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Evening Star, Issue 12008, 3 October 1903, Page 4

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[Conducted by J. H. F. Havel.] TO CORRESPONDENTS. All communications must be addressed " Chess Editor,' ' Evening Star.' The Otago Chess Club meet for play at the rooms, Liverpool street, Dunedin, daily at noon, and every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evening at eight o'clock. •. PROBLEM No. 673. By the Rev. J. Jespersen, of Denmark. Black -] [5 pieces.

White o [ll Pieces White to play and mate in two moves. 3 Kt 4; 8; Blppp3;lrlkKt2 K; 2RP R1 P l; 1 8; IP3 P2: 3 %\ \. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 672: Key move: R-R 5. MARSHALL'S MASTERPIECE. The most brilliant game of the recent cable match (England v. America) is probably Mr Marshall s win from Mr Atkins, one of the strongest players in England, and whom Dr Lasher ranks with the greatest eight livin" masters. The notes on the text are bv Reichhelm in the 'North American': GAME No. 506. Queen's Gambit. White Black. Marshal Atkins. 1 P-Q 4 . IP-Q4 2 P-Q B 4 2 P-Q B 3 (a) 3 Q Kt-B 3 3 K Kt-B 3 4PxP 4 P x 1> 5 B-B 4 5 Kt,B 3 g P-K 3 6 P-K 3 7 B-Q 3 (hj) 7 B-K 2 8 K Kt-B 3 8 Castles 9 Kt-K 5 9 Kt x Kt 10 P x Kt 10 Kt-Q 2 11 QB 2 u P-K Kt 3 12 P-K R 4 (c) 12 Kt-B 4 }3 P-K 5 13 Kt x B ch W Q x Kt H P-K Kt 4 (d) 15 B-Kt 3 15 P-B 4 16 P x P en pas 16 B x P 17 R-Q sq i 7 Q-Kt 3 18 R-Q 2 18 B-Q 2 19 Castles 19 Q R-B sq 20 R-Q B sq 20 B-Kt * 21 Q-bT El R.B 5 22 Q-Kt 3 22 Q-B 3 23 R (Q 2)-B 2 23 R-Q B sq 24 Q-R 3 24 B-R 3 25 P-Kt 3 (e) 25 R-B 4 (f) 26 Kt x Q P (g) 26 R x R 27 Rx R w 27 Qx B * 28 Kt s B ch 28 K-B 2 29Q-Q6 29 Ex St-(h) 30 B-K 5 ch 30JL-8.4 ft.Jrß-3

