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Evening Star, Issue 22448, 19 September 1936, Page 22

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[Conducted by D.H.H.] The Otago Club meets for play at the rooms, Allbell Buildings' Stuart street, every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evening at 7.30 o clock. Visitors a. e cordi lly invited to , attend, and by ringing up 22-646 arrangements i could be made for a game any afternoon and evening the. rooms are open to both club members and'visitors at any tiriie. ' TO CORRESPONDENTS. [We invite communications on all matters eoncerning chess Solutions of problems, games, and analyses will' receive our attention, and u of sufficient meiit will b& inserted. All communications to be addressed ** Chess Editor, Evening Star.*] ■ A.O.G. (Christchurch).—Have forwarded paper as requested. . , A.W.P, (Kelburn).—IThanks 1 Thanks for letters. P.K.K. (Wellington).—Obliged for literature and news. ■ , , * H.J.C. (Wellington).—Thanhs for Austrß.l|nß?li(V7alari) .—No solutions for two weeks. Hope that you are not laid up. CORRECT SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. 2,451; A.J.M’D. (Mornington), B.A.L. (Invercargill), J.E.D. (Dunedin), J.J.M. (Musselburgh), R.M D. (Roslyn), T.J.W. (St. Hilda), A.E. (Roslyn), King (Timaru), W.A.M.’ (Dunedin), J.A.C. (Mornington). ’ 2452: E.A.L. (Invercargill), J.A.C. (Mornington), A.E. (Roslyn), W.A.M. (Dunedin), King (Timaru), A.J.MD. (Mornington). SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. 2,449: Kt-B 5. 2,450: M S. PROBLEM 2,451. '(By A. G. Stubbs,) Black, 11 pieces.

White, ■l2 pieces. White mates in two moves. 5 b b B I' p 2 p 2 q p | 2ktS I IQIPktBKtII 1 P 1 k 1 P 1 E I B's 2 Kt 1 K 1 | 2 r P 4 | 8. PROBLEM 2,452. (By J. Kohts and G. Rockelkorn.) Black, 7 pieces.

White, 6 ■pieces. White mates in three moves. B:l7pllrptK | 2 p 1 B k 1 p | 6 R 1 j R 4 p Q 1 | 2 P 5 | 8. ENGLISH OPENING. Game played in the seventh round' of the British championship:— White. W. Winter; Black, T. H. Tylor. 1 P-Q B 4 P-K 3 2 Kt-Q B 3 P-Q’4 3 P-Q 4 .P-Q B 4 4 B P x P......K P x P 5 Kt-B 3 Kt-Q B 3 6 P-K Kt 3 Kt-B 3 7 B-Kt 2 B-K 2 8 Castles.....'.Castles 9f x P P-Q 5 10 Kt-Q R 4 B-K B 4 U PrQ Kt 4 P-Q 6 (a) 12 P-K 3...... Kt x P 13 Kt-Q 4 Kt-B 7 (b) 14 Kt x B Kt x R 15 Kt x B ch......Q x Kt 16 Q x P......Q-Q 2 17 Qx Q .Kt x Q 18 B x P......Q B-Kt sq .19 P-B 6 (c) Kt-B 7 20 B-Q 2......Kt-K 4 21 R-B sq Kt-B 6ch 22 K-Kt 2......Kt i B 23 R x Kt. Kt-Kt 8 24 P-B 7...... Q R-B sq 25 B x R......R x B 26 R-Kt 2 Resigns , ’(a) Up to and including Black’s eleventh move,: this game follows one given in Dr Tarrasch’s book, ‘ The Game of Chess,’ but he does not analyse 12 P-K 3 for White, or give the best reply for Black. In the game given by Dr’ Tarrasch White played II Kt-B 4, B-K 5; 12 P-B 3, B-Q 4; though in this case Black had not played the pawn to Q 6.' „ . (b) Again 13...8-K 5 was best, for ,if 14 B i B, Kt x B; and if 14 Q-Kt 3, P-Q R 4; leaving Black nothing to aim at. The lure of the exchange may have caqged Black to overlook the danger of allowing White to clear off the two dangerous bishops, entailing also the loss of that strong passed pawn. (c) There was no really good answer to this, to say nothing of the other threat of 20 B-Q R 3, winping at-least the exchange back. FRENCH DEFENCE. .White,. P. S. Milner-Barry;. Black, H. Fraenkel. ' 1 P-K 4...... P-K 3 2 P-Q 4 P-Q 4 3 Kt-Q B 3 Kt-K B 3 4 B-Kt 5 B-K 2 5 P-K 5...... K Kt-Q 2 6 P-K R 4 .P-Q B 4 7 B x B K x B (a) 8 P-B 4 P-Q R 3 9 Kt-B 3 Kt-Q B 3 10 Q-Q 2 Q-Kt 3 (b) 11 Castles P x P 12 Kt x P,.....Kt iKt (c) ’ 13 Kt-R 4 Kt-Kt 6 ch (d) 14 RPx Kt Q-R 2 15 P-B 5 (e) Kt x P 16 Q-Kt 5 ch K-Q 3 17 Q x P Q-K 6 ch (f) 18 K-Kt 1 B-Q 2 19 R-R 3 Q-B 5 20 Kt-Kt 6 K R-K Kt 1 (g) 21 Q-B 6 R-Kt 3? 22 R x P ch (h) K-B 3 23 Q x Kt Q i B ch 24 K-R 2......P I R (i) 25 R-Q B 3 ch K x Kt 26 Q-Q 4 ch K-R 4 27 P-Q Kt 4ch Resigns (j) Correct, keeping his Q ready for quick operations oh her side of the board. (b) Apparently for eventual exchange of Q’s, with a level position. Otherwise, P-Q Kt 4! (c) Q x Kt, as indicated, avoids complications. (d) Or Q-B 2; 14 Q-Kt 4 ch, K-K 1; 15 Q x Kt. Black, by the text, gets a point of attack, but White gives him no time to develop it.

