OVER THE CHESS BOARD.

Evening Star, Issue 11251, 26 May 1900, Page 2

OVER THE CHESS BOARD.

[Conducted bt R. M. Baird.] The Otago Chess Club meet every MonWednesday, and Satmdey evening, at 7-30, in thsir rooms, Liverpool street. vr ..A SOLUTIONS. No. 559: Kt-Q 5. PROBLEM No. 563. [By E. E. Wbstoury, Birmingham.] Black.

White. White to play and mate in two moves. PROBLEM No. 584. [By Walter Pulitzer, New York.] Black.

White. White mates in two moves. NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY. The following are some more games in this tourney, which wna held recently in Wellington ; (Notes in body of score from * Now Zealand Mail.’ Notes at foot by Mr Clcland.) EVANS GAMBIT. , White. Black. • . (Mr R. A. Cleland, (Mr F. Kuramer, Otago C.0.) Mastortoa 0.0.) IP-K4 P-K 4 2 Kt-K B 3 Kt-Q B 3 3 B-B 4 B-B 4 4 P-Q Kt 4 An opening to which Mr Cleland is very partial, and which he usually plays with good effoct. 4 B x Kt P 6 P-Q B 3 B-H 4 « P-Q 4 P x P 7 Castles P-K R S- 0 Not pood. Ho might have continued with £ x P, bringing about what is known as the Compromised Defence"; orß*Kc3, which would have established the normal position. 8 Q-Kt 3 Q-K3 Q-B 3 would have been better. 9 B-R 3 P-Q 3 10 P x P-6 B-Kt 3 This was necessary because of the threatened advance of P-Q 6. 11 P-K 5 Kt-R 4 12 0-Q3 Ktxß 13 Qx Kt ■ B-K 3 14 P-Q5 B-KB4 15 P x P Q-B 3 16 R-K sq ch K-Q sq 17 P x P ch B x P 18 Kt-B 3 R-Beq 19 Q-Q Kt 4-o Bit would seem as if Q-Kt 5 would have preserved the attack better than the move of the text. 19 BQ3 eOQxßch QxQ 2ISxQ Hx Kt 2| Kt-K 5 B-Kt 3 23 Ktxß Px Kt 24 U-K6 R-Q# 25 Q R-Kt sq P-KtU SC P-Q 6 Kt-B3 27 K-Ktß Hx R 2iJ P x R R-K sn 29 P-B 4 Kt-Q £ 30K-B2 Kt-B 4 He should have played P-K Kt 4 hsre.'with every prospect of a draw. 31 R-K 3 Kt-K 3 32 l’-R 4 R-B sq a 33 P-Kt 3 R-B 2 P-KR4 P-KR4 ! 3o K-K 4 - K-B sq 36 K-Q 5 Kt-Q sq 37 R-B 3 ch< K-Kt 2-d White wins right off now. 3S R-B 7oh Rx R 3i) P x R Kt-B 2 40 Kt-K 6 Ktxß 41 P x Kt KxP . 42 K-B 7, and Black resigns.

