THE CHESS PLAYER

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 166, 31 July 1937, Page 14

THE CHESS PLAYER

Four Correct Solutions to Problem MATCHES REVIEWED PROBLEM NO. 14. (Bill Beers.) S; 7 QUEEN; pawn 7; ROOK 1 pawn 5; 'J PAWN pawn 4; 3 KING 4; pawa KNIGHT KNIGHT PAWN 4; bisfcop king 5 BISHOP. Wfcite to move and nxare in tfcree moves. Bolution to last week's problem is R — Q6. Correct solutions fcave been received from Messrs C. J. Crook, J. Haines, A. Stevenson and W. Rose. At tfce club Rose and Btevenson each scored. one win in their fcandicap matcfc, wfcile Stevenson defeated Mitcfcell in a ladder game. Heenan cfcallenged Mitcfcell for fourtfc place on tfce ladder, and tfce first game between tfcem is adjourned. Tfce position is very even, for, although Mitcfcell fcas won a pawn, fce fcas an isolated double pawn. Tfce Hastings players in tfce club fcave cfcallenged tfce Havelock members, and tfce matcfc is to be played next Tuesday. It is to tfce credit of Havelock tfcat tfcey fcave nearly as many club members as Hastings, but Hastings are out to demonstrate that tfcey fcave tfce quality.

This game (played at JtJaden-Baden in 1925) is between Alekhine, perfcaps tfce greatest player tfce world fcas known, and Marshall, wfco was for many years champion of U.S.A. Tfce opening is a rather unusual variation of tfce Queen's Gambit Declined. Tfcis is a game witfc castling on opposite sides. In tfcis type of game it is almost imperative to attack, for eacfc player is able to advance fcis pawa? against tfce opposing king. If tfcis advanee fcappened witfc castling on the same side, tfcese pawn moves would greatly weaken fce position of tfce attaeker 's own king. Af ter tfce fif teentfc move — wfcen botfc sides fcave castled — Wfcite is seen to fcave greater command of tfce centre, and is able to attack, wfcile Black fcas first to' attend to his defence and fcas no time for counterattack. Excellent play by Alekhine continually tfcreatens Black 's position, wfcich finally becomes untenable.

Tfce End Game Study last week co.uld really fcave been called a problem, with tfce caption, "Wfcite to move and mate in five moves." Tfce solution is:

Correct answers fcave been received from all tfce problem solvers.

WHITE (Alekfclne) 1. P-Q4 2. P— QB4 3. PxP 4. P— K4 5. B-^-Q3 6. PxP 7. N— KB3 8. B— KN5 9. BxB 10. N— B3 11. NxN " 12. P— KR3 13. Q— Q2 14. Q— K3 15. Castles (Q-side) 16. P— B4 17. P— K5 18. KR— K1 19. P— B5 20. Q— N5 21. P— B6 22. B— B4 23. RxR 24. PxP 25. K— N1 *26. P— K6 27. K— Rl 28. P— E7 cE. 29. Q— B6 • 30. P— K8 (Q) cfc.

black (Marshall) P— Q4 n — KB3 NxP N— KB3 P— K4 n— kb n— -QB3 ' B— K2 QxB qnxp QxN N— B3 B— Q2 B— B3 Castles Q— K3 KR— K1 QR — Q1 q—K2 n— q4 Q— Bl NxN RxR nxp cfc Q— K1 B— K5 cfc P — KBl R — Q4 Q— B2, Resigns

1. Q— K6 cfc 2. N— B7 cfc 3. N— R6 cfc 4. Q— N8 cfc ' 5. N — B7 mate

K— Rl •K— N1 K— Rl RxQ