OVER THE CHESS BOARD.

Evening Star, Issue 9534, 3 November 1894, Page 2 (Supplement)

OVER THE CHESS BOARD.

(Conducted gy J. % Mblior.] TO GOHRIWPONDENTa.

We invite comunwfoitioiw on all matter- uon: curmng ehoss. Prolilcnis, games, and anidysin will riK&lvo our attention, and if of suttideiit merit will be inserted Solutions of problems acknowledged. All communications must be addressed f ' Chess Editor, Evening Star " " Koenio."-I. :30 11-R 3. II.: 31 Kt-Q U5. "8.M.K.," along with a correct solution of No--84, remarks, inter alia, on No. 82as follows!' 1 1 hopo you will give more ' thyee-movers,' for even if one bus n't tho timo to analyse them completely they are more instructive than tho simpler ones, , , , Novev mind if no one sends an answer to the diffioult ' three-movers,' depend upon it tho best men will try it, and there is tio harm in missing tho clue." "Neowjvte' solves Nos. 83 and 84. Please to note your attempt at No. 82. "A.CV-No.S} correct. If in No. M Kt-K 7 you cunnofc unswer k-kt 4.

Solution of Phoulem No. 83, Key move: Q-R7.

PROBLEM No. 85. [From a Spanish chess column], Mack hj piec<lf l

White U pieces. White to play and mate in two moves. ONE OF BIRD'S BRILLIANTS. The following game was played at Simpson's Divan, London, by Mr H. E. Bird (black) against Mr Rolland (white), consulting with an amateur : ponziam's attack ix stau.nto.n's oi'eninu. White. Black. White. Black. 1 P-K4 P-K 4 11. Kt-QKt3Kt (K2)2 Kt-K B 3 Kt-Q B 3 Kt 3-A 3 P-Q B 3-» P-K B U 15 Kt xKt Px Kt 4 P-Q 4 Px K P-c lti K-R sq Q-Kt 4 5 Kt xK P Kt-K B 3 17 P-Kt 3 B-ll (i ti B-K Kt 5 B-K 2 18 R-K Ktsq Kt x B 7 B-K 2-d Kt-Q 4 1!) Qx Kt Rx Pi 8B x B QKt x B 20 Qx R R-K Bsq 9 Q Kt-Q 2 P-Q 3 . 21 Q-K 2 R-B 7 10 Kt-Q B i Kt-K B 5-e 22 Q-K sq B-Kt 5 11 Castles P-Q 4 23 R-K Bsq B-B b' ch 12 Kt-K 5-/' Castles and wins-j 13 P-K 83,7 P-K6 NOTES. a A somewhat neglected opening of great interest. Tchigorin used it extensively and with much success in his match with Gunsberg. b A daring counter attack, quite in Mr Bird's unique stylo. c Black by this manoeuvre obtains what we may christen a " half-past" pawn. We presently see what use he makes of it. d Obviously 7 B x Kt is useless, now, as the rook would be supported, if after q-r 5 White played Kt xKKt P. Neverthless, the text move rather cramps White's game. 7 Kt-Q 2 looks better. c Smartly played, fcvlO Kt x P would be met by 11 p-q 4. The " half-past" pawn now becomes strongly supported. / The allies still hope far a counter attack, else surely they would have played 12 Kt-K3. ,'/ Giving their oppori&pfc a passed pawn without obtaining the slightest compensation. hj A fearless move. The old master estimates truly the value of his attack. Every stroke is beautifully judged, and the ending forms a valuable addition to chess brilliancies. i A beautiful sacrifice, which furthes hastens White's inevitable defeat. ) Black here announced mate in five moves. Thus 23 b-b (I eh ; 24 K-Kt sq, r-kt 7 ch ; 25 K-Rsq, r x p ch ; 2b' K x R, q-r 4 ch ; 27 K-Kt sq, q-r S mate. —' West Sussex County Times.' A SPARKLING END GAME. The following charming ending (which we take from ' La Strategic ') was the conclusion of a partie in April last at the famous Cafe de la Regencc, Paris, in which M. Janowski (Black), the brilliant young Russian master, yielded odds of pawn and move to his opponent. The diagram shows the position after White 17 Kt at K Kt 5 x K P :- Black 10 pieces.

