THE CHESS PLAYER

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 137, 26 June 1937, Page 3

THE CHESS PLAYER

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Hastings Club Handicap Games "EN PASSANT" RULE

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PROBLEM No. 9. (H. Gox.) 3 knight 1 KNIGHT 2; 8; 1 KING 6; 3 king 4; QUEEN 7; 1 knight 3 KNIGHT 2; 8j 9. White to move and mate in two moves. - The .solution to problem No. 8 was K— Q4. Correct solution has been received from W. Rose. We have been unfortunate with our . problems lately, for last week's problem was again set out incorrectly. I am giving the correeted versien as this week's problem. Handicap games ; played last elub n5ght reeulted as follows: — McKechnie 2 v. Haines Oj Stevenson 1 v. W. Lyneh Oj Thompson 1 v. Lovell-Smith 1; Mintoft, who had defeated Mitchell in a ladder match durihg the week, challenged Lynch - for top place, but lost botu games. Heenan defeated Haines by winning the last two games of their match, and at present has an adjourned game with Stevenson, whom he had nest challenged. I have been asked to explain the "en passant ' ' rule im chess. This rule of ten causes bother to players, for many. do not underetand it properly. ■ I understand that the rule came dnto .being •when ■ pawns were given the , right to move two squares of .the first move, so as to somewhat .minimise the advantage that this double advance gives. A pawn on the fifth rank has the option, if an opposing pawmon an adjacent file makes an advance of two squares, of taking this pawn on the move immediately f ollowing, as though at had moved- one square only. This option . holds for the ;moye f ollowing only, and is available only to pawns. For example, , place a White pawn at K5, and a Black pawn at KB2. If Black moves P—B4/ White can (reply p x P,"moving to KB6. • A variation of the French Dofence is' the opening of the game this week. Th'e game shows forcibly' the advantage of having a ceptralised position with control o'f the centre; A flank- attack is • rarely • su'ceessful ' if the . opponent has command of the centre, for the attack'ca'n usually be easily parried 'by actibn in- the : centre. • In this gam'3 Black tries for an attack -first on the queen 's • eide and then on the king's si4e, but his attaeks come to nought, while White 's central counter-attaek suceeeds. • WHITE. BLACK. • (RUbinstein) (Lowenfiseh) 1. P— K4 ' P— K3 2. P— Q4 P-— Q4 3. N— QB3 N— KB3 4. B— KN5 B— K2' 5. P— Ko " K— Q2 ' * 6. B x B Q x B 7. Q — Q2 Castles 8. P— KB4 P— QB4 9. N — IvB3 " P— KB3 10. P s * Q x P 11. P— KN3 N— QB3 ' 12.. Casl'io.-. ' P — QR3 (Q-side) ' ' N— -N3 13. B — IvN2 N— B5 14. KR—Ivl " P— Q'N4 15. Q—KB2 N x NP 16. P"x P " ' P— N5 " ' ■ 17. K x N ' ' P x N ch. ' / 18.. N— 04 N x N 19. K — Rl R— QN1 , 20. Q x N P — KN4 21. RV-K3- - - * P x P 22. EV'P " B— Q2 , , 23. P s P - Q x Q . 24. P— B6 ' B— K1 25. R x jQ - • / : . R— KB3 26. Br-R3 " R — QB1 27. T^B7 ... , R x. QBP , 28» R jt QP. . Kesigna.. 29. B x P ch; ' ** ■ : -