CHESS

Evening Star, Issue 12764, 17 March 1906, Page 10

CHESS

[Conducted by J. H. F. H.orSL.]

ihc Otago Chess Club meet for play at tho rooms, Liverpool street, Dunedin, daily at noon, and every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evening at eight o'clock.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. All communications must be addressed Chess Editor," 'Evening Star.' To Solves.—Problem No. 391 is a thre«. mover, mid No. 892 a two-mover. "C.W.T.," Wellington.—Thanks for copy of rules. J

PROBLEM No. 893. By A. V. Galizky. Black, 4 pieces.

White, 7 pieces. White to play and mate in two moves 2 B 3 ktK; 1 Q6; 8; 2 P Kt k3; 3 p 4; 6 P 1; 5 P 1 kt; 8. p

PROBLEM No. 894. By Lieutenant Von Duben. Black, 3 pieces.

White, 7 pieces. White to play and mate in three moves K 2 sfß; s ir : 6 4 ;^ P2;3Pkßlp;K . 1 SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 887. Key move: Kt-Q 6. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No 88a (a) P-R 4, k-b 4; Kt-Q 3 ch. • (b) P-R 4, p x p; Kt-Q sq ch. (c) P-R 4, kt moves; Q-R 4 ch. GAME No. 728, Petroff Defence. , „ Whit «- Black. Mr Ganston. Mr Mackenzie. 1 P-K 4 1 P-E. 4 2 Kt-K B 3 '2 Kt-K B 3 3 P-Q 4 3 P x p 4 P-K 5 4 Kt-K 5 5 Q x P (a) 5 P-Q 4 6 P x P e.p. 6 Kt x Q P I B-Q 3 (b) 7KtB3 8 Q-K B 4 8 B-K 2 9 Kt-B 3 9 B-K 3 10 B-K 3 10 P-Q R 3 (c) 11 Castles Q R H Castles 12 P-K R 4 12 Q-B so 13 P-K Kfc 4 13 B x Kt P (d) • 14 Q R-Ks sq 14 B-B 4 W 15 Q-Kt 5 15 P-K Kfc 3 16 P-R 5 16 B x B #E5 P < e > IVBxP 18 Q-R 2 18 K-Kt 2 ffi 19 Kt-Q 5 19 R-R sq 20 Kt x B 20 Kt x Kt 21 Q-K 5 ch 21 K-Kt sq 228-Q 4 22 K-B sq 23 Q x R ch 23 Kt-Kt sq 24 R x B 24*R P x R 25 Q x Kt ch 25 K-K 2 26 R-K sq ch 26 Resigns Notes. (a) Stemite preferred 5 Q-K 2. The variation is, however, more difficult, because of 5..8-Kt 5 ch; 6 K-Q sq, etc. (b) Or 7 v Kt-B 3 (Pillsbury v. Tch&oriu St. Petersburg). ' (o) Unnecessary, unless, as in this instance Black intended an attack on the Queen's side in case White should castle Q R. He could have prepared also castling Q R, or on the same ride as White, which is in most eases the safest course. (d) A violent attack is to be expected whether "Black captures this pawn or not; but tha capture in such a position is courting danger. ■ ° (e)_A pretty sacrifice. It appears as if the position could bear it. (f) There is no other move to delay loss, and this is no remedy, the game being untenable. GAME No. 729. A game played in. the Otago Chess Club's

championship tournament. The notes are bv' Mr R. A. Cleland:— J % Queen's Gambit Declined. White. Black. Mr J. H. F. Hamel. Mr J. Edwards. 1 P-Q 4 ■ ■■ 1 P-Q 4 2 P-Q B 4 2 P-K 3 . 3 Kt-Q B3 3 P-Q B 4 (a) *PxQP 4KPxP ; Mi (b) 5 P-B 5 1 6 Kt-K B 3 6 Kt-K B 3 j ■ 7 B-K 2 . 7 B-K 3 I 8 Castles 8 Kt-Q B 5 ! 9 P-Q R 3 . 9 p.KE 4 10 Kt-K Kt 5 10 B-Q 5 11 Kt x B * 11 P x Kt 12 P-K B4 12 P-K Kt 313 B-Q 2 13 Q-K 2 14 B-K sq 14P.R 5 f £j Z-\? 15 CaMn (Q) 16Kt-Kts 168-Ktsq t fa 3 (C> I? P-Q R 3 J2 I ' B J 18 Px P 19QsP 19Q-Q3 20 R-B sq 20 P-K Kt 4 21Kt-R 4 21 Kt-Q 2 22 B-Q Kt 4 22 Q-B 2 23 B-K 7 23 Q R-Kt sq 24 B-K Kt 4 24 R-Kt 2 25 B-Kt 4 25 R-R 3 26 R-K B 2 26 P x P IsttfVv 27 P-Q Kt 4 ™ B J 28 Kt xKt 29RxKt 29 K R-Kt 3(d) , -? %Z ? 30 K-Kt 2 tl S" B t 31 K-Kt 3 o2RxKtch(e) 32QxR o4 K-B 7 ch 34 B-B 2 35 Q x Q ch 35 Resigns Notes. (a) Ivot good at this stage. (b) White couid win a pawn byPiP Q x P. ""^ (c) A good move to open up the game. (<l) Black is so eager to force an attack that he overlooks the pin, and so -loses a valuable pawn—the key to his position. (e) Very well played, and wins in everv variation. . J (f) Quite a problem-endinc-. If K x O B-B 3 mate. Hl NOTES. The 'New Orleans Times-Democrat' recently reproduced from the book of the Tar-rasch-Marshall match an extract, givln in the KevuedEchoes,' of. Brussels, in which Dr iarraschs ideas on the subject of a match witli Champion Lasker were stated as follows:—' I am willing to play a match with i m n 0n conditions, but I will not challenge him. Challengss should be issued only by those who are of less renown, and who bave achieved smaller successes For exactly twenty years, however, my successes at least equal Lasker's. When I challenged him two years ago it was a mistake on my part. The aaTangemeirt of a match should devolve on the chess world, in case that the chess world is sufficiently interested. Let the authorised representatives of the chess world in Germany and in America—in other word' let the Geiman Chess Association and the' American clubs establish conditions that will bring Champion Lasker and myself face to face; that will even compel us if needs be, to enter the fists against one another iou nave seen what our abilities are and, if you wish it, you can have a Lasker-Tar-rasch match."

The championship of the Manhattan Chess Club for the eurrent year has been won by Mr A. W. Fox, with a score of lO'wms and 2 Josses, Eerr J. Johner being second with 94 wins, 2£ losses, and Mr F. J. Marshall being third with 9 wins, 3 losses.

Champion Lasker's charges for games of chess by correspondence, and for writing annotations on the play, are sdol for any game contested with an amateur, and lOdol for any game contested with a club. His opponents have the choice of opening and of time limit.