a We see tfb purpose in this move, and think that in an openine so thoroughly analysed as this has been it should inevitably have tort tho game. o This was not his strongest move ; 10 P-K sis me ch more forcible. e This move gives away the whole attack ;'Q-Kt sis effective. ■ ' d Losing move. queen's pawn OPENING. White! Black. (Mr F. Kmnmer, (Mr W. Mackay. Masterton 0.C.) Wellington 0.C.) 1 P-Q 4 p.Q 4 2KtKB3 Kt-K B 3 3 P-Q B 4 ■ ■ P-K 3 4 Kt-Q B 3 B-K 2 5 P-K 3 * P-Q Kt 3 6 P-Q Kt3 B-Kt2 78-Kt2 Q Kt-Q 2 8 B-Q3 PxP 9PxP Cities ■ 10 Ot.-.tlcs P-B 4 'll Kt-K 2 R-Ksq 32 Kt-Kt 3 Kt-B so 13 Kt K 5 Kt-Kt 3 14 P-K B 4 Kt x Kt 18. BPs Kt Kt-Q 2 16Q-R6 White is doing his utmost to try and work up something Of an attack. So far the gams has been conducted on extremely careful and safe lines. 16 P-Kt3 17 Q-Kt 4 B-K B sq If Black bad played P-K B 4 at this point, the c&t>tUre of It with the Kt would h*Vo lea to Borne interesting coutinuattons. 18 Kt-R B B-Kt2 19 Kt-B 8 oh Kt x Kt 20 P x Kt B X P White his given up a pawn, but he has an equivalent for it in attack, 21Q-B4 K-ltt 2 22 R-B B R-K B sq 23 Q 11-K B sq B-K 2 MQ-KSch P-B 3 2K Pit ?'l^sq 37PQ5 White Is gradually working up a strong battery against the opposing king’s wing. 27 B-Q B sq 28 B-B 5 BxK 20 R x B R-B 2 30 P-K R 4 Calculated eveatnally to still further weaken the king s side. 30 . .. ... . R.K Kt sq , 31 K R(B6)-B4 K-Baq Uneasy lies the head that wears a orown." S3QB3 K-Kt2 ‘ 33 P-K 4 Q-Q sq 34 P-K 5 * H This pawn comes on with overwhelming effect.' *! rr , R (B 2)-B sq ar>PxPch BxP 33 R x B An interesting finish to the game, which has been well played by Mr Kummer. , „ , . 30 Resigns. .The following is the tinal game in the play-off between Messrs Barnes and Mason:— PETROFP’s DEFENCE. /w White. Black. . (Mr R. J. Barnes.) (Mr W. E Mason) 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 2 Kt-K B 3 Kt-K B 3 3 P-Q 4 Not quite so strong as the more usual move of Kt X Pg 3 PxP 4 P-K 5 Kt-K 5 5 B-Q 3 Q x P seems like a goad continuation. 8 B-Kt 5 ch 6 P-B3 PxP / Castles Kt-B 4 8 B-B 2 Kt-K 3 9 P x P B-K 3 10 Kt-Q 4 p.Q 3 ■ 11 PxP BxP 12 Kt-Q| 2 Kt x Kt 13 P x Kt Castles 14 Kt-K 4 E-K B 4 15 Q-B3 The beginner will see that White now threatens to vnn spites. 15 B-Kt 3 16 B-ICtS Kt-IS 3 17 Q-Q A 8 Kt-K 2 18 P-Q 5 P-B 3 19 Q R-Q sq B-K 4 20 Q-Q Kt 8 818 21 P-Q 6cU K-Rsq . 2tQx B B x Kt 23 PXP - QxP 24 B x B After all the maucouvring and exchanging the position works out pretty evenly, Black having BliKhily the best of it in consequence of his *ur« plus pawn. U Kt-B 3 SSQ-B2 P-K Kt3 26H-Q3 QR-Bsq 27R-gftS Q-Kt 2 £8 Q-Kt sq B r Kt P would not answer, because of 23 Kt-K 4. 28 P-B 4 29 B-Q u Q R.Q 8 q 30 B-lvt 3 Kt Q6 31 B-B 4 R.Q 3 S3 P-B 4 P-Q Kt 3 33 R-K 3 R (11 sq)-Q sq 34 R (II sq)-K sq Q-B 3 35 R-K 5 P-K Kt 4 Mr Mason doubtless had a reason for this move but if it was a good one it is not at all apparent. ’ 36 PxP , . : Kt-K7 - A bad, although an attractive-looking move. BtAok ovicumtly hnd nob out ull tho v&riv tlons, or ho would not have made it. 37 R <K sq) x Kt R-K S oh 38 K-B 2 This move threw away the championship. He should have played Q x H, and everything was his. If 38 Qx R, R x Q ch; 39 K-B 2. QxP •40 R-K 8 ch. K-Kt 2; 41 H-K Kt 8 oh, K-R 3; 42 R x Q, and wins. 3S Q x R 39 Q x R Q-B 5 ch, and wins. NOTES. Between chess and war there is, says the Montreal * Witness,’ more of resemblance than of contrast. The best chess player, like the best general, may make mistakes, and live to retrieve them. Tho oheas player may manoeuvre one or two of his units Into an untenable position ; he "may get them cat off from their supports, surrounded by tho enemy, and captured. Or ho may have to withstand a siege by superior force, until ho oan bring up additional pieces from outlying parts of tho board, thus becoming able to aisutne the offensive and to drive back tho ensmy in more or loss of confusion. “ Things may go well in one part of the field and ill In another. Lastly, as in war, the only blunder which really counts is the final one.”