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... CHESS. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Problem No. 179. By T. FirZARTHUR SMYTHE. SLACK. WHITE. White to play and mate in three moves. CHESS IN LONDON. An off-hand and spirited skirmish, fought a few days since between two of our strongest players. Whitb Black. White. Black. (Mr. MacDonnell) (A. Z.) 1. P to K 4 P to K 4 2. P to K B 4 P to Q 4 3. P takes Q P P to K 5 4. R to B 4 (a) Kt to K B 3 5. Kt ...
... CHESS. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. G. C. H. Thanks for the problem. H. B. The two rules referred to practically exclude the best English players from the tournament. Wc understand that Messrs. Potter, Blackburn, Bird, and Macdonnell are all opposed to them. Why do not those gent le- men at once acquaint the Paris Committee with their views on the subject S. W. E. Thanks for the two games. ...
... . THE appearance of the Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger entries for 1880 invariably indicates that the racing season has reached its zenith; and soon our talk will be of handicaps and the inevit able back end. It might reasonably have been supposed that a falling-off in the entries for the big races would follow upon recent unsatisfactoiy results of yearling sales; but such is not the case, for ...
... CHESS. We have great pleasure in placing before our readers the following masterly composition by Mr. Loyd, in our opinion the most beautiful pro blem composer in the world. It forms the frontispiece of Mr. Bird's new book on ''Chess Openings which is, we understand, to be published before the close of the present month Problem No. 180. By SAMUEL LOYD. BLACK. WHITE. White to play and give ...
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... MISS NEILSON IN THE BALCONY SCENE OF ROMEO AND JULIET, AT THE HAYMARKET THEATRE. ...
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... APRIL 6, 78- [Continuation of Horse Auctions,] SLATER'S HORSE REPOSITORY, CAN- tTERBURY. The best medium for the sale and purchase of horses in the South of England. Sales every fortnight throughout -r===-m tbe year. upwarus ui r oivt a. HORSES will be sold by Mr. SLATER tins day, SATURDAY, April 6th, commencing at 2 o clock. EIGHTY to one hundred Horses, cobs and ponies (of all classes), ...
... SCENES I ROM HARLEQUIN ROLEY POLEY, AT THE GRECIAN. oLj ...