CHESS COLUMN.
CONDUCTED BY BLACK BISHOP
Comminications should be addressed Chess Catha MAIL OFFICE.
Original Problems should be accompanied
1. by Solution and Analysis.
The Hongkong Chess Club meets every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, from four fill half-pal seven pan., at the Pullio Library, 18, Bank Bheildings.
Problero No. 186.
By O. E. C. Tattersail, Cambridge. Black: (6 pieces).
White (9 pieces).
White to play and mate in 2 movAR. Solution to Problem No. 164 by S, Loyd. 1. Q-B5
Thon if 11-RC eh 2. Q×R(176)
11-Bsch 2. UXR (B) TRXQ 2. nates
1 B-Q4
1 B moves
2. it B4
2. KtxP
1 Any other 2. QurRinales.
Hongkong, December 23. The following is the draw for the second round of the contest for the General's Cap
Burrell . Muses
The O'Gorman & Distur Pollock v. Hendly
Souza v. do Jesus
Fuclu, a bye.
The games should be played next week, though it may be necessary to extend ther time as the Club room will be closed un Monday.
*
I note with regret that yet another chess master has found his way into a fanatic Emanuel Schiffers now in his asylum. fiftieth year, has played in the first rank of exports for the last thirty years, anil was recognised twenty years ago as the greatest player in Russin, a position of which he has been since deprived by Tehigorin. Ho is also an eminent athenaticina. The leason conveyed by such events is the ous an eftch painted out that the highest class of chess play cannot be expected to survive a wan's prime, and that this date comes cartier to those that devote thonselves to completely to the science of the gaine. After all, it must be can case, as Morphy (another vieting) acknowledged, that Chesn should be sternly subordinated to other things. Its entrancing charras nuo nut to intoxicato, and those who treat it as the serious business of life are in danger of injuring themselves and making a tyrannical disease out of the meat innerent, invigorat ing and intellectual of recreations,
*
I have received, as usual, ecopy of the #mal programme of the Parth Chess Club, and cannot wonder at the high standard which Scottish chess
attatas,
when members are willing to do the abun- dant work shown by it. Simultaneous ex- hilations and-matches with other clubs, interspersed with fancy thatches of all sorts, make up a list so formidable as to dant all but en:husiasts. But the 'ciler air' of the capital of the Highlands is a very different thing from the cacreating ataus- phere of Hongkong.
Mr Lys, secretary to Senator Deliue, of Kentucky, related recently an experience of Lasker when he played a simultaneous' in Cincinnati. Do of the players lead secreted a book of openings on his knives under the table, and when Eusker moved on his board and passed along he would hant up the answer. Lauker
men and took in the situation.
both eyes
• What is thie you have asked Laskor, peering ever the tall. Ah! Cook's lyris, and, making an odd-looking worn, he encuinted,
So if you can find an answer to that
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2082
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d
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2759
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L'AMOUB
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TTHE
* CHRISTMAS 1899,
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Young man, writes a contributor to the of the Best Quality, weighing from 1 1b to Baltimore Sunday News, beware of the 10 . ready on hand; and also MINCE discovered check Do not advance your Queen too early in the gatus. It is too PIES, ASSORTED CAKES,
Tinble to attack by an inferior piece. Do hos try to win the game in the first dozen eznot overwhelm your adver mores; you sary in one juu. Develop your pieces in- sted. Do not move along the line at once, but concentrate your energies in one direc tion. Beware of the perpetual check, the stale, the brilliant combination, the am bush, the pin, the rate. Clear vision through a long wories of aures is required only with thine and by experiency. Do not depend upon your opponent winking on er ro, that is to put a premiata on blurders. When he leaves a picce a prie, beraro lest you fall into a Lep. Sound of Mr. Blackbarns's prettiest mates have been mdo when his adversation thought, ho was ererlooking the lose of his Queer. Finally, do not play out a lest game, or insist.co not rosigning until you have forced the sacritice of your last pawn.
