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The British Chess Magazine Volume 29 1909 (1909)

leaf 560

An illustration from The British Chess Magazine Volume 29 1909, 1909, leaf 560
BRITISH CHESS MAGAZINE. The likeness is certainly striking. Does no one compose anything else nowadays ? There seems to be more letters than ever on my table. I tear them all open. A servant brings in a tray with more. All contain my probem in different shapes. I can’t solve so many ; I can’t read… … WHITE. WHITE. Mate in two. 1 P—K 6 ch. Mate intwo. 1 R—Q7 ch. Last of all a little note, scented, from a lady problemist, who only makes picture problems, referring to her celebrated ‘‘ Cricket Bat,” her favourite problem. Just as I start to examine it, the bell rings. It is my private telephone.…

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