CHESS.

Evening Star, Issue 15065, 23 December 1912, Page 3

CHESS.

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PROBLEM No. 699, By P. F. Blake. Black, 7 pieces.

White, 7 pieces.

White to play and mate in two moves. 4Kt2K; lkt 6; 5R2; 2p4R; 3bkKt2; 7p 3Q3kt; lblß4.

PROBLEM No. 600, By J. Moller. Black, 10 pieces.

White, 8 pieces. White to play and mate in three moves. 1B5K; sQpl; 2bKtp3; 4kKtlp; IPSP; 1B6; 4qp2; b4rktl. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 593. Key move: K-Kt 4. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 594. Key move: R-Q B 8. GAME No. 795. (Flayed in the: British Championship Tournament. Notes by R. C. Griffith and F. D. Yates.) Caro-Kann Defence. White, Ms F. D. Yates: Black, Mr R. C. Griffith. 1 P-Q 4 P-Q B 3 2 P-Q 4 P-Q 4 3 Kt-Q B 3 Personally 1 have a preference for 3 P x P (G.). - 3 P -x P 4 Kt x P Kt-B 3 5 Kt x Kt _ Better than Kt-Kt 3 as played by Mr ITates v. Rev. P. E. Hainond in an earlier round, I had intended if Kt-Kt 3 to play P-K 4 (G.). F 5 K P x Kt 6 Kt-B 3 B-Q 3 7 B-K 2 White should have developed after the model' of a brilliant game won by Forgacs against Bernstein at St. Petersburg, by B-Q B 4, followed by Castles and R-K sq (Y.). 7 Castles 8 Castles R-K sq 9 P-Q Kt 3 Of doubtful value (G.). --.---- •--- 9 Kt-Q 2 - - • 10 B-Kt 2 Kt-B sq 11 R-K sq Q-B 2 12 P-K R 3 B-Q 2 13 Kt-Q 2 Kt-Kt 3 14 Kt-B sq....\.Kt-B 5 15 B-B 3 B x R P This is certainly premature, R x R followed by R-K sq should have been played. Black has an excellent position, and there is no need to precipitate matters in this way (G.). 16 P x B Kt x P ch 17 K-Kt 2 Kt-B 5 ch 18 K-R sq Rx R 19 Q x R Q-Q 2 20 Kt-Kt 3 Q-R 6 ch 21 K-Kt sq P-K..R 4 228-B.sq The only move to keep the advantage. If Q-K B sq, then follows P-R 5, winning back the piece with advantage. If 23 Q x Q, Kt x Q. ch; 24 K-R 2, Kt x P, and the Kt is pinned. But for the text move, Black's sacrifice would have been sound, he might also have, improved his chances by 15 R x R (Y.).

22 P-R 5 23 B s Kt B x B 24 Q-B sq Q-Q 2 25 Kt-K 2......8-B 2 26 Q-Kt 2 R-K sq 27 K-B sq Q-B 4 28 Q-Kt 4 Q x Q Black cannot play Q x P because of 29 Q-Q 7 (G.). 29 B x Q P-K Kfc 3 30 R-Q sq P-K B 4 31 B-R 3 P-B 5 32 P-Q 5 R-Q sq 33 P-B 4 P-K B 4 34 Kt-Q 4 B-K 4 35 Kt-K 6 R-Q 3 36 R-K sq A futile manoeuvre, allowing Black to gain a move with the King. Kt-B 5 at once was better (Y.). 36 B-B 6 37 R-B sq B-K 4 38 R-Q sq K-B 2 39 Kt-B 5 P-Kt 3 40 Kt-Q 3 K-B 3 Tha position on adjournment. 41 P x P R x P 42 Kt-Kt 4 R-B sq 43 Kt-Q 5 ch......K-K 3 44 R-K sq K-Q 3 If P-K Kt 4, 45 B x P ch, K x B; 46 Kt-K 7 ch (Y.). 45 K-K 2 There is a chance of simplifying the game by 45 Kt-K 7, K x Kt; 46 R x B oh. The position of the Rook at the fifth rank, and neutralises the Pawns. The K Kt P not being able to advance because of R x B P (Y.). 1 was afraid of Kt-K 7 here (G.). 45 P-Q Kt 4 46 R-Q sq K-K 3 47 P x P A blunder (G.). 47 K-Q 3 is better with the King in good olav, also R-K Kt sq threatens to break up the" Pawns (Y.). 47 R-B 7 ch . 48 K-B sq P-Kt 4 I felt much tempted to play R x R P, but I believe this is the stronger move (G.). 49 Kt-Kt 4 R-B 6 50 B-Kt 2......P-B 6 51 B-R sa P-Kt 5 52 Kt-B 6 B-B 2 53 K-K sq The game is to be decided by the race of p£wns, therefore P-R 4 seems in order (Y.). 53 B-Kt 3 54 K-Q 2 R-B 4 55 Kt-Q 4 ch K-B 3 56 P-Kt 4 R-Q 4 57 K-B 3 P-B 5 •» Here I made a miscalculation. P-B 4 is unnecessary. 7 P-R 6 at once appears to win with a move or two to spare (G.). 58 P-R 4 P-R 6 59 P-R 5 B x Kt ch 60 R x B R x R 61 K x R P-Kt 6 62 P-Kt 6 P x Kt P 63 R P x P P-Kt 7 64 P-Kt 7 P-Kt 8 equals Q Much better than P x B equals Q 65 P-Kt 8 equals Q Q x P ch 66 K-Q 5 Q-Q 7 ch 67 K-B 6 Here a draw was offered and accepted. There was afterwards found to be a win by P-B 7. The Black King can escape from the checks of the Queen, and if White moves the B, Black gets another Q, and although White can win one of the Queens for his Bishop, Black can force a winning Pawn position. 67 Resigns GAME 796. Ruy Lopez. This interesting encounter took place in the championship tourney of the Richmond .Congress between Mr R. P. Michel! (London}

