THE CHESS WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 253, 24 October 1936, Page 8 (Supplement)

THE CHESS WORLD.

DOMINION CONGRESS. DATE FOR ENTRIES. Arrangements for the Dominion Chess Congress, which is to be held in Auckland at Christmas under the management of the Auckland Chess Club, are now well in hand, a special sub-eom-mittee of the club having been appointed to the task. , As Boxing Day falls on a Saturday, this year, the New Zealand Chess Association is looking into the question whether the opening round of the congress (a four-hour session) should be played on the Saturday evening) or on the Monday morning. An alternative plan would be to commence play on the Saturday and allow any latecomer to make up his lost four hours at one of the sessions set apart for unfinished games that require a third sitting. Entries for the championship must reach the lion, secretary, Mr. J. C. McCrea, not later than December 1. Each entry must be accompanied by the necessary fee (if any), together with such evidence of playing strength as the entrant or his club can supply. Under the rules three subsidiary tournaments can be held if sufficient entries are forthcoming—premier reserves, minor and ladies' championship. Entries for these competitions, which must be accompanied by the relative fees, close with the lion, secretary on December 15. The management committee may at its discretion, accept entries for these additional tournaments at any time up to the first day's play. The entrance fees are as follow: —Championship, £1 1/; premier reserves, 10/G; minor and ladies' tournaments, each 5/; private entry for championships, £2 2/ (unless admitted to bring the number of entries up to eight), subject to a refund of £11/ if the entrant scores 50 per cent or more of the possible points. Queen's Fawn Opening. WHITE. BLACK. A. Alekhinc E. Grunfpld (France). (Austria). 1. P-Q 4 P-Q 4 2. Kt-K B 3 Kt-IC B 3 3. P-B 4 P-K 3 4. Kt-B 3 P-Q B 4 ; 5. .PxQ P KtxP G. P-K 4 KtxKt 7. PxKt PxP S. PxP B-Kt 5 ch 9. B-Q 2 Bxß ch 10. Qxß Castles 11. B-K 2 Kt-Q 2 (a) 12. Castles P-Q Kt 3 13. Q R-B sq B-Kt 2 14. Q-B 4 Kt-B 3 15. B-Q 3 Q R-B sq 16. RxR BxR 17. R-B sq B-Kt 2 18. P-K R 3 R-K sq 19. P-K 5 (b) Kt-R 4 20. Q-Kt 4 . BxKt 21. Qxß P-Kt 3 22. P-K Kt 4 ICt-Kt 2 23. B-Kt 5 R-B sq 24. Q-K 3 (c) P-K R 4 2,-j. B-K 2 Q-Q 4 26. P-R 3 R-Q sq 27. B-B 3 Q-Q 2 28. Q-Kt 5 PxP 29. PxP R-Q B sq 30. R-Q sq Q-Q sq 31. Q-R G Q-B sq 32. K-Kt 2 Kt-K sq 33. Q-R 4 QxR I 1 34. R-K I{ sq K-B sq--35. Q-Kt 5 Resigns

(a) An alternative here is 11. . . . P-Q Kt 3, so developing tlie bishop at Q-Kt 2 bringing out the queen's knight, but the essential difference is 14. Q-B 4, presaging the attack on the king's side, and by 16. RxR AlekTiine practically forced his opponent to lose a move, as 17. R-B sq would also folow if 16. . . . QxR. (b) Difficult to answer, though 19. . . . Kt-R 4 seems rather better than 19. . . . Kt-Q 4. But 20. . . . BxKt can hardly

be good if the effect is to allow White both time and opportunity for 21. Qxß and 22. P-K Kt 4. 20. . . . P-K Kt 3 is better, for then White lias to find a square for the queen before playing P-K Kt 4. and if 21. . . . QxP ; 22. B-Ivt 5, Q-Kt 7 ; 2.1. BxR, QxR ch ; 24. K-R 2, with an easy win. (e) Defending the threatened pawn, with a good answer in 25. B-K 2 to the ndvanee of the Iv II P. Black may have done better if he had played 20. . . . Q-IC 2, which did not cost him a move, and held the allimportant diagonal. Once the White queen could reach K Kt i>, the break up of the defence would follow, for White is just the necessary move ahead. A cleverly planned ending. Problem (New Series) No. 50. White ((> pieces).—K at K R 7; Q at Q Kt 0; Knights at Q 4, K R 5: Pawns at Q Kt 3. Q 2. Black (8 pieces).—K at Q 4; Rooks at Iv B 7, Iv R 7; Bishop at K B 5; Pawns at Q 2, Iv 3, Iv B G, K It 3. Mate in three moves. Solution to Problem Xo. 49.—R to B 8.