CHESS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 199, 23 August 1930, Page 7 (Supplement)

CHESS.

THE BLACKBURN CUP.

TELEGRAPHIC CHAMPIONSHIP.

(By A PALTRY PAWN.)

The Hamilton-Napier match in the Blackburn Cup competition ended in favour of the Hamilton Club by 6 points to 3. There are three games for adjudication. The hon. secretary of the Hamilton Chess Club, Mr. E. W. East, states that the match was most interesting, and the club is looking forward to meeting the Gisborne Club next month. Tho following are the scores (Hamilton names mentioned first):— F. Bullock 1 v. W. R Aislabie 0, W. J. Stevens v. E. L. Smith (adjudication), E. L. Wilson v. G. D. Malcolm (adjudication), R. Mears 0 v. F. A. Mintoff I, E. J. Stevenson 1 v. G. H. Brown 0, F. Hirst 0 v. W. Rose 1, G. 0. Jones 1 v. A. S. Pirani 0, G. Boyes 1 v. E. Blundell 0, T. Shaw v. L. Styles (adjudication), E. L. Jones 1 v. W. H. Ewan 0, E. W. East 0 v. B. Mansfield 1, H. Mills 1 v. J. Franklin 0. The annual match between the Wellington Working, Men's Club and the Wadestown Chess Club resulted in a win for the former by 7—5. ' The Working Men's Club scored s—l at the first six boards and gained a point in the senior teams' tourney of the Wellington Chess League. The Wadestown Glub scored at the second six boards, 4—2, and gained a point in tlie junior teams' competition. Owing to the telegraph match there will be no play in the level tourneys at the Auckland Chess Club on Monday evening. Last week, in the handicap, Sale, conceding a rook, beat Edwards; Drott, receiving pawn and move, lost to Jeffreys; Jones beat Maddox; Coyne, giving pawn and two moves, beat Roskilly. The draw for next Thursday (handicap) is: Sale v. Jeffreys, Edwards v. Stubbs, Lees v. Belton, Drott v. Gale, Jones v. Jones, Lingard v. Roskilly, Maddox v. Sutton, Coyne v. Forrest, Turner a bye. At the Gisborne Chess Club A. Gleave defeated G. H. Seddon for the second rung on the "ladder." Gleave is now entitled to challenge Schlichting for tho top rung, which he held in 1922.

The Auckland-Canterbury match in the inter-club telegraphic champipnsliip was commenced last Monday. Auckland lost the toss, and played black at the odd-numbered boards. Play was slow, and poor progress was made at most of the twenty boards; but better things are hoped for next Monday, when the match will be continued. Mr. Earle acted as umpire, and Messrs. Belton and Turner were efficient scrutineers. The following are the teams engaged (Auckland names first): — Board 1, Grierson v. Armstrong; board 2, Moir v. Woodford; board 3, Jones v. Kenedy; board 4, Roberts v. Frieberg; board 5, Maddox v. Khouri; board 6, Fotheringham v. Twyford; board 7, Sale v. Darling; board *8, Sullivarj, v. Adair; board 9, Lees v. Lovell-Smith; board 10, Wingfield v. Hawkins; board 11, P. W. Smith v. Hardy; board 12, Jeffreys v. Dalton;

board 13, Adams v. F. Khouri; board 14, Sutton v. R. Shilitto; board 15, Barker v. B. Shilitto; board 16, Drott v Drummond; board 17, Jaffe v. Parkins; board 18, Rurnsara v. Garbutt; board 19, Symonds v. Raymond; board 20, Roskilly v. Harding. From a prize eeeay:—"The faculties of mind which make a successful chess player are those ifrhich are, more or less, necessary in all other intellectual pursuits. Tho powers which enable a man to analyse and solve a chess problem, or to bring together new and beautiful positions on the chess board, are the same powers which enable men to solve the problems of life. The chess player must couple energy with prudence; he must be cool, prompt, and self-reliant; he must know when to strike and when to wait."

Problem No. 47,

White mates in 2 (Gawrilow)

Black, 9,

White, C. Key to No. 45: Q —Kt2. Solutions from "Blk. Kt" (Gisborne), "W.P." (Epsom), "A.H." (llotorua), "I.B.B." (Mt. Eden), "Ferry 3" (Northcote), "Pirongia." Budapest Counter Gambit. Rubinstein. Vidmar. White. Black. 1. P—Q4 Kt—Kß.'J 2. P—QB4 P—Kt 3. PxP Kt—Kto 4. B—KB4 (a) Kt—Qß3 5. Kt—Kß3 B—QKto ch G. Kt—Qß3 • Q—K2 7. Q—Q5 BxKt ch 8. Pxß- Q—R6 (b) 9. QR—B P—KB3 ..(c) 10. PxP KtxP 11. Q—Q2 P—Q3 12. Kt—Q4 Castles 13. P—K3 KtxKt. (d) 14. BPxKt Kt—Ks 15. Q—B2 Q—R4 ch 10. K—K2 (e) Rxß (f) . 17. PxR B—B4 18. Q—Kt2 R—K 19. K—B3 Kt—Q7 ch 20. K—Kt3 Kt—Ko ch 21. K—R4 (g) R—K3 22. B—K2 R—Rii ch 23. B—R!5 Rxß ch . 24. KxR B—Kc3 ch Resigns (a) This game shows how unwise it is to try and maintain the pawn. (b) This leads to recovery of the pawn or a good game. (c) Better than 9 . . . QxRP. (d) Described as the best move in this game. (e) If K—Q, B—B4; B—Q3, KtxP ch. (f) An elegant sacrifice. (g) If K—B3, P—R4; P—KR3, P—-R5, threatening 23 . . . Kt —Q7. If 23 R—B2, Kt—Q7 ch; RxKt, B—K5 ch; K —K2, B—B7 ch; K—B3, QxR, etc.