OVER THE CHESS BOARD.

Evening Star, Issue 10931, 13 May 1899, Page 1 (Supplement)

OVER THE CHESS BOARD.

[Conducted by E. M. Baird.]

[All communications should be addressed “ Chess Editor, ‘Star’ Office." Games, game endings, original problems, and all local information specially welcomed.]

, The Otago Chess Club meet every Monday, Wednesday, and Satuiday evening, at 7»30, in their rooms, Liverpool street. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. “Japonicus” solves Nos. 462, 403. “The fatter gave me a great deal of pleasure,” _ Chess.”—The variation you send is not sound. If you look again you will find move 34 B x Kt is impossible. You overlook the fact that the Bis , PyjP™-’ Besides, you have not done your best for Black. There is no win for White.

SOLUTIONS. No. 561: R-B 4.—No. 662: K-Kt 6.

PROBLEM No. 466. [By J. King, Singapore.] Black 6 pieces.

White 7 pieces. White to play and mate in two moves.

PROBLEM No. 467. [By A. C. Challenger.] Black 7 pieces.

White 4 pieces. White to play and mate in two moves. GREAT BRITAIN v. AMERICA. Played at board No. 3 in the cable match America v. Great Britain :

This is, perhaps, one of the games which might have been saved. The march of the black king beginning at move 28 should have been prevented, if possible, and the win would have been found difficult, if uot impossible White’s tactics were an error of judgment. Hxis game saved and Mr L 'oocks wem, the match would have been saved. Leeds Mercury.’

Played at Board 4.

« It was pointed out in the room that in this remarkable position White can play R-Q 8 with every chance of a win. The attack by Black is soon exhausted, and he cannot defend himself easily. If 28 R-Q 8, R x R; 29 Q-B 6 ch, K-Kt sq; 39 Qx R ch, K moves ;31Q xB P ch, etc. b More apparently promising is R x P ch, but White appears to get out of the attack soon. Played on Board 8. The following illustrates the leading features of the game at board 8, which excited so much attention. White, Mr Wainwright; Black, Mr Marshall Position after Black’s 12th move (Kt-Kt 3) r3k2r; pbq2ppp; 1 kt 1 b p kt 2; 1 p 1 p Kt 3; 2p PPP2; 2T5; PPBKtQ 1P P; R1 B 2 RKI. Marshall, to play, continued brilliantly thus:—

In this game, after having won the queen for rook and knight with an easy ending, Marshall let the black rook through, and it did some damage with the pawns. Finally Marshall could do nothing but draw. OTAGO CHESS. The following interesting game was played at the opening match of the season, President v. Vice-presidents, at the Otago Chess Club between Mr J. Edwards and Mr O. Balk, Black offers his queen as a sacrifice on two occasions, which his wily opponent refuses:—

a Termed the Steinitz defence, and played by 1 fi! m m h lB games against Tarra ch at Vienna and { Showalter at Cologne, both of which he lost; also ‘ unsuccessfully by Marco in his game ■ \vith Tarrasch, "

Kt-B3 Q 2| ' ho ÜBUal continuation, followed by

„A Biack assumes the aggressive. B x P would the R B °° d ’ &S lt WoUld open U P the K‘Kt file for twSu»lv g th ?j but wasted, seeing would naturally refuse in view of the ° P ? wriS'S? offenng for an attack. e With the object of posting it at K 4. f Better to have posted the B at K 4 first nrW f+?, re n* J ' p Wed. Of course, White dare not tike the Q. or mate follows by P x P. matJfollows. hme ° f offering> ** QxQ, Px P _ t.B x Bis inferior to P-B 3; then. ifßxß Px atleaX ntinE^hlte getting thro «gh for a time j White dare not capture this pawn. An in* bvßhcl 8 te‘iK' 'in* "’oil conducted for a time py Jiiack , but it will be noticed tlmt thp Paf n*i IS the causewf Black’s ultimate downfall anifit ma°nS e th| d R h j p B R ? CCUPy -? E t i he dlag0 ° al com* ■ -V ~,^ a critical moment of the attack. Stemitz still firmly adheres to P to O 3 as a means of defence for Black. but the results his ln bebef P fn t - h t e ° ry m j ßt havo aomewhat shaken nis belief in its soundness compared with the recognised third move for the Ruy Lope^defence!

CHESS IN LONDON.

