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... CHESS. CnESS CHAT. A WELCOME souvenir of the late W. H. K. Pollock is furnished by Mrs. Rowland in Pollock Memories, a well- arranged work that she publishes at Rus-in-Urbe, Kingstown, Ireland. A great number of chess players in this country and America ...
... years no more interesting event has taken place in the world of chess than the presentation of the national testimonial to Mr. Blaekburne at the annual dinner of the City of London Chess Club on Wednesday at the Hotel Cecil. The good-will and esteem with ...
... CHESS. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Problems Nos. 1270 and 1277 have been solved by J. D. Tucker. Problem No. 1277 has been solved by P. J. Candy, J. E. Lelliott, and W. d'A. Barnard. Solution of Problem No. 1276. White. Black. 1. Kt to Kt 5 1. Any move ...
... CHESS CHAT. THE tournament lately held by the Southern Counties Chess Union at Bath was remarkably successful, and attracted so many visitors and competitors to this pleasure ground of the past as to emphasise the demand for a properly organised congress ...
... this letter. The picture of the improvised chess boards, and the amusing touch about the new rule, will certainly enlist the sym pathy of chess-players at home, and I am not without hope of a consignment of chess materials and books being sent out for the ...
... Mechanised Chess WHY THE PHOTOGRAPHER STOPPED It was the pieces, not the players, that caused the press photographer to pause and take these pictures. Civilians who think of turning their V-Eights into V-Fours will find a set of chess pieces to hand except ...
... CHESS CHAT. IF Mr. Ruskin was not a very strong chess player-- and on this point we have no means of forming an opinion, as he was neither in the habit of publishing his games nor of encountering professionals-- he was certainly an enthusiastic admirer ...
... members of the Ladies' Chess Club at their new home, 18a, Clifford-street, Bond-street, on Monday. Mrs. Bowles always organises these entertainments to the satisfaction nf everyone concerned, and the At Homes of the Ladies' Chess Club invariably form ...
... CHESS CHAT. Various opinions are expressed in reference to the paris tournament, one of the most cogent criticisms that I have heard concerning that event emphasising the objection to a difference of 2,500 francs between the first and second prizes. This ...
... CHESS CHAT. A CAPITAL subject for competition in one of the periodicals that are continually on the look out for new ideas in this direction would be the definition of the knight's move. The proprietor of one of those publications who is enterprising ...
... their efforts at chess L- itherin -'l gw °ral f °(I llumour tliat marks the gathering, ohey are able to forget the disappointments in- sep liable from such an occasion, and thus the congress eon- tinues to maintain its popularity. Chess tournamonts are ...
... CHESS CHAT. So meagre and conflicting are the reports that reach us of the Paris tournament, that it is difficult for amateurs in this country to keep up anything like a sustained interest in the affair. It seems pretty clear, however, that the two champions ...