Seventy-five Chess Problems 1-[Thursby]休闲.pdf

SEVENTY-FIVE CHESS PROBLEMS SEVENTY-FIVE CHESS PROBLEMS by John Thursby, Trinity Coll., Camb., [1883] An Electronic Edition Anders Thulin, Malmö · 2000-07-29 DEDICATED to the Rev. W. Thursby Jan., 1st, 1883 PREFACE It seems to be custom to say a few words to the public, when offering a collection of Chess Problems, and this custom I shall shortly avail myself of. The stratagems contained in this book are a selection from the many Problems composed by me, and published during the last six years in all the leading journals and magazines at home and abroad. I do not claim for my problems any especial or extraordi- nary profundity, nor do I intend to set myself up as a rival to other Chess authors; but I believe that any Chess-player who takes the trouble to look through my book, will find in it amusement and pleasure. I do not pretend to be able to give hints on construction, or to lay down dogmatic rules in Prob- lem art. In conclusion, I ought to state that I have always been treated with the greatest courtesy by every Chess Editor with whom I have corresponded, with, I regret to say, one notable exception. PREFACE TO ELECTRONICAL EDITION This is an electronical edition of John Thursby’s Seventy-Five Chess Problems, published in 1883 by Jas. Wade, London. The main changes are: changing the layout from one diagram per page to four, and translating solutions from descriptive nota- tion to algebraic. All problems have been checked by computer: Matthieu Leschemelle’s Problemiste was used for all problems up to and including 5 moves; Popeye was used for the remaining 6-mover. Found problems have been indicated as follows: [†] indicates a problem without a solution