CHESS.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 224, 21 September 1929, Page 15 (Supplement)

CHESS.

THE WELLINGTON MATCH. HAMILTON'S WIS OVER GISBOBNE. The Auckland Waterside Workers' Chess Club has a membership of 80, apd; although a comparatively new club, has some promising players in the ranks. Before long the club promises to; take a prominent part in chess Matters. The president, Mr. C. S. Morris, is an enthusiastic supporter of the game, anff is at present actively; engaged in assisting to establish the club in new quarters in Chatfield Chambers/ where there will be room for 18 tables.

The result of tourneys played this season is as follows:- 1 — Championship. —There were eight entries for this event, which was won by A. J. Smith, with J. Simpson second. Mr. Smith's win was unexpected, as he is a fairly new player. Hj is to be congratulated on his careful study of the game, which brought him out on topHandicap.—There were 23 entries, and Mr. Simpson (Class A) put up a fine performance by winning 20 games. ■Hp fakes as first prize a set of chessmen and a book. The second pme of a sc t of chess goes to Mr. G.ven (Glass C) with a score of 18, while ; ■ . , (Class A) finished a close thud with 17 wins, a book on chess being Ins snare. Hamilton scored eight points to Qisborne's five in telegraplnc maich, which was concluded last featuiday.

This was the first of a series of matches for a trophy presented by Mr. C. Blackburn, the president of the Gisborne Club, for competition by minor clubs in the North Island which are affiliated to the New Zealand Chess Association. Napier, Hamilton and Gisborne have entered. The score of the match is as follows:— Hamilton. Gisborne. W. J. Stevens 0 A. H. Sclilichting 1 E. L. Wilson, . 1 G. H. Seddon 0 R. Mears 0 H. M. Ritchie 1 J. F. Strang . i A. Gle'ave ... 4 E. J. Stevenson I C. Blackburn i G. O. Jones .. 1 J. P. Weatherly 0 E. L. Jones . . 1 E. E. Somervilk 0 S. Clothier ... 1 C. H. Smythe 0 T. J. Shaw i F. T. Venning I A. B. Trythall 1 P. Fisclibamk 0 S. Burton.:.. 0 D.P.Cameron 1 P. E. Stevens \ J. Mahoney .. i E. W. East .. 1 J. Witty 0 . , 8 VV 5 The Christchurch adjudication board has forwarded its decisions, in respect to the seven unfinished' games in the Auckland-Wellington telegraphic match. For Auckland, Barker and Lennard have been awarded wins, Thompson gets a win for Wellington at board IT; the other four are declared to be draws. The following is the full score:— ». Auckland. Wellington. Jones 0 Gyles 1 Maddox 0 Anderson ... 1 Grierson ..... 0 Mason 1 Roberts 1 Kelling . 0 "Good" i McKay i Sale i Craven \ Fotheringham 1 Wigham .... 0 Ogle 1 Purclias ..... 0 Lees ........ 1 Mcßae 0 Sullivan i Taylor •. Jeffreys 0 Fail-burn 1 j Adams 0 Sim 1 Barker 1 Jones 0 Layland .... • » Jessup Cunningham .. -1 Tanner s Edwards .... 0 Grady 1 Drott 0 Thompson .. 1 Thompson i Kirkwood ... i Putman .... i Kline i Lennard .... 1 White 0 n m Problem No. i.

Solvers are invited to send in their solutions, which will be acknowledged in this column. Key to last week's problem; Q—K2.

Queen's Gambit Declined. Played in the championship tournament at Southport. White, Atkins;, Black, R. P. Mitchell. 1. P—Q4 P—Q4 2. Kt—:Kß3 Kt—Kß3 3. p—B4 P—K3 4. Kt—B3 B—K2 5. B—Kts Qlvt —Q2 6. P—K3 Castles 7. R—Bl P—B3 8. Q—B2 R—Kl 9. B—Q3 P—KK3 10. B—R4 P—R3 (a) 11. PxP (b) KPxP 12. B—Kt3 .(c) Kt—R4 13. Castles Ktxß 14. RPxKt B—B3 15. Kt—QR4 Kt—Bl 16 . Q—Kt3 11—K2 17. Kt—Ktti R—Ktl 18. Ktxß QxKt 19. KR—KI Q—Kl 20. K—Bl P—KKt3 ,21. Q— B2 R—Ql 22. K —Ktl Kt; —R2 23. Q—Q2 K—Kt2 24. Kt—K2 R—Q3 25. Kt—Kt4 P—KR4 26. Ktxß IvtxKt 27. P—B3 (d) R(Q3) —KB 28. K—B2 Q. —KRI te) 20. B—Bl P—R5 30. P—KKt4 Q—QKtl (e) 31. R—B3 - Q—Kt6 ch (e) 32. K—K2 Kt—R2 (f) 33. K— Ql Kt—Kt4 34. P—K4 P—RG! 35. P—B4 QxP ch 30. B—K2 IvtxP (g) 37;. BxQ Ktxß cli 38. Iv—B2 RxR 39. PxP R—K7 40. BxR Rxß 41. PxKt IKcQ ch I 42. KxR K—B3 1 43. K—K3 K—B4 44. K—B3 P—Kt3 45. Resigns (h) (a) These ten moves ot Blacks, plaved in this order, constitute the best defence against the Pillsbiiry form of attack in the Queen's Gambit Declined. (b) Black is threatening PxP: BxP: | p—QKt4, developing his Bishop without loss of time. * ( c ) p_QR3 should have preceded this move. (d) In order to shelter his K at B2 and get a freer game. (e) The right reply to this excellent idea. (f) Again very finely played. This Knight is to aid the advance of Black's RP.° White has no sufficient counter. (g) Or RxP, PxRP best? QxBP and the end-game is won for Black. '(h) The only game lost by Atkius in this • tournament. His eleventh and twelfth moves were faulty, but Mitchell deserves great praise for exploiting them. The great tree on which David Livingstone cut his initials in November, 1855, on discovering the Victoria Falls, ia on Livingstone Island, North Rhodesia.