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♦ Weekly Press and Referee," The Canterbury Chess Club meets in the Chamber of Commerce, A.M.P. Buildings, every Tuesday and Friday from 7 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. Visitors are always welcome. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Ixvicta, Dunedin.—Will try and arrange game for you. Cocntrtmax.—We don't remember any such game appearing. It certainly did not appear in our paper. Chess Editors New Zealand Field, Weekly News, Otago Witness, and Evening Star. —Slips received with thanks. Problem No. 607.—Correct solutions have been received from J.H.8., Sibyl, A. McD. (Springston), and Gambit. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 607. WHITE. BLACK. 1 RQS 1 KR4 2 R Q 4 2 Any move 3 R or Xt mates accordingly. PROBLEM NO. 609. By R. Teichmann. BLACK.

WHITE. Position of Pieces.—White—X on Q B 8, Q on Q B 3, B on X Xt 6, and X 5, P on X Xt 3 and KB 2. Black—X on K3,8 on X R 3, P on X Xt 2, X Xt 4, X Xt 5, KB 6, Q3, and QB 3. Mate in three.

CHESS IN ASHBURTON. An esteemed correspondent sends in a game played in a tourney at Ashburton in which the handicap of two bisques is given. It may be' explained that a bisque allows a player to retract a move alter it is replied to. The notes are by the sender. Game between Mr G. F. Dodds and Mr G. Friedlander, played at Ashburton in a tourney, Mr Friedlander having the privilege of two bisques. WHITE. BLACK. (Mr Friedlander.) (Mr Dodds.) IPK4 IPK4 2KtK£3 2KtQB3 3BKtS 3 Xt X B 3 4 Ca« ties 4 P Q 3 SKtQB3 58Q2 * 6PQ3 6PQR3 78R4 7PQKt4 88K.3 BBKKtS 9 Xt Q 5 9QQ2 10 P a B 3 10 Q Xt X 2. 11 Kt_v 3 11 B R 4 12 B Q & 12 Xt X Xt 3 13 Xt X B 5 13 B X Xt 5 14PQR4 14QBsq 15P-P 15BxKt 16 P x B 16 Q x P 17 B x P, eh 17 X x B 18 Q Q Xt 3, eh 18 P Q 4 19 Xt Xt 5, eh 19 X X sq 20 P x R P 20QQ2 21 Q Xt 7 21 Q B sq 22 Q B 6, eh 22KK2 23PQ84 23KtKsq 24 B Xt 4, eh 24 Xt Q 3 25QxQP 25KtKB5 26QB7ch 26KQsq If Q takes X P check and wins the knight as well, but Mr Friedlander thought he could force a mate. 27 B x Xt 27 B x P 28 Q x Xt P 28RBsq 29 Xt B 7, eh 29 R x Xt 30QxR 30 Q X Xt 5 31 Q B 6, eh 31 X Q 2 32 P X Xt 3 32 X; X 7, eh 33KRsq 33884 34KRQKtsq 34Kt85 White dare not take the Knight with Pawn or mate in two. 35 X Xt sq 35 R X Xt sq At this stage White's next move was 36 Q x X P. Black replied with B x P, eh. White, seeing that it was either mate or lose his Queen, claimed a bisque, and these two moves were put L>_.ek. White then played R X B sq, and the game proceeded as below. Q Q 4 would have been better, a* if B x P then White ooald attack B with

