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warm wasther chess is but little indulged in.
A correspondenca tourasment at the Singa. FIRST FLOCK No. 8, QUEEN'S ROAD pore Chess Club has resulted in the victory of Mr. T. R. Miles, who previously wou the regular Club tournament.
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A TRUE STORY.
England is a long way off and ifty-three. years is rather far in the past; still there are n' few poople among us able to recall what the old coautry was like in 1850, the year of the incident to be related.
At that time there lived in a detached cottage nene au English cathedral city a very eccentric bachelor. He had formerly been wealthy; but having dissipated the greater part of his fortune, he want to the other extreme, and not only became a teetotaller bat almost denied himself the necessarios of life. For yours he kept. himself a prisoner in his cottage, his only companions being 1 Branching two ferocious bull dogs named Two trumps, who chanead to hear that this angolar recluso was very well off, and that ho was never without beer and whisky, resolved to The Vienna Gambit tournament, which con- rob him. Accordingly they one night broke into the lonely man's cottage, and immediately cluded about the end of May, resulted in a
discovered but the Beer and Whisky therein victory for Tachigorio, with 13 points. Mer-wers of quite different brands than they had shall was second, with 174 points, Maroo third expected to find. One of the tramps, fleeing in with 11. and Pillsbury fourth with 10 points mad terror from the dogs, fell into a mill stream Aand was drowned. His companion, badly bitten, The contest has proved a fair success.
over it and fractured his skull, so that he died London critic recsutly wrote:-Though this is just managed to climb a tall fence; but fell
the next day.
the
called a Gambit Tournament, the better name
The incident caused much excitement at the would be "Declined Gambit Tournament.” In the majority of ouses Black makes no attempt time, and it had scarcely anbaided when the to defend the Gambit Pawn by 3 P-Kto could obtain to bis knocking was the growls local shopkeeper reported that the only answer Pillsbury played P--Q, Marshall P-KB 4, of Beer and Whicky; whereupon the police and others K-83. Most players adopt the brake into the cottage and discovered the old dispute which it occasioned batween two doctors. man---dead. The inqurat was remarkable for a Ons maintained that death was the result of fright at the recent attempted robbery s
indiges ether, that deceased, died from chronic of exercise, he not having been gutside his cof- tion brought about by improper tage for eighteen years. The discussion was taken up by the ginuts of the medical profession, and ably debated, the conclusion reached being that indigestion is a disease arising from infin- itely unmereas causes, and itself producties of complaints hardly less numerous. Bat it was not than known (as it has been now for thirty- flro years) that indigestion has oue surs cúra, viz., Beigel's Syrup.
Voor 45 Chunt ans, Yo, BA, QWork PRAYA BAST Spacions Two-storied Bishop's Gambit with White, but even that gets and Single-storied Godowns. Suitable decllued in various ways. It is generally for Yarn or Crale.
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For years I was a martyr to indigestion and LAMBERT & BUTLER'S flatulencs. Wind used to press on the raive of
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The following game reaches us via America, the notes being by Mr. W. E. Napier. White's game was conducted by Mosora. Lasker, Rice, Hymes and Röthing, and Black's by Messrs. [542 Barry, Finn, Hanbam, Köhler and Stenberg
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BIGE GAMBIT. White Black.
P-K
1 P-E4
2 P-KD4 PtP 15 4-Et4
3 Kt KB3P-K K4
4 P-KE4 P-Kt
5 Kt Kt Kt-K B3 B-B F-4
7 Ft P B-03
8 Castles fo) BtKt
9 R-Ksq.
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1P-B3
11 P-Q4
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13 Kt-B3
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had consumed from six to eight battles; but A GENTLEMAN'S SMOKE, oue bottle was sufficient to afford me relief. I huve never ceased to praise the virtues of Beigel's Syrup in the Colonies I visit a commercial traveller, merely in gratitude for the great benefit derived from it-for I have Black.
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Kt-R7. Ktt Kt ch Ktheh P-Q34
(a) This is a move that initiates the Ries Gambit. There appears to be no and of Black's resources in the position, but so far there has boon no serious controversy on any line of defence than that chosen.
(b) The innovation giving use to what the bookmakers term the Napier variation.
(c) This move has been given a rigorous
NAMERON VILLAS (PEAK), examination, bot so far as I know his god
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(d) Masterly plag, intended to anticipate the coutingoncies of Black king'a side attack.
(e) Strong, but apparently insufficient. The continuation, Kt-B7, was more to the point. 20. Kt-R7; 21 K-Bsq., KR-Ksq., would have made a difference in Black's favour. As it
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The following is a pretty game from the Vienna competition. Marshall, the young American master, pulling off a Mazio Gambit against no es strong an opponent thas mere or less Maroczy:--
MUZIO GAMBIT. Black. White.
White. Marshall, Murcozy,
Marshall, P-4
Block.
Moroczy.
P-- #3
1 PQ &
1 P-K4 2P--KB PtP
3 KK-B3 P-K Kt 4
4-B4 P--Kt 5
5 Kt-B3(a) PtKt
6Q + P PQ4 7 Kt t P
Ht-K 2 Слатина 12 Kt-Q5(e) Kt t Kt
11 Cantien
13 QtQ
Kttu
14 Bt B
Q Kt~Q 2
15 B't R
Kt B
8 Ktt) Q-B3
18 P-KS Resigus (d)
(a) Known sa MacDonnell's variation.
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