CHESS NOTES

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 635, 13 September 1933, Page 6

CHESS NOTES

"Ruy

Lopez.")

THE SENIOR AND JUNIOR CH AMPION SHIPS CONTINUED THE N1EXT DRAW (Specially written for the "Morning

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Senior results of the* thirteenth round: Vinall beat Tattersall, Saxby beat Clark, Kurney beat Jackson, Roland beat Booth (default), Edwards .beat Paterson (default), Tibbitts drew with Burton ,Heywood and Andrews had byes. Fraer v. Watson was posltponed1. Twelfth round: JTibbitts beat Fraer. Juniors: Musgrave beat Jenkins, W. Heley beat Mulligan, H. Heley beat Shaw, Bould beat Dixon, and Rowley beat Blencowe. Bailey v. Lenihan was postponed; Martin and Evans had byes. Twelfth round: ' Rowley beat Bould. Driaw for Fourteenth Round Seniors: Watson v. Burton, Clark v. Fraer, Tattersall v. Saxby, Jackson v. Roland, Andrews v. Kurney. Tibibtts and Heywood have byes. Vinall and Edwards will win by default. Juniors: Dixon v. Blencowe, Shaw v. Bould, Mulligan v. H. Heley, Musgrave v. W. Heley, Lenihan v. Jenkins, Martin v. Bailey, Evans and Rowley have byes. The fourteenth round will be played on Friday next, players first mentioncd having the move. Comments Fraer is now practically assured of winning the senior championship. At the last meeting of the matfii committee the question of the willidrawal of players was left to the disinterested members to decide. They were unanimous in adopting the rule as laid down by both the New Zealand Cbess Association and the British Ch_:ss Federation, viz., where a player has played 50 per cent. of his games, his name is left in and his subsequent opponents score a win by default; if he haq not played 5 per cent of his games his name is struck out and his opponents have a bye. At the prd1sent time Fraer and Andrews are level for top place, with Burton a point and a-half bthind. Andrews, however, has had to withdraw. Tibbitts played a rattling good game to lower Fraer's colours. In the play following the adjournment he kept up his advantage in material and gradually improved his position, forcing Fraer to resign. Tibbitts als0 played well against Burton; in fact at one stage of the game he was two pawns up, but from then on Burton played the better game, regained his two pawns, and a draw was agreed upon. -In the juniors Rowley had a night out, defeating two strong players in Bould and Blencowe. The standard of play is now sufficiently high to enable the club to devote more time to the social side of chess — the championship will now soon be over. Lightning tournaments simultaneous displays, handicap tournaments, blindfold displays, problem evenings, etc., will then be the order of the day, and if a member wants strious play he can make a challenge on the ladder.

Departure of Mr. L. E. Andrews The greatest loss the club has suffered since its inception is undoubtedly the departure of Mr. L. E. Andrews. His enthusiasm for the game and his work on behalf of the club is know to all members, whilst his actual record of play is equalled by none. In the simultaneous displays given by Purdy and Goldstein he was never defeated, obtaining a draw against these masters on every occasion, and in the annual telegraphic matches against Gisborne he has never been dtfeated. In the present senior championships he .is the only competitior not to suffer a loss, and retires with an unbeaten record, only three players holding him to a draw. Equally at home with any opening his greatest strength is in the end game — the test of a. good player — and like the present world's champion, Alekhine, he sits down to every game with a determination to win. "Ruy Lopez" takes this opportunity of extending to both Mr. and Mrs. Andrews every good wish for the future. Rotorua's loss, Auekland's gain.

A Trap in the Queen's Gambit To accept the pawn offered in the Queen's Gambit is not much in favi our amongst present day players, but j quite a good game can be obtained j provided Black does not attempt to retain his pawn lead. Should Black try to hang on to his pawn, it will most likely-lead to disaster as the following example will show. 1P - Q4, P - Q4; 2P - QB4, P x P; 3P - K3, P - QKt4 ? 4P - QR4 ! P - QB3; 5P x P, P x P; 6Q - B3 losing a piece. If 4P - QR4, P - QR3; 5P x P losing two pawns or Rook. Blacks best reply to 3P - K3 is P - K4. Tis Week's Problem: — White mates in two moves. Position. b7, BlQpp3, 6B1, 3k4, 1K6 ,7Kt, 4Kt3, 8. Check position: White pieces: K oh QKt4, Q on QB7, B's on QR7 and KKt6, Kt on KR3. Black pieces: K on Q4, Kt on K7, B on QR1, B on QR1, and P's on Q2 and K2. Solution to Last Week's Problem: Q - Q7.