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Evening Star, Issue 12308, 24 September 1904, Page 10

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(Conducted by J. H. F. Hkuel.] TO CORRESPONDENTS. Sohi&kms of problems received from "Waif«a,- "S.M.," "Starlight," and "SalEgander." An commtinicattons must be addressed " Chess. Editor," ' Evening. Star.' The Otago Chtea Chib meet for play at the rooms, Liverpool street, Dnnedin, daily «.t noon, and every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evening at eight o'clock. THE 'EVENING STAR' PROBLEM SOLUTION TOURNAMENT. Tho conditions in connection with this tournament were published in the chess colmun on 28th May, 4th, 11th, and 18th June. PROBLEM No. 739. H**3 t9 pieces.

iWhite] [9 pieces. White to play and mate in two moves. 6 K 1; lpR5; b p 2 p P Q 1; 4pl it 1; 3 k 1 p 2; t Kt 1 Kt R 2; 3 P P 3: PROBLEM No. 740. Bbck] [W pieces.

White] [7 pj eces . White to play and male in three moves. 8; 3 p 4: 2 p b 2 Kt l; r 2 E 1 b p Q; ppEtßaj;lklp4 ; B;K7. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 733. Key more: P-R 4. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No, 734. (a) Kt-B 6-k x kt; B-Q 2 ch, k x b; Q(b) Kt-B 6-k x Hi B-Q 2 eh, k-b 4; B(c) Kt-B 6-k x b; Q.Q 4, any: Q-B a d) Kt-B 6-kt-b 4;' fig £ k J«i Kt-B 6-kt-b 4; B-Kt 4, kt* 5; Kt V* 6}-Q 5. (f) Kt-B 6-kt-b B-Kt 4, 6; Kt tfi */-Q 5fe) Kt-B 6-ktb 4.; B-Kt 4, any other; Oa. 5. q$P^ B G ~ 33 V ather ' Q' K 5 ch, k x b; GAME No. 598. A pretty game played at the Congress of the German Chess Association. Score and notes from the 'Westminster uazette. Znkertort Opening. White. B!act 1 Kt-K_B 3 1 P-Q B 4 2 p - K -» 2 P-Q 4 3 P-Q 4 3 P-K3 * P-B 3 4 r.O -5 5 B-Q 3 5 P-B 4 7 l'l *r> 6 Kt-K B 3 JBPxP 7KPxP 8 P x P BBsP 9 Q-B 2 3W5 10 &-B 3 10 KM} B 3 ™ S"* 16 ! 11 Kt-Kt 5 12 B-Kt S eh 12 B-Q 2 13 Q-B 4 13 b 1 B 14 Q x B ch 14 O-O 2 15 Kt-K 5 15QxQ JS Kl „ x °- 16 Castles K 17 P-Q R 3 17 KW j B 3 if Q 18 K R Q *1 " gtx B 19 Kt x Kt 20 P-Q Kt 4 20 Kt-Kt 6 21 g-Kt sq 21 Ktiß 22 K R 23 K-B sq 23 P-O R 3 24 KWJ 3* 24 P-Q 5 25 P x P 25 Kt x K V 26 P-Q R 4 26 R-B 5 27 Kt-K 2 27 Kt-B 7 28 P-Kt 5 28 P-Q R 4 29 P-Kt 6 29 R-Q 7 30 R-Kt 5 30 Kt-O 5 31 R-K 5 31 Kt-B 3 32 R-K 3 32 P-B 5 33 R (K3)QB3 33 R x P 34 R-Q Kt 3 34 R (R SVR 7 35 Kt x P 35 R x P ch 36 K-K sq . 36 P-R 5 37 • 38 R-B 8 ch 38 K-B 2 39 R-B 7 ch 39 K-B 3 40 Kt-Q 5 ch 40 K-Kt 3 41 Kt-B 3 41 R (R 7VB 7 42 R-Kt 5 42 R iY Resigns. Garo played the opening' indifferently. He moved the Q B P twice, having conceived a notion of winning a pawn with 9, Q-B 2 (attacking bishop and B P), and for this plan he cleared the centre pawns, opening Black's J* I ?** Pureed the attack simp'v * rt ? t a T Kt : K * The middle B*™* ««» w pretty lively, and after some exchanges the position Jooked drawiah; but Mieses made a S"!^' 8 manoeuvre (30.„KWJ 4, and rir » C to S et °»e rook, and eventually both rooks, into the seventh row wben White's game was over, ' GAME No, 599. . X ffieses-Tchigorin game, played i n the S^T^f 8 .1?^ 1 ? 8 Con S res '- The notes are u&n. tha Field. Danish Gambit. Black. Miesea. Tchigoiin. 1 P-K 4 1 p. K 4 0 2 P-Q 4 2 P x P 3 P-Q B 3 3 Ps P 48-QB4 4PsP 5 B x P. 5 Q-K 2 6 Kt-Q B 3 6 P-Q B 3 7 K Kt-K 2 (a) 7 P-Q Kt 4 (b) 8 B-Kt 3 8 P-Q R 4 9KtQR3 10 Castles 10 Kt-B 4 IP £ {d) 11 Kt x B 12 Kt-B 5 12 Q-K 3 13 P x Kt !3 gm 3 % £t K „ 2 W 14 Kt-R 4 15 P-B 4 <f) 15 O . Kt 3 • 17 Q-B 2 17 B-Kt 2 IBPxKtW IBPxK tW M Q-B 7 19 R-Kt 5 20QJB© 20 Castle*. 22 Q-B 7 22 Kt x P 23 Kt-Kt 3 23 Kt-Q 7 24 R-K 3 24QR-B 2SBxR 25RxR 26 Q x Q P 26 Q-Kt 8 eh 27 K-B 2 27 Q-B 7 ' K . 2 28 R-K B 29 Q-Q 4 29 P-B 3 30 P-Kt 4 30 K-R S £"£*, 2 31 Kt x P 32 Q-Q 3 32 Q x B gQxKt 33 Q x Q (j) 34 R x Q 34 R-B 35 Kt-Q 4 35 R-B 5 36 R-Q 3 36 K-Kt 37 P-B 5 37 K-B 2 38 P-R 3 38 R-B 4 39 Kt-Kt 6 39 R-B 7 A 40 K-B 40 K-K 2 4 1 B-Q 5 41 P-Kt 3 42RxP 42P x P 43 P x P 43 K-Q 3 44 Kt-Q 4 44 R-B 5 45 Kt-Kt 3 45 K-B 3 46 R-Kt 8 46 P-R 5 47 R-B 8 ch 47 K-Q 4 48 R-Q 8 eh 48 K-K 4 49 KWJ 2 49 B x Kt 50BxB 50K x j? • 51 R-Q 5 ch 51 K-K 5 52 R-Q R 5 52 K-Q 6 53 B-B 7 53 K-B 6 54 R x K R P 54 P-R 6 And White resigns. (al In the game between the same players nfc Monte Carlo, when Tchigorlh for the first time introduced the powerful defence 5 Q-K B, Mieses played 7 Q-B 2 (to prevent Black's k-Ql 4L aad. caiao to grief. 31a text move

