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1、Ebookbroughttoyoubywww.TeamPlayLotto.compleaseseeincludedpdffile700CHESSPROBLEMSSELECTEDFROMTHECOMPOSITIONSOFMrs.W.J.BAIRD[1902]AnElectronicEditionAndersThulin,Malmö·2002-11-18PREFACETheChessProblemscontainedinthisvolumearetheproductofthelabourandrecreationofsomefourteenyears.Isay“labour,”becauseIam
2、notsuchaChessenthusiastastobelievethatacol-lectionsuchasthiscanbeproducedwithoutpersistentapplica-tionpartakingofthenatureofwork;and“recreation,”becausetheworkhasbeenapleasure—howgreatapleasureonlyacom-posercanfullyrealize.Althoughalargenumberoftheproblemshavebeenrepublishedinnumerouspapersathomeand
3、abroad,onlythenameofthepublicationinwhicheachoriginallyap-pearedisgiven.Exclusiveoftheprizelist,inaboutadozencaseswithaviewtoanimprovement,theyhavebeenmoreorlessresetsincetheirfirstappearance.Thesixaddedtothiscollectioninlet-terpressattheendoftheSolutionsarethelastcomposed.Tothebestofmybeliefthereis
4、notasingleinstanceofadualcontinuation,andnotbeinganadmirerofdualmates,theyareveryfewandfarbetween.Alistofprizeproblemswillbefound,butitmustnotbetakenforgrantedthatitcontainstheessenceofthevolume.SolutionsaregiveninfullforthebenefitofthosewhoarenotfaradvancedintheProblemArt.Aswillbeseen,redrepresents
5、theWhite,andbluetheBlackpieces.Brighton1stMay,19025CONTENTSListofPrizeProblemsp.9Direct-MateProblems:TwoMovesproblem1–286ThreeMoves287–601FourMoves602–625FiveMoves626–630Self-MateProblems:TwoMoves631–669ThreeMoves670–687FourMoves688–694FiveMoves695–698SixMoves699–700Solutionsp.211NotestoProblemsp.27
6、7PREFACETOTHEELECTRONICEDITIONTheoriginaleditionwaspublishedbyHenrySotheran&Co,Lon-don,1902.Astheoriginalprefaceindicates,itwasprintedinredandblue.Inthisedition,solutionshavebeenconvertedfromdescriptivenotationtoalgebraic,usingtheletter‘S’toindicateknights.Thedistinctionbetweenplain,doubleanddiscove
7、redmatespresentintheoriginalhasnotbeenretained,exceptasfaraslinesthatwereconsideredseparatebecauseofthisdistinctionhavealsobeenkeptseparateinthisedition.Oneexampleofthisisthefirstandthirdlineinthesolu