THE CHESS PLAYER

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 202, 11 September 1937, Page 15

THE CHESS PLAYER

"Fianclietto")

End Of the Season Now Approaching SOLUTION TO PROBLEM

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PROBLEM NO 20 J (S. Loyd) | 5 KN-IGHT 1 king ; 5 PAWN pawn 1 pawn; 8; 8; 2 QUEEN 3 pawn 1; 8; 8; i bishop 6 KING. White to move and mate in thre& moves. 3 The solution to last week's problem is K— B5. Correct solutions have been received from Messrs A. Stevenson, C. J, Crook and W. J. Hay. 1 The problem this week is the final of , the series for the prize. It is a masterpiece. To have solved it correctly is to have acliieved something well worth while. In response to my last week's sugges- i tion for solvers to compose problems, Mr W. J. Hay has composed and for.warded the following very neat little two-mover : — 8 ; 3 QUEEN KNIGHT 2 bishop ; • 2 PAWN 1 pawn pawn 2 ; 4 king 3; 4 PAWN 1 KING 1; 4 ROOK 3; 8; 8. White to move and mate in two moves. A hue example fellnw problemists 1 The end of the season is approaching, and unless the keenness of nienibers is sufficient to warrant an extension, the seasou will close next Tuesday. ChieE interest last club night jvas centred in the marathon unfinished championship game between Heenan and Mitcliell. Lynch defeated Fowler in one championship game.

Jjast week we hau a game uy two or the foremost of the present chess masters, while tho gamo this week is one played in the nineteenth century. The technique of the openings has greatly improved sinco then, as also has scientific positional play ; but as this game will show, these older masters could not be surpassed in brilliant coinbinative play. "When referring to White's 29th move in his comment on the game, Hteiuitz, a former world' s chainpion, said, "The preceding moves and the one just made form oue of tho finest combinations, perhaps the most beautiful that has ever been made over the board. We do not know how to express our admiration at the grand style in which Zukertort played this game." The 22nd move of Black was wrong, for then the weak king pawn was pin--ned. The queen sliould have captured. The next move of White is the commencement of his great combination. If Black with his 28th move captures the White queen, Black mates in seven moves beginning with B x P ch.

WHITE (Zukertort.) 1. P— QB4 " 2. P— K3 3. N— KB3 4. B — K2 5. Castles 6. P— Q4 7. N — B3 8. P— QN3 9. B— N2 10. N— QN5 11. N x B 12. N— Q2 13. P— B3 14. QxN 15. B x P 10. B— Q3 17. QB—K1 18. P— K4 19. P—K5 20. P— B l 21. R — K3 22. P x P c.p. 23. P—BO 24. BxN 25. PxNP 20. PxPck 27. P— Q5 ch 28. Q— N4 29. R — B8 ch 30. QxP ch 31. BxPch 32. B— N7 ch

BLACK (Blackburne.) P— K3 N — KB3 P— QN3 B — N'2 P— Q4 B— Q3 Castles QN— Q2 Q— K2 N— K5 P x N QN— B3 NxN PxP P— Q4 KR — Bl R— B2 QU— -QB1 N — K1 P— N3 1'— B4 NxP N — 1\3 PxB R— B7 K — R1 P— K4 QR — B4 KxP K— N2 Kx R Resigns