OVER THE CHESS BOARD.

Evening Star, Issue 10808, 17 December 1898, Page 4 (Supplement)

OVER THE CHESS BOARD.

[CONDUCMD BT B. M. BaIRD.J

f All communications should be addressed " Chen Editor, Star OtHce." Games, game ending*, original problem:), uud all local information specially welcomed.] T'io 0 Bgo Chess Club meet every Mon. thy, WwWtttiiy, mid S'tt unlay evrtiiug, at 7 30, in th-ir looms, Live/pool slreet. TO CORRESPONDENTS. "G.B."~You solve Nos. 408 to 412. "G. 8." adds re No. 409: "One or two good mates, but otherwiso a very unsatisfactory problem. If I went into a complete analysis its faults would largely outnumber its good points." SOLUTIONS. , n ? a «. 4 2? : Kt-K 8 -- No - 4( »: Q-Q Kt sq-No. 405: K-K 8 -No. 406: 1 KKt3; Kt xR; 2 Q-K 3 eh, Kx Kt:3 Kt-Q 5, or I.PxQKt;2Rx Peh, k xP;3Q.RS; if ].. p x K Kt;2QQ2, etc.-No. 407: BK7.

PROBLEM No. 413. |Bv A. Monk.] A Jubilee problem the 60th. Black 16 pieces.

White 10 piece*. White to play and mate in two moves.

The oompoaer says : " I have endeavored to make it unique by using all the pieoea. As far as possiblo each piece has been endowed with some office, and it might bo an interesting study for the solvent to find out what that office may be."—' Adelaide Observer.'

PROBLEM No. 414, [ByV. Cisau.] Black 7 piecen.

White 8 pieces. White to play uud mate iu three moves.