The following pretty! game, played in the match North London v. Spread Eagle is u no vr of m he Bhorteßt match games, and won by Mr Ward from an opponent by no means a tyro. Mr Anger is a good practical player, who disdains the theory of the game, and is able to hold his own if he gets safely out of the opening :

His weak moves are 3...8-Kt C and G...8 xKtch. Indifferent moves; 4 Kt-Q B 3 before advancing the Q B P and B-Q 2 whilst castling is immediately fatal, Mr Ward replying with the wellknown sacrifice of the bishop, leading to a forced

CHESS NOTES.

, The 1 New York Times,’ in a recent issue, gives some interesting data concerning the international cable match Great Britain v. America. The most interesting feature of ; the match was the cabling of the moves. When a player makes a move it is written down—say knight to king’s bishop third. It irtmKl ~lkt Yrrittcu —3KvK— This, with the number of the board, is handed to the telegraph operator, by whom it was immediately wired to the main office of the cable compand in Broad street, where it was taken over by an automatic repeater, and forwar ed over land lines to the cable landing at Canso, Nova Scotia, 850 miles from New York. At Canso it was taken by an operator and repeated over the cable to Waterville, ontbelrishcoast, 2,161 miles. At Waterville it was repeated over land and cable lines to the Royal Exchange, London, and from there forwarded by wire to the operator at the Hotel Cecil and banded to the opponent at the chess table. The total distance travelled by a message one way is about 4,000 miles, yet the speed with which messages are transmitted makes the playing of the match no more difficult than if the teams were in adjoining rooms instead of on the opposite sides of the ocean.

In the matches so far plaved messages have been sene to London, and the answering moves received in less than a minute. Very seldom has delay been caused by the operators. In one instance, in the match between the American House of Representatives and the British House of Commons, a move was sent from Washington to London and the answer received in less than 14sec, 8,000 miles being covered by the two mea sages going and returning. The cost of the matches is lessened by each side paying for the messages it sends. The newspaper rate of 10 cents a wot d is charged by the cable company, but, us the English notation is a form of cipher, each letter sent is charged as a word— i e., one Kt-K B 3 would be charged as five words, the “ one ” being the num! er of the table. The average number of words to a move would be about six, ini luding the number of the board.

In matches the games average about fifty moves, at about sixty cents a move. The total for each side would be about 30dol a game, the ten games costing each club about 3Codol. This, together with extra messages, the cost of the hall, entertainment of the team, and many expenses for necessary adjuncts, make the cost of the match to the Brooklyn Chess Club'about 600 dollars annually. Information has been received from the secretary of the Wellington Chess Club that the wires are not available for the proposed match between the Otago and Wellington Chess Clubs on Qaeen’a Birthday, It is probable that another date will be fixed later on.

Lancashire v. Yorkshire.—This important inter-county match took place on Saturday, March IJ, Play commenced at 3 15, and continued without a'break for" four hours, when, with the exception of two, all the games were concluded. The result was a sweeping victory for Yorkshire, who scored 10 wins against 6, and 10 drawn games. This is the match in which Mr Amos Barn elected to play in instead of the United States v. Great Britain. Mr Burn occupied board No. 1, and won his game against Mr W, J, North. With regard to the difficulty which Mr Pillsbury recently raised in regard to the free admission of the public to witness the fames of his proposed match with M. anowski, the ‘ San Francisco Chronicle 1 explains that Mr Pillsbury’s attitude has been misunderstood. He would be glad that anyone really interested in chess should be able to be present and watch the play. His wish is to exclude certain New York “chess sharps,” who take note of the course of the play, and then rush off to make bargains with the newspapers. If newspapers are to pay money for chess games, he thinks that it ought to go into the pockets of the players who manipulate the pieces, and not to the “ sharks” who “ sneak ” the U ores.

lu the London masters’ tourney of this year the Committee propose to supplement the regular prizes by consolation prizes for the non-prize-winners. These are to be on the scale of £2 for each game won from any of the three chief prize-winners, and £1 for each game won from any of the other competitors. The official programme of the London International Congress of this year has now been issued. There are to be two tourneys —one, to bo played in two rounds, in which the games are to be contested under a timelimit of fifteen moves per hour, and the competitors, who are to receive special invitations, are to be sixteen or eighteen of the leading masters of the world. There are to be nine prizes, of the respective minimum values of £250, £165, £IOO, £BO, £65, £SO, £4O, £3O, and £2O. The other tourney, which is to be played in one round, is to bo open to minor masters and leading amateurs; and special arrangements are to be made to suit the convenience of business men, who need only play in the evenings. The games are to be contested under a time limit of twenty moves per hour ; and there are to be seven prizes, of the respective minimum values of £7O, £SO, £3O, £2O, £ls, £lO, ana xo. i a to begin on May 30, and the play hours are io t. nrn twelve neon till 4.30 p.m., and from 6 30 p.m. till 10.30 p.m.

