CHESS

Evening Star, Issue 20061, 29 December 1928, Page 2

CHESS

[Conducted by L.D.G.] Th. Otago Club meet, (or play »t the rooms, SI ■ Ucorge street, Hannah’s Buildings, every Monday, Wednesday, end Saturday evenings, el 7.30 o'clock. a TO CORRESPONDENTS. The problem tournament will be continued next Saturday, January 5, 1929. Correct solutions to problems 1,778 and I, have been received from Orion, Barnacle, Pawn, White Rook, Dr C., S.S.M., W.K., J.C., E.T.E., R.F.R.M’D., S.A.P.C,, G.S.M.M'D., N.G.. G.M., E.K., W.T., T.J.H.,' R.M., J.G., G.P.H., J. 8.. R.S., S.D., E.W.T. Tho above solvers receive 20 marks. Correct solution to problem No. 1,780 ■■ted from problem tourney), S.S.M., J. Thanks for greetings and good wishes; greatly appreciated. J.J.M .—Thanks for greetings; these are reciprocated. (We invite communication, on all matters concerning chess. Solutions of problems, garnet, and analyses will receive our attention, and if ol sufficient merit will be inserted. All communications to be addressed, “ Chcsi Editor,” 4 Evening Star.’] , SOLUTION TO TOURNEY PROBLEM. No. 1,778, key move Q-Q B 7. Ko. 1,779, key move R-Q B 1, SOLUTION TO PROBLEM No. 1,780 (Exempted from problem tourney), Key move, Q-K Kt 4, ■ PROBLEM No. 1,781 (Exempted from problem tourney)', By William Meredith, Black, 3,pieces. •

White, 9 pieces. While to play and male in two moves. ...4Q7: IK3F2; pPlp4; K2k4; 6PB; 4F3; 2P5; 8. A GAME FROM THE PAST. The following interesting game was played at tbe Westminster Cbess Club, London, in 1867. It is lakeuMrom ‘ Tbe Field ’ of that year. Boden was considered by Morphy the strongest of his English opponents and by Steinitz the strongest player Morphy met outside of Ills matches. White, Boden; Black, Bclaicff. 1 ?-K 4 P-K 4 2 K B-B 4 K Kt-B 3 3 K Kt-B 3 P-fJ 4 4 K P x P P-K 5 5 K Kl-K 5 Q-K 2 6 P-0 4 K P x P c.p. 7 Q B-K B 4 K Kl-Kt 5 8 Castles Kt, x Kt 9Bx Kt PxQ B P 10 0-0 4 Px Kt (queening) 11 QR X Q Q-Q B 4 12 Q-K 4 K-Q 1 13 0 R-Q B 1 P-K B 3 14 K B-Q Kt 5 Qx Q R (a) (a) While now mates in two moves. CHESS ITEMS. INDIVIDUAL EFFORT. During the slogan competition conduc* ted by i.be chess editor of the ‘ Tasmanian Illustrated Mail ’ last year some fine suggestions for popularising the game were received. The following article by a valued contributor, “ M.G.5.,” was one of these, and wc consider it worthy of close study by all who have tho welfare of the game at heart

“ I have given your request for a slogan much thought, but find myself baffled to find one that would be of lasting use—- ‘ You may take a horse to water,_ but you cannot make him drink.’ Chess is, of all games, the most peculiar, from its profound, deep character. It ot all games requires a particular appreciation on the part of its admirers. There is so much rush and bustle in the affairs of life, so much of the sensational, such great lack of seriousness, which is foreign to the devotee of chess. Therefore, I consider interest can only be created by an individual effort—individual working with individual, '[’lien, also, I think that if chess is not taken up in young life (say before twenty years of ago) it will not be fully grasped and appreciated. So, then, to sum up, I think the best way to popularise the game is through the clubs. Lot the individual club members bring along those who would possibly appreciate the game. Then, let there bo teachers in the clubs—born teachers with the pains and patience to teachw Let not the good players despise those inferior, but occasionally, without it being known, allow an inferior player to win, that ho may be encouraged. Introduce the game into the boarding schools, where the scholars have the time and place to practice. If the masters do not know the game, or do not foci disposed to teach it,’ then the clubs should lake it up and orrange amongst themselves players to teach. For a slogan, then, I would say ‘ individual effort.’ ” LIFE’S CHESS. Until the game is o’er and breaks the When you shall stand before the King of Kings, E’er do your best, c en though it s as a For made or marred by little As square by square life s checkered hoard is trod, ' . Cast not the blame for each had move on Fate; « Castle ” behind the boundless love of And you’ll not fear when Death shall give you “ male ”! —E.D.S< THE STUDY OF CHESS. Next to constant practice, nothing helps improvement so much as looking over better players and studying the different works that have been written on the game. But whdt is the use of studying the games and positions that many never occur? True; but when you teach a boy arithmetic you give him particular sums and problems to resolve; these problems will never occur to him in veal life, but in learning to work them the young student becomes perfected iu tho common rules' of figures necessary to their solution; and thus it is with those exercises, chess' players acquire also an improved style of play from books, and situations occur every day which They may win from having met with something similar in the course of their solitary studies. ANOTHER ALECHINE! A younger brother of Alechine, the eminent Russian chess player, was third in a tournev recently held for the championship of the" Ukraine at Polawa. First and second prizes were won by Selesniev and Gregorcnko,-with 11 and 9 points respectively. SURELY A LIBEL. In connection with the International Chess Congress in London one newspaper writer said lie thought the players were asleep! To an observer, incapable of deeper thought than barely sufficient to control his feetthe Charleston;' a.man immersed in thought seems asleep. A man born blind cannot understand light. A servant girl deemed Charles Dar. u mad liecause she had seen him gaze steadily at a Hower for long periods of time!—> (Exchange.),