his Queen's Book, which could not move on account of discovering check. 36 X R B sq 36 Xt X 7, eh 37 X R sq 37 R B sq 38 P B 3 38 Xt x P, eh 39 X Xt 2 39 Xt x R, eh ! 40 P x Q 40 Xt X 6, eh 41 X B 3 41 R x Q, eh 42 XX 4 42 B Q 5, and mate next move. THE VIENNA TOURNAMENT. Two more games played at Vienna in the ! great Tournament. Queen's Gambit declined. WHITE. BLACK. (H. N. Pillsbury.) (D. Janowsky.) IPQ4 1 P Q 4 2PQB4 2PK3 3 Xt Q B 3 3 Xt X B 3 4BKtS 4 B X 2 5 P X 3 5 Castles 6 R B sq 6 Q*Kt Q 2 7KtB3 7PQKt3 BPxP 8 P x P 98Q3 9BKt2 •10 Castles 10 P B 4 11 QK2 11 PBs(a) 12 B Xt sq 12 P Q R 3 13 Xt X 5 13 P Xt 4 14 P B 4 14 P R 3 15 B R 4 15 R X sq 16 R X B 3 16 Xt X 5 17 B x B 17 Q x B 18 B x Xt 18 P x B 19 R Xt 3 (b) 19 Xt B t 20 P Q R 4 (c) 20 P Xt 5 21 Kb Q sq 21 P B 6 22PxP 22PxP 23 R x P 23 X R Q B sq 24 Xt Xt 4 24 Xt x Xt 25 Q x Xt 25 P V, 3 26 P R 4 26 X x R 27 Xt x R 27 R Q B sq 28 KtK2 28 P B 4 (d) 29 Q x P 29 R B 7 30 Q Xt 4 30 B B sq 31 P B 5 31 Q X B 2 32 Xt B 4 32 B x P 33 Q Q sq 33 Q B 5 (c) 34 Q R 5 34 li B 8, eh 35 X R 2 35 Q X B 2 (f) 36 Q x P 36 R B sq 37 Q Q 6, eh 37 X Xt sq 38 P R 5 38 T _ R 2 39RKt5 398Q2 40 Q Xt 6, eh 40 Q x Q 41 P x Q, eh 41 X Xt sq 42 R Q 5 42 B X sq 43 R..QB 43 X B sq 44 Xt Q 5 44 R B 3 145 RR 8 Resigns. j

(a) This advance turns out unfavourable, as well as the whole advance on the Queen's side. (b) The manoeuvre with the Rook is only permissible if there is a certainty of the attack succeeding. Otherwise the Rook would be out of play. Pillsbury, however, played a similar variation in America, and was therefore upon familiar ground. (c) This is the sequel of White's development, and wins a pawn however Black may play. (d) An ingenious, sacrifice, and the only way to get a counter-attack in compensa- j tion of the pawn lost. It is interesting and characteristic of Janowsky's style how quickly he makes his inactive pieces use-1 ful. I (c) Perhaps the best plan would have! been to retire R B. 2. (f) Now the position is very much in-, ferior, although he need not have lost the KR P, which was an oversight. X B sq might have been played. The game is lost now, Pillsbury, of coarse, playing thej still difficult ending very well. After the, conclusion of the game Janowsky tried a different line of play, and, although he: lost again, he is not yet convinced, and proposed to try a different variation on a' subsequent occasion. NOTES. Chess visitors from tbe adjacent colonies, who are always made welcome at the Sydney J Chess Club, are requested to note that the club has secured commodious and central premises at the Equitable-buildings, in J George street. It is stated that Mr B. G. Laws has con-1 sented to fill the post of Problem Editor of the British Chess Magazine rendered vacant j by the death of the late Mr Jas. Rayner. The appointment could not be improved upon. j The ages of the competitors in the Vienna tourney are as follows: —Stelnitz 62,' Blackburne 56, Burn 50, Schiffers 48, Tschigorin 48, Alapin 44, Trenchard 41, Baird j 40, Caro 39, Show-alter 38, Tarrasch 36, Marco 35, Janowsky 30, Maroczy 28,' Walbrodt 27, Lipke 26, Pillsbury 26, Halprin 25, Schlechter 24. Baron Rothschild presented a brilliancy prize of _520 for the best and most brilliant game played in the late Ladies' International Tourney. Mr Pillsbury was appointed adjudicator; and, after a long and careful study of' the specimens submitted, he has decided the honours should be divided between Mrs Berry (Ireland), ____•

Forbes-Sharpe (Scotland), and Miss Hertzch (Germany). Tfce*. first-riained lady player was winner also <&p3ie sixth prize in the tourney. -^ j Of all parts of theyjame "of chess."?the openings, say the mores "or so, is ever (says Mr James Mason) the least understood even by the accomplishes player. It is just this part- thatrthe neophyte is usually recommended to master at the beginning. A more fatuitous gripping of the wrong end of the stick it would be hard to imagine. It is as if the cadet were to devote himself to the mastery of the higher tactics or strategy of a grand army in the field while yet innocent of company drill or of the formations and evolutions of a single battalion.