Pkom-km No. 415 By P Bobroff—2 Kr. 2. K 2 ; 3 B 1 p 2 ; 3 R 4 ; 4 k 3 ; 1 P 2 p 3; 4- B 3; 1 ki 6 ; 8 White (1, Biuck 4 pieoet-. Whi'e io p'.uy and niht'i in two. Frobmcm No 416. Bv T. Rtddkk -OK 1 ; 8; 4P3; 3 Kkfcl R 1 ; 1 PI k 1 Ki. 2; 5 !) •> ; IP 3 P 2 ; k- 3 K>. 1 B I While 10, Hbirk 4 p;tc hj. White lo play and mate in two. PRTZK BRILLIWT. For the p- /.+ 'if 300 in irks offered by Barou Albert, IKi R tl> i-'iild \.<\ the winmr of the most brilliant gnmi pUyed in the Berlin I it<-mitioni! Tourney of 1897, the judges (Hey-'e, R timeforlh, and Dr Ti»irasch) luiv.-ilicidi-d tint th're is a tio hetween n gun* won by H*rr Znkl with the white pi<>.;'!9 fmm Herr Metger, and a game won by H-rr Melgor with the black pieces from Hsrr Suchting. Appended is the Suohting-Vletger game. Tne score and notes are from the ' Auitrala«inn ' : KUY I,OI'EZ. White. Black. White. Black. Suchting. Metfjor. Suchting. M tgar. IP-K4 P-K4 18QK-B Kt-K 3 2KI-KB3 Kt-Q B 3 19KM14 Kt-Q 5 3l'-Kts Kt-Kl'»3 20 Q-K P-I! 5 4 Cstlcs KtxP 21 U-Kt Kt-B4 fl P-Q 4 B-K 2 22 B-K B 2 R x Kt/ 6 P-Q 5-re Kt-Q 3-6 a Q x R K-Q 7BxKtc QPxB 24 Q-K I'-KS SPxP-ii P-KR3 ffil'xP 15 xP 9 P x P lis P-e 2'i Q x K-n Kt-Kt 6 rh 10 P-Q 1! I Or .-tics 27 U x Kt Q x Q 11 P-Q Kt 3 Kt-K 5 28 K x P Q-K 7 12 B-K;< Q-K 2.1 R-K-A K-Q 8 13 K-KtQ-2 Q-Kt 3 30 R-K Kt Ilx Rch 11 PP. :t Kt-Kt 4 :UKxK U-Qsch 15 Kt-Q H 3 K K-Q 32 11x11 Q-Kfich It. Q-K2 P-K B4 And White resigned. 17 Kit 11-Kls 3 a Not .•qii-l t. <! Q-K 2. Kt-Q 3; 7 B x Kt, Kt P x I! (best); 8 P x P, Kt-Kt 2; 9 P-Q B 4, or 9 KtQ4. 6 Best If 6 . Kt-R 4, then 7 Q-K, P-Q B 3 ; 8 Q x Kt I' x B ; 9 Q x K P. c >' x Kt, or 7 B-K 2 would be at least as pood. d Kt x P, hulling t > an even g.une, is decidedly better. The t-jxt ni.vti enables Black to establish a centre with fine d-.-ve'opmotit. e Move for move, like a game Tschigorin v. Ziikertort, in the Loudon tournament of 1883. Wliiti- thLTu continued 10 B-K 3, and resigned on his 30th uinvo. / Si> f;ii P.l.tck lias been building up a superior position. N'»v the brilliancy logins. g A-< g"o,i us anything. If instead 2t> R-K Kt, then ini-jht. r.ori e 2fi . R-K ; 27 Q-Q 2 (if 27 Q-Q, then £7 P-Q 5); Kt-Kt (i rh; 28 B x Kt., Pill; 29 P-K K 3; QB 4 ; or, if 29 R-B 3, 29.8-K 4. hj An over.-iglit which at once loses 29 P-K R 3 woul I have prolonged the agony. IN MELROURNJS Me» is llo'g-fin and Wilson have just fjni-hed anciher priva'e mat hj, the final result bf-ing Wili-on 7, Hodgaon 4, drawn 0. The followii g is one of the games, which wa* scored bv Mr Wilson in fine atyle, th' ogb iimu tbe ennfosbed that his opponent p uyed in an exceedingly risky manner : White. Black. White. Black. Wilson. Hodgson. Wilson. Hodgson. IP-Q4 P-Q 4 IIPxP RPxP 2 P-Q IS 4 P-K 3 15P-K4-S QPxP 3 Kt-Q B 3 P-K P. 4 Pi Kt x P B x P ch-J 4 Kt-B 3 P-B 3 17 K x B Q-R 5 ch 5 P-K 3 B-Q 3 18 K-Kt P x Kt G B-Q 3 QB 3 19 B x P Kt-K 2-« 7P-QKt3 Kt-K 2 ;OP-Kt3 Q-R 6/ SI!-Kt2 Kt-Q 2 21 Q-Q 2 Q-R 4 9Q-B2 Castles 22Kt-84<7 Q-Kt 4 10 t;astles-KRP-K Kt4-a 23 Q-R K Kt-B 3 H Kt-Q 2 Kt-K Kt 3 24 B-Kt Kt-R 4 A 12 Kt-K 2 P-KR4-6 25KtxP-i Resigns. 13 P-B 3 PKt5 <t Altogether premature and dangerous with his queeh'B pieces Jockecl in as tbey are. b Extremely risky, considering tbat he has only half of bis pieces in play. e An excellent move, gaining a decided advantage in position. d He seems to have nothing better. « Hub he any thine better? If P:Kt 6. White simply replies with Kt x P. / Losing time; he should have played Q-R 3. g Black's game is now indefensible. hj Fatal, overlooking White's deadly leply; B-Q 2 should have been played. i Finely played and quite unanswerable. CITY OP LONDON CHESS CLUB. Mr H. H. Cole recently won an " effhand skirmish" from Mr >V. Ward at the City of jLondon Chess Club, and the annotated f\Core of this was published in the • Daily News ' with a prefatory remark calling special attention to the quality of Mr Cole's play. Not only was it '* pretty," but itßhowfd"new attacking possibilities" in the Rny Lopez. The game is appended, together with a condensation of the notes given in the ' Daily News':— White. Black. White. Black. Mr Cole. Mr Ward. Mr Cole. Mr Ward. IP-K4 P-K 4 9 Kt-B 3 Kt-K 2 Kt-K B 3 Kt-Q B 3 10 P-Q Kt 3 P-Q B 3 6 3 B-Kt 5 Kt-B 3 11 B-Kt 2 P-Q 4 4 Castles Kt x P 12 Q-R 5 P-K Kt 3 5 R-K Kt-Q 3 13 Kt x P-e P x Q d 6 Kt x P Kt x Kt 14 B x P ch K x Be 7RxKtch B-K2 15RxPch K-Kt3 8 B-Q 3-o Castles 16 Kt-B 4 mate. a Frequently plaved at Vieuna. It may be preceded by Kt-B 3, which in this game follows. 6 10...8-B 3 is the natural move hero, preventing the assault on the black king's wing by B-QKt2. e A flue conception. d The position is worthy of detailed examina.tion. If 13...PxKt; thenHQxß P, KxQ: 15 R-Rscb. K-Kt; 16 R-RBmate. Ifl3..QxKt; then 14 Q-R 6, Q-Q 3; 15 R-R 3 and White wins. There is also 13...8-B 3, which is probably best. ' e This facilitates the end, which 14...K R would have delayed. A few days later Mr Cole wa a induced by the widespread interest which appears to have been taken by chess players in the preceding game to write to the ' Daily News' and to point «ut other "correct ways" or playing the game from the position arrived at after 12. P-K Kt 3. Mr Cole gave two variations (A) and (B), and the chess editor added a third (Q-(A) 13 Kt x P. P x Q; 14 Kt x B ch, K-Kt 2-(if 14...Q x Kt. 15 R x Q, and White should win easily—ls R x R