Game No. 264. ̈·
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4te DORARJEE NOWKOJEE, Hongkong-Bakot,
No. 24, Prays Central,
Hongkong, Dec. 12, 1899.
2676
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THE S
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FOR MANILA. LOONGSANG,
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THE Company's Stoanship. THE ESMERALDA,
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NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
THE Company
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2749 Hongkong, December 21, 1899. OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
FOR LIVERPOOL DIRECT. (Not Calling at LONDON). THE Company's Steamship T
TANTALUS, Cousin BARTLETT, will ho despatched SATURDAY, the th December, taking Vargo to LIFELrooL, at LesLes rates.
For Freight, apply to
-BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents. Hongkong, December 19, 1895.
2545
OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY. FOR LIVERPOOL DIRECT. Not Calling at LONDON. HE Company's Steamship
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DON Rates..
"For Freight, apply to
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FOR SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE. (Calling at Por DARWEY and QUEENS LAND Pours and taking through
Cargo to ADELAIDE NEW ZEALAND TABRAXIA, &c.) AIRLIE
The game by which Eusker won the first Gladness Comes Tennship
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This well-knowa Steamer opesially fitted for Passengers, and has a fefrigerat ing Chamber which uses the supply of Fresh Provisions, fee, we, throughout the
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A Stowardess and a duly qutilica Sur- geon are carried..
N.B.Rotum Tickets set by th
Mails.
NOTICE
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. PAQUEBOTS PUSTE FRANCAIS. STEAM FOR SAIGON, SINGAPURE BATAVIA, COLOMBO, BOMBAY, ADEN, LGYPT. MARSEILLES, MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA PORTS, LONDON, HAVLE, BORDEAUX; POLTS OF BRAZIL & RIVER PLATE,
OFIT
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1899.
Merchant Vessels in Hongkong Harbour,
Exclunce of tale Arrions and Departurze reported to-day,
To facilitate finding the position of any vessel in the Harbour, the Anchorage is divided into eleron Sections, commencing from Green Island. Vassels near the Hongkong shoes are marked near the Kowloon shore £, and those in the body of the Shipping or midway between each shore aro marked ., là conjunction with the heures denoting the sections.
Section:
From Green Island to the Gas Works. 2. From Gas Works to Jardine's Wharf.
3. From Jadine's Wharf to the Harbour's Office.
4. From Harbour Master's to the darkon
5. From The Market to Peddar's What,
6. From Foldar's Wharf to the Naval Yard
Yaul's Nunnel.
ON MONDAY, the bat. Faszary, 1907 at Noon, the Uo.'s S. 8. QORANIEN
Steamers. SCHMITZ, with MAILS, Captain PASSENGERS, SPECIE, and CARGO | Amoy....... will leave this Part for MARSEILLES Anake Mara
iu BOMNÀY.
This Steamer enpuole as COLOMINO | Boogloo Bormida with the s.stralien, which vessel
Chow Fr... takes on her Passengers and Maife, leaving Dueling ...... Laat Port on the 13th January, direct to SUEZ, FORT SAID and MARSEILLES. I and Spede, will bo rogistored for as well as for Marseillos, and as cepted in transit through Marsalles for the principal Places of Europe.
Shipping Orders will be granted till Noon."
Deatores.... Eastern Kameralda
latching .... Haikong Hats Hsinchi
Heihacomin
Cargo will be received on board until 4 p.m.; Specic and Forests until 2 p.m. on unsang the 31st December. (Parcels are not to be Lightning
Maidzuru Mart so on boant; they zaust be left at the Leksang ... Agency's Office).
Massilia Contents and value of Packages are re-
cefoo quired.
For further particulars, apply at the Menuir Company's Office.
TOYO KISEN KAISHA. Sabio Rickmers
Bection
7. From Naval Fard to Blue Buildings,
8, From Bus Buildings to East Point.
