6 Kto B4 Kto K5 to R5 BtoKt4 D. Y. Mills. Black.

Rto Qsq PtoQKt4 PtoQR4 to Kt5 to sq to sq to B6 QVQ4 PtoR4 to Q2 PxP QtoQ4 lix KKtP to KR4 Rto K2 to to Q4 PtoR5 the above, only more up against the Scotch to Q4 Adjudicated a draw. This game is conducted on the same lines as according to the orthodox style. White stood well Champion, till 15. to B2, which is not the best square lor the Queen. He might have withdrawn 15.

to B2, and if RxR; then 16. Kt; 17. QP Kt, with an even game. But even as played, White should have had the best of it, with 22. to sq, instead of the inferior 22.

to K3, after which he had to defend his weak QP both with Queen and Rook. Mr. Mills took clever advantage of the position in advancing his P.to Kt5, so as to support eventually to B6, thus forcing open the diagonal occupied by his Queen with to K6, so as to avoid a draw. White, however, could have played better with 3l. to Q2, whilst 31.

to Kt4 gave Black the desired opportunity, and he got a winning ending time was called. Being, however, somewhat intricate (foi 1 the adjudicators), the ending was declared a draw. Mr. Mills pointed out the following winning variation 43. 44.

46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

51. 52, BxRP Kt4 to sq to B2, to Kt sq to K4 to K3 to Q2 BxB 53. to B2 to R4 to B5 54. to R5 to Kt6 55. to B3 to R6 PtoKt7 56.

to B4 PtoKt4 to Kt6 57. to B5 to Kt5 BxP 58. Kto Q6 to sq 59, to Kt6 to B3 60. to Q5 to Kt7 to Kt3 61. PtoQ6 to Kt8 KxB 62.

PtoQ7 to Ki4 and wins REMINISCENCES OF MR. TOM ELLIS. In the May number of Cymru are a couple of pages of reminiscences of Mr. T. Ellis as a boy by his successor in the representation of Merioneth, who remarks Ey some wonderful revolution in the wheel of Providence I have been called, greatly to my consternation, to take up a part of his work I dared not refuse for the sake of his memory.

I felt his hand on. my shoulder, as in oldand very soon I realised the great place the youth from Merionethshire had gained for himself. 1 I am very sorry to see said an old politician from the North of England, whom 1 met on the threshold of the House of Commons He laboured under intense feeling when he remembered whry I was there. It was easy for Britain's most dignified nobleman to halt in the midst of a to talk to his guests of the lofty piety that had made Tom Ellis so great and so beneficent a force. I have me a letter -from the Vice-Charicellor of the Cambridge University.

This able and amiable gentleman stands on the highest pinnacle, of culture and he met Tom Ellis when Tom had become famous as a politician. I only met him he remarks, I was perfectly' captivated by his candid, pleasant, and intelligent like the politician to the boy whbused.to sit.at my elbow on the conducted according to the predilection of the ihdi- other rules can be laid down except adherence to BORD'S per cent 4 discount for Cash, or 14s. 6d. per (second-hand 10s 6d. per Month), on the Three Years' Hire, System.

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