,(e) Very strong. If novy P x P; 16 Q-Kt 5 oh (Q x P, Q-K 6 ch; 17 K-Kt 1, Q x K P) would give Black a bad time. (f) Not too good, as White gains a tempo for the attack by hitting the Q. But Black is uneasy, in any case. (g) Hoping for 21 Q x R ■ P, perhaps, when the pressure would be somewhat relaxed. If Q R-K Kt 1; 21 Q-B 6, K-B 2 ; 22 Kt x B, with a big advantage in position. (h) This wanted deep study, for the complications are many. After Black’s reply we see that nearly all the big units (even the K’s are ticked up) are “en prise.” (i) There is nothing any good here. . (j) It is mate in two moves. A delightful game by Mr Milner-Barry, who came second in the championship with points out of 20. Sir George Thomas won the title of the strongest British Club for the fourteenth time—a terrific record. THE BREAK-THROUGH. The following instructive end game, by W. Queckenstedt, shows how White can by ingenious play force a pawn to queen and win the game. White K at Q 1, B at K Kt 1, P’s at Q B 6, Q 4, K 4, K B 3, K R 3; Black K at K R 4, B at K B 5, P’s at Q R 2, Q Kt 3, Q B 2, K B 2, K Kt 2, K Kt 3. White to play and win. The study was awarded second prize in the end-game tourney of the Sydsvenska Dagblad, Snallposten;— 1 P-Q 5 (a) B-K 4 2 P-B 4 B x P 3 B-Q 4 P-B 3 4 P-K 5 P x P (b) 5 B-K 3 B-Kt 6 (c) 6 B-Kt 5 P-K 5 (d) 7 B-K 7 P-K Kt 4 8 P-Q 6 and wins (a) Threatening to follow, with 2 B-Q 4, 3 P-K 5, 4 P-Q 6, etc. (b) If 4...8 i ?; 5 B x B, with 6 P-Q 6 to follow. . , (c) If 5...8 X B; 6 P-Q 6, etc. (d) If 6... K x B; 7 P-Q 6, etc.—‘ Australasian.’ OTAGO CHESS CLUB. The monthly meeting of the O.C.C. committee was held last Saturday evening, the president (Mr W. Lang) being in ihe ' The Secretary of the N.Z.C.A. advised that the quarterly council meeting would be held on September 30. The Match Committee was authorised, on receipt of the agenda paper, to advise the club’s delegates on any question that may arise therefrom. . A letter was also received from Mr M'Crea, hon. secretary, that he had been unable to find, out any information as to whether any chess player had previously attempted to perform the Knight’s Tour blindfold, but would, if necessary, brjng up the question at the council meeting Mr E. W. Bennett’s feat in executing the Knight’s Tour blindfold on six boards simultaneously. As far as can be gathered, with the exception of Mr Bennett’s previous performances in Australia and New Zealand, the only record that can be traced is, when Mr J. H. Blackburne more than half a century ago on one occasion made on blindfold Knight’s Tour. It was decided that the president and secretary should prepare a statement of Mr Bennett’s feat and the precautions taken to avoid any question of its reliability, and send the same to the editor of the ‘British Chess Magazine,’ and ask if he could throw any light upon any similar performances. The Hon. Secretary of the Canterbury Chess Club wrote advising that at its annual meeting, to be held next month, a notice of motion to the effect that, the headquarters of chess in New Zealand be shifted each year from one of the_ main centres to another would be considered, and his committee would like to have the Otago Chess Club’s committee’s opinion on the proposal. After considerable discussion it was decided to inform the