M. Janowski wound up in ' the following meteoric style:— White. Black. White. Black. 17 * P-KRS!! 21 R-B2! BxKch IS Kt x Q Kt-Kt 6' 22 Qx B R-Q Bch ch ! 23 Q-B sq R-R 8 ch 19 Px Kt Px Kt dis 24 Kx R Rx (J ch mates. 20 K-Kt sq BxKt ch CHESS MISCELLANY. In opposition to most chess manuals, we would say : Do not be too eager to castle ; it often disconcerts your adversary when he is doubtful on which side you intend to castle. As to the kindly controversy between Mr Hey wood and Nidfkholson about chess as a sharpener of the wits and intellectual supremacy, may we recall a case or two where chess was responsible for great stupidity (?) The Kaliff of Bagdad was playing chess with the feudman Koothra, when a man rushed into the room saying that the enemy was at the gates, and the city was on the point of being carried by assault. " Let me alone," said the Kaliff, "for I see a checkmate against Koothra." In consequence the city and many lives were lost. Again : Charles I. was playing chess, when word reached him that the Scots were coming to sell him to the Parliament. He was too busy with the game to give timely heed, and ultimately paid the penalty of his folly. Also Juzaf, the Moorish king of Grenada, was busy at chess when the news came that his brother Balba had usurped the crown and ordered the death of Juzaf. The foolish Juzaf begged for two hours to finish the game. It is usually good play to get command of. an open file—that is to say, a file occupied by no other man—by stationing a rook at the end of it. If your opponent tries to dislodge you by playing one of his rooks on the same file, it is frequently better to defend with your other rook than to take his or remove your own.

A series of short lessons on the proper conduct of end games will commence next week and appear fortnightly for a short time. They are chiefly designed to elucidate some obscure points connected with the most difficult branch of chess where pawns only are concerned. The more difficult endings with the other Pieces will also be considered.

While taking advantage of a rainy day and interesting yourself in a close game, how pleasant it is to have a fellow come in and point out on the board with a wet umbrella the move that beats you. Do not timidly retreat every man attacked ; remember, gaining or losing a move is an important element, and may decide whose to be the victory later on.

Wo have been asked whether chess problems are, like draught problems, the result of play across the board. No; they are not. A chess problem is like a machine; every piece has to be specially constructed, bujlt upon an idea, and then gradually put together. The hardest part of the machine to get right in a two-mover is to free it from duals, but, properly started, this is fairly easily overcome. When one cannot get a second player to have a game problemcomposing and solving is a good substitute. The fifteenth annual report of the Canterbury Chess Club shows the club to be in a very flourishing condition, and is doing good chess work in Chriatchurch. At the annual meeting offieers were elected—Mr Hookham president and Mr A. Cant secretary.

Playing wifch superior players is the most

rapid method of improvement. The watching of two experts, or carefully playing oyer the games published from week to week is also (jonduoive to good play. The flowing team tyi|l play Qamaru at Palim-Mon "is the 9th November:—Messrs Ck-laml, .Mount, Oriiistetl, Friedknder, VVarsnv, Dr Sienhouse, M'Donahl, Throp, Sim, Lydeis, Hastings, Cole, At the outset ft, beginner in ohess should learn the relative values of the different pienos, Tne opening day of the Montreal series of the great chess matoh was one to be long remembered. The throng of epthusinstio choss.pUyeb,. many of. them with their wives, sisters, or daughters, showed the popularity of iho royal sport', and reminded one of the descriptions given of it in ancient days when/'outside of prose tho minstrels introduced it in their roundelay, and sang its delights in the bowers of maidens and in the hallß of nobles; when Hebrew bards composed chess poems in the tongue of Isaiah, aud the language of ancient Rome was employed to set forth the virtues of tin art which the ancient Romans never knew." A PROBLEM TOURNAMENT. A prize of £2 23 is offered by the ' Al' of Wanganui, in each of a two and a threemove section, for the best original unpublished problem. Entries close 15th December. Competing problems must be sent under a nome Je plume to Dr

Halherly, Wanganui. A solution tourney, with a prize of £1 Is, is also arranged. We hope to hear of many Dunedin problemists competing. This is an opportunity which, we are sorry to say, is not very common in New Zealand.' It shows a worthy and laudable desire on the part of the proprietors of the 'Al' to advance the cause of chess in New Zealand. The projecf deserves the best wishes of all chess players.