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Evening Star, Issue 15139, 22 March 1913, Page 10

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[Conducted fey J.H.F.H/1 The Otago Chess Club meet for play at the rooms, Princes' street - south, Dunedin, daily at noon., and every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. TO CORRESPONDENTS. All communications, -must be addressed " Chess Editor," ' Evening Star.' '• Wanaka."—Will examine your solutions of problems Nos. 619 and 621. PROBLEM No. 625. By W. Pulitzer. Black, 10 pieces.

White, 11 pieces. White to play and mate in two moves. IrlBblktl; 2pp2lU: lplklplKt; KtP3P2: rIPP4; 8; 3Qkt2K; 78. PROBLEM No. 626. By L. P. Rees. Black, 8 pieces.

White, 9 pieces. White to play and mate m three moves. 2bQ4; ktlKtSpl; 4plßp; Ktp3kt2IFIR4 ; Blk4P ; 5K2; 8. ' SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 619. Key move: Kt-Kt 7. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 620. Key move: K-Q 7. GAME No. 820 (Not.es by E. Maedonald). Philador's ■ Defence. White, Mr E. Jlacdouald; Black. Mr A. Curuock. 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 2 Kt-K B 3 P-Q 3 3 P-Q 4 Kt-K B 3 A defence which has recent lv become fasnionable. 4 Kf-Q B 3 Q Kt-Q 2 I 5 B-Q B 4 B-K 2 I 6 Castles Castles 7 R.-K sq P-Q B 3 8 B-Kt 3 Necessary in view of the threat. 8 K* x P followed by P-Q 4. equalising the game. ' 8 Q-B 2 Scarcely to be recommended. 3 P-K Kt.s P-Q Kt 4 10 P-Q R 3 Mor? forcible would have been 10 T-Q 5. 10 P-Q R 3 11 Q-Q 2 B-Kt 2 12 Q R-Q sq P-B 4 13 P x B p P x [> 14 Kt-Q 5 B x Kt 15 Bx B Q K-Q sq 16 P-K R 3 P-K E 3 17 B-R 4 Kt, x B This and the subsequent exchange appear to lead to loss of the g:\me, as the Whit" Kt. is enabled to play to K-B 5 with fatal effect. 18 P x Kt B x B 19 Kt x B Kt-Kt 3 This move should hive been played earlier 20 P-Q 6 Q-Q 2 21 P-Q Kt 3 K R-K sq 22 Q-Q 3 P-Kt 3 23 Q-K 3 Q-B 3 24 Q x R P R-K 3 i: Slack discovers lie cannot, immediately capture the P on Q 6 on account of 25 Kt-B 5 threatening mate aud winning a clear Rook. 25 Q-Kt 5 R(K3) x P 26 Rx R Qx R 27 Kt-B 5 Q-Q 7 28 Kt-K 7ch K-B sq 29 Qx K P Resigns GAME No. 821 (Notes by B. Sicgbeim), Queen's Gambit. Declined. Wiiite, Mr B. Kiesrhchn; Black, Dr M BJieden. 1 P-Q 4......P-Q 4 2 P-Q B 4 P-K 3 3 Kt-Q B 3 P-Q B 4 4 B PxP K I* x P 5P x P A variation that Dr Blieden has been very partial to in the past. He. however, made the move only at the next turn after 5 Kt-B 3, Kt-Q B 5. 5 Kt-K B 3 Black's best move. Other continuations arc 5 P-Q 5 and 5 B-K 3, but there are serious drawbacks to both. 6 B-K 3 The 'Leitmotif of the variation. White means to hold ou to his Pawn or only to surrender it for a qui 1 pro quo in development or position. 6 Kt-R 3 7 R-B sq Kt x P Tin's does not turn out well. Black ultimately recovers the Pawn, but- is left with th-3 interior position. A quiet development by means of 7 B-K 3, followed by B-K 2, Castles, etc., seems preferable. 8 Kt x P......K1 x Kt, 9 B x Kt Q-R 4 ch It) Q-Q 2 Q x P 11 P-K 4 B x B 12 B-Kt 5 ch Obviously if 12 R x B, then 12 Q-Kt 8 ch, and Q x K P ch. 12 K-B sq 13 P x Kt B-Q 3 14 Kt-K 2.... .Q-Kt 5 15 B-B 4 Q-Kt 3 16 Q x Q White is now compelled to exchange. 16 B x Q ch 17 Kt-B 3 B-Q 2 18 Castles The alternative of leaving the King in the centre appears to be too risky. 18 B x Kt 19 R x B R-B sq. 20 R-K sq P-K Kt .5 If 20 P-Q Kt 4 (?), then 21 B x P, R x R, 22 B x P. and wins 21 P-B 3 R-K sq 22 K 11; 3)-K 3 K-Kt 2 23 K-B 2 White here intended 23 R-K 7, but at the last moment, played the text move instead. It seems that 23 R-K 7 iollowci in certain variations by P-Q 6 left Black without, any adequate defence. 23 R x R 21 R x R K-B 3 ' 25 P-B 4 R-Q B -q 26 B-Kl, 3 P-Q R 4 27 R-K 2 P-Q Kt 4 28 R-Q 2 P-R 5 I 29 B-Q, sq P-Kt 5 1 30 K-K 3 P-Kt 6 I 31 P-R 3 After the game, Dr Blieden claimed that he could have won here by 31 R-Q Kt sq, which obviously threatens 32 P-R 6 and to Queen one of the Pawns. It seems,, however, that in that cise White had a perfectly safe defence by playing 32 B-K 2. If then 32 P-R 6; 33 B-Q 3. P-R 7; 34 R-Q sq, etc. 31 B-B 4 32 P-Kt 4 B-B 7 Apparently very strong. Black now threatens the fatal P-R 6. 33 P-Q 6! If now 33, P-R 6 then obviously 34 P-Q 7, R-Q hi ; 35 P x P. and White should win. 33 R-K sq ch Black suddenly sees a " his hopes of winning scattered,- and in his ■ disappointment he commits the error of driving, the White King to a more favorable position. He (mould have plaved instead 33 B x B: 34 R x B, K-K 3; 35 P-Q 7, R-Q sq; 36 R-Q 4, with a probable draw.

34 K-Q 4 Bx B 35 R x B K-K 3 36 R-K sq c1!......K-Q 2 -'37-R *■ Er.„v Kx R ' H8 K-B 3 K-Q 2 39 K-Kt 4 K x P 40 K x P K-Q 4 41 K x P K-K 5 42 K-B 4 K x P 43 P-Kt 4......K-K 4 44 K-B 5 P-P. 4 • 45 P-Q Kl 5.. ...K-K 3 46 P x P ch P x P 47 K-B 6 And Black resigns, for White Queens, then Flack Queens, and White, by Q-K 8 ch and Q,-K B 8 ch wins tho Black Queen.