White. RUY Black. LOPEZ. White. Black. Lawrence (B). Barry (A). Lawrence (B). Barry (A). 1 R-K 4 P-K4 27 Kt x R R-K 2 Kt-K B 3 Kt-Q B 3 28 K-B K-B 2 3 B-Kt 5 Kt-B 3 29 Kt-Kt RxR ch 4 Castles Kt x P 30 K x R B -B 3 5 R-K Kt-Q 3 31 P-K B 4 K-K 2 6 Kt x P B-K 2 32 Kt-B 3 B-K 3 7 B-Q 3 Kt x Kt 33 K-K 2 K-Q 3 SRxKt Castles 34 B-B 2 K-B 4 9 Kt-B 3 P-Q B 3 35 K-Q 3 36 B-Q P-Q R 4 10 P-Q Kt 3 Kt-K P-Q Kt 4 11 B-Kt 2 B-B 3 37 P x P P x P 12 R-K P-Q 4 38 K-B 2 P-R 5 13 Q-B 3 B-K 3 39 P-Q 3 K-Kt 5 14 R-K 2 Q-Q2 40 K-Kt 2 P-R 6 ch 15 P-K R 3 Kt-Q 3 41 K-B 2 K-B 4 16 Q R-K K R-K 42 K-Q 2 B-Q 17Q-R5 P-K Kt 3 43 K-K 2 B-R 4 18 Q-B 3 B-Kt 2 44 B-B 2 B-Q 4 19 B-R 3 P-K B 4 45 P-K Kt 4 K-Kt 5 20 B x Kt QxB 46 Kt x P B-Kt 3 21 Kt-Q B-Q 2 47 Kt-B 3 B x Kt ch 22 Kt-K 3 R-js-B 48 K x B K-B 6 23 P-Q B 4 P-Q 5 49 B-Q K-Kt 7 24 Kt-K B 25 Q-Kt 3 26 Kt x Q Q K-K Q x Q RxR 50 K-K 2 51 Resigns. KxP

White. IUIY 1 Black. jOpez. White. TUnnlr. Hodges (A). Jackson (E). 1 P-K 4 M4 Hodges (A). Jackson (E). 27 Kt x B P x Kt 2 Kt-K B 3 Kt-Q B 3 28 P-Q 6 R-K 3 3 B-Kt 5 P-K Kt 3 29 R x P ch R x R 4 P-Q 4 PxP 30 r X H K-B 3 6 B-Kt 5 P-B 3 31 P-B 3 R-B 5 6 B.K R 4 Q-K2 32 B x Kt PxB 7 Castle3 Q-B4 33 R-Q 5 R x Kt P 8 BxKt QPxB 34 R x K P P-R 3 9 KtxP B-Q2 35 P-Kt 3 KxP D P-Q B 3 11 P-Q Kt 4 12 Q-Kt 3 13 P X Q Castles QR Q-B 5 36 P-B 4 37 K-B 2 R-Kt 8 ch R-Kt 7 ch 38 K.B3 39 PxP PxP RxP 14 P x P BxP 40 RxP K-B 8 15 P-Q Kt 4 B-Kt 3 41 R-Q Kt 42 K-Kt4 R-R 6 oh 16 Kt-R 3 P-QR3 R-K 6 17 K R-Q B-R 5 43 P-K 5 P-Kt 4 18 R-Q 2 19 B-Kt 3 P-Kt 4 Kt-K 2 44 K-B 6 45 K-B 6 K-B 4 P-Kt 3 20 Kt-Q B 4 B x Kt 48 P-K 8 P-R 4 21 PxB B-Kt 4 47 P-K 7 K-B 5 22 Kt-K 3 K R-B 48 K-B 7 P-Kt 6 2.1 R-Q B R-Q 2 49 P queens RxQ 21 P-Q 5 Kt-Kt 3 50 K x R. and white 25 Kt>B 5 Kt-K 4 wins. 26 Kt-Q 4 R-K Played at Board 7. White, BUY LOPEZ. Black. White. Black. MrLocock. Mr Johnston. MrLocock. Mr Johnston. 1 P-K. 4 P-K 4 17 Kt-Kt 3 P-K B 4 2 Kt-K B 3 Kt-Q B 3 18 B-Kt 2 ch B-B 3 3 B-Kt 5 Kt-B 3 19 B x B ch RxB 4 Cnsties KtxP 20 Q-R 4 Il-B 5 P-Q 4 Kt-Q 3 21 Q R-Q Q-Kt 3 6 B x Kt Kt P x B 22 K-Q 8 B-Kt 2 7 P x P Kt-Kt 2 23 R x R ch Rx R 8 Kt-Q 4 Kt-B 4 24 Q-Q 4 ch KKt 9 Kt-Q 2 B-K 2 25 Q x P P-B 5 10 P-Q Kt 4 Kt-K 3 26 Q x B P x Kt 11 Kt x Kt QPxKt 27 Qx P(B6) O-R 4 12 Q-Kt 4 Castles 28 R-Q 2-re Q x P ch 13 Kt-K 4 K-R 29 K-B Q-R 8 ch 14 R-Q Q-K 30 K-K 2 P x P-6 15 R-Q 3 P-K B 4 31 Q x P ch K-R 16 P x P-e.j). PxP 32 Q-K 5 ch Drawn.

