CHESS NOTES

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 647, 27 September 1933, Page 6

CHESS NOTES

CHAMPION SHIP CONTEST , REACH FIFTEENTH ROUND POSITION THIS WEEK (Specially written for the "Morning Post" by "Ruy Lopez") Results of the senior fifteenth round: Edwards beat Jackson, Fraer beat Tattersall, Burton beat Clark, Watson ibeat Tibbitts, Roland beqt Andrews (def.), Vinall beat Booth (def.), Kurney v. Heywood was postponed. Saxby had. a bye. Juniors: Jenkins beat Martin, Blencowe beat Shaw, Evans beat Rowley. Other games postponed. Eighth round: Evans beat Jenkins. While in the earlier rounds of the senior event the players appeared to run true to form, of late the weaker players have improved to such an extent that they have caused the "eracks" no end of trouble. The game of Fraer v. Tattersall was no exception. Tattersall actually resigned after losing his Queen as tlie result of a neat pin, but Fraer had a lucky let off as Black had missed a mate in two; by ignoring the threat to his queen and giving check with his knight pawn, Black could have mated with his queen by moving it to the 8th' rank. Earlier in the game White brought off an encircling motif on Black's bishop, but in doing so weakened. his king side position. Black correctly exploited White's weakness by pawn storming. Tattersall is to be congratulated on his excellent showing, and has the sympathy of his fellow members in not ibringing. off the great coup. "There was a chess player called Fraer, Who moved very quick I declare; But when Claude couldi have mated He must have debated — If marbles or chess was his flair!' Nevertheless, Fraer is the souiidest player in the club and will deserve the championship/ Watson struck something like his' old form in defeating Tibbitts". Early in the game he forced. a series of exchanges,' coming out with a knight to the good. From then on, he' played a sound game, eventually winning. Edwards played the best game of his life in defeating Jackson. Jackson made a premature attack with his queen, which .Edwards met and at the same time completed his development. He then marshalled all his forces and neatly chtckmated his opponent. Draw for Sixteenth Round Clark v. Tibibtts, Tattersall v. Burton, Jackson v. Vinall, Heywood v. Roland. Saxby and Edwards win by default. Watson and Kurney have byes. N.Z. Club Championship The Otago v. Wellington fixture has resulted in a tie, 10-all (as was the case when these clubs opposed each other in 1922) and completes this season's competition for the club championship of the Dominion. When the financial depression and the increased cost of telegraphic matches caused the abandonment of the full-round i toumey in favour of a "sudden death" (or one-life knock-out) tourney, a change in one of the rules governing j the competition was rendered neces- ! sary. It was then arranged that in j the event of a tie on the 20 boards ' (10-10) the verdict should be in favour of the club that made the higher score at th^ first 16 boards. Under this rule the Wellington Chess Club regains the New Zealand Club Chamj pionship, the tallies at the first 16 boards of the recent match being Wellington C.C. 9, Otago C.C. 7. It is intcresting to note that under the assdqiation's new rulefs, which come into force on October 1, the tie would be decided by apportioning 20 points to the game at board 1, 19 points to board 2, 18 points to board 3, and so on. Under this method the tallies of the'lmatch would be Wellington 113 L Otago 96L A point of local interest is that had this rule been incorporated in the Blackburn Cup competition rules, the cup would have been won by Rotorua two seasons ago with the score of Rotorua. 43, Gisborne 35. The Bledisloe Cup The handsome sterling silver cup recently presented by His Excellency the Governor-Gtneral, Lord Bledisloe, to the New Zealand Chess Association will either be allotted to the club championship competition or be held annually by the New Zealander who makes the highest score in the annual tourney for the chess championship of the Dominion. This question is now before the affiliated clubs, and .a decision is to be made at the association's next quarterly council meeting. Any minor club aspiring to the club championship of New Zealand will not be required to enter a team of more than twelve players. As the New Zealand championship will be held at Dunedin this year, it is improbable that the local club will be able to have a representative, but the match committee should consider the question of entering a team for the club championship next year. This W.eek's1 Problem White mates in two moves. Position: 7Q, lp2R3, • lRtlp4, 3pkt3, P2ktlKt2, Plk4P, 8, 1R1K2B1. Check position: White pieces: K on Ql, Q on KR8, R's on K7 and QKtl, Kt's on KB4 and QKt6, B on KKtl, P's on KR3, QR3, and QR4. Black pieces: K on QB6, Kt's on K4 and Q5, P's on Q3, Q4 and QKt2. (by J. Paul Taylor). Answier to Last Wfeek's Problem Q - QR1 - KR8 mate. Black cannot castle because he must have moved last, and from the position of the pawns it must have been either the king or the rook ' which moved. Acknowledgement : Contributiions by M.R. and A.H.F., Rotorua, and S.K.K., Wellington).'