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)er-in-on-an, of ire, uld free itnailiblcbanlowyoudge1 tedrote2CU-ting3 tOwill you will hi a and and bice, willnigheachin-a forally,§ cjiiulmcnt.All oommun ication s for tills departin ont slioul d beaddressed to the editor of the North-West, Freeport, Illinois.PROBLEM XIX.BLACK.mlt;01-CosTpocithoias c a niSUC(pro(thesmacoinWHITE.White to play and mate in seven moves..SOLUTION TO PROBLEM X VIII.WHITE.1. a lo her B’sSth (eh.)2. q to it’s 8th (eh.'i3. Kfc to q Kt’s Oth (eh.)4. q, to ic’s 4 th (eh.)5. Kl to a's fitli slato I 6. Q to her id's sq. (oh.)but 7* Kt to Kt',s Gtjl*BLACK.K to his 2nd.K to tj’s 3rd or (a.) k to d’s-lth. ic to Q. li’s 5th (best.) k removes, ic takes u p. mate.(A.)TireThetoritice“M “S' is li meiperosilsaleSisIEeHd doaborssitylievethey thel.2. Q to it’s fth (eh.)3. Q, to ic b’s 5th (ell,)4. i* to K Kt’s r.tii,ic to his ids 2nd.ic removes.k removes, mate.PUILIDOK Tim CELEBRATED Oil ESS-PLAYF.U.—A lid vo Tin n lean Philiilor was horn at Rroux, near 'Purls, in 1728. His grandfather was a Jmutboy-htis 1 player at the court of Louis the Thirteenth. An mt is Italian musician named I’hilidor, was admired , at that court for his performance on I ho same. In-mn Ktrument; and after his depnrturo, the king gave borer jjr, Hanlon u the #obriquvt or nick-numo of PJilli-ife, it dor, which has still remained in the family. Uis father,and several of his brothers belonged lo the band of Louis the Fourteenth and Fifteenth. At six years of age ho was admitted among the children of the Chapel Royal, at Versailles, where being obliged to attend daily, lie had an opportunity of learning chess from the musicians in waiting, of whom there were about ri that] eighty. M.de Kermul, Hire doLegulle, who is e rich 1 Bvlng, and was then neat* forty years of age, was esteemed the best chcss-pluycr in Francesonppu 1 *u 1 and young iMiilldnr sought every opportunity of Hits of receiving his instructions, by which he improved ter or 1 esse nil ally that, three years a iter, M. do Legal lo though still his master, was not able to allow him any advantage. M. do LeguHe once asked Dl'U of I him whether he had tried to play by memory, il and 'vithout seeing the board? Phllhior replied,that . .. I us ho had calculated moves, and even wholeouurethaton all man’s 1, butmeRciontThlanFelbyatoop|hado-ofbei a ItinbeofgoSCIthhi:C(1hiisBiless ofugauies ul night in lied, he thought he could do It,'lor, as and immediately played a game with the AbbeiyruthPithet
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Freeport North West
Freeport, Illinois, US
Thu, Nov 29, 1866
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