CHESS.

Otago Witness, Issue 4028, 26 May 1931, Page 75

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L. D. COOMBS.

Solutions of problems, original compcsltloim, games, anil analyses Invited for this column Zll correspondence should bo addressed to tlio Chess Editor. Otago Witness Ofllce. Dtniodln.

PROBLEM No. 479. By W. Langstaff. Black (Nine Pieces).

White (Nine Pieces). R3Bl|3ppr2|Q4pKtkt| klqlß|6pl|2P. P3KI 5 Kt 2 | 8. White to play and mate in two moves. PROBLEM No. 480.' By J. M. Holford. Black (Three Pieces).

White (Seven Pieces). 4B3|B|4k3|3Kt4|lKPßl ■p 1 p | 7 P | 5 Kt 2 | 8. White to play and mate in four moves. SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. Problem No. 475 (Schiffmann). —B to Kt 7. Solution received from E. A. Le Petit (Invercargill). Problem No. 476 (Holzhausen). —1. R toU 3. If 1. . ,K takes R, then '2. RtoQ R 3, ch, etc. If 1. . .K to R 4, then 2. R to R 7, eh, etc. If 1. . .K to Kt 4, then 2. B to B sq, ch, etc. If 1. . .P to Kt 6, then 2. R takes P, etc. If 1. . .P to Kt 4, then 2. R to B sq or B 8, etc. Solution received from E. A. Le Petit. END GAME No. 145. (From a game won by Anderssen v. Keiseritzky.) Black (Fourteen Pieces).

White (Thirteen Pieces). rktblklktr|p2plppp|B | lpbKtlKtlP|4PßPl|3PlQ 2|PqPS|R4KRI. White to play and win (six moves). • SOLUTION TO END GAME No. 143. (Loyd). 1. B to Q 7 P to R 7 2. B to B 6, ch, K to Kt 8 (a) 3. B to R 1 Kt to Kt 7, ch 4. K to K 2 K takes B 5. K to B 1 Kt to K 6, th 6. K to B 2, etc., and the Black King remains imprisoned. (a) If 2. . .Kt to B 6, ch ; 3. K to K 2. F. K. Kelling (Wellington) gives 1, B to B 6, ch, K to Kt 8 ; 2. B to R 1, K takes B; 3. K to B 1, P to R 7; 4. K to B 2, draws. And it 1. . .Kt to B 6,2. K to K 2, etc. R. O. Scott (Wanganui) forwards the solution, and also that of No. 142. GAMES. A game played in the match between the Combined Universities and the City of London Chess Club. (Alekhine's Defence.) White. Black. C. H. O’D. Alexander E. G. Sergeant (Cambridge). (City of London). - 1. P to K 4 Kt to K B 3 2. P to K 5 Kt to Q 4 . 3. P to Q B 4 Kt to Kt 3 4. P to Q 4 P to Q 3 (a) 5. P to B 4 P takes P 6. B P takes P Kt to B 3 7. B to K 3 B to B 4 8. Kt to Q B 3 P to K 3 9. Kt to B 3 B to K 2 10. P to Q 5 (b) P takes P 11. P takes P Kt to Kt 5 12. Kt to Q 4 Q to Q 2 13. Q to B 3 (c) B to Kt 5 14. P to K 6 B takes Q 15. P takes Q, ch K takes P 16. P takes B Kt (Kt 3) takes P 17. Kt takes Kt Kt takes Kt 18. B to R 3. Ch K to Q sq 19. Kt to B 5 Kt takes B 20. Kt takes Kt R to K sq 21. Castles Q (ch) B to Q 3 22. Kt to B 5 (d) R to K 7 23. Kt takes B P takes Kt

24. R takes P, ch K to K 2 25. R to Q 2 R to K 6 26. R to Q 7, ch K to B 3 27. R takes Kt P R to Q sq 28. R takes R P R to K 7 29. B to Q 7 R to Q Kt sq 30. P to Kt 3 R to Kt 3 31. R to Q sq R takes K R P 32. B to K 8 R to K 3 33. R takes P, ch K to Kt 4 34. R takes P, ch ' K to R 3 35. R to Kt 8 R to Q B 7, ch 36. K to Kt sq R to Q Kt 7, ch 37. K takes R R to K 7, ch 38. K to R 3 R takes P, ch 39. K to Kt 4 R to R 5, ch 40. B takes R Resigns (a) The accepted continuation, and the opening closely follows a game between Dr Lasker and Dr Tarrasch, quoted in Alekhine's book of his best games. The important difference is that 9. . .B to Q Kt 5 is the correct continuation for Black, .and if 10. B to Q 3, B to Kt 5; 11. B to K 2, B takes K Kt; I'2. P takes B, Q to R 5, ch ; 13. B to B 2, Q to B 5. Or if 12. B takes B, Kt takes B P; with good prospects of a win. (b) Had Black played B to Q Kt 5, suggested by Alekhine, then White could not advance this Pawn, for then 11. . .Kt takes Q P could have been played, the vital difference. Black now had to lose two moves in succession, first to save the Knight and then the Bishop, which just gave time for White to bring the necessary pieces into action. (c) To which there was no satisfactory reply, for if 13. . .B to Kt 3; 14. P to K 6, P takes P ; 15. P takes P, and the position would be won for White. So Black chose the least of the two evils, though there was not so much in having the two Pawns for the piece, when there was the awkward 18. B to R 3, ch, to meet. Perhaps 18. . .K to K sq was no worse, but this shut the King’s Rook in, and Black could not do without that piece. (d) Which made the win of another Pawn certain, and the only chance Black had was to make a demonstration elsewhere, though there was no real chance of saving the game. The interesting part afterwards is the effort Black made to obtain a stalemate position. If White played 36. K takes R, then 36. . .R to K 7, ch, and the stalemate could not be prevented, but with the square R 3 available, White was safe. All through he played this game very well.

