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777

CHESS MINIATURES

IN THREE

Collected and Arranged by

E. Wallis, Springfield, Scarborough

With an Introduction by

Philip H. Williams, f.c.a.

And Hints to Solvers by

A. N. Brayshaw, b.a., ll.b.

“Voluptatis multam in parvo opere.”

[908]

SBPE 003-00019-01-ENG

An Electronic Edition

Anders hulin, Malmö · 2005-07-03

PREFACE

In oﬀering this little volume of little problems to the ever-increasing

body of chess lovers both at home and abroad, I have been actuated by

a desire to focus in one volume all the best work of chess composers in

this fascinating branch of problem construction.

It is pretty well laid down now that a Miniature Chess Problem is one

containing not more than seven men all told, and I have conﬁned my

researches to those with three moves only, as being the most popular

and containing some of the most beautiful play to be found in the whole

range of chess strategy.

I have endeavoured to make the work a popular one, and one that

could be easily carried about and looked at in odd moments. So far as

I know there is only one work of similar nature, Blumenthal’s “Schach-

miniaturen,” which, admirable as it is, is virtually closed to the ordinary

solver on account of diﬃculties of the language. I have to acknowledge

my indebtedness to Blumenthal’s work for many ﬁne examples in the

following pages.

he chess enthusiast will ﬁnd in these problems simplicity, beauty,

and in many cases diﬃculty. None of the problems commence with

either check, capture, or pawn promotion. English, Continental and

American composers are all represented, and I have endeavoured to

give the best problems of the kind I could gather together from a col-

lection of something over ,500 examples.

A word as to the general arrangement of the book. As all the prob-

lems are direct mates in three moves, it has not been necessary to put

the conditions under each. No index is necessary as the composers’

names are in strict alphabetical order, and where there is more than

one problem those with the fewest pieces are placed ﬁrst. I have given

777 Chess Miniatures in Three - E. Wallis, 1908.pdf