THE CHESS PLAYER

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 148, 10 July 1937, Page 9

THE CHESS PLAYER

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PROBLEM No. 11. (Dr. J. J. O'Keefe.) 8; KNIGHT pawn 4 bishop KING; king BISHOP 6; 8; KNIGHT 4 ROOK BISHOjP 1; pawn 6 ROOK; rook 7; 8. White to moye and mate in three moves The key move to last week's prob lem is B— R4. Correct solution has been recedved from Mr. J. Haines. I ara giving only the key move of that problem, leaving solvers to work out the variations, some of • which"' are aliflost problems in themselves. Incorrect solutions received are B— K7 which i'3 refuted by K— N5; fetc., and N — B2 which is refuted by Black moving R-Q4. Last week'e problem wae easily thc most diffieult that has appeared in this Column, and Mr. Haines is to be congratulated for sticcessfdlly solving it. This win deservedly placeS him in the lfl&d in the problem-solviiig cotnpe titicm. The problem this week, while ako a three mover, is not quite as hard, although the eolution ie Yery pretty. An invitation is being extended to the Napier club for a return match here on Tuesday, July 20. Hastings players are determined to make this match a hard fight all the way, and hope that they will be able to avenge the overwhelming defeat of last time. 1 would advise our players to get in plenty of pjractice, to remei^ber that command of open files and unportant points automatically brings about advantages, and to keep a constant guard against oversights. Reports that Napiei players are going on a fish diet are incorrect. The committee Of the Hastings club is most anxioue to get tew tnembers, and issues a special invitation to learners to come aiong during the next iew club nights. The subscription for the remainder of tfie season, too, will be halved. As the rooms for the club meeting next Tuesday will be unaVailable, the comiug meeting will be field on Tfiursday. Mr McKechnie is at present leading in the handicap tournament. Although he has not played as many games as some members, he has so far won every game. Results of handicap gdmes played last Tuesday are: McKecunie 2 v. Ward 0; Thompson O v. Heenan 2; Mintoft 1 v. Rose 0; Lynch i. v. Haines O. The game this week again illustrates the importance of the command of the ppen file. White slowly btit surely gains command of this file, while Black's counter manoeuvres come to nought. The game also illustrates the worta of the isolated centre pawn. An 'solated centre pawn usually is more of a strength than a weakness in the tmd'lle game. After most of the pieces lu:ve been exchanged off, however, and tlio end game stage reached, the weakness becomes much more apparent.. The opening is a variation rf tbe Orthodox Defence.

WHITE BLACK | (Nimzovitch) (Taubenhaus) £ 1. P— Q4 P— Q4 3 2. N — KB3 N— KB3 \ 3. P— QB4 P— K3 J 4. P— K3 P— QB4 | 5. B— i}3 N— QB3 f 6. Castles QPXP 7. BXP PXP 3 8. PXP B — K2 1 9. N— QB3 Castlea | 10. B— K3 P— QN3 i 11. Q— K2 B— N2 I 12. KR — Q1 N — QJN5 I 13. N— K5 R— QB1 1 14. QH— QBl QN — ij4 | 15. N— QN5 P — QR3 16. N— R7 R— Rl 17. N(R) — B6 Q— Q3 18. NXBch QXN 19. B— Q3 NX B i 20. PXN. P-QN4 21. R — B5 KR — QBT 22. R(Q1)— QB1 P— RN3 23. P— QR3 N— Kl 24. P— QN4 N— Q3 25. Q — KB2 P— KB4 N 26. Q— B4 N— Kl 27. B— K2 N— Q3 ! 28. B— B3 RXR 29. QPXR N— Kl x ! 30. R— Q1 N— B3 31. P— B6 B— B1 32. P.— B7 ' R— R2 33. R— Q8ch K— N2 34. RXB RXP 35. NX P Resignp