CHESS.

Evening Star, Issue 14535, 10 December 1910, Page 9

CHESS.

[Conducted by J.H.F.H.] PROBLEM No. 387. By (J. Hoathcotc. Black, 15 pieces.

White, 9 pieces. White to plav and mate in two moves. Ht3; 2p5; 2p2ktpr; 2BktKlQpj qpIPIKI2; Rb2k2p; 3pPp2; 3rlkt2. PROBLEM No. 388. By 11. Prochazka (Fifth prizo iu 'Dcutschen Wocbenschachs'). Blade, 12 pieces.

White. 11 • •■•^. White to plav ;.:. . ...jk in tbreo moves. Ikt6; 4p2p; p2p182; 2|>4Kt; QktßpklPK; lPr2p2; 21'PlPbl; 2KtS. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 381. Key movo: K-K 2. SOLUTION 1 OP PROBLEM No. 382. Key movo: Q-K 3. GAME No. 586. (A brilliauov prize was awarded Mr Blackburue for (lie following game ill the championship tournament at Oxford.) Irregular Opening. White, J. H. Brackburue; Black, F. S. Smith. 1 P-K 3 P-Q 4 2 P-K Ji 4 P-K 3 3 Kt-K 15 3 P-Q B 4 4 P-Q Kt 3 B-K 2 5 B-Kt 2 B-B 3 6 P-B 3 Kt-B 3 7 Kt-Ii 3 K Kt-K 2 8 Kt-B 2 P-Q R 3 (a) 9 P-Q 4 P-Q Kt 3 (b) 10 B-Q 3 Px P 11 K V x P B-Kt 2 12 Castles I'-K 3 13 Q-K 2 Castles : 14 Q K-K Kt-B 15 Kt-K 5 16 B-fi. 3 K-K 17 Bx Kt (cj Qx B j 18 R-B 3 B-Kt 2 I 19 R-R 3 TCUKt 20 Q-Kt 4 (d) Kt-Q 2 21 Kt-K 3 P-B 4 22 Q-R 4 Kt-B 23 P-K Kt 4 Q R-B 24PxP K P x P 25 It-Q B 11H 2 ie) 26 R-B 2 B-K B 3 27 Q-Kt 3 R-Kt, 2 28 R-K Kt 2 R-B 29 Q-K Kt-K 5 30 R-B 3 Kt-B 2 (f) 31 P-K R 4 JCt-K 3 7,2 P-K 5 Kt-B 33 P-R 6 K-K 2 34 Kt xB P Q-B 2 35 Kt x R ch Q x Kt 56 R-K 3 Q-Q B 2 37 P. x Kt P 0| P x B 53 Kt x I* K-B 2 39 Kt-K 5 ch K-K 3 40 Kt-Kt 4 ch K-P. 2 41 Kt x B Ki-Kt 3 (hj) 42 R x Kt K x R And White, mates in three mores. Notes by ' Murning Post..' (a) Black has a fair development, bnfc now he begins to lose tiux'. (b) Or P-Q Kt 4, and if P x P, P-Q Kt 5. (c) Getting rid of a. pi'.:ce thai, might have been White has much tho better fame now, and promptly establishes his attack. (d) Probably time, did not, permit of complications on "the 20ih move: otherwise perhaps White, might have played 20 R x P, K x R; 21 Kt x B P. Q x P; 22 Q-R 5 eh. K-Kt; 23 B x P, Ki-lJ ?.; 24 Kt-Kt. 5, Kt-B 5: 25 B-R 7 ch. (o) With the Black pieces coming into operation While's task becomes more, difficult. (f) A Letter plan seems to be to movo the king in order to free-the rook. The, Kt is very uscfuJ at K 3. (g) A pretty finishing touch, but of cour;? tho game was won bv ilie advance of the R P. (hj) If K i Kt. White nates in t\ro moves by Q-R 4 ch, cic. GAMP. No. 537. (From tho Hamburg Inttrn.-uioual Tournament.) Queen's Gambit .Declined. White, 7.. Forgacs; Bl.irk, P. Kohnlcin. 1 P-Q 4 P-Q * 2 P-0 B 4 P-K 3 3 Kt-Q B 3 P-Q B 4 4 B P x P..-..K P x P 5 Kt-B 3 Kt-Q B 3 6 B-B 4 Kt-B 3 7 P-K 3 B-K ?. 8 B-Q 3 Castas 9 Castles B-Kt 5 10 P x P B x P 11 B-K Kt 5 PQ 5 12 Kt-K 4 B-K V. 13 Kt-Kt 3 Q-It. 4 14 B x Kt B i B 15 P-K R 3: B x Kt 16 Q x B P xP 17 V x P Ji x P 18 Q R-Kt so, Kt-K 4 19 P, x 1* ch !i x B 20 Q-U 5 ch K-Kt sci 21 K x B. Kt-B 5 22 R-Kt s__..Q-Q 7 23 R-Kt 5 Q r K P ch 24 K-R 2 Kt-1) 3 25 R-B 6 Rca'giis . I FACTS AND TRIKLF.S. Chessplayers throughout the Dominion will be sorry to hear of tin indisposition of 11 r Lelievre, who was suddenly taken ill on Saturday afternoon wldlo playing a skittle gamo with Jlr Davici. Jle quickly collapsed, and was utconscious for some minutes. After regaining consciousness he was able to proceed home without assistance. When the Hazeltine of another generation compiles a second volume of ' Brevity and Brilliancy in Chess,' ie will, we think (says j an American journal), bo very likely to include iu it the following little sparkling | partie, which we find in the July number of i tho 'Deutsche Sehacbeitung,' aud which was j contested recently at the Vienna Chess Club ; —a different organisifion, by the way, from | the older Vienna Chess Association. The > winner is the young Hungarian master, Herr j R. Roti, for some time past a. resident of | the Austrian capital, and his treatment of j the Caro-Kahn Defence is rather unusual. ] His victim masquarades simply under the | initials Dr S. T. :-l, P-K 4, P-Q B 3: 2, P-Q 4. P-Q 4; 3, Q Kt-B 3, P x P; 4,! Kt x P, K 5; S Q-Q 3 (usual, 5 Kt x ! Kt ch is commonly played). P-K 4 (S...Kt x ' Kt, etc., was in order); 6Px. P, Q-R 4 ch; 7 B-Q 2, Q x K P; 8 Castles, Kt x Kt? (amusingly fatal; 8...8-K 2 was imperative); 9 Q-Q 8 ch!, Kx Q: 10 B-Kt 5 dbl ch, and mates next niov<. On 10...K-B 2; 11 B-Q 8 : gives a. pure mate position of singular beauty, i Mr Max J. Meyer quotes the following in ' his column from the "Westminster Gazette,' believing, as to said, " that some member of the gentler sex may at this season of tho year bo gracing a fancy dress ball or skating carnival with her presence, and might be glad to hear of a somewhat novel dress." The name given to it is " A Game of Chess/' and tho details are as follows :--"Tho dross is white satii, with a lace frill, on which the pieces are set, and they are made of black satin or velret. The apron, or chess board, is made of checks of black end white satin. . > The bodice is white satin, with tabs of black ; ! the bolero is black, tabbed with alternate black and white, and on the- powdered hair is ft- largo ohesa piece iu black velvet."