Pdigch, PB3; 16 Rx P mate. (B) 13 Ktx P, Q x Kt; MM(J, Q.Q2; 16R-KR 6,and White wins. JO) 13 Ktx P, P-B 3; Kt x B ch/K-Kt 2; 16 BxP, and White wins. In an article at the end of the game week, the chess editor of the 'Westminster Gazette reminds his readers that some four months ego he published a name lost by M. Janowsky to Mr Amos Burn, the lines of which up to BlackV (Mr Burn) twelfth move had been identical with those of the Cole-Ward game. "There is nothing remarkable in this. Mr Cole cannot do better than follow the brilliant master Jauowskv." But M. .lanowsky lost to Mr Burn, while Mr Cole w«m from Mr Ward; and since it so happens that Mr Coles modesty is only equalled by his skill," it is Bate to say that he will not feel permanently grateful for the "adulation" that has been " lavished "on him by tho ' 1/aily News.' The cue for its gushing remarks was brought about by Mr Ward's "playing very indifferently," and, as shown by the ending or the Janowsky-Burn gtine, the amusing Cole-Ward conclusion could have been avoided, as follows, with the greatest ease: White. Black. White. Black. M. Janowsky. Mr Burn. M. Janowsky. Mr Burn.' 12 Kt-B3 l7RxKt Bx It 13Q-R4 B-K3 18KtxP BKt4 IJR-KtS P-KKt3 19Kt-B5 B-B3 luC-Ito PQS 20QR4 Bxß IB Kt-K2 Kt-Kts 21 Kt-K7ch K-Kt2 And M. Janowsky resigned. SALISBURY TOURNAMENT. The following smart game was played at the above tournament, Mr Wilmot conceding the odds of pawn ami two moves : Remove Black's KBP, White. Black. White. Black. Jones. Wilmot. Jones. Wilmot. IP-K4 88-Kt3 P-KtS 2P-Q4 Kt-QB3 9Kt-Q5 KtxP-a 3 Kt-QB3 P(j3 10 Castles B-Kts 48-KKt5 Kt-B3 118-KR4 V-Ktib 5 B-Kt6 B-Q2 12 R-K Pxß « Kt-n 3 P-Q It 3 13 Rx Kt B-B 4c 7 B-R4 P-QKt4' 14 Kt-R It mate a Bluek scores early, but at rut a.r considerable cost. There was little benefit to In: derived by Wnito playing his B-Kt 5; the nntural place for White's K 1! m this o,«-nirig is on Q 3. i Too vigorous pluy. His intention was to follow up 1)> P-K It 4; at the same time there was obvious d:iti"<«-threatened from White's move of R-K. Attn i-'ptuiing a pawn at thiß opening Black has to be doubly careful as a rule. In fact, it is seldom worth while to do ho. White also threatens B-R 4, a rather iuconvenieut move. Perhaps QB was Bluck's best. c Q-B would still have saved him from the worst. CHESS NOTES. New Zealand Chess Congress.—At a Committee meeting of the Otago Chess Club held on Saturday, 10th December, Messrs J. Edwards ami R A. Clelaud were uuaui-mou-ly selected representalives of the club for the forthcoming Chess Congress. It was also decided, iu the event of thrre being only ten entries, that two other players be chosen fiom the following nv tubers—viz, Messrs J. Lyderp, 0. Balk, J. Mouat, and Dr Heinetnaun.

In the great modern tournament* there in, aays the ' Hereford Tunes,' a painful repetition of dull opening?, >uch as the Ruy L-ipt a, the Knur K'lighu' Game, and the Fr. noli Dofeuce. The propoitiou of drawu gamts ia altogether too large, and unfortunately the budding unnteur is apt to imagine that, chess as pl»yr-«I in these lournameuti is ideal chess. It. does not occur to him that the competitors are engaged in playing to the score more often than iu making endeuvors to hi at.! heiropponeuts in the spirited battlea. U n.:c it happfiis that whilst the maatfr, an bouu as he gets away from I is match gume*, returns to gimbits and to sportive ches*', ilie budding amateur will attempt nothing but the safe and the dull openings. He a'gues tliat Lasker played so when Lvker won a great mil oh; or that Tarrusch played to when Tarrasch won the lirat priz* in this or that tournament; and that what, is go<:d euotigh for Lasker aud T.irnv-e'i i.sgood enough for him. Janow.-dty wm to leave Havre for New York oh Siturduy, Ocober 22, and play iu ihiHin.vch with Showalter was to bi-gui in November.