13 KfcxKBP Q x Kt 27 Q-Q 2 R-B 3 14 P-K 5 ■ B-B 2 28 K-R R-Kt 3 15 P x Kt PxP 29 P-K Kt 4 PxP 16 B-B 5 K-Q 2 30 B-Kt 5 Q-K 17 B-R 3 Q R-K 31 B-R 6 K-B2 18 Kt-B 3 K R-Kt 32 R-B 6 B-B 19 B-Q 2 B-Q 3 33 Q R-K B K-Kt 20 Q R-K Kt-B 34 B-B 8 R-Q Kt 2 21 Kt-Q5ch B x Kt 35 B-Q 6 ch K-R 22 B P x B P-B 4 aS R-K s Ry R 23 B-Kt 4-Kt-K 2 37 R x R ' Qx R 24 B-R 5 Kt-Kt 3 38 BxQ Kt x B 25 B-Kt 5 R-QB 39 Q-Kt 5, etc. . 26 B-B 6 Q-B

HUY LOPEZ. White. Black. White. Black, Edwards. Balk. Edwards. Balk. 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 18 P-K R 3 P-K R 4-d 2 Kt-K B 3 Kt-Q B 3 19 KtxRPch K-Kt 3 B-Kt5 P-Q 3 -a 20 Kt-Kt 5 QR-Kt 4 P-Q 4 P x P-& 21 R-K Kt-Kt Gch 5 Kt x P P-Q 2 22 P x Kt QxP 6 Castles Kt x Kt 23 B-Kt P-Kt5 7 B xB QxB 24 R-K 3 Q-R5 8 Qx Kt Kt-B 3 25 Q-B 2 PxP 9 Kt-B 3 P-B 4 ‘.6 R x P-7i QxP 10 Q-Q 3 Castles 27 R-K Q-Kt 3 Q-R 28 B-R 2 B x B-i 11 B-B 4 Kt-R 4 29 KxB P-R 5-j 12 B-K 3 P-K Kt 4-c 30 R-K 7 RrR2 11 K R-Q Kt-B 5 31 Q-B 3 P-Q 4 14 Q-Kt 6-d Q-Kt 5 32 Q-B 4 ch K-R 15 Q-B B-Kt 2-e 33 R-R 3 ch Q-R 3 16 Kt-Kt 5 17 K-R Kt-K7 ch-/ B-K 4 34 Q-B 7 Resigns

qdeen’s gambit declined. White. Black. White. Black. W. Ward. F. Anger. W. Ward. F. Anger. i Jt'-y 4 P-U4 9 B x P oh KxB 2 P-Q B 4 P-K 3 10 Kt-Kt5oh K-TCt 3 3 Kt-Q B 3 B-Kt 5 11 Q-Kt 4 P-K 4 4 Kt-B 3 5B-B4 Kt-Q B 3 BQ2 12 Kt-K6dis ch K-B 3 6P-K3 B x Kt ch 13 B x P ch Kt x B 7 P x B K Kt-K 2 14 Q-Kt 5 ch K y Kt 8 B-Q 3 Castles 15 Q x Kt mate.