THE EASTBOURNE GAZETTE

Eastbourne, Sussex, England

31 January 1894

CHESS NOTES

[written by Aleister Crowley under the pen name "Ta Dhuibh"]

Vie Victus! We have lost to Hailsham by five games to six. Of course we had not our strongest second team, but it was the same thing with our opponents, three of their best men being absent. Perhaps if the members came more regularly to the club, we should avoid such downfalls. When a “playing member” comes once every three months to “look in,” we might find it advantageous to “lookout.” Score as follows:

The following is the game played at the top board, Sicilian Defence.

(a). B to Q2 is much better, gaining time and saving the attacked pawn.

(b). Anything but this. KtxKPorKtxKtP would change the fate of the day most likely.

(c). Fatal of course. But nothing would save the game.

TA DHUIBH.