GAMES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2817, 4 March 1908, Page 67

GAMES.

I A brilliant game played between Mr Schelfhout (White) and M. Van Trokemburg (Black) in the Masters' International Tournarnent at Heiversum: —

(Notes in the People.) (a) An excellent continuation that has latterly fallen into undeserved neglect. (b) Q-B 3 leads to lively complications, with a balance in Black's favour. (c) B-KKt 5 has advocates, but after 6 B-K 2, Kt-QB 3; 7 P-Q 4, B-Kt 5; 8 Q-Q 3, White's prospects are fairly good. (d) The trap move, P-QB 3, would be inferior. After 7 O-O, Q-Kt 3 eh; 8 P-Q 4, Black can win the exchange — and would lose the game. (c) Not good. White now obtains the better game. (f) Comparatively better would foe B-Kt 5. (g) Black's defence is plausible, but White demonstrates its weakness in a few powerful strokes. (H) A beautiful combination that probably took Black by surprise. (i) If now B x B, 17 R x RP— not B x KtP, because of Q-Kt 4. (j) Another sacrifice I The necessary sequel of move 15. (k) Finishing neatly. A lively and instructive game. An example of " Blumenfeld's Attack " in the " Scotch " played betwen B. Kolenko (White) and W. Omelianski (Black) in a Russian tourney J3 here- given: —

Q-Q 2, or 7 B-KKt 5. etc.. the fust "six moves being considered," says a leading authority, " the strongest for both pttacjk and defence m this form of the opening."' 'The stiikir>gly novel and highly ingenious text-m-ove. however (first introduced in the Berlin Mastership Tourney of 1904 by the talented young Russian master, B. Blumenfeld. of St. Petersbvirg. in a charming win against W. Colin, of Berlin), bids fair, apparently, to nullify the dictum quoted. (b) Of the several defences here availal/e to Black, much can be said pro and con. Spielmann. in his match against Niemzowitsch in 1905. played 7 ... Q-R 5 eh ; 8 P-Kt 3, Q-Q; a QKt-B 3 (Blumenfeld prefers 9 Q-Kt 4). P-QR 3 (best ; if. instead. 9 ... KKt-K 2, then 10 Kt-Q 5, Xt x Xt ; 11 P x Kt. P-QR 3; 12 P-Q 6! etc.); 10- Kt-Q 4, Kt-K 4 the game being ultimately drawn In a game, Blumenfeld v. Hellbach, last year, after 7 ... Q-Q — another defence — a curious result followed : 8 Q-Kt 4 ' P-KKt 3 ; 9 Q-B 4, P-Q 3 ; 10 B-B 4, Kt-K 4 ; 11 0-0 (KR), B-K 3 ? 12 B x B. P x B ; 13 QKt-B 3, K-Q 2? 14 QR-Q! K-B; 15 Q x Xt! and Black resigned! The text defence is recommended by the Deutsche Schachzeitung, but — the present game seems a commentary ' (c) Apparently winning at least R, for Xt, but really unsound. 12 ... B-Kt 5 seems an essential preliminary. (d) Well played; the coup juste, indeed. (c) He has no resource. 20 ... Q-R 8/ch is, of course, out of the question ; while if 20 ... Q x BP, then 32 O-O! and wins.

White. Black. 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 2 Kt-K B 3 Kt-Q B 3 5 B-K3 [a OB § 6 Kt-QKtS. Biß ?pxß &ai- B B-Q B i P-Q 3 10 Q-Q S Kt-JC 4 (^ The ÜB\i»r W9^ 11 B-Q Xt 3 P-Q R 3 12 Kt-QJ f-QB4?c 18R-KBI QKR5ch 14 P-KKt3 Q-KKiS 15 R-K B 4 Q-K X f 16 KtKßs\' Ktx Xt 17 Fx^ t» Kt.Kß6ch 18BjfKfc Qxl l lSQiPph B-Q 2 X Kt-Q 51! Jeaigns-e fter« x«, «■! course.

\ I£iNKA \JAJI£<. White. BJack. 1 P-K 4 PK 4 2 Kt-Q B 3 Kt-K B 3 3 P-B 4-a r-Q 4 4PxKP KtxP 5 Kt-B3s B-QKt5-C 6 B-K 2 0-0-n 7 O-O Xt x Kt-E 8 KtPxKt B-K 2 9 P-Q4 . P-QB3 10 Q-K 1 BK 3 f 11 Q-Kt 3 R-K 1 12 BR 6 P-Kt 3 White. Black. 138-Q3 KtQ2 14 Kt-Kts BB 1-G 15 Ktxß P-h B x Xt IB Rx B [j X x R-I 17 BxKtPch- P x B 18 R-KBlch Kt-B3 19 B x B R x B £0 RxKtch K-K2 21 RQ G Q-Q B 2 82 Q-Kt 5 eh K-K 1 23R-K6ch K-Q2 24 Q-K7ch-K Resigns.