<Departing from the course hitherto adopted at these gatherings of consultation games, between masters with members of the Club as consultants, this year the main feature of the Hastings Festival is a match of ten games between the British master, Mr. W. E. Napier, and the German expert, Herr J. Mieses, of Leipsic.

In order to prevent the ever-recurring Queens and Ruy Lopez being the only examples of play, selected openings are to be used, each master taking alternately the attack and defence. The hours of play are ten in the mornings and three in the afternoons, and games will be contested day after day until Mondav, 20th instant.> (1)

All games appeared in the <Hastings and St. Leonards Observer> of the 11th, 18th and 25th of March.

(1) Hastings and St. Leonards Observer, 11.03.1905, p.7