CHESS.

Otago Witness, Issue 4030, 9 June 1931, Page 67

CHESS.

Conducted by

L. D. COOMBS.

Solutions of problems, original compositions, Caines, and analyses Invited for tills column All correspondence should bo addressed to the Chess Kditor, Outgo tVllness Olllcc. Dunedin. PROBLEM No. 483. By G. C> Holroyd.* Black (Seven Pieces).

White (Seven Pieces). |B|lplrß3|p7|4p3|lKtl 3 r | K P Kt Iplß 1-| 1 Q G. White to play and mate in two moves. PROBLEM No. 484. By R. Lurig.* Black (Four Pieces).

White (Six Pieces). 8 | K 7 | 4 B 3 | p 7 .| k 7 | Kt 1 P 5 | plpP4 | 2 B 5. White to play and mate in three moves. * Essener Anzeiger, 1927. SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. Problem No. 479 (Langstafi).—R to B 7. Solution received frem E. A. Le Petit (Invercargill). Problem No. 480 (Holford). — 1. B to K B G, K to B 4; ■ 2. B to B 7, P to B 6 ; 3. Kt to K 4. If 1. . .K to Q 3 or P to B G ; 2. Kt to Q 3, any ; 3. Kt (Q 3) to B 4. The mate with Black King at K 5 is unexpected and pretty. Solution received from E. A. Le Petit. END GAME No. 147. By Troitzki. (Kindly supplied by Mr F. K. Kelling.) Black (Four Pieces).

White (Three Pieces). S|B|6pp|7p|B|6Pk|sK 2 | 5 Kt 2. White to play and win. SOLUTION TO END GAME No. 145. (Anderssen). 1. B to Q 6 Q takes R, ch 2. K to K 2 B takes R 3. P to K 5 Kt to Q R 3 4. Kt takes P, ch K to Q 1 5. Q to B 6, ch Kt takes Q 6. B to K 7, mate F. K. Kelling (Wellington) forwards the solution and points out that White gets the mate in 6 only by Black’s faulty play. He also gives an alternate win from faulty play in 6 as follows:—1. B to Kt 3, Q takes R, ch ; 2. K to K 2, B takes R ; 3. Kt to Q 6, ch, K to Q 1; 4. Kt takes P, ch, K to KI; 5. Kt to Q 6, ch, K to Q 1; 6. Q to B 8, ch, mate. R. O. Scott (Wanganui) forwards the solution to No. 144. He also writes that 1. B to B 6, ch, falls, for No. 143 as follows : — 1. B to B 6, ch, K to Kt 8 ; 2. B to R 1, K takes B ; 3. K to B 1, K to R 7 ! ; 4. K to B 2, Kt to B 6, and Black wins.

GAMES. The following game is front the Easter tourney of the Melbourne Chess Club:— (French Defence.) White. Black. G. Gundersen. F. A. Crowl. 1. P to K 4 . P to K 3 2. P to Q 4 P to Q 4 3. Kt to Q 2 (a) P to Q B 4 4. P takes Q P Q takes P (b) 5. K Kt to B 3! P takes P 6. B to B 4 Q to Q B 4 7. Castles Kt to Q B 3 8. Q to K 2 (c) Kt to B 3 (d) 9. Kt to Kt 3 Q to Kt 3 10. B to Q Kt 5 B to Q 3 11. Kt (Kt 3) takes P Castles 12. Kt takes Kt P takes Kt 13. B to Q 3 B to Kt 2 14. B to K Kt 5 Q to B 2 15. Q R to Q 1 QRtoKl? 16. B takes Kt P takes B 17. B takes P, ch K to Kt 2 (e) 18. B to Q 3 P to K B 4 19. P to K Kt 3 (f) P to B 4