and Mr S. Crackanthorp (Australia). Thel play was very even and indicative of great patience on both sides. The Australian's patience gave way first, but the attack he inaugurated found Mr Michell fully prepared, and the counter-attack being- poorly met Mr Michell scored. Nofes>by L. P. Rees. White, Mr M; Mr Crackanthorp. • IP.' H,K.4 2E B 3 ", 3 B__ ~'3 5 CaL. ' „ - 6 P-Q 4:.;...P.Q Kt 4. . 7 B-Kt 3 P-Q 3 8 P-Q B 3 B-Kt 5 9 B-K 3......Ca5t1es 10 Q KtQ 2. Kt-Q R 4 Tliera must be considerable doubt about the utility of this move. It drives the adverse K B to a square prepared for its reception, and from which it commands a more j important diagonal than from Kt 3. The | Black Kt is placed out of play, and it takes I two or three moves to get it back into a reasonable position. 10 Q-Q 2 with the inf tent of Kt-Q sq, to K 3, and then B 5 would have .left the Q far more in play than occurred in the actual game, and the Kt would have been of use on the K side. 11 B-B 2 P-Q B 4 12 P-K R 3 Br Kt

To cave played 12 B-R 4 would have ultimately found the B useless at K R 2, a feature to be strenuously avoided in this class of guma.

13 Kt. x B Q-B 2 14 Q-K 2 KUB 5 15 B-B sq K R.Q sq Quito useless in view of White's obvious reply blocking the file; played to Q Kt sq this R would have been far more efiectivo in" view of P-Q Kt 5. 16 P-Q 5 P-R 3 17 Kt-R 2 P-Kt 4

Symptoms of impatience. With the two While B's ranging down on the K side this advance was inadvisable. 17 B-B sq and Q 2 formed the basis of a better plan

18 P-Q Kt 3 .Kt-Kt 3 19 P-K K 4! K-R 2

The uselessness of the Black Q is a fatal feature now that Black's K side is quite broken up; there is no really good reply to White's last move, so Black wisely elects to trust to an attack obtained by the sacrifice of a P.

20 P x P P x P 21 Bs P R-K Kt sq 22 P-K E 4 R-Kt 3 23 B x Kt B x B 24 Kt-Kt 4 24 Q-K 2 followed by the text more was stronger. 25 P x P P x P 26 R-B 5 Q R-K Kt sq 27 Q R-K Bsq QQ3 28 B-Q sq Q R-Kt 2 29 Kt-K 3 K-Kt sq 30 Q-B 2 Q-K 2

The. Q has lost a valuable move in arriving at K 2 via Q 3, and this has made all the difference in the defence. 31 B-R 5 R-Kt 6 32 R-B 3 B-R 5 33 R x R. B x R 34 Q-B 5 Q-R 5

Apparently a miscalculation for the loss of another P, and the break-up of Black's position is now inevitable. There is much to be said for 34 B-B 5, when Eeveral dangers are created which White would find it difficult to ward off. 33 B x P ch K-B sq 36 B-K 6 dis ch......K-K 2 37 Q-R 3 Qx Q 38 B x Q K-Q sq 39 Kt-B 5 R-Kt 4 40 Kt x B R x Kt 41 R-B 7 Resigns FACTS AND TRIFLES. In ths event of a brilliancy prize being donated for tho Nelson Congress, the games entered for such will be submitted to Mr R. A. Cleland, of the Otago Chess Club, for adjudication. The death of Mr Charles Janion, the West Coast vice-president of the New Zealand Chess Association, which occurred in Wellington on the 24th ult., was formally placed on record at the quarterly meeting of the council. The " Dunstau Rush" brought the deceased to New Zealand in 1862. In 1866 he organised the first telegraphic match in New Zealand (Nelson v. Canterbury, wou by the latter). In August, 1879, Mr Janion made the long coach journey (partly through heavy snow) from Kumara to Christchurch to compete in New Zealand's first championship tourney (which was won by the late Mr Henry Hookharu, of Christchurch). While afc Kumara Mr Janion organised one of the largest tourneys ever held in the Dominion. There were 38 entrants, the first prize being won by the Hon. Rod. M'Keiizie, M.P. Various speakers paid eloquent tribute to the good work done for New Zealand chess by Mr Janion during his 50 years of citizenship, for he was active right up to the last, having taken part quite recently in the Working Men's Club's territorial match Te Aro v. Rest of Club.