CHESS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 15, 18 January 1930, Page 15 (Supplement)

CHESS.

QUEEN'S PAWN OPENING.

POPULAR IN" BIG MATCHES.

(By A PALTRY PAWN.)

At th* Auckland Chess Club there have been fairly good attendances at the evening sessions, and the lunch- our enthusiast can always "rely, on getting a aame. The Auckland and Suburbs Cup competition has reached an advanced stage, though several competitors E^e behind with their games. are the scores to date won 5, lost 1, drawn 1,1 5, lost 1, drawn 1, 1 to won 3, lost 1, 4 to play; Jeffreys**™ 3, lost 2-, drawn, 1,.12; to J wol [ won 3, lost 2 2, lost 2, 4to play J Barker, 2 lost 5, l.to play; won 1 lost , 3 to play; Bartley, won 0, lost 4, Pl The summer handicap, tourneys which are not run table, is dragging .along ihe only competitors who serious attempt to comp e e are Sutton, who has won 2 drawn 1, and Gale, with 8 wins, 10 5 "ce-prSnt of tie ffirt°rne eh,; a- h. Sid ?°;;: e t°c.S on holiday, was a visitor a rooms last Monday eyeningv n In these days when the Queen . •. opening is so generally us . , tant matches, it. 3 reS i ,„^' (ls . slaved tliat in more than half the a L- - g at the Wanganui congrcss the Kj b Pawn opening was , appeared to prefer the Sicilian defence, though the French ber of supporters, llie oui Buy Lopez, was defen ce dozen instances. Ihe Aieui w was only played twice. Mo Queen's Pawn openings took of the Queen's Gambit, which generally declined. Problem No. 17. A two-mover by W. Dreisert. Black, 5.

Key to No. 15, K—Kt3. Solutions from "A.H." (Rotorua), "I.B.B." (Mt. Eden), "J.J.F." (Papatoetoe), "KG." (Devonport), "W.P." (Epsom), '.'K.K.J." (Karetu Road), "J.A.D." (Herne Bay;, "H.W.L. (Remuera), "D.MqL." (Whangarei), "Black Knight" (Gisborne), ' G.b. (Ponsonby). To Solvers.—As a lielp to those who are not experts, it might ba well to menr tion that the key move to a pound problem is never a capture. View with suspicion any "taking" move, however attractive it may seem. This game from the "Chess Amateur is described as a fine game, full of attacks and counter-attacks. Four Knights. Spielman. Rubinstein. White. Black. 1. P—K4 , P—K4 | 2.' Kt—Kß3 \ Kt—Qß3 3. Kt—B3 Kt—B3 B —Kta Kt—Qs (a) 5. KtxP Q—K2 6 P—B4 Ktxß 7. KbcKt P—Q3 8 _ j^t—Kß3 QxP ch 9 k—B2 Kt—Kts ch 10*. K—Kt3 Q—Kta 11. Q—K2 ch (b) K—Q 12 R—K > B —Q2 I I 13.'Kt(Kt5)-Q4 Kt—KG ch { 14. K—B2 KtxßP 15. KtxKt Qx&t , 16. P —QKt4 17. B—R3 PxP ~tw 18. BxP 19. Q K3 20. QR-B S~KIU 21 . K—Kt P—KKU 22 ; Q-B3 23. PxP £*: 24. K-R P-Kto 25. Kt-Q4 2G..Q-K3 P-Kt6 27. B —B3 P '28.. Kt —B3 £ 29. B —ch B Si' Q—Q3 ' Q—KR4 32. Kt—Ks (c) RxKtP (d) S'rJp Q—Kts ch 35. Q—Kt3 (e) gQ f -36. KxQ ®- Q3 37. KxP . SS (f ) 38. K—Kt 5 v;t3 » B-S K-Kt2 ..4--p TCt3 B—Kt4 ch fi 14 B-KKtr, • . ; Resigns , ... leaaing _ f the sacrifice of the J was attempt to win. , Kt was an 33 RxP Q moves; L TI—KB ch, BxR; 35 Q—Q3 mate. (?) This sacrifice of thetook dec.ta eh ,i £ U 38 ' which ! ■ with- bishops of .opposite, colours.