20. P to B 4 Q to B 3 21. K to Kt 2 P to B 5? 22. B to K 4 ! Q takes B 23. Q takes Q B taktes Q 24. R takes B K to B 3 25. R to K 1 B to R 1 26. R (K 1) to Q 1 R to R 1 (g) 27. R (Q 1) to Q 3 R to Q Kt 1 28. P to Kt 3 B to K 5 29. R to Q 2 (h) R to R 2 30. R to Q 8 R takes R 31. R takes R K to B 4 32. R to K Kt 8 (i) B takes Kt 33. K takes B R takes P 34. R to Q B 8 P takes P 35. R takes P, ch P to K 4 36. K takes P R to R 3 37. P to B 4 P to B 3 38. R to R 5 R to Kt 3, ch 39. K to B 3 R to Kt 2 40. P to Kt 4 R to Q B 2 41. P takes P R takes P 42. P takes P, ch K takes P 43. P to Kt 5 R to B 2 44. K to K 4 K to K 2 45. K to Q 5 K to Q 2 46. R to R 6 R to Kt 2 47. K to B 5 K to B 1 —And after about 20 more moves White agreed to a araw. (a) An old variation at one time favoured by Tarraseh, but now discarded. (b) Better is 4. . .K P takes P; 5. P takes P, B takes P. Black’s isolated Pawn is no serious weakness. (c) To defend the B and be free to play Kt to Kt 3. (d) Further jattempts to keep the Pawn are dangerous. (e) If 17. . .K takes B; 18. Q to Q 3, ch, followed by 19. Q takes B. (f) White Jias now a difficult problem to solve—how to meet the fierce attack on his King. First arises the question how to save the K R -p, which can be threatened by P to Q B 4, followed by B takes Kt, or by R to R 1. Is 19. P to K R 3 better than the text? (g) Threatens to win a Pawn by B takes Kt. (h) Wliy not 29. R to B 3, threatening lO free his Kt by K to Kt 1. (i) R to Q B 8 is far better, if then 32. . . .K to Kt 5; 33. R to Kt 8, ch. After this let-off Black makes the most of his opportunities, and White fails to find a win. The following game, from the eighth round of a tournament at Nice, was finely played by Dr Vajda. (Queen’s Pawn Opening.) White. Black. Sir Geo. Thomas. ' Dr Vajda. 1. P to Q 4 Kt to K B 3 2. Kt to K B 3 P to K 3 3. P to K 3 (a) P to Q Kt 3 4. Q Kt to Q 2 P to B 4 5. P to B 3 B to K 2 6. B to Q 3 Kt to B 3 7. Castles ' Castles 8. Q to K 2 P to Q 3 9. P to Q Kt 3 Kt to Q 4 (b) 10- P to B 4 K Kt to Kt 5 11. B to Kt sq P to B 4 12. P to Q R 3 Kt to R 3 13. R to Q sq B to B 3 14. R to R 2 Q to K 2 15. Kt to B sq (c)_ P to K 4 16. P takes K P (<1) P takes P 17. P to K 4 (e) P to B 5 18. Kt to K sq Kt to Q 5 19. Q to Q 3 (f) P to K Kt 4 20. P to B 3 B to K 3 21. Q R to Q 2 Q R to Q sq 22. B to Kt 2 Kt to Kt sq 23. Kt to B 2 Kt (Kt sq) to B 3 24. Kt takes Kt K P takes Kt (g) 25. Q to K 2 Kt to K 4 (h) 26. P to R 3 P to K R 4 27. Kt to R 2 P to Kt 4 28. B to Q 3 P takes P 29. P takes P (i) R to Kt sq 30. R to B 2 R to Kt 6 31. B to B sq Q to K B 2 32. R to Kt 2 R takes B Resigns (j) (a) This line of play is favoured by Rubinstein and Colle. (b) Threatening P takes P, followed. It K P takes P, by Kt to B 5, or, if B P takes P, by K Kt to Kt 5. (c) P takes P was better. (d) If P to Q 5, then Kt (B 3) to Kt sq, followed by Kt to Q 2 with a good game for Black. (e) B to Kt 2 was better. (f) Threatening 20. B takes P. P takes B ; 21. P to K 5, Q takes P ; 22. Q takes P, eh, with an attack for the piece. (g) Best, for it gives him a strong post at K 4 for his Knight. (h) Threatening either P to Kt 5 or P to Kt 4. (i) If 29. B takes B P, then 29. . .B takes B ; 30. P takes B, Q to K 3; 31. R to Q B sq, P to Q 6, with advantage to Black. (j) If R takes R, then B takes B P, with a winning advantage.

NOTES. Otago Chess Club. —The Match Committee of the Otago Chess Club—Messrs W. G. Stenhouse, R. M’Dermid, and L. D. Coombs—have arranged the various club tournaments, and play has now commenced. Provision has been made for late entries, as there are a number of new members who have not yet handed in their names. Most of these players will be put in Class 5. In the handicap tournament Class 1 gives Class 2 the odds of Pawn and move, to Class 3 the odds of Pawn and two moves, to Class 4 the odds of Queen's Knight, and to Class 5 the odds of Queen's Rook. The club’s hon. secretary, Mr G. D. W r right, has been very much missed since his mishap on the Blue Mountains, and the members are looking forward to giving him a good welcome on his return. He is reported to Ije now making a good recovery, but it may be some time yet before he has complete use of his fingers. London v. Philadelphia.—The five unfinished games, in- this cable match were settled by agreement, and the results are as follows :— London. Philadelphia. Sultan Khan .. 1 N. Whitaker .. 1 F. D. Yates . . J J. Levin . . .. 1 R. P. Mitchell .. 1 A. T. Sharp . . 0 V. Buerger . . 1 D. G. Weiner . . J I W. Winter .. ..1 B. F. Winkelmann 0 E. G. Sergeant . . 0 S. Mlotkowski .. 1 3i 2J Mlotkowski daringly played a King’s Gambit against Sergeant and obtained a win. City of London Chess Club. —The Gastineau Cup (championship) tournament has resulted in a triple tie for first place between V. Buerger, R. H. Newman, and H. Saunders, each with 7i points out of 11. The tie will be played off shortly. Boris Kostich.—Boris Kostich, who visited Dunedin some years ago, has recently toured Canada giving exhibitions of simultaneous play at a number of places. At Toronto he played 71, winning 56, drawing 10, and losing 5, and at Montreal he played 60, winning 48, drawing 8, and losing 4. It is reported that nearly all the best players in the two cities opposed him.