9. From Kellet's Island to North Point.
10. Kowloon Wharves
11. Jaranis's Whart.
Captain
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str. 687 Doc. British str. 1390 Dec. British str. 2216 Nov British str.
str. 681 Dec.
22 Jardins, Matheson & Co. 18 David Sassoon, Sone &
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G. De CHAMPEAUX, Agent. Lengkong, December 19, 1890.
Nanchang Pakho Paiyung...... Petrarch
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Williams.
Koller
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TO SAN FRANCISCO, VIA INLAND SEA OF JAPAN & HONOLULU,
Shaasi. Strathgyla Shisang Taifu
PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG. Nippon Mary [via]
Shanghal, Nagasaki, WEDNESDAY, Jan.Triumph... Kobe, Inland Sea, To. 3, at Noon, 1900. kohama & Honolulu), America Mar (via)
Shanghai, Nagasaki, SATURDAY, Jou. Kubo, Inland Sun, Yo.27, at Noon, 1900 kolama onolulu) Hongkong Mars, (vid}
Shai, Naki, Kabe, THURSDAY, Feb.
22, at Noon.
Inland Sea, Yoku- hana and Honolulu)
THE S. S. NIPPON MARC will ba despatched for SAN FRANCISCO, vin SHANGHAI, NAGASAKI, KOBE, IN AND SEA, YOKOHAMA & HONO LULU WEDNESDAY, the 3rd
Jan.,
at Noon, taxing Fraigist and Passengers for Japan, the United States, and Europe.. Steamers of this Kino pass through the INLAND SEA OF JAPAN, and call at HONOLULU, and Passengers are allowed to break their journey at any point en route. Through Passago Tickets granted to Eng knd, France, and Gennany by ali trans- Atlantic lucs of steamers and to the prin oipal cities of the United States or Canada. Rates may be obtained on application.
Passengera holding through ORDERS TO EUROPE hazo tau choico of Overland Rail routes som San Francisco, including the Spurtas PACtrio, CENTRAL PACIFIC, UNION PACTIC, DRYER AND RIO GRANDE and NORTHERS FAUFIC RAILWAYS; also the CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY on pay. ment of £4 in addition to the regular tarif
Talo,.
Passengers holding orders for DYER- two in thee, and Chiago, the bat San Francisco option of the SOUTHERN, PACIFIC CENTRAL PACIFIC, UNION PACIFIC, DENVER AND TO GRANDE, and other direct connecting Rail- wage, and from Chicago to destination the choice of direct lines."
Particular of the various routes can be had on application.
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Brit bqe 660 Deck
17 Standard Vil Co. Standard Oil Co. 10rder
48tandard Oil Co.
25 Drac
Standard Oft Co.
110nlur
Brit sch 52 Supt. 258. W. Hall. Amer. sh.1424 Oct 11 Stulard Oil Co.
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Blods.
BANKS
(CORALUTED UP TO 1 P.)
No. of Valice. Shares.
Paid up.
Closing Quotations, Cetsh
109,875 £
Hongkong and Shanghal Dank Corp. 89,0009 Band of China & Japan, Lanted (
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1. same day; all Parcel Packages should
value
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2661 Hongkong, December 9, 1899
OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY. FOR LONDON VIA SUEZ DANAL THE Company Steamship
CDIQUED
Captain Goorwis, will be despatched as abore on TUESDAY, the 9th January,
For Freight, apply to
DUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Hongkong, December 11, 1800,
UNITED STATES AND CHINA JAPAN STEAMSHIP LINE. an
FOR NEW YORK KIA SUNT CANAL,
THE SWIVELLI, INDRAYELLI,
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Carmichael & Soy Chee Cotto Chins Provid
FOR NEW YORK FIA SUZZ CANAL
ATRIDI will be despatered for the bova Port alcat CANALE Stephja
the Middle of Janusty, and will be
Captain JACKSON, will he despatched as followed ubaya on TUESDAY, the 23rd Jandy
For Froight, apply te
SS. BIRCHTOR and ST. REGULUS
For Freight, apply to .⠀⠀
*Founde
DODWELL & Co., In BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, -
2663 Hongkong, December 20, 1899, * 8515 Hongkong, December 11, 1899,
Chinese Limpe
50,000
Ball 900, bagers 106 10835, kolleta"
Katchinalzu
traits and Bombay Dec, 26.
