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... CHESS. PROBLEM No. 363. (By J. N. B., Brentands Chess Monthly). BLACK. WHITK. White to play and mate in three moves. The following game was played at Simpson's Divan about nine year3 ago, and is a pretty specimen of the winner's straightforward, potent, and incisive style of play. The fourth move was one of Mr. Boden'a many hippy inventions, was long esteemed invincible for the attack, and was ...

... CHESS. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. T. R. Mason (Leamington). Many thanks for your letter and game, jj' w. iHallifoid).-- Tnanks for your sketch. J.' C. G. (Farkqate). If R takes R at (I B 5, B R takes Kt. C*. D. L. (I. W-h Please favour ub with another copy of your problem and give the solution with all its variations. W. R. B. We hope to comply with your request before the end of this month A. ...

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... . TRANSLATED FROM AN ARTICLE BY H.M. OsCAK ErEDEIK, Kino of Sweden and Norway,. THE gay and interesting imperial city of Austria invites us to stay! Its palaces bask in the fulness of a summer's sun, and the Prater is crowded with a varied assemblage here, gathering to listen to the intoxicating strains of a Strauss orchestra, there separating into knots around the innumerable cafés. To the ...