GAMES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2815, 26 February 1908, Page 67

GAMES.

) The following- game, taken from Lasker's Chess Magazine^ has a very curious mate: — White. Black. White. Black. IP-Q4 PQ4 9QxQchKxQ 2 P-QB i P-K 4 10P-K4 PxKP 3P-K3 KPjcP HPxP KtxF(K4) 4QxP KtKB3 ISR-Ktl Kt-B7cn 5Kt-QB3 Kt-B3 13 K-Q 1 Kt-B7ch 6 Q-Q 1 B-K B 4 14 K-K 2 B-B 4 7VB 3 Kt-Q Xt 515 Kt-B 3 B-Q 6ch 8 Q-K 4ch Q-Q 2 JlO K-Q 2 B-K«mate The following, played! at the Brooklyn Chess Club, ia the briefest lost game Dr Emanuel Lasker, chess champion of the world, was ever discomfited in. His opponent, Mr J. E. Randall (Black), is a pupil at the Brooklyn Preparatory Technical School. It is only fair to the world'a champion to «x- > plain that the game was one of 24 crossboard games simultaneously played by Dr La-sker, of which he won 18, drew" 3, and lost 3:— King's Bishop's Gambit. White. Black. White Black. 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 8 Kt-R 3 Kt-K 4 8 P-K B i Px P 9 B-K 2 Bx Xt 3 B-B 4 Q-Rsch 10PxB QxPch 4 KB 1 P.Q 4 11 KB 2 B-K 2 6B x P X Kt-B 3 12 P-Q 4 B-KS eh 6 QKt-83-A P-B 3 13 K-Kt 1 P-B 6 7 B-B 4 Xt-Xt 5 > Rosigas-B. (a) The fatal slip— 6 Kt-KB 3 was imperative. (b) For if 14 B-B 1, White's only move, Black's rejoinder is 14 Q-JKt 5 eh, with mate to follow- next move. The question has been hotly discussed as to how few moves Black can be stalemated in. Sam Lloyd, the "Puzzle King," has effected it in 12 moves without any captures. Herr Max Weiss now presents the following effort in 10 moves: — j White. Black. White. Black. - j I P-K 3 PQ R 4 6 Q xQP eh K-B 2 2QRS R-QR-3 7QxQKtPQQ6 3QxQRPP-KR4 BQxKt Q-K R 2 4 QxQBP Q-RKR3 9QxB K-Kt 3 5 P-K H 4 P-K B 3 J 10 Q-K6 Game played between S. Crakanthorp (White) and T. M. Bradshaw (Black) in the contest for the chess championship of New South Wales: — Sicilian Defbkcb. White. Bladk. White. Black. 1 P-K 4 P-Q B 4 17 00 Q Q-R 4 2 Kt-K B 3 Kt-Q B 3 IS Kt-Q 5 X R-K 3 P-Q 4 P x P 1» K.-Kt Q R B 4Ki x P P-KKt3-A SO R-R 3 Q-B 4-d § B-K 3 B-Kt 2 21 KtxPch-B R x Xt 6 B-K 2 Kt-K B 3 22 R-Q B 3 Bxf 7Kt-QBS P-Q3 28RxQ RxR 8 Q-Q 2 Xt-Xt 5 24 K-R B x P 9BxKt Bxß SSQxP R(K2)B2 10 P-B 4 00 26 R-Q fc PKt3 II P-B 5 B KtxKt 87P-Klr4 R(B4)B3 ISBxKt Bxß SBQQBch K-Kt 2 13QxB PxP 29K-Kt2 R-B5 14 P-K R 3 B-R 4 30 P-R 3 R(B2)-B 3 15 P-K Xt 4 PxP 31 Q-Kt sch KB 16 P x P B-KKt3-c' 32 R-K B-Kt3 White mates in two moves. .(Notes in Sydney Mail.) (a) This form of defence is not often adopted. It generally ends in Black's king being exposed to attack. (B) Well played. (c) Best. The B could not safely take the -P. (d) This loses, as White cleverly demonstrates. (b) A first-class conceptidn, which 'forces the game. An interesting little Evans Gambit played .in Natal between R. Borders (White) and E. Hodgson (Black):— White. Black. White. Black. 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 11 P x P 8.8 4 3 Kt-K B 3 Kt-Q B 3 12 B-Kt ft cb KB 1 3 B-B 4 B-B 4 13 Q Q_s Q-K 2 4P-QKt4 BxP 14Kt-K«5 P.QB3 BP-B3 B-Q 3 15Q-BSch Kt-B 3 500 PKR3 16 Kt-K 4 QxP 7P-Q4 PxP 17KtxB QxR 8 P x P KvR 4 18- B-K 1 K-Kt 1 9 B-Q 3 P-K-B3 19 K-K Bch Ktxß 10 1 -K 5 PxP J2O Q-B 7, mate.