CHESS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 217, 13 September 1930, Page 9 (Supplement)

CHESS.

CLUB TOURNAMENTS.

AUCKLAND'S DEFEAT OF

OTAGO.

(By A PALTRY PAWN.)

At the Auckland Chess Club, tournaments are dragging along. H; 363 V Maddos Beeias to have a mortgage on the championship, but he has several games, to play, and the unexpected may happen. Last week Maddox beat Sullivan. G. E. Adams has the intermediate level well in hand, but the second placegetter is still concealed. Last week Lennard and Jeffreys drew. The result in the handicap ia more obscure; several players still have a chance. Last week Gale {class 4) beat Sutton (class 4), Belton (class 6) beat Sale (class lb,), Edwards, (class 5);-beat D. Jonee (class lb), Sutton beat Drott, (class 4), Maddox. (class lb) beat Lingard (class 8). The three unfinished games in the Aucklsrict : Otago*. match have been declared drains, and the match'ends in favour of. the Auckland Club by one point. Following are the lull scores: —

■Atickland C.C.v Otago C.C. J. C. GrJcrson;. $ J. B. Dunlop . . -J J. A. Moir , ♦ .0 D. Pihl ...... 1 S. Hinden . « . I W. G. Stenhouse 6 D, It-Jones . . .1- 0. Balk . . . . . 0 0. C. Koberts . . 1 L. D. Coombs . !) H. N. Maddox . i J. H. I:;.— 1 . . \ A. Fotheringham 0 G. D. Wright . . 1 1. Burry . . . . 0 R. McDermid .-1. G. Sale 1 J. T. Morris . . 0 F. W. Smith . '■'.''.*"" Dr. Baraeit .. i J. JV "Sullivan•'.',' 0 W. Tibbies ... 1 H; Lees .....'.;. 1 J. CVoav . . . ; . o H; : 8.-Wingfield" 1 J. J. Marlow .. 0 W. J. Ogle . . . i W. H. Allen . . I G. E.Adania . .1 • :R.,Watts . . . . 0 K,. Barker . . . 0 / G. McDermott . 1 C. G. Lennard W.; Herbert . . . 1 N. Gale ..... IS. Moody . . . 0 E. Drott;. ... . I J. Lawaon :V. . t E. Putnian . i . 0 C. Ahern . . . . 1

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if . / . ioj -.: ■ : ~ n » ; A triple tie in tie New South Wales championship is 'reported; Goldstein, Koshnitsky 1 each scored 8 points. Purdy, the winner last year, was fourth. .The tie is to be played: off. and it "will , Le interesting; to hear which of the three comes oxtt ; oil top. , I AH his old friends will /be sorry to Bear that Mr. R, Putman, one of the ihost .popular meaahers of tho Auckland Club,4s eeriously- ill in.the' Auckfend.hpsp^taii, ':■.. •,•', ;/;;' i ''"".':■ .'■' "ii;':}}■■ '■■■'■ ProMem'iWo.• 50. ■.;' ; ■; i ? 3 (Pauly). \ ;.t . 6. "-' i; '

White, 9. _ . ( ; • •;. • Key to "•Noi 48:" (£--R7. 'If "QxQ; Kt-rB7 ? R or Kt mates. If BxB; Q —R2'and Q mates at Q2 or Kt2. If Q—B3, QxP ch, K—K3 or 11—Q83.1 ' Solution*; from "W.P." «R.G." (Devonport), "Ferry Z"4 (North-: cote), "Shem" (City), "W r J.O* I (Reinuera). Several '• solvers , expre?*: their high opinion of this probleiai 0 is difficult. Solutions to No. 47 from "Birkenhead," "JJ.F." and "Pirongia." " ' End Game: B—B7 ch, K—K2; QxKTt «h, KxQ; Ktr-Q5 ch, K—K4; Kt— ch, KxP;Ktr-QB3 mate. A beautiful ending. . . ; ; Solutions from "A.P.," "AX.," ?*1.8.8., U "R.a," and"W.P." V A Problem from Russia. . In this game, played in the Russian national tourney, white allows blacld to; gain a strong attack. {Suggest the fbesf jvay of winning after move 23. ;'('■■« v Euy Lopez. v ~, Widte. Black. s , ' Werunsky. Lowenfisch. 1. P—K4 P-rK4 ' . 2. Kt—Kß3 Kt—Qß3 3. B—QKt5 P—QE3 ;'■ 4. B—R4 Kt—lCß3 V 5. Kt-QB3 ;.■ ■'< 6. Ca9tlei~ P—QKt4 7. B—QKt3' P— Q3 . 8. p—o3 -... Castles <. 9. ' Kt—Qß4' ■ :-,.:>;■ 10. Ktfcß ch V QxKt " : i/?'11. M—K.'::•■' Ktxß :• : ■-.- , 12. SPxKt i Kt—Q2 P-KB4 14.KPxP RxP Tri< > 16. ..Kt—Kß3 B—Kt2 - ~ 16. B-Q2 ■ > 17. Kt—Q4 18. Kt—Kß3 Br-H.t.5 19.P-E3 I BxKtP/ch- fi 20. KxR m^ t ch ■■■, i , 21.K--K Kt ' ' 23. Q—Kt2 Kteufct-