CHESS SEASON

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 101, 15 May 1937, Page 10

CHESS SEASON

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Competitors for Ladder Places Very Keen THIS WEEK'S PROBLEM

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The following method is used for showing the position of the pieces in the problem cbart — White pieces are shown in capitals and Black pieces in small letters. Empty squares fre denoted by a number showing the number of consecutive empty squares. Each line is separated by a semi-colon. The count starts from the top left-hand corner (Black Queen Hook square). * PROBLEM No. 4. (H, J. Tucker.) 8: KING 7; PAWN PAWN BISHOP HOOK pawn 1 pawn 1; pawn 4 pawn PAWN 1: pawn 1 kiug BISHOP 3 knight;' PAWN. 7; 8; KNIGHT 3 KNlGHT 3. White to move and mate in three moves. Solution to last week's problem is P — Q4. Correct solutions have been received fromi Messrs W. Rose, J . Haines, G. vf Ornok, G. Mitchell, A. Stevenson, L. ,C'ook and W. J. Hay. Incorrect solu- • tions were B — Q4 which is refuted by P x P dis. ch., and R x B which is refuted by Q — K3. The problem this week is a rather difficult three mover by the same composer as last week. I was very pleased to receive.an inquiry ahout a chess magazine. I have continually emphasised that all players should take a chess magazine, for a magazine not. only keeps one np to date in. all the happenings in the chess world and gjives the new ideas, but also affords a means qfl study and instruotion which cannoi; but improve One's play. Competitors for* higher places on the ladder are keen, and last club night Heenan defeated Rose by two games to none, and Stevenson and Haines drew one game, while during the week Lynch defeated Mintoft in the first game in the match for top position. It is not easy to give — as X have beon requested to do — a brief analysis in each case of the first few nioves of modern openings, because of the numerous variationa possible for either side for every openiny, most of which variations would each take up the available space. However, I shall endeav.our each time when choosing a game to choose one to illustrate a particular opening. The opening in this game is the Orthodox Defence to the Queen's Gambit Declined. This is a good defence to the Queen's Gambit opening, and one of the simplest to master. The first. six or seven moves (if white does not exchange pawns) are usually as in this game, and form a safe reliable system for Black. Black, as a general rule, aims to be able to play P — QB4 in order to free his game, and when he can safely do this he usually equalises. One of Black's ,problems in this opening is how to develop his Queen's Bishop, which is usually developed at QKt2. The ending in the* game is' most interesting. Purdy, champion of Anstralia, correctly sacnfices pawns in order to further his own passed pawn, whjch ultimately queens. The passed pawa is a most important factor in end gpmes, and in many cases .it is all-important. The White king is stationed so that the Black rook cannot attack the passed pawn from the rear. iWHITE BLACK (C. J. S. Purdy.) (jT. A. Crowl.) 1. P— Q4. P-434 2. P— QB4 P— K3 3. N— QB3 N— KB3 4. B— N5 B— K2 5. P— K3 P — KR3 6. B — -R4 Castles 7. N— B3 QN— Q2 8. R— Bl P— QB3 9. B — Q3 R— Kl 10. Castles P— Q.N3 11. P x P KP x P 12. Q — rB2 B— N2 " 13. KR-Q1 . N — K5 14. B x N B x B 15. B— B5 B— B3 16. P— QN4 P— N3 17. B — R3 B — N2 18. P— R4 P — KB4 19. P— N3 R-QBl 20. Q— R2 K — R2 21. P— N5 N — B3 22. P x P B x P 23. N— K5 B— QR1 24. P— B4 Q— K2 25. R — B2 N— K5 26. N x N QP x N 27. KR— QB R x R 28. R x R R — Q1 29. B— Bl B— Q4 30. B — B4 Q — Q3 31. B x B Q x B 32. Q x Q R x Q 33. K — B2 P — KN4 34. K — K2 R — R4 35. R — B4 P— N4 36. RP x P R x P 37. R — R4 R — N7 cl 38. K— Q1 R x P 39. R x P P— N5 40. P— Q5 P— R4 41. P— Q6 P— R5 42. P— Q7 P x P 43. P— Q8 (Q) P— N.7 White announced mate in five R x B ch