CHESS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 103, 3 May 1930, Page 17 (Supplement)

CHESS.

AUCKLAND SEASON OPENS. LIGHTNING TOURNEY. |By A. PALTRY PAWN.). As advertised in last night's "Star," the official opening. *>f the Auckland Chess Club is to take place to-night at the clubrcom, H.M. Arcade, and all: chess players are invited to take. part in the handicap lightning totaiey. Chess at ten seconds a move does •.not appeal to everyone—some maintain that it is not chess —but these 'tourneys at'the Auckland Chess Club are generally popular and attract quite;a number of outside players. The Whakatane Chess Club, which opens its season nest Tuesday, is--trvin<* to arrange a class for beginners "this year. This is a step which should be taken by all chess; clubs, as there are many interested in the game who would with a little encouragement and tuition, become players. _ Last Saturday the' Waterside. Workers' Club invited J. A. Moir to give an exhibition of simultaneous play' at ten boards. The president .of "the/club, Mr. A. J. Smith, advises that the evening, was a great success. Three rounds were played, Messrs. Clarke, Jabo, Simpson and Smith each winning one game out of three. Moir put up a good performance, as the games were played at handicap odds, which is, askings good deal from a player with ten individual opponents. . , At the Auckland Chess Club G. Sale wrested the top rung of-the ladder from D. Jones. Sale has now been.challenged by Maddox, who has won the first game pf the match. The Ngaio (Wellington) .'Chess Club which held its seventeenth annual meeting last week, reports .a successful year. The season opened " with a' - lightning tourney which was won by A. W. Gyles. E. E. Hicks won the club handicap after a tie with S. Fa alienor. - The senior championship was won by F. K. Kelling and the junior championship by J. .A* Glasgow; G. W. Wood, who was third, has the honour of being the most -improved junior in the club. The, club won both the senior and junior;teams' tourneys held under the auspices "df the(Wellington Chess League. A twelve'aeide telegraphic match was. played against a South Taranaki team drawn from the Hawera, Stratford and Elfcham Clubs, but a number of the games went to adjudication and the final result is not to hand. Officers elected .were Patrons, Mrs. E. E. Hicks, Messrs. K, A. Wright, M.P., J. J. Esson, J. B. Lea, B. Lynneberg, J. H. Jerram,. ®. L:' Cunijnings, G A. Jones, W. J: barman and Dr. E. Litchfield; president, jF. . J. Brooker; vice-presidents, E. E. Hicks and A. B. Topp; hon. sec., H. Topp; hon. treasurer, J. A. Glasgow; committee, G. W. Wood and H. N. Eobie; match committee, S. Faulknor, E. E. Hicks and W. 3. Hicks; delegates to the Wellington Chess League, J. A. Glasgow and H.. Topp; delegate to the New Zealand Chess Association, E. 35. Hieks This club is fortunate enough, to interest a number of ladies who attend to supper arrangements at intex-club matches.

Problem No. 31. 2-mover by F. Gam^e.

Black 8. ■ — ' White 10. . . Key to No. 29, Q —K3,RxQ; P—B4. P. . . Kt —Qo; P—K4. .• - Solutions from "Ferry 3" (Nortlieote), "I.B.B." (Mt. Eden}, "J.A.D." [(Heme Bay), "W.P." (Epsom), **J.J.F." (Papatoetoe), "Blk. Kt." (Gisborne), "E.J." (Whafcatane), "F.8.R," l( Epsom), "W.J.0." (Remuera). "R.G." (Devonport) —Yon don't often make mistakes, but if R —K7, KxP. Late solutions to No. 28; "F.8.R.," J'1.8.8.," "J.A.D." all missed, r "Wandering Knight"—l do not know irf a junior club. Try Auckland C.C., 42, H.M. Arcade, for information. Strategy. Alekine refers to this as an Instruc-' five game from & strategic point of yiew. White* Black. Alekine. Bogoljuboff. 1. p—Q4 Ki—Kß3 2. P—QB4 P—K3 3. Kt—KM B—Kto ch (a) 4. B—Q2 ' Bxß eh (b) 5. Qxß 5 ) ' , Castles 6. Kt—B3 " " P—Qi 7. P—K3' QKfc—Q2 8. B—Q3 P—B3 9. Castles KR P*P 10. BxP P—K4 (c) 11. B—Kt3 Q—K2 12. P—K4 PxP 23. KtxP Kt—B4 14. B—B2 R—Q 15. QR-Q (d); 16. P—B3 Kt—K3 17. Q —B2 KtxKt 28. RxKt B—K3 29. KR—Q * P —QKf3 SO. P—KR3 P—B4 (e> £1. R(Q4) —Q2 RxR 22. QsR P-85-23. P—B4 P—Kt3 24. Q—Q4 R—QB 25. P—KKU (f) BxP i 28. Pxß KtsKtr . .. 27. K—Et2 . P—KR4 " 28. Kt—Qs Q—R5 ! 29. R—KR Q—Q--80. B—Q Resigns (a) 3. * , P—Q4 or .< . P-^-QKt3 jfc l)etter« (b) The black KB in the Queen's rabit is too valuable to be exchanged, the early game with loss of time. (c) If 11 PxP, K£±P, and black parens up. „ ~ , (d) Holding the open file. -White s centre pawns more than black's majority on the Q side, 'Whose advance as shown later leads to • new M Better to take measures Ptte advance of the white.KP and KBP. (f) This is decisive. Black has no Befence against the threats of 26 P 0 |>r 26 P—K5. .. .. , (g) A desperate sacrifice which is ol Jtio avail.