THE CHESS WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 193, 15 August 1936, Page 8 (Supplement)

THE CHESS WORLD.

BLEDISLOE CUP.

NEW SCHOOL CLUB

At the conclusion of tlie second night's telegraphic play between Wellington and Canterbury (the present holders); for possession of the Bledisloe Cup, the position between the two teams was verv even —more so than had been expected on the first night's play. Of the nine games that were finished, Wellington won five and Canterbury four; of "the 11 games that were unfinished; five were agreed upon by the respective captains, giving a total of 8 wins to Wellington and fi to Canterbury. The other (i games have been submitted to the adjudication of a committee of the Dunedin Club. It looks as if the result will be close, possibly no more than half a point each way. Wellington, who were defeated in the" first round last year by Auckland, who afterwards lost to Canterbury, have made a special effort to gain the trophy this year to crown their diamond jubilee celebrations. A chess club has been recently formed at the Auckland Grammar School, and already it boasts 50 players, who are being coached by one of the masters', Mr. Barclay. Another chess club has also been formed during the past fortnight at Takapuna Grammar. There are now four secondary schools in Auckland where chess elubs are flourishing—Auckland Grammar, Mount Albert Grammar, Takapuna Grammar and King's College. Mount Albert Grammar feels itself strong enough to challenge a C grade team from the Auckland Chess Club, which has accepted the challenge. The match is to be played in the near future.

The combined Waikato team that came to play the Auckland Chess Club to-day totalled 20 players, representing four*clubs. There were 15 players from the Hamilton Club, six from Te Aroha, four from Morrinsville and one from Rotorua. They will leave again to-night as soon as the last game is finished.

The teajn from the Auckland Chess Club that went to Papatoetoe last Saturday evening to play the recently revived club there had a most enjoyable evening. After overwhelmingly defeating the Papatoetoe team they were offered by the losers a supper that could only he described as luxurious.

The annual meeting of the Canterbury Chess Club in October will discuss a proposal emanating from the executive that the headquarters of chess in New Zealand should be s.hifted each year from one of the four main centres to the other, instead of being permanently fixed in Wellington. The proposal is expected to meet with considerable support in the other centres. Correspondence Games. Further results in the games of the New Zealand unit of the British Correspondence Chess Association are as follow: — HANDICAP TOURNEY. W. T. McCarthy 1, v. W. Jackson 0; .T; R. Climining J. v. F. H. Grant J ; T. W. Symona 1, v. W. Jackson 0; D. Wynne 1, v. F. W. Keain 0. TROPHIES TOURNEY. Championship.—E. F. Tibbitts 1. v. A. rt. Gru.v 0; A. Howe 1, v. D. Wynne 0; J. T. Burton 1, v. It. O. Scott 0. Class IV.—W. T. H. Symons 1, v. H. Kowbothum 0 ; T. W. Symona 1, v. W. T. H. Symons 0: .T. B. dimming 1, v. E. Jackson 0; J. A. Jackson 1, v. W. T. H. Symons 0. PROBLEM COMPETITIONS. Composing (medal for beet two-move problem).—E. A. .Le Petit. Solving (silver chess pieces).—N. Si Traves, J. B. dimming. Queen's Pawn Opening. WHITE. BLACK. R- Grau G. Stalilberg (Argentina). (Sweden). 1. P—Q4 Kt—Kß3 2. P—QB4 P— K3 3. Kt—Qß3 B—Klo I , 4. P—QR3 15 \ Kt ch 5. P X B P—B4 r». Q—B2 (a) Kt—B3 7. I' —K8 I>—Q3 8. B—Q3 Castles 9. Kt— K2 P—K4 10. Castles R—K s<i 11. P—B3 P—QKt3 12. R—O sq ()—ll2 13. P x BP (b) QP x P 14. Kt—Kt3 Kt—QK4 13. Kt —K4 Kt x Kt 1(5. Bx Kt B— Kl2 17. Bxl' ch K—B sq 18. P—lv4 Q—K2 1!). P—B4 QR —Q sq (e) 20. It—B sq B—R3 21. Q—B2 B x I' 22. It—K sq Kt—KtO 23. It—Kt' sq Kt X B 24. QR X Kt I' X P 25. Q x KBP O—K40 —K4 2(i. Q—B2 (d) It—QG 27. B—Bs It x P 28. It x R (J X R 29. Q—lt4 B—K3 30. R—Q sq Q—KO ch 31. K—K sq Q —R3 32. Q —Kt.3 Q—B3 33. Q —Q« ch Q —K2 34. Q—B4 B x B 35. P x B Q —KB ch 30. Q—B sq Q x Q oil 37. R X Q It—K(! 38. R —R sq K—K2 39.. P—KKt4 K—B3 Resigns (a) White could, of course, capture the QBP, but that would leave him with triple pawns on that file, which is not a desirable contingency. The point of !).... P —K4 was the threat to continue with P—K5, anil if White played 10. P—K4, Black exchanges pawns anil wins one in the process. (b) A good alternative seems to be 13. P—Q5, Kt —QR4 or K2 ; 14. P—K4, with a somewhat stronger centre. White's continuation was good enough, so far as it went, but the win of the pawn by 17. B x P eh does not appear to be so good as the alternative by 17. B —Q5, with 18. P —K4 as the continuation unless Black exchanged bishops. That would leave White with a passed pawn at Q5 anil P—lv4 for its support. V"

(cj Now Black obtains the control of the centre, something that would not have happened if White had plnyeil the bishop to Q5, as suggested in the previous note. With 22. . . . Kt —KtG Blnck gained further control of the position, and could do very much as lie liked afterwards on the queen's side.

(<1) White's only chance was to keep the Queen, as lie could not save the QBP, but there was really little to be done, in that White was practically playing without his bishop. The ending was very well planned by Stahlberg, for his King gets to Kt4 on the fortieth move and at least one of the pawns on that side must fall. Problem (New Series) No. 43, White (10 pieces).—lv at QKt sq ; Q at KBB ; Rook at KB7 ; Knights at K4, KB6 : Pawns at QKt7, QB4, K3, KKtG, KR2. Black (12 pieces).—K at KB4 ; Rooks at QR2. QKt6; Bishops at QRS, K8: Knight at K2 ; Pawns at QR3, QKto, QKt7, KKt6, KRS, KR6. Mate in three moves. Solution to Problem No. 42: R—B2.