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    THE WEEK-END PROBLEMS BOOK COMPILED BY HUBERT PHILLIPS alias ** Caliban” of the New Statesman; alias “Dogberry” of the News-Curowictz ; Composer of “Trinculo’s” Crosswords; Editor of Tz Baris Burpcs Wort ; Contributing Editor Tx Burns Wortp (New York); Author of One Hundred Contract Bridge Hands; Contract Whist, &c.5 Editor of the Contract Bridge Blue Book (English Edition); and Contract Bridge for Auction Players; Ber, Be. THE NONESUCH PRESS 16 GREAT JAMES STREET BLOOMSBURY 1932 CONTENTS Problems Solutions PAGE PAGE SPLITS BIOGRAPHY AND BOTANY TWO BY TWO ET EGO IN ARCADIA AGAIN THE RINGER WORD PUZZLES: EXPLANATORY NOTE DOUBLE ACROSTICS ACROSTAGRAMS ANAGRAMS DUOGRAMS MISCELLANEOUS PALINDROMIC WORD-SQUARES CARD PROBLEMS: BIDDING PROBLEMS AT CONTRACT BRIDGE PROBLEMS FROM THE CULBERTSON-LENZ MATCH HANDS FROM THE FIRST WORLD BRIDGE ‘OLYMPIC PROBLEMS OF PLAY AT CONTRACT BRIDGE CONTRACT WHIST; BIDDING AND PLAY CHESS PROBLEMS LORD DUNSANY’S INFERENTIAL PROBLEMS BLANK PAGES FOR ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS 90 247 92 248 94 249 96 250 98 251 103 107252 115-254 120-257 121 258 122259 126 260 131-262 133 271 138 279 143-292 148 298 155 308 179 313 317 CHESS PROBLEMS There follows a selection of twenty-four representative Chess Problems, covering the whole field of problem com- position. Solvers who desire to explore more thoroughly this fascinating ficld should study Weenink’s admirable treatise, The Chess Problem. £5, By W. GrimsHaw Illustrated London News, 1853 BLACK ie a a gj WHITE White to play and mate in 2 One of the first two-movers to show the germ of a sharp idea. It appeared only in notation, as diagrams were then reserved for longer problems. 155 CHESS PROBLEMS By A. F. MACKENZIE Ist prize. Mirror of American Sports, 1886 BLACK oe a0 te N | \ a a \ WS WHITE White to play and mate in 2 The first two-move masterpiece, and an admirable example of the “ qwaiting-key ”? style of the last century. 156 CHESS PROBLEMS By G. HEaTHCOTE Ist prize. Hampstead and Highgate Express, 1905 BLACK Le De ae Ss oe ‘ae 2 = . \ “aE a “ aK ods 7 a - al as ‘a-a oat cl A“ o ala WHITE White to play and mate in 2 Perhaps the world’s most famous two-mover. It is a“‘task”® problem—the generic name used when a specific idea is achieved (in this case, eight variations produced by a black Kz). 157 CHESS PROBLEMS By G. GumpeLit 2nd prize. L’ Eco degli Scacchi, 1916/17 BLACK WHITE White to play and mate in 2 A masterly composition by a young Italian, whose untimely death so shocked the Problem World in 1924., The key is a de- lightful surprise. 158 CHESS PROBLEMS “5° By A. ELLERMAN 1st prize. Handelsblad, 1917 WHITE White to play and mate in 2 Another bold key-move, introducing two surprisingly complex Hines of play. This composer has gained a record number of tourney honours. 159 CHESS PROBLEMS 6° By C. MANSFIELD ast prize. Good Companion (U.S.A.) January 1917 BLACK WHITE White to play and mate in 2 This is generally considered to be the best illustration of the “‘cross-check” theme (in which the white K is subjected to checks by black). CHESS PROBLEMS “7° By M. NEMEIJER Tijdschrift N.S.B., 1919 WHITE White to play and mate in 2 A charming little stratagem. To reveal the nature of the key would rob the solver of genuine enjoyment. CHESS PROBLEMS + Qe By A. KRAEMER Ist prize. Kockelkorn Memorial Tourney, 1922 BLACK - a LL WHITE White to play and mate in 2 The chivalrous key-move must have formed the inspiration of this problem. CHESS PROBLEMS “9: By A. ELLERMAN Ist prize. Luigi Centurini (Genoa), 1925 BLACK aa a WHITE White to play and mate in 2 The Ellerman machine has turned out no finer problem than this. One of the very best modern two-movers. 6-2 163 CHESS PROBLEMS «79 * By C. MANSFIELD Ist prize. El Ajedrez Argentino, 1926 Y WHITE White to play and mate in 2 This Argentine tourney attracted 216 competitors, a record since easily surpassed by Budapest, CHESS PROBLEMS are By C, MansFIELD Ist prize. British Chess Magazine, 1930 BLACK cnt AL aa es "We a , J Ya, ame 2 ae “aa a ioe ce WHITE White to play and mate in 2 A popular theme to-day is “‘self-pinning by black”. Onl such lines appear above, but they are highly deve eloped and ‘oniodianid by a “ thematic ” key, CHESS PROBLEMS -m- By J. A. SCHIFFMANN Ist prize. Bristol Times and Mirror, 1927 BLACK WHITE White to play and mate in 2 One of the finest keys imaginable. The young Rownanian’s death two years ago cut short a brilliant career. CHESS PROBLEMS 3 By J. Fripuizius ist prize. St Petersburg Zeitung, 1898 BLACK WHITE White to play and mate in 3 skilfully In the best three-movers beauty of mating positions is an essential attribute, Four diverse “‘model” mates are combined here. 167 CHESS PROBLEMS “14: By G. HeatHcore Reading Observer, 1904 Y 7 j ee _-_ “= = ™ YY, WY, Y ee il WHITE White to play and mate in 3 A charming little three-mover constructed with the art that conceals art. Two of the four model-mates constitute a pretty “echo”. CHESS PROBLEMS +15 2s ie

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