is vastly superior. In the first instance it is a_ developing move, allowing the king, to get into safety by castling, and so to maintain the attack. (b) This advance seems of doubtful value. P-Q 3, followed by B-K 3, seems preferable. (c) A powerful move. It threatens immediately Kt x P, providing, at the same time, a retreat for the B at Kt 2 in case of P-R 5 and R6. The text move is an improvement upon the Q-B 2 variations mentioned above. (d) The withdrawal of the K B would be giving up the attack, whereas ho maintains it as played. ' . (e) A most powerful attack, which ought to succeed. (f) Threatening to win a piece with 16. Kt (K 2)-Q 4, Q-Kt 3; 17 Kt-R 4, Q-R 3; 18 Kt (Q 4)-B 5. ' , (g) Forced, White threatening 18. Kt x Kt P, and it 18 P x Kt, then 19 Q x B ch, and 'mate nest move. (li) Perfectly correct. The attack is too powerful not to succeed. (i) Whito could have won the game witb 20 R-B 5. If 20 Bx R, then 21 QxK B. If 20 Kt-Q 4, tlien 21 Q-K 5 ch, K-B; 22 R xP, etc Or 20 Q-K 5 ch, K-B; 21 B-B 3, B-R 6; 22 P-Q Kt 4, B x R, and Whito lias the well-kncwn smothered mate on. (j) Two passed pawns ahead win as a matter of course. Itieses deserved to win this beautifully-played game. THE EALKBEER GAMBIT. An invitation has been issued to join tho proposed "International Falkbeer Correspondence Tourney," the manager of which is Dr Lasker, the world's champion, and the treasurer Alex. Levino, 52 Broadway, New York, who is also the treasurer of the Manhattan Chess Club in that city. The name Falkbeer in connection with this contest signifies that the opening adopted in every game is to be tho Falkbcer Gambit: 1 V-K 4, p-k 4; 2 P-K B 4, p-q 4; 3 K P x P, p-k 5. The value of this gambit being debatable, tho theoretical interest will be very great, and, as in the case of the tournaments at the Rice Gambit, there is no doubt that new lines of play will be struck out, and larger scientific knowledge will be obtained. The tourney will be confined to international champions, and clubs of first-class strength, and will bo played in sections of six or seven units, with a time limit of seventv-two hours for each move. Each of the participating clubs will pay an entrance fee of £lO, and the fluids are to be devoted to the following purposes :--(l) The publication of a book containing all the games, with notes by the respective players. (2) The donation of a prize for the best annotated game. (3) A prize for tho best analysis of the gambit. (4) A prize for the best score made by a master. (5) For the best score made by a club. There are other regulations, but these are the chief. It is proposed that the tourney shall begin next month.