NEW SOUTH WALES CHAMPIONSHIP. The feature of the first round of the New South Wales championship tourney was the struggle between Nielsen and Koshnitsky. In the early part of the game the former won the exchange, but the position was such as rendering play with the White Rooks cumbersome, and Koshnitsky gradually picked up Pawns that more than compensated for his loss. The score of the game is given below. (Nimzowitsch Defence Opening.) White. , Black. A. Nielsen. G. Koshnitsky. 1. P to Q 4 Kt to K B 3 2. Kt to K B 3 P to K 3 3. P to B 4 P to Q Kt 3 4. Kt to B 3 B to Kt 2 5. B to Kt 5 P to K R 3 6. B takes Kt (a) Q takes Kt 7. P to K 4 B to Kt 5 8. B to Q 3 P to B 4 9. Castles Castles (b) 10. Kt to Q Kt 5 P takes P (c) 11. P to Q R 3 B to K 2 12. Kt to B 7 Kt to B 3 13. Kt takes R R takes Kt 14. P to Q Kt 4 P to K 4 15. Kt to Q 2 Kt to Q 1 16. Q to Kt 4 Kt to K 3 17. P to Kt 3 P to Kt 3 18. P to B 4 P to K R 4 19. Q to B 3 P taktes P 20. P to K 5 ! Q takes P 21. Q takes B Q to K 6, ch 22. K to R 1 (d) R to Q 1 23. Q to B 3 Q takes Kt 24. P takes P B to Q 3 25. R to B 2 Q takes B P 26. Q R to K B 1 Q takes Q 27. R takes Q Kt to Kt 4 28. R to B 6 B to K 4 29. R (B 6) to B 2 P to R 5 (e) 30. R to K Kt 2 Kt to K 3 31. R to Kt 4 P to K Kt 4 32. B to B 5 P to B 3 33. B to K 4 Kt to B 5 34. R to B 3 K to B 2 35. R to Kt 1 R to Q B 1 36. P to R 3'(f) K to K 2 37. R to Q B 1 P to Q 4 ! 38. B to B 5 R takes P 39. R takes R P takes R 40. K to Kt 1 P to Q 6 41. K to B 1 K to Q 3 42. K to K 1 K to Q 4 43. K to Q 1 B to Kt 7 44. P to R 4 K to Q 5 45. P to Kt 5 p to B 6 (g) 46. B takes P Kt takes B 47. R takes P Kt to Kt 5 48. R to B 6 (h) Kt takes R 49. P takes Kt K to Q 6 50. P to B 7 P to B 7, ch Resigns (a) Or B to R 4, as played by Lasker against Samisch at Moscow in 1925, only leads to a draw. (b) If 9. . .P takes P; 10. Q Kt to Kt 5, as actually occurs in the game. The text is, however, premature, and P to Q R 3 is better. (c) After 10. . .Kt to B 3; 11. P to Q R 3, B to R 4, the B is not happily placed. Possibly Black considered giving up the exchange the lesser evil. (d) After 22. R to B 2, R to Q 1; 23. Q to B 3 (or. K 4), Kt to Kt 4; 24. Q tat'es O. B P takes Q ; 25. R to K 2, P takes Kt; 26. R takes B, Kt to K 3; 27. R to Q 1, K to B 1 ; 28. R takes Kt, Q P takes R; 29. R takes P, P to B 4, Black has still some fine Pawns for his piece. (c) To prevent P to K R 4. Black’s game is steadily improving. (f) Inviting 36. . .R takes P ; 37. R takes Kt, followed by 38. B to Q 5, ch, but the little trap is seen, and its ultimate result is trouble for White himself. (g) Threatens an immediate finish by 46. . n *n B 7. ch : *7. K to Q 2. B to B 6, ch; 48. K to B 1, Kt to K 7, mate. ihl To prevent P to B 7, ch, followed by c-ueens. Now Black brings off a neat finish.

NOTES. N.S.W. Championship.—After nine rounds the scores in the New South Wales championship were : —M. E. Goldstein, 7J (8) ; Crankanthorp, 7J (9) : G. Koshnitsky, 7 (9); Purdy, 5 (7); A. G.--Shoebridge, 5 (9) ; E. Connell, 4 (8) ; A. Nielsen, 4 (8) ; W. J. Greenfield, 3 (7) ; A. Bunyan, 3 (8) ; S. Merkel, 3 (8) ; G. H. Hastings, 2i (8) ; S. Ireland, 11 (9) ; J. Cooper, 0 (9). Oamaru Chess Club.—The following are the results of a Chess match between the vice-president’s and captain’s teams (vicepresident’s names mentioned first) :—Findlay 1 drew with H. P. Famllton j, Cuddon Large 1 beat Humphries 0, Dr Stubbs 1 beat Bedford 0, Daw 0 lost to Clapperton 1, Jacobs 1 beat Mitchell 0, Woodgatu 1 drew with Robbie 1, Evans 0 lost to Markham 1. Totals: Vice-president’s team 4, captain’s team 3. Correspondence Chess. —Our correspondent, Mr A. O. Gray, of Christchurch, has started a number of games against players in the United States. He writes that he is playing Mr C. K. Thomas, of New York, six games, and two each against Mr Roy Wakefield, Illinois, and Mr Davis, Yakima, Washington. Mr Wakefield has no less than 50 games going !