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  2. PASTIME COLUMN. CHESS.

    F. S. S., North Shore.—B can legally insist on A finishing the game within 50 moves on either side, if the latter have a superiority of force, say King, Bishop and Knight against B's, or K and R against ...

    Article : 89 words
  3. CHARADE.

    With water from my first You may allay your thirst, Or dilute your little nip of next (transposed); In my third you have a weight, ...

    Article : 88 words
  4. Facetiæ.

    VERY BUSY.—Some one asked a lad how it was he was so short of his age. He replied, "Father keeps me so busy, I ain't time to grow." "Cut, and come again," as the girl said to her lover ...

    Article : 1,181 words
  5. AMERICAN CHESS CONGRESS.

    The chief event in the foreign chess world at present is the fifth American Congress which is now being contested at New York. The list of combatants does not comprise the names of Blackburne, ...

    Article : 180 words
  6. PROBLEM NO. 734.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 18 words
  7. WORD CAPPING.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 48 words
  8. DICKENS QUOTATION REBUS.

    The primal letters of the speakers of the following lines will give the name of a well-known character in "David Copperfield:"— 1. A very handsome animal is a toad, very spotted; ...

    Article : 181 words
  9. WONDERFUL CHESS PLAYING.

    In the parlours of the Manhattan Chess Club, on Thursday evening, there was an unusually interesting exhibition of skill, which attracted a number of chessplayers iu addition to the members. Captain ...

    Article : 299 words
  10. PROBLEM NO. 735.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 27 words
  11. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS OF 14TH FEBRUARY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 411 words
  12. BRILLIANT BLINDFOLD GAME.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 279 words
  13. Puzzles, Enigmas, &c. WORD SQUARES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 60 words
  14. GEOGRAPHICAL RIDDLES.

    Of four letters I'm composed. And syllables the same. When properly arranged, In New South Wales ...

    Article : 101 words
  15. CHESS IN ADELAIDE.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 574 words
  16. DECAPITATION.

    The gallant game fowl oft you see, Make short work of a dunghill rooster; He celebratos his victory, As, Trollope says, Australians used, sir. ...

    Article : 162 words
  17. SOLVERS' LIST.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 262 words
  18. VERBAL CHARADES.

    "The native bulwarks of the pass." 1. On the dewy leaves of emerald green I take a seat. 2. Within the wild bush-flowers hedge I cosily lie. 3. In the fair waving ferns moss-grown, cool, rocky, ...

    Article : 215 words
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