CHESS.

Evening Star, Issue 14932, 19 July 1912, Page 2

CHESS.

[Conducted by J.H.F.H.] TO CORRESPONDENTS. Secretary Ota#o C.C.—Many thanks for information regarding fixtures, .etc. AH communications must be addressed "Chess Editor," 'Eremnj Star.' PROBLEM: No. 555. By H. W. Bettraann. Black, 6 pie«es.

White, 12 pieces. White to play and mate iu tiro moves. 4K82: 3: P3k3; RSPI; 2PR2PI; lBp2PlKt; 2Et5; 2brrb2. PROBLEM No. 556. By E. V. Tanner. Blaci, 3 pieces.

White, 6 pieces. White to play and mate in three move*. 4ktlkl; 4BpPR; 8; 4P82; 8; K7; 8; 8. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 549. Key move Kt-B 6. SOLUTION" OF PROBLEM So. 550. Key move: E-K Kt 5. NEW ZEALAND CHESS CONGRESS. The following games were played in the New Zealand Chess Congress. (Notes by F L. James) : GAME No. 750. White, Sainsbury; Black, Giieison. 1 P-K 4 "P-K 4 2 Kt-K B 3 Kt-Q B 3 3 B-B 4 Kt-B 3 4 P-Q 4 (a) Px P 5 Castks...Kt s P (b) 6 Kt x P (c) P-Q 4 7B x P (d) Qx B 8 Kt x Kt Q x Q '» 6R x Q Px Kt 10 11-K 1 P-K B 4 11 P-K B 3 B-B 4 ch 12 K-R 1 (f) B-B 7 13 R-K 2 (g) B-R 3 14 Resigns (a) The old and more dashing continuation Kt-Kt 5 is nothing accounted of "in the fatness of thes* pursy times," and the Eablan P-Q 3 is preferred even to the test move. (b) Mobi.isaticn here calls for B-B 4. (c) Here R-K 1 is the only admissible move, and gives White a good game. (d) Bad tactics. Kt x Kt, followed by B-Q 3 ?ives him a pood game. (A) (e) Hasty and inferior. P x Kt here wins the piece outrisht. if) Extremely bad. B-K 5 here would have recovered the piece, and left him with a very fair game. (g! R-Q 1 were a less certain way of ensuring his own destruction, but not, perhaps, at the long last, more helpful for his salvation. GAME No. 751. White, Hicks; Black, Keiling. 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 2 Kt-K B 3 Kt-Q B 3 3 B-B 4 B-B 4 4 P-B 3 iai Kt-B 3 5 P-Q 4 P x P 6 P x" P B-Kt 5 r.h 7 Kt-B 3 (b) Castles 8 B-K Kt 5 P-Q 3 9 P-K R 3 Kt-K 2 dt 10 B x Kt P x Kt 11 P-Q 3 Kt-Kt 3 12 Q-Q 2 P-Q 4 'fi 13 P-K 5 P x P (f.) 14 Q-R 6 Px P 15 Kt-K Kt 5 Q-K 2ch 16 K-Q 1 P-K B 3 17 Kt xQ P (g) Q-Kt 2 18 Qxo ch Kx Q 19 Kt x R P K x Kt 20 Kt x B K-R 3 21 B x Kt K x B 22 R-Q B 1 P-B 3 23 R-K 1 P-R 4 24 Kt-Q 3 B-B 4 25 K-Q 2 Q R-B 1 26 Kt-B 5 P-Kt 3 27 Kt-K 6 K R-B 2 28 Kt x P B-Q 2 29 R-K 3 P-Q B 4 30 R-Kt 3 ch K-R 3 31 Kt-B 3 R-Q 1 32 R-K 1 B-K 3 ch 33 K-B 1 B-B 4 34 Kt-R 4 B-R 2 55 R-K 6: K-R 4 36 Kt-B 3 R-Q 4 37 R-Kt 4 K R-0 2 33 R-R 4 ch K-Kr 3 39 P-0 Kt 3 R-Q 8 ch 40 K-Kt 2 K-Kt 2 41 R x Kt P R-K P. 8 42 R-Kt 4 ch K-B 2 43 R-B 4 R x p c h 44 K-R 3 K-K 2 45 Q R x P B-Kt 8 46 R-B 7 ch K-K 1 47 R-B 8 eh K-K 2 48 K R-B 7 ch K-Q 3 49 R x R ch K x R 50 Kt-K 5 ch K-Q 3 51 Kt-B 4 ch Resigns (a) The pianissimo variation fP-Q 3), of Cft'tle?, is more in favor and safer. (hj) B-Q 2 has been more prnera'ly favored. The text move was recommended, hewrvrr. so long ago as 1620 by Gioachino Greco, and revived by f-'tciniti. Tha Danish iTnaUur Moller. bv his continuation 7 Kt-B 3, Kt x P; 8 Castles, B x Kt; 9 P-Q 5! has again restored it to favor. (e) Here Kt x K P is invariably played by masters; but may lead to the Moller attack —according to Dr Gebbardt. " one of the strongest gambits on the board" —of which two examples occurred in Yknna i" 1903 and three at Karlsbad in 1907. Of these five, however, only one was won by White, and two were drawn. text move IB inferior, extremely rare, and apparently finite unknown in master phy. (&) if rrcessarv, shows the Vdn"-» of his 7th move. Had hj" then taken the K P and txchanged B for Kt. be could havj played eventually P-Q 4, and so have freed his gam?, unless, indeed, Wh:te had replied with the Moller attack—which, however, i 3 not invincib:.-. But 9...Q-K 1 is good enough b"te ; for, if 10 B x Kt, then 10...8 xKtch : 11 Piß, Qs Pel: followed by P x B. The text move leaves him " cabined, cribbed, confinrd." . (e) Theoretically wrong, as it enables White to complete his major oblique; but the position hardly admits of anything better. , , (f) As the hostile Q Kt threatens to become trouble some soon, i'. should now be taken, thrrt-by setting th" Q free us-* makingr use of the ineffective KB. is) Ecce signum—behold the proof teereof.

FACTS AND TRIFLES. Th? executive of the New Zealand Chess Association are sujrsestinz hi? things :n connoct'on with the publication of the next congress book. An endeavor will be marie to mak.3 it a vear book, by c-.llect nr the work of each affi'iat-d c'r.b dunriß th- y-ir. The Otaso Club should be responsible for many interesting pars. The Oamaru Cub have i=sued a cha!l?nge to Otaro to play a match oy-r th" boiird hop'. The date sarpested is Thursday. 6th of Ar.2Ust r.fxt. The Otasroites are accspt-inr—-hey can do with a lot of those sort of matches. . , . , Mr \.Tm=t rr still mi'ntaiiu a rnbstant:&l lead in the Otairo Chess Cub's handicap tournament—viz., 10 w.ns and 1 loss. A player of the first ilisrht was badly treated the otter evening by his having to submit to three losses m succession in this particular tourney. The bad weather was no doubt responsible for the niateh between the Draughts and Cfeess Clubs falling through, only some half a, dozen players putting ia aa appearaaea.