CHESS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 41, 18 February 1939, Page 13

CHESS

GAMES AND SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS PROBLEM No. 691 By C. Mansfield. ■LBlack Eleven Pieces.)

(White Thirteen Pieces.) 4R3lpr2plPKt | 2 P P k 1 p 1 | R7|lPKbPlqKt|2BplrktQ| B 4 p 2 | 8. White to play and mate in two (2) moves. PROBLEM No. 692 By Ben S. Wash. (Black Seven Pieces.)

(W’hite Five Pieces.) lkt2Q3|3p2Rl|splr|sk2| 5 B 1 p I 8 | 4 Kt 3 | 3 kt K 3. White to play and mate in three (3' moves. SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. Problem No. 689.—Q to R 1. Problem No. 690.—Q to B 2. If 1. . . . B take* Q; B to B 6. etc. 1. . . . R takes Q or Kt to Kt 6; 2. B to B 3. 1. . . . Kt takes Q ; 2. Kt to Q 7. 1. . . . R takes ; Kt: 2. Q takes R (Q 3). 1. . . . else; 2. Kt takes Q P. GAMES. A recent issue of Chess Rives a brief but interesting biography of Louis Zollner, "the inspiration of Tyneside Chess for sixty years.” Born in Denmark in 1854, he went to England in 1875 to take up an imi>ortant consular post. He soon became a first-clase player, and during the last sixty years or so has met and played practically all the leading players of England, as well as many of the European masters. During one of Alekhine's simultaneous displays in 1938 Mr. Zollner, at the age of 84, scored a weil-deserved win from the world champion. Dr. Alekhine somewhat riskily essayed an "Evans’ Gambit. which Mr. Zollner" must have played thousands of times and which he knows inside out. At the conclusion of the game he said, "This mubt be my farewell effort. I fear”— surely a fitting climax to a brilliant Chess career. Here is the game:— ("Evans’ Gambit.”) White. Black, Dr. Alekhine. L. Zollner. 1. P to K 4 P to K 4 2. Kt to K B 3 Kt to Q B 3 3. B to B 4 B to B 4 4. P to Q Kt 4 B takes P 5. O—O P to Q 3 6. P to Q 4 An old variation rarely seen nowadays. 6. P takes P 7. Kt takes P Kt to K B 3 8. B to Kt 2 o—o 9. Kt to B 5 B takes Kt 10. P takes B R to K 1 11. Kt to B 3 Kt to K 4 12. B to Kt 3 B to B 4 13. P to K R 3 P to K R 4 Holding back White's K-side Pawns. 14. K to R 1 A better way to re’.ieve the pin on the K B P would have been 14. Kt to R 4. 14. Q to Q 2 15. P to B 4 Kt to B 3 16. P tn Kt 4 R to K 6 17. K to Kt 2 P to R 5! A fine move. 18. Kt to R 4 Q to K 2 19. Kt takes B P takes Kt 20. R to B 2 R to Kt 6, ch 21. K to R 2 Q to K 6 Winning two more Pawns and keeping up a ferocious attack. White is helpless. Black makes it appear simple, but what might White’s Bishops do if given half a chance! 22. Q to K B I R takes P, ch 23. Q takes R Q takes R, ch 24. K to R 1 Kt to K 5 25. Q to Kt 2 Q takes K B P 26. R to K 1 Kt to Kt 6, ch 27. K to Kt 1 R to Q 1 28. P to B 6 R to Q 7 Crushing! White held on for two more miserable moves, but might well have resigned forthwith. This is a marvellous game for anybody, let alone a man of 84 years, to play against a world champion. Here is a game from the Avro Tournament, in which Alekhine defeats the former world ch a n pion ("French Defence.’’) White, Black Alekhine. Capablanca. 1. P to K 4 P to K 3 2. P to Q 4 P to Q 4 3. Kt to Q 2 Kt to K B 3 4. P to K 5 K Kt to Q 2 5. B to Q 3 P tc Q B 4 , 6. P to Q B 3 Q Kt to R 3 7. Kt to K 2 Q to Kt 3 8. Kt to B 3 1’ takes P 9. P takes P B to Kt 5, ch 10. K to B B to K 2 11. P to Q R 3 Kt to B 12. P to Q Kt 4 B to Q 2 13. B to K 3 Kt to Q 14. Kt to B 3 P to Q R 4 15. Kt to Q R 4 Q to R 2 16. P to Kt 5 P to Q Kt 3 17. P to Kt 3 P to B 4 18. K to Kt 2 Kt to B 2 19. Q to Q 2 P to R 3 20. P to R 4 Kt to R 2 21. P to R 5 Q Kt to Kt 4 22. Kt to R 4 Kt to K 5 23. Q to Kt 2 K to B 2 24. P to B 3 Q Kt to Kt 4 25. P to Kt 4 I’ takes P 26. B to Kt 6, ch K to Kt 27. P to B 4 Kt to B 6 28. B takes Kt, ch R takes B 29. Kt to Kt 6 B to Q 30. Q R to Q B B to K 31. K to Kt 3 Q to K B 2 32. K takes P Kt to R 5 33. Kt takes Kt Q takes R P, ch 34. K to Kt 3 Q to B 2 35. Kt to K B 3 P to R 4 Black lost through exceeding the time limit. The position at this stage is interesting, but it is hard to see how Black can make up for his lost piece.