CHESS SEASON

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 89, 1 May 1937, Page 17

CHESS SEASON

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Solution to Last Week's Problem A BRILLIANT GAME

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As thera i* »oblock'f6r prlntlng tht problem chart, ihe following^ iaethod i« used for showing th® position of the pieeas:— White piecea ^re ahowh ii capitals, and Black piecea in small letters. Empty c^uares are denoted by 9 nnmher showing the number of consecutive empty squares. Each line ii separated by a senibcolon. The iount starts from the top left-hand cornex (Black 'a Queen Book aquarel." PBOBLElt No. a.. S (G. Etume.) 4 knight BISHOP 2; 3 king BAWN S ROOK; 4 KNIGHT S; 1 BOOK QUEEN 5; 6 KNIGHT 1; 8; 8; T KING. White to move ancl mate in two moves. Solution to last week's problem is B — R7. „ . Eight SOlvers sent in solutions to Problem, No. 1, but only two were correct — J. Haines and C. J. Crook. Any new* solver, therefore, can start now with still a good chance of winmng the competition. The iaeorreet solutions and their refutations are,^ firstly, B— Kt6 whieh is refnted by ' BlacX playing BiP; secondly, Q * B "whieh is refuted by Black playing P — Kt6; thirdly, B— Q3 whieh is refuted by Blaek playing B x Q ch; and fourthly, P— B8 (Q) whieh has no direct threat. In answer to an inquirer, I would state that the key move is the first xoevw. Mr. Les Cook, in a letter, states that chess ia mnch more popnlar in New Zealand than in Australia, where even in some Of the large inland towns he fonnd ifc hard to find a player, let alone a clnb. He mentions some enjoyable games that' he had in Brisbane at the School of Arts, where he fottnd enthnsiasts engrossCd in the g&me on an open-air balcony quite unaffected by the roar of the trams- in the street below. " » Entrles for the handicap tottrney at the club .(for whieh there is a prize of a set Of chessmen)' Oloses on Tuesday week^ and players will hftve to play at least six games per month in order to qualify. The committee decided not to alter the night Of meeling at pre» sent, whieh will thus remain at • Tuesday. ■ ' • # .- Ladder games played lasfe club night wero the third and deciding game bertreen Bose and- Eowler, which wat won by Eowler, and a game between Mitchell and Stevenson,_wMBh;r!ra*; WQn, by Mitchell. A start was also made wifch the handicap games. Last Saturday a party" of Hastings and Napier players joumeyed te Palmerston North to take part in a simultsneous exhibition whieh Steiner was giving there* . Mr,.*Aislabie, of Napier,, is to be congratulated on lowering the champion's eoIOurs. Mr. Stevensdn haA a most interesting game, „ and at one timo, had - a .winning positioft .. Wit& Steineif vety CfaMped, but aa. ewor'lost the game. Lccal players wftt be interested te leam that Mr. Bardy, who drew at Napier and at Hastings, has now played Mr, Bteiner fttre timee ia all In iimnltaaeons displays, with ihe cord of fottr draws and one win, The game thie. week is a short hui vvery brilliant one, in whxch beth sides were playing blindfold, A winatng dottble bishop saerifice on the eastled king within the first twelv# moves is a record whieh is even more striklng when one realises that everything had to be imagined and calcttlated Withont sight of the board or men.

WHITE, BT/ACK. (G« MscNaught) (8, Crakanthorp) 1, P— Q4 P— KB4, 2, P— QB4 , N— KB3 3, P— QN 3 P— H 3 L N— N2 P— QN3 5, N— KB3 B— N2 6, P— H3 B— Q3 7, B — Q3 Castles 8, Castles N— N5 9, QN— Q2 N £ RP 10. N x N B x N eh 11. K x B Q— R5 ch 12. K— N1 B x P 13. K x B Q— N4 ck 14. K— R1 R— B3 15: N — B3 Black announced mate in four moves