Thursby_Seventy-Five_Chess_Problems.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 ﬁ nd 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.