(a) A new serious' try in - the realm of analysis. It is.not considered to bo of par value. j> . . * (b) B-Kt 5 ch is still valid on Kt-Kt 5e.g., 9 Kt-Kt 5, B-Kt 5 ch; 10 K-K 2, B-B 4, etc. (o) Marshals trade mark. For further particulars inquire of Amos Born and others who have been beaten through it in past tourneys The idea u to open the King's rook s file. (d) To hinder, at all events, the open file scheme. Black, at some cost to his King's side, has changed the scene of combination to the Queen's wing. (e) The first move of the grand finale. (f) Suppose R x Kt; 26 R x R. B x B--2? » * B, Q x R; 28 Q-K 7 and wins, for if Q-B 3 now P-R 6, etc A very remarkable combination. Brilliancy to burn, so to speak. Marshall's grand combination must lead to a win. (hj) Atkins's "faux pas." Of course he could have lasted longer through Q-B 3, to which Marshall would have replied with Kt-K 4, and ultimately won. W On which Black resigns. On P-Kt 5, P-K 4 oh, -Kt 4, K Q-K 7 ch, etc. GAME No. 507. CHESS EST ENGLAND. This beautiful game was contested m the recent correspondence match North v. South of England. Score and notes from the Newcastle Weekly Journal and ConraDi/ Banish Gambit. White. Black. P. P. Carr, w. 0. Palmer, London. Manchester. 1 P-K 4 1 p.K 4 2 P-Q 4 2 PxP 3 P-Q B 3 3 P x P 4 B-Q 3 4 4 P x P This third capture was not fashionable until the recent tournament at Monte Carlo when Mieses and Maroczy adopted it. ' 5 B x P 5 Q-K 2 The safest defence seems P-Q 3, followed by Kt-Q B 3 and B-K 3, as demonstrated by Maroczy. 6 Kt-Q B 3 6 P-Q B 3 7 Q-K 2 7 P-Q 3 3 Kt-K B 3 8 B-K 3 9 Castles (K R) 9 Kt-Q 2 10 Kt-Q 4 10 K Kt-B 3 11 B-R 3 A good move, keeping pressure on the weak Queen's pawn, and hindering Black's development. 11 11 Kt-B 4 12 QM 12 K Kt-Q 2 13 B-Q 5 13 Q-B 3 Obviously, if P x B, the piece must be returned, which actually occurs presently. 14 Q-K 3 14 P x B 15 P x P 15.Castles Q R 16 P x B 16 P x P Black has succeeded in retaining the two gambit pawns, but at the cost of more than an equivalent in position. 17 P-5 B 4 17 Q-B 2 18 R-Kt 18 R-K 19 Q Kt-Kt 5 19 P-Q R 3 20 Kt-R 7 ch 20 K-B 2 21 K R-B 21 P-K 4 22 Q K-B 3 22 P-K 5 Compulsory, for if P took Kt White would mate in two. 23 Q-Q B 3 23 Q x P 24 Q-Q Kt 3 24 P-Q Kt 3 25 Q-Q 5 25 Kt-K 4 26 R-K B 26 Q-Kt 4 He had no chance of winning by Q-K 6 ch, because of 27 K-R, Q x B; 28 Kt-Kt 5 ch winning the Queen. 27 R-B 7 ch 27 Kt x R The interposition of B or R would be answered by Kt-K 6 ch, and wins. 28 Q-B 6 ch 28 K-Q 29 Q x Kt P ch 29 K-K 2 30 Q-B 7 ch 30 Kt-Q 2 31 Q x Kt ch Resigned. For if K x Q, 32 R-Kt 7 ch, K-Q; 33 Kt (at Q 4) B 6 mate. This is a charming finish. NOTES. The proposed new rules of the New Zealand Chess Association have advanced another stage, and what would appear very nearly the final. The Rules Revision Committee (Mr S. S. Blackburne, of Christchurch, and Messrs R. A. Cleland and D. Forsyth, of Dunedin) have just finished the work of reviewing the amendments proposed by the Council of the Chess Association. The amendments, together with the comments of the Revision Committee, will need to be referred to the various affiliated clubs throughout New Zealand, and these clubs will be called upon to vote for or against i he various proposals—practically a chess referendum. The necessary adoption by the Coimcil will be of a purely formal character.

We purpose publishing in next week's column a snort article on chess in Mauritius, also two games illustrative of the chess standard attained in the island where the sugar grows. On the conclusion of the play in the Vienna gambit tourney the Vienna Chess Crab gave a banquet in honor of the masters. The vice-president, Herr Leopold Trebitsch, who was in the chair, made an excellent speech. In the course of this he said: "Gentlemen chess masters, —You have spent some days in our beloved Vienna, I do not know whether you have or have not seen much of place and people, but you may take my word for it that Vienna quite merits her reputation. The Viennese are excellent good fellows, free and easy, smart and stylish. Their motto is to give and take, to live and let live. It is no wonder, then, that they should be fondest of that form of chess which is called the 'Gambit game,' which gives and which takes in the truly chivalrous style. We like to see the cheerful acceptance of an .openly offered gift; we do not like to see its haughty rejection. It is all one to us whether the giver has in his giving a good motive, or has the ulterior intention of turning the gift to his own advantage. Motives are not known in the game of life, and they are not known in the game of chess. This much, however, is certain: that in the gambit game each one of the players must seek out and find his own individual way. He cannot journey along a beaten path; nor ean he attain his end by means of study and memorised knowledge. It is only imagination in combination with skill that can lead him to victory. It is no wonder, then, that in these modern days of fevered haste, gambits have been more and more rare in the chess tourneys of recent years. Hence the old masters have, perhaps, forgotten the beauties of the gambit game, and the young players have practically no acquaintance with them.*'