THE CHESS PLAYER

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 133, 22 June 1937, Page 10

THE CHESS PLAYER

"Fianeetto")

Ladder Games at Hastings Club

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PROBLEM No. 9 (H. Cox) 3 knight 1 KNIGHT 2; 1 KING* 6; 3 king 4; QUEEN 7; 1 knight 3 KNIGHT 2; 8; 8. White to move and mate in two moves. . LAST WEEK'S PROBLEM (H. J. Tucker) 1 BISHOP 3 knight 1 bishop; 4' pawn ROOK 2; 8; 2 KNIGHT pawn i PAWN bishop pawn 1; QUEEN 3 knight king 2; 3 KING 4; 2 BISHOP, 1 PAWN 1 KNIGHT PAWN PAWN; 2 , rook 2 ROOK 2. White to move and mate in two moves. Last week's problem was incorrectly set out (fortunately obviously so), so I am giving the correct rendoring of that problem in addition to the problem for this week. Club night last Tuesday was, as j usual, a most enjoyable evening. Tlie j results of handicap games played are as follows: Stevenson li v. Lynck 4; Mintoft 1 v. Lovell-Smith 1; McKeehnie 0 v. Lovell-Smith 2. Heenan, who has been steadily climbing the ladder, will have to win the next two^ games against Haines if he is to continue ascending, for he has lost the first game in this challenge match. Mitchell challenged Mintoft for second pl&ce, but he also has los, the first game. ' If any player is fortunato enough to be able to devoto two nigkts to tliia interesting pastime, I would bring to his noti.ee the invitation of the Napier club secretary, who said that any Hastings players would be , most welcome visitors at the Napier elub, whose meeting night is Thursday. The opening in this week's game is the Four nights opening. This is not a popular opening in modern master play, because against correct defencc White does not gain any advantagc from having the first move, and because the opening is drawish, and te.ad:: to a jatker quiet game. This is tho favourite opening of Severne, a regulnr player m the New Zealand champijnships i wlio is xcnowned l'or the very klgh p-ir- i centagcs of drawn games fliat he plays. 1 White 's advance of hia king's llank pawus, an advance which ofton leaves wfciiknesses, is correct in ttiis case because it drives Black 's bishop into a bnrreu corner, and because ihe ventic cannol be opened for an attaek by Black. This bishop is' of very little usm so posted, Black 's caoture of the White bishop with his queen 's pawn on inovo gjx preventing him from attaeli* j big and opening the centre with tlm j move P — Q4. The game contains a re- : markable trap, into which Bluek falls. I am not giving White 's 29th move which traps the Black queen, but will leave to the student the tusk of discovering this spectacular move. Nimzovitch, when he himself annotated thjs game, declared this trap was subordinate to his general strategy in this game, in which he aimed at an ultimate further advance of his king's side pawns with a deciding attack on this flank.

WHITE BLACK (A. Nimzovitch) (P. S. Leonhardt) 1. P — K4 P — K4 2. -N — KB3 N — QB3 3. N. — QB3 N — KB3 4. B — N5 B — N5 5. Castles Castles 6. B x N QP x B 7. P — Q3 B — KN5 8. P — KR3 B — R4 9. B — KN5 Q — Q3 10. B x N Q x B 11. P — KN4 B — KN3 12. K — N2 QR — Q1 13. Q — K2 B x N 14. P x B P — QB4 15. N — Q2 Q — K2 16. N — B4 P — QN3 17. N — K3 P — KB3 18. R — KN1 . Q — Q2 19. K — R2 K — Hi 20. R — N3 Q — N4 21. Q — K1 Q — R5 22. Q — QB1 R — Q2 23. P — KR4 B — B2 24. P — QB4 B — K3 25. Q — N2 P — QR4 26. QR — KN1 Q — B3 27. B(N1) — N2 Q — Q3 28. Q — QB1 Q — Q5 and White i n.