CHESS BY CORRESPONDENCE.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9835, 18 September 1897, Page 3

CHESS BY CORRESPONDENCE.

The following is one of two games played by correspondence between the Cambridge University and University College, Aberystwyth :— Two Knights,' Defence. WHITX. BLACK. Aberystwyth. Cambridge. IFK4 IPK4 2KtKB3 2KtQB3 3884 3KtB3 4 Xt Xt 5 4 P Q 4 5 P x P 5 Xt Q R 4 6BKtS, eh 6P83 7 Px P 7 PxP BBK2 BPKR3 9KtKB3 9PKS 10 Xt X 5 10 B Q 3 11 P X B 4 11 P Xt 4 (a) 12 P Q 4 12 P x P 13 B x P 13 Xt Q 4 14 Castles 14 Q Xt 3 (b) 15 Xt x B P 15 B x B 16 Xt x B 16 Q x Xt P (c; 17 B it 5. eh 17 X (i sq 18 Xt B 7. eh 18 X B 2 19 Q X sq 19 Xt B 5 20 Xt E 5 20 B X 6, eh 21 KRsq 21 QxKt(d) 22QKt5, eh 22KKt3(e) 23QRKtsq,ch 23KR4 24RKt3 24 Q x B P 25 X R Q Xt sq 25BxP 26 Xt Q 6 26 Xt Xt 7 27 Q X sq, eh 27886 28KRxKt 28QxQR 29 Q x P 29 Q R s(f) 30 Xt B 4, eh 30 X R 3 31 B X 2 31 Xt Xt 5 32RxKt 32BxR(g) 33 Xt Xt 2, dis eh 33 X R 4 34 Q X i>, eh (h) Resigns. (a) " All book " up to here; but now Cambridge deviatas fi-Oiu the usual 11. . . . Q_B2; 12.PQ4, &c.. for the inferior text move. The queen's side being weak. Black compromises also the king's side, so that tbe king remains exposed eventually. (b) The alternative would have been 14. . . B x Xt; 15. BxB,P 83, but White would then have had the choice of various attacks, owing to the bad position of the king. Black adopted therefore the right course in trying to maintain the attack. (c) 16. . . . Xt X 6 should have been played now; but he could have played 22. . . 685; 23. R x B, Q x Q ; 24. P x Q, Xt x R, with chances of a fight. (d) It 21. . . Xt x Xt, then 22. Xt X 5 would have been a forcible reply. (t) Any other king's move would hare been equally bad. (f) If 29. - - - Q x R, then 30. Xt 84, eh, X Xt 4; 31. Xt xQ, B x Xt; 32. QK 2, eh, and 33. Qxß. •• (g) If 32. . . Q x R, then 33. Qx P, eh. and wins. (h) The game looks more like an off-hand game than one played by correspondence. White played the ending brilliantly.