Mtunila
Dee. 27. Kloon Duck
toy and Fameni Dec, 24.
Sporo & Calcutta Dec. 28. Swatow and Tamsui Dec, 24
Cos'tan Dock
Nognauki & Y'han Dec. 24. Suniarning & Shayn Dea 21.
Hongay
Swatow
[Kobe
Mails.
Dec. 25.
Dec. 26.
Dec. 24.
loon Dock
Kloon Dock
U. S. Mail Line,
PACIFIC MAIL STRAMSHIP COMPANY.
VIA INLAND SIGA OF JAPAN AND HONOLULU
PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HOKOKONO,
Alger (vin Moji,
Kobe, Yhain aml
San Francisco)
Caine (via Shanghai,
Nagasuli,
SATURDAY, Feb.
1910, at Noon.
Kobe,SATURDAY, Mar, 3,
Inland Soa, Yoko
la & Honolulu,
Oly of Rio de Janeiro,
at Noon.
(via Shanghai, Nki,TUESDAY, March
Kobe, Inland Sca
T'hama and II'bulu,
THE
$7, at Noon.
CU. S. Chartered SS. AGO will be despatched for SAN FRANCISCO, vid MOJI, KOBE and YOKOHAMA, SATURDAY,the 10th February,
on
at Noon, taking Freight for, Japan, the United States, and Entopic.
For Cargo
Stonniers of this line pRNA
through the
INLAND SEA OF JAPAN, and call nt HONOLULU, and passengers are allowed
to break their journey at any point en rinile..
Though Passngo Tickets granted to all England, France, and Gozumny by trans-Atlantic lines of Steamers, and to the principal cities of the United States er. Canal Intes may be ab
he obtained on spp. cation
Passengers hekling through ORDERS TO EUROPE have the choice of the Overland Fund route from San Francisco, including the SOUTHERN PACIFIC, CENTRAL PACIFIC, UNION PACIFIC, DENVER and RIO GRANDI and NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAYS; also the CANA DIAN PACIFIC HALLWAY on payment of £4 in nudition to the regular tariff rate. Passcagem holling enters FOR OVER LAND, ULTIES in United States Invo between San Francisco and Chicago, the option of the SOUTHERN PADIFIC, CENTRAL PACIFIC, UNION PACIFIC, DENVER and RIO GRANDE and other direct contecting Railways, stid from Chi cage to dealinntion, le choice of direct. Hack
Particulars of the various routes can be
had on application,
Special rates (first class only) are granted. to ofissionaries, Members of the Naval Military, Diplomate, and Civil Servisca to European oficials in service of China and Japan, and to Government officials and their families
Through Bills of Jnding issued for trans- portation to Yokohama and other Japeu Porta to San Francisco, to Atlantis and Inland Cities of the United States, fin Overland Railway, to Hlivana, Ariudad, in Mexico, and Doniera and to ports in Contral and South America, by the Con
'g and connecting Beanies. pouy
Freight will be received on board unut I , the day Jerious to sling Parcel Packages will be received at the ulica intil 5 pm samo days all Parcel Packages should be marked to address in full ; value of same is required
Consular invoices to accompany Cango Francised destined to points beyond Hari
In the United States, should be sent to the Company's ons in Sealed Envelopes, addressed to the Collector of Castoniano San Frondisco
For further information as to PRANTE and Freight, apply to the Agency of the Coriputy, Queen & Buikling.
the
JB VAN BUREN
Hongkong, De 21, 1899 2701
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS