CHESS.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 230, 28 September 1929, Page 9 (Supplement)

CHESS.

CLUB NOTES.

THE BIACKBTJRN TKOPHY. (By KNIGHT'S MOVE.) Exceptionally close finishes in tourneye at the Auckland C.C. have made these events interesting. There in. a tie in the handicap between Sale and Moller, a tie in the intermediate between Sullivan and Moller, and now there is the possibility of a triple tie in the championship. At present, Jones and Roberts, who have completed their games, have each scored 6* points; Grierson has scored 5h and baa one game to finish. Sale is clow up with 5 points and none to play. In ties, a match of three games will be played to decide the winner. Some uncertainty exists aa to the conditions governing the competition for the Blackburn Trophy referred to last week, and the following extract from a letter received from the hon. secretary "of the Gisborne Chess Club will be of interest: "To promote interest in telegraphic chess Mr. Chas. Blackburn, ex-president of the Gisborne Chess Club, offered, the New Zealand Chess Association a cup for competition between affiliated clubs in the North Island other, than those situated in the cities and suburbs of Auckland and Wellington. Gisborne, Hamilton, Napier and Wanganui have notified that they will compete for the cup this season, and the winner of the greatest number of matches will hold the cup for one year; in the event of two or more clubs being equal, then the aggregate of games won will be. the deciding factor, two draws equalling one win." In the match between Gisborne and Hamilton only twelve of the thirteen games played counted.in the competition. r .lhe official score will be 7 to 5 in favour of Hamilton." Mr. A. H, Schlichting, who played for Gisborne at board one in the recent match, has created a club record by winning all his games in this year's tournament, beating 16 opponents. . A match of ten a-side played last Saturday between the Whakatano and Rotorua Chess Clubs resulted in a >vin for Whakatane by 6 to 4. The following are the individual scores: —

Chess players will regret to. hear that the serious illness of Mr. C. W. Tanner, who for years has been the hon. secretary of the New Zealand Chess Association, has compelled him to resign his post. '■)■;,

.' •' Irregular Defence. ' White: Reti. Black: Alekhih©. 1. P—KKt3 P—K4 2. Kt—Kß3 P—K5 3. Kt—Q4 P—Q4 4. P—Q3 PxP .'■•. 5. QxP Kt—Kß3 6. B—Kt2 B—Kts ch 7. B—Q2 Bxß ch 8. Ktxß Castles 9. P—QB4 Kt—R3 10. PxP Kt—QKts 11. Q—B4 QKtxQP 12. QKt-rKt3 P—B3 13. Castlea R—Kl 14. KR—QI B—Kts 15. R—Q2 Q—Bl 16. Kt—Qßs . B—R6 !7 # B—B3 B—Kts 18> B—Kt2 B—R6 19> B—B3 B—Kts 20. B—Rl P—KR4 21. p—Kt4 P—QR3 22. R—QBI P—R5 23. p—E4 PxP. 24. RPxP Q—B2. 25. P—Kts RPxP 26. PxP R—K6 27. Kt—B3 PxP 28. QxP Kt—B6 29. QxP QxQ 30. KtxQ KtxP ch 31. K—R2 „ Kt—Ks 32. R_B4 KtxßP 33. B—Kt2 B—K3 34. QR—B2 Kt—Kts ch 3.5. K—R3 Kt—K4 ch 36. K—R2 RxKt 37. RxKt Kt—Kts ch 38. K—R3 Kt—K6 ch 39. K—R2 Ktxß 40. BxR Kt—Qs Resigns. V This game, which appeared in the "Chess Amateur," is referred to as one of the best examples of play between these two masters. It is to be regretted that the accompanying notes are too voluminous to reproduce in this column. After the repetition of moves 17-20, Alekhine offered a draw, which was declined by Retij who considered nia posi- 1 tion slightly superior. From this! point Alekhine worked, up some fine positions, taking full advantage of the slightest error on the part of his opponent, and winding up with a beautiful problemlike combination. Reti considered that he made his first important error at move 22. Another serious error, occurred at.niove 25, when P—K4 seemed necessary. This is a fine game on .the part of Alekhine, and those who take the trouble to analyse it will be well repaid. Richard Reti, who played white in the above game,, was. last year considering a professional tour of the Dominion, and corresponded with the New Zealand Chess Association with a view to making arrangements to visit the various centres. Reti, however, was not destined to make the trip, as he died on June 6. Reti was a master of blindfold play, and in 1925 played blindfold 29 s?-"ultaneous games, winning 20, drawing 7, tnd losing 2 —a world's record. Correspondence. "Black Knight" —Your solution was correct. Glad you like the column. En-close-your name and address, next time. The hon. secretary of the Gisborne C.C. writes: "Our members were very pleased with the column. I will keep you posted with club news.". Thanks. When other clubs follow your good example there will be a chance of making,'the column interesting.T-Ed.

Problem No. 3. Three moves.

In last week's problem (No. 2), White mates in 2 was omitted. The key will be withheld until next week.

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