Canterbury Club that the proposal to shift the N.Z.C. Association’s headquarters every year was impracticable and not in the best interests of chess in New Zealand. It was decided to defer consideration of the proposal to invite Lajow_ Steiner, the Hungarian chess master, to visit New ZeaIfipd., after the Australian congress until further information was received. WELLINGTON NOTES. The sixth-round fixtures of the competitions controlled by the Wellington Chess League have now been completed, and the destination of tho senior grade shield has been determined. Ngaio required to win their final-round match to secure the trophy, and this they accomplished by soundly defeating tho Wellington B team by 5 points to 1. It is some years since Ngaio last held the trophy, and tho club is to be heartily congratulated on its success. The other scores were:—Second grade: W.M.C. and Shell 3 points each, Miramar 34, Brooklyn F.B. 2J. Third grade: W.M.C. 4, Shell A 2, Technical 34, Shell B 24, Technical 0.8. and W.C.C. 3 each, Karori 34, Brooklyn F.B. 24- Miramar is leading the W.M.C. in the second grade by half a point, and in tho third grade W.M.C. and Karori are 44' points each.—Own correspondent. • ’ " B.C.C.A. RESULTS. Championship.—R. E. Fenton 1, R. W. Park 0; E. F. Tibbitts 1, D. Wynne 0; A. O. Gray 1, E. A. le Petit 0. Handicap.—A. E. Symons 1, A. R. Fraser 0. ■ ■ THE NOTTINGHAM CONGRESS. Tho 1936 Nottingham congress was opened on August 17, the following, being the principal entrants: —British section: Sir G. A. Thomas and Messrs W. Winter, T. Tyler, and C. H. O’D. Alexander, Foreign section; Dr A. Alekhine, Herr E. Bogoljubow,, M. Botwinnick, J. R. Capablanca, Dr M. Euwe (world champion), S. Flohr, R. Fine, Dr E. Lasker, S. Reshevsky (the new American champion), Dr S. Tartakower, and Dr -M. Vidmar. - A cablegram lias been received stating that Capablanca and Botwinnik tied for first with 10 points each, and that Euwe tied with two others unspecified (probably Alekhine and Reschevsky) for third, 94 each, CHESS IN HADES! “This,” replied the guide, .‘‘is the last home of those unhappy souls who had been madly devoted, whilst on earth, to the game you call chess. Here, for ever and ever, must they spend their time in that idle amusement.” Horrors, to play chess through eternity. What a punishment! Compared to this, dear reader, what were the sufferings of Tityrus, Sisyphus, and the rest? A full detailed description of the journey and visit to the elaborate chess club will bo found in ‘ Chess in Hades,’ by Professor W; Fiske, 1859.. tl is too painful a task to give even a short copy of it. I will content myself by asking a question. Why should the learned professor have made his chess player pay a visit to Hades? Does he contend that there could not be sufficient “ good ” chess players, having passed over the edge of the chessboard of life, to form a club in heaven? Does he dare to suggest that an enthusiastic chess player develops into such a mean and wretched thing as to merit but a passage across the Black Styx? Oh, misery me! that anyone, let alone a full-fledged professor, should think of our glorious game in terras like this. Now, had lie written of the • Paradise Chess Club ’ or the ‘ HeavenlyChess Club,’ there would have been some sense in it. NOTES. Viscount Galway, the Governor-General, is said to’ be a keen chess player, but naturally has little or no time to indulge in the pastime. The weight of a problem is usually determined by the number of white pieces expressed in units. Q = 15, rooks (9 each) =lB,. bishops and Kts (5 each) =2O, pawns (2 each) =l6; total, 69. “Light-weights,” not exceeding 31 units; “middle-weights,” 32-45; and “heavy-weights,” 46 and over. The king is not counted. Vei-y light-weight problems are called “ minatures.”