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Evening Star, Issue 14631, 29 July 1911, Page 10

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[Conducted fay J.H.F.E.] The Otago Chess Club meet for play at (he rooms, Liverpool street, Dunedin, daily «t noon, and every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evening at eight o’clock. TO CORRESPONDENTS. All communications must be addressed “ Chess Editor ” * Evening Star.’ PROBLEM No. 453, By G. E. Carpenter. Black, 3 pieces.

White, 7 pieces. White to play and mate in two moves. 8; 6B1; p182R2; p4P2; K2ld; 8; 7Q; 2K15. PROBLEM No 454. By flam Loyd. Black, 13 pieces.

White, 9 pieces. White to play and mate iu three moves. 4rlbl; lp4Bl: pKt2pR2; RB2k3; ]P2Kt2p; 2p.5b1; In2Piplr; sK.lkt. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 447. Key move; Q-Q R sq. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 448. Key move; B-Kt 6. GAME No. 650. (Played in the City of Loudon Chess Club championship tournament. Notes by F. D, Yaies.) Kuy Lopez. White, Mr Macdonald: Black, Mr G. A. Thomas, 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 2 Kt-K B 3 Ki-Q B 3 3 B-.Kt 5 P-Q R 3 4 B-R 4 Kt-B 3 6 Castles... . B-K 2 6 UK sq P-Q Kt 4 7 B-Kt 3 P-O 3 8 P-B 3 Kl-Q R 4 98-B 2 P-B 4 10 P-Q 3 The most frequently-played variation cf the Ruy Lopez. 10 P-Q 3 is an iliac, ive kind of move The more preferable P-Q 4 wou.d hold the centre. Castles 11 Q Ki-Q 2 K-R sq ...This and the following two moves are. of doubtful value. Black's ddemiv- strong, hj, i however, is deceptive, and any sudd.u iit.ack ; against lus king is liable to fail. I 12 Kt-B sq Kl-Kt sq \ 13 Kl-Kt 3, ...P-Kt 3 i 14 P-Q 4 Ki-Q B 3 i 15 P x B P Ps P 16 Q-K 2 P-K 3 17 P-Kt 3 Q R-B sq 13 R-Q, sq-.. .Q-K 4 13 B-Kt 2 P-B 5 20 Kt-B 5 Al> excepTonally fine move that should : have given White the advantage. If Ps Ki: | 21 P x, T, recovering the piece with the | beitcr game. ifb'r Black's reply White j should lave played Kt-Q G and won a pawn. I B-B 3 21 Kl-K 3 Q Kt K 2 ; 22 Kt-Q 5 Now P-Q R 4 would have developed the i cramped queen-side pieces. If 22..., P x Kt ! P; 23 P x P. Q x P; 24 B-Q 3, and the. ; queen's rook is strongly posted on an tp-u file. Kt x Kt 25 P x Kt 11-Kt 5 24 P-K I? 3 V> x Kt 25 Q x I: O-Ki 3 26 P-Q Kt ■! , Making things safe on the queen's ride, ; but. with I lie que id- bishop b hj nd ihe j block' d pawns il a posit on.il blm.dcr. i pcciaily as Black will RlUTily have time aft r , B-Kt 2 of advancing the K B 4, the original j infoniiou cf K-R s.q and Kl-Ki sq. : B- K t- 2 27 P-O R 4 P-B 4 2F P x P P x P 29 P-Q 6 K R-Q sq 30 Q-Q 5 An indifferent waste of unto. The isolated ; pawn is bound in fail Atfcr Kt-B 5, 31 Q x K P would be risky, K:-R 3 j 31 Q-Q 2 I’-B 3 I 33 P-Q 7 R-B 2 33 R-R 8 R x i’ 34 R x R, eh O x V. 35 Q-K 2 R r If i 16 B x P Q Q a : 37 Q x Q. I* x Q 38 P-Q B 4 I* x P 39 H x P Kt-Q 4 40 B-Q, 6 P-B 6 i Resigns j GAME No. 651. : (Played at. board No, 1 in tic Anglo-American ! cable match.) Queen’s Gamlvi IE ('lined. White, A. Burn (Great B iurn); Black, F. i J, Marshal! ( Amc. lea). 1 1 P-Q 4 P-O 4 i 2 P-Q B 4 P-K 3 3 Ki-0 B 3 P-Q 15 4 i P x Q P K P x P 3 Kt-B 5 Kt Q B 3 6 P-K Kt 3 Kt-B 3 7 B-KL 2 B-K 2 5 Castles Castles 9 B-Kt 5. .. B-K 3 10 P-K 3 P-K R 3 11 B x Kt... . B x B 12 Q-Q 2... . Ps P 13 Kt x P (O 4) Kt x Kt ! 14 P x Kt...". R-B sq i 15 P-Kf 3 Q-K 4 16 Q R-B sq R-B .3 17 R-B 2 K R-B sq 18 Kt x P Q x Kt 19 R x R R x R 20 B x Q B x B 21 Q-K 5 K-Q. 3 22 Q x P P-K Kt 4 23 R-K sq B-B 3 24 R-Q sq B-B 6 25 R-Q 3 B-K 5 26 R-K .3 B-B 3 27 R-Q 3 B-K 5 28 R-O 2 R-B 3 23 P-B 4 K-Kt 2 30 P-Q 5 R-B 8 ch 31 K-B 2 P x P 32 P x P R-B 6 33 R-Q sq B-B 6 34 R-Kt sq oh K-R 2 35 R-Kt 3 B-K 2 36 R s B B-B 4 cb 37 K-K sq R-B 8 ch 38 K-Q 2 Resigns FACTS AND TRIFLES. The championship of th© Ladies’ Chess Club, London, resulted in Miss Cotton, Mrs Anderson, Mrs Roe, and Mrs Mos?ley making equal scores. Miss Cotton won the deciding contest with a score of 2 p dots, closely followed by Mrs Anderson and Mrs Moseley wi'h li each. Mr F. J. Marshall engaged 41 opponents simultaneously at, Richmond C’ Club on May 2. He lost three games—to P. J. TTellis (South London), .J. Cbes e ni-in Smit" (H imslow), and A. J, Windybank (Thames Valley)— drew 15, and won 2,3. For the mod bnlliant game won on the American side in the recent cable match the ‘Brooklyn Eagle’ offered a gMd mctl 1 The judges were Messrs W. P. Shipley, Hermann Helms, and W. M De Visser, who unanimously awarded the medal to Mr Albert W. Fox for his game against Mr T. F. Lawrence. The hrillkyjcy prize in connection with, the

recent international tournament has been awa.dcd to Capahlanea for his game against Dr Bernstein. The donor of the prize was tho lato Baron Albert Do Rothschild, of Vienna, and the amount, of the reward was tOOfr. The judges were Messrs Leopold Holler and J. Mieses. As between friendly forces, resistance to movement is obstruction. In the original position of a game there is absolute obstruction to the movement of 9JI the pieces except the knights. One fo ce supporting another suffers obstruction, as it cannot possibly move into the squire occupied by ibe supp 1 tng force. But this species of obstruction is generally bemGcial, .as it is t. o . sseirce of combination, and combination is the son! of the game. Obstruction without design or sufficient reason is, however, another matter. This Inverses combination, diminishes the powers of the forces —often to mere position —and is generally favorable to tho adversary. —‘ Mason’s Chess B.inc pies.’