. The World almanac and encyclopedia . White .White to play and mate ia three moves. White.White to play and mate in three moves. The above problems are selected from the compositions of the late Charles A. Gilberg, ofBrooklyn, who had ranked for many years as one of Americas foremost chess players, writers, andcomposers. Mr. Gilberg, at the time of his death, which occurred on Janua-y 21, 1898, was thePresident of the Manhattan Chess Club, and was so promine:;t in all matters pertaining to the royalpastime that his loss has been mourned by the entire chess world. 1 QQQ Showed a marked and wid

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. The World almanac and encyclopedia . White .White to play and mate ia three moves. White.White to play and mate in three moves. The above problems are selected from the compositions of the late Charles A. Gilberg, ofBrooklyn, who had ranked for many years as one of Americas foremost chess players, writers, andcomposers. Mr. Gilberg, at the time of his death, which occurred on Janua-y 21, 1898, was thePresident of the Manhattan Chess Club, and was so promine:;t in all matters pertaining to the royalpastime that his loss has been mourned by the entire chess world. 1 QQQ Showed a marked and widespread interest in the game of chess, resulting from the manyI O <70 international tournaments and cable matches whicli are now chronicled as annual events. The British players won the third cable match for the Newnes Trophy by the score of 5^ to 414, the pairing and results being as follows: Amebic ANS. J. W. Showalter 1 J.F.Barry 1 Edward Hymes ^ A. B. Hodg.S 1 Eugene Debnar _0 Total 33^ British. Amos Burn 0 H Caro 0 H. E. Atkins