At thu i pening of tho new premise* of the City of Lindou Chess Club Sr Gwirg-N'-wnet H>.-ted that eii.ee he flint began to take an interest in chess, cluta huil iuureased in the ratio of ten to one. As for the City of Loudon Chess Club, it now numbered over 400 members, included amongst whom were the htrongeßt amateur players of England. A few remarks were also made by Mr Blaekburne, whose eight blindfold games were for nearly an hour, at the rid of which break he resumed play jjst as if he had had the boards before him. Two of thete games were published a fortnight ago. Speaking of the Salisbury chess tournament, the ' Amertoan Chess Magazine ' for Oo'iher says: "Quite the surpriHe of the 'ottilament was the splendid performance of .Vrs Fagan, who by accurate and hrill'unt .-hi! a achieved the fine score of nine « in j on' ..f tloven games played. She is generally i! • arded as the strongest known lady play, r, a d in the opinion of more than one oh>»*n aster who has witnessed her pUy cannot he ranked other than on the border line 'livii.iug first and a o>nd class amateur fo in."

The same journal alao contain* several well-written articlep, amongßt them beiug "Chess by Telegraph," in which Mr Edwyn Anthony reviews varioua system* und explains his own, accompanied by a full codby whioh the moves nriy ho written in/tne ordinary notation, each move beirg denote*' by an English word of not, more tnan sevei. letters, and nn ambiguous u ises can ari-e. A prize of lOloi for mi i.rt. c!o on " How I' Organise a Chess Club" h.s btien awarded Mr Reiohhelm, v;»'inu-« kinrt.s of tt urnaments, methods of haudicapping, n:auag. • ment being fully tet forth, and s-houid prove invaluable to club secretaries and playing committees.

Mr F. K. Eding's on the six unfinished game* in the Hci-nt. Queensland v. New South Wales much give one win to each colony and four draws. The decisions agree with the anticipations which had been formed, and make (he final result 6 to 4 in favor of New Sosth Wah.s, viz :

Queensland. New South Wales. [I. W. Apperly ... J E. N. Wallace ... J A. C. Palmer 0 W. Crane 1 C. StuuiH i G. B. Hall J G. H. Maddison ... 4 If. 1). Vane i DrL. B. Lancaster... 1 W. If. Jonas 0 W. H. Mutin ... 0 I». M. Kcott 1 C. Houn>low & A. Trassey } H. Atwell 0 T. H. Kirkpatrick ... 1 A. L. Stuinn i A. If. Conroy ... i

A t.plfgraph chf-s-s ma'eh, ten players a aid.-, bsuveen the Dunedin and Chnslchurch Post and Telegraph euffa was oommenced last Siturday. The following are the respective teams :

Dunkoin. CimisTciiuncn. Board 1.-Mr K. M. Baird v. Mr H. Bennett. Board 2.—Mr J. Crow v. Mr B. H. Key3. Board 3.- Mr E. Falck v. Mr It. Kirton. Board 4. Mr D. Faulks v. Mr Bowley. Board 5.-Mr C. Hill v. Mr C. Trewick. Board e.-Mrtt. O'Connor v. MrE.Shrimpton. Board 7.—Mr D. Allen v. Mr B. C. Dean. Board B—Mr A. W. Oxley v. Mr W. Blakely. Board 9.—Mr J. J.mcs v. Mr J. Alexander. Board 10.—Mr It. Crow v. Mr Critchtey. At the close of play at 11 oO p.m. th games were fairly even, excepting boards 8 and 10, which should result in wins foi Dunedin. On board 8 the Christchurch player is a pitce down. On board 10 the Northern player is three pawns down, and is also at a disadvnn-age in pieces and positions. On boards 7 and 9 the local player* are a pieoe to the bad, and the games should both go to Chiistohurch, Thp games will be continued to-night. The Dunedin players desire to express their sincere thanks to the Otago Clicoc. Club far the use of their numbered boards and chess-men, which were generously offered for the occasion. A handicap chess tournament amongst the officers of the Dunedin Telegraph Department has'just concluded, with the result that Mr J. Crow and Mr E. Falok tied for first plaoe, with only one loss, Mr Baird following with two losses, and Mr D. Faulks third with 2 losses and 1 draw out of the 8 games played. The odds conceded ranged from Kb to R and Kt. In the play off Mr J. Crow b«at Mr Falok, to whom he gave the odds of Kt. The winner has generously offered the prize for competition amongst the recent learners on the staff, and a handioap tournament is now in progress for which there are twelve entries.