Radio Chess

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 47, 3 June 1932, Page 6

Radio Chess

2ZW Plays Wellington Chess Champion

OZAW again staged a chess session on Thursday last, when the station played Mr. A. W. Gyles, the Wellington chess champion. Mr. Gyles is also an ex-New Zealand champion. It was a hard fought and interesting game. A most interesting position was reached at move 18, when Mr. Gyles had the tempting chance of Kt x P. 14 Q x Kt for white would then lose, because of 14 .... B-Q3 15 Q moves. R-K1, and white would have lost his queen. , White, however. had an alternate reply to18....Ktx P,in it P-B3, and black could hardly escape loss of a piece. Mr. Gyles therefore played the squnder 138 .... Kt x Kt. Commencing with PQB4, he then attempted, to break through with his pawns on! the queen’s side, but by careful play 2ZW checked this advance, Play then changed over to the king’s side; after the exchange of rooks the two players examined the position. As it seemed that whichever side tried to force a win would lose, a draw was agreed upon. Black was left with a strong pawn position on the queen’s side, but weak centre pawns. White was weak on the queen’s side, but had three strong pawns in the centre. The following is the score of the game :-- White, 2ZW. Black, Mr. Gyles. 1 P K4 P K 4 2 Kt KB 3 Kt QB 3 8 B Rt 5 P QR38 4B R4 Kt B38 5 0 0 Ktx P 6 P Q4 P QKt 4 7 B Kt8 P Q4 8 PxPp B K3 9 P B8 B K2 10 QKt Q 2 Kt B 4 11 B B2 B Kts5 12 Q Ki Oo O 138 Kt Q4 It x Kt 14 Px Kt Kt K 3 15 Kt x Kt 3 P QB4 "16 B K8 R QB1 17 R Bil P QB5 18 Kt R1 P KB4 19 P KB4 Q-Kt 3 20 Q B2 P-Ki 5 21 P KR 83 B R4 22 B Q1 BxB 238 R(KB1)xB Pp QR 4 24 P QKt 8 P QB6 ; 25 P Kt3 R KB2 26 K Ri P Kté4 \ 27 Kt B2 K Ri 28 K R2 R KKRti 29 R Ki Q Qi 380 R KKil PxP 31 PxP R(B2) Kt2 32 RxR RxR 33 R KKti1 Q Q2 84 RxR KxkR 385 Q K 2 Drawn.