3 AUGUST 1956, Page 30

Chess

BY PHIL1DOR No. 61.A. ELLERMAN BLACK (10 men) WHITE to play and mate in two moves: solution next week' Q-Kt 3, threat P-Kt 3. 1 Q-B 3; 2 Q-K 3.

1 Q-B 4; 2 Q-Kt 3. Note thematic try 1 Q-

B 4 (threat P-K 5, defeated only by 1 Kt-x( 4) with 1 . . . Q-B 3; 2 Q-B 1 and 1 . . Q-B 2 Q X Kt. This is development from old mutate which merely contrasted actual and set play.

WHITE (8 men)