THE CHESS PLAYER

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 196, 4 September 1937, Page 14

THE CHESS PLAYER

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Suggestion to Compose Problems FASCINATING STUDY

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PROBLEM NO. 19. (H. J. Tucker.) 1 BISHOP 2 bishop 1 knigbt lj 8j 1 QUEBN 1 KING PAWN 3; 8; 3 knight 1 pawn 2; 1 PAWN 2 king BISHOP HOOK KNIGHT; 3 pawn PAWN 3; 4 HOOK 3. White to move and mate in two moves. The solution to last week's problem is B — R2. Correct replies have been received from Messrs A. Stevenson, W. J. Hay, O, J. Crook and W. Eose, I am asked if these problems are from actual games, or whether they, are specially composed as problems. They are all composed problems, tKe composer's name being given eaph. time in the heading. End game studies are often taken from actual games, but problem-composing and problemsolving are arts really distinct from chess-playingi proper. A first-rate player would, of course, be also good at solving probifms, but in competitions where a number of problems are given to be solved in a certain fixed time it very often happens that the best player does not prove to be tho winner, While on this subjeet I would suggest to our solvers tbat they try their hands at composing problems. This is . of course, more difficult than solving them, but it is a faseinatingj study. The composer must first decide on the iype of problem he is going to construct. After this has been decided, and a suitable key move fixed, he can build the problem around the key move. He may find it necessary to change his original key move. Eiconomy of pieces is very important (for a» few pieces as possible must he used), and great care must be taken botn to see that the solution covers all possible variations, and to see that the key move is the only possible solution. I should have great pleasure in publishing a good problem by & local composer. Owing to the inclement vreathet there was a very small attendance at the club last Tuesday. The only championship games played were two game* between Stevenson and Lynch, whick were won by £ynch. The game below was played at tho recent tournament at Kemeri, and ia between Alekhine, the former world'n champion, and perhaps the most brilliant player in the history of chess, and Reshevsky, whose prowess in hi» youth won him the title of "chess prodigy," and who this year has won the championship of the United States. Alekhine is confronted with the dofence named ^fter himself. He sacrifices a pawn in the opening, but has • compensation jn his better development and the expo^ed position of the Black queen. This allows him to attack and his attack persists in spite of good defensive play by Reshevsky. The game once more demonstrates the inherent difficulty of defensive play, for tbe time limit is all in favour of the attacker. The ending is delightful. How many players would even consider such a move as the 36th., whereas Alekhine must have visualised the position and its possibilities a numbeti of moves ahead.

WHITE BLACK A. Alekhine S. Reshevsky 1. P—K4 N— KB3 2. P— K5 N — Q4 3. P— Q4 P— Q3 4. N— KB3 B— N5 5. P— B4 - N— ; N3 6. B — K2 PXP 7. NXP i BXB 8. QXB Q XP 9. Castles QN — Q2 10. NXN NXN 11. N — B3 P— QB3 12. B — K3 Q— K4 13. QR — Q1 P— K3 14. Q — B3 Castles Q— Side 15. B XP Q— QR4 16. B— Q4 Q— KB4 17. Q— N3 P— K4 18. B— K3 B— N5 19. N — R4 B— R4 20. P— B4 B — B2 21. P— QN3 P— B3 22. P XP Q— K3 23. P— KR3 KR— Nl 24. B— Q4 NXP 25. Q— QB3 N— Q2 26. P— B5 KR— K1 27. P— QN4 N— Nl 28. N— N6cl BXN 29. PXB QXQRP 30. Q— KN4 Rr— Q2 31. B— B5 Q— B2 32. R — R1 Q— N3 33. Q — R,2 It— K4 34. R— R8 R— Q7 35. RXNch KXR 36. QXR Resigns