Chess.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 319, 23 March 1878, Page 10

Chess.

Problem No. 35.— By W. Meredith, Black.

GAME FROM THE WESTMINSTER PAPERS. Scotch Gambit. White. Black. J. IT. Blackbuiine. W. Steinitz. 1 P to K 4 1 P to K 4 2 Kt to IC B 3 2 Jit to Q B 3 3 P to Q 4 3 P takes P 4 Kt takes P 4 Q to R 5 5 ICt to Kt 5 5 B to Kt 5 ch 6 B to Q 2 (hO takes K P ch V B to 1C 2 7 lv-to Q sex 8 Ca-tles 8 B takes B 9 Q takes B 9 P to Q R 3 10 Q Kt to B 3 10 Q to IC 4 11 Kt to R 3 11 P to B Kt 4 12 B to B 3 12 IC Kt to IC 2 13 Q R to Q sq 13 Q to IC B 4 (a) 14 IC R to IC sq 14 R to Q ICt sq [lst hour] 15 Q to IC 2 (b) 15 P to Q 3 16 ICt to K 4 16 B to Q 2 [lst hour] 17 Q to IC 3 17 P to B 3 IS P to IC ICt 4 (c) IS Q to Kt 3 19 Kt takes Q P (cl) 19 P takes ICt 20 R takes P 20 IC to B 2 21 B takes Kt 21 ICt takes B 22 Qto Kt 3 22 IC to B sq 23 K R to Q sq (e) 23 R to Kt 2 24 Q to Kt 2 24 Kt to Kt sq (f) 25 R to Q 4 25 P to K R 4 20 Q to Q 5 26 Q to Kt 4 27 Q takes Q 27 Q takes Q 28 R to IC ICt 6 2S B takes P 29 R takes P at Kt 5 29 R to IC sq 30 1C to Kt 2 30 R to 1C B 2 [2nd hour] 31 P to R 3 31 B to Q 2 (g) [2nd hour] 32 IC to Kt 3 32 R to IC 7 33 R takes R P 33 K R takes IC B P 34 R to B 5 ch 34 Kt to B 3 (h) 35 R to Q 3 35 K to B 2 36 Kt to Kt sq 36 IC to Kt 3 37 R fr B 5 to Q 5 37 Kt to Kt sq 38 Kt to Q 2 38 B to B 3 39 Kt to IC 4 39 R to IC 7 40 Kt to B 3 40 R takes P 41 R to Q 2 41 R takes Kt 42 P takes R 42 B takes R 43 R takes B 43 R to Q B 2 44 R to Q 3 44 Kt to B 3 45 K to B 4 45 R to B 2 ch 46 K to K 4 46 R to B 7 [3rd hour] 47 P to R 3 47 R to Q R 7 48 P to B 4 48 P takes P 49 R to IC Kt 3 49 R to Q 7 50 R takes P 50 R to Q 2 ch 51 K to B 5 51 P to B 6 ■- Resigns. (a) If P to Kt 5, White obtains a winning attack with 14 Kt to Q 5. (b) Q to IC 3, at once, saves a move. (c) Black threatened Kt to K 4, but White should rather lose time by adopting a defensive stratagem than try to keep up the attack by this ruinous advance, (d) This sacrifice is unsound, but White’s position is so compromised that he cannot afford to give the opponent time for a counter attack. (e) If 23 K R to K 6, the game might proceed with 23 R to Kt 3, 24 R to IC 7, 24 Kt takes R, 25 R takes R, 25 Kt to B 3, 26 R takes P, 26 IC to Kt 2. (f) Black’s position defies now any attack, and his numerical superiority must win easily. (g) 31 B to B 6 ch, 32 K to ICt 3, 32 B to B 3 was better. (h) Sheer loss of time : 34 B to B 3 would win much sooner.—See Black’s 37tli and 3Sth moves.