CHESS

Evening Star, Issue 16090, 15 April 1916, Page 4

CHESS

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PROBLEM No. 861, By F. Janet. Bkck, 7 pieces.

White, 7 pieces. White to play and in'ile in two moves 8; B3r2p; p2R4; 5p2; 3Ktk3- E IQ+bK: ktoKtl.

SOLUTION - OP PROBLEM No. 856.

Key move : Kt-Kt 4

GAME No. 1,064.

Played in correspondence match between

Kent and Middlesex. Notes by W. Ward. Queen's Pawn Game.

White, W. Ward (Middlesex); Black, E. L. Raymond (K3:.t).

1 P-Q 4 Kt-K B 3

...I do not know who invented this defence. I fitst saw it playf.d by Mr H. !•:. Atkins at Southport in 1905. 2 P-Q B 4 _ I prefer this to 2 Kt-K B 3, P-Q 3; 3 B-B 4", as Black cannot, be prevented from playing: P-K 4 eventual iy. P-Q 3 3 Kt-Q B 3 Q Kt-Q 2 4 P-K 4 P-K 4 5 Kt-B 3 B-K 2 ...Mr Atkins usually develops this Eishon at Kt 2. 6 B-Q 3 Castles 7 B-B 2 I played tho last two move? to Hvo'id <h? variation Rubinstein v. Capabkinca, ■ H.C.M.,' 1913, p. Ifcd, which seemed to give White a. bad game very speedily. Of course, if Black plays 6..., P x P; 7 Ki x P, Kt-K 4; the Bishop must retire to K 2, but 1 think it is better placed on the other diagonal. 7 K-K sq 8 Castles P x P ...8..., P-B 3, followed by Q-B 2 and Kt-B sq is, I think, stronger. 9 Kt x P Kt-K 4 10 P.,Q Kt 3 B-B sq 11 P-K. E. 3 Kt-B 3 32 Kt x Kt P x Kt 13 Q-Q 3 P-Kt 3

...There was no immediate: necessity for this move. P-K R 3 should have been played' first. 14 B-Kt 5 B-K 2 15 Q B-Q sq.„'..,Kt-Q 2 16 B x 8... .Q x B 17 P-B 4 P-K B 4 ...Probably 17..., Et-B 4 would have been better.

18 Kt-Q 5 Q-Q sq

...Of course, if 15..., Q x P; 13 Kt x T And if 18..., P.« Kt; 19 Qx P ch, K-Kt 2■' 20 Q x R, P x P; 21 Q R-K s«, Kt-B 4; 22 Q x P and tho Queen can return via R 5.

19 P x P P x P

...If now 19.... Kt-B 4; 20 Q-Q 4, PxKt • 2.1 Q x P ch, K-Kt 2; 22 Q x R, R-K 7 : 23 P-B 6 ch! (if 23 B-Q 3, B-Kt 2!), K x P • 24 R-B 2, El x R; 25 K x E, and the Queen cannot check at R 5. 20 Q R-K sq

It 20 Q x P, Kt-B sq; 21 Kt-B 6 ch, K-B 2! and the Knight is lost.

Kt-K 4

...If 20..., Kt-B 4; 2). R x R ch, Q x R--22 Kt-B 6 ch, K-P. 2; 23 Kt xQ, Kt x Q ; 24 Kt xP. And if 20..., R x It,; 21 11 x H q-'d 5; 22 R-K 8 ch, K-B 2; 23 R x B' R x R (if 23..., Q-K 8 eh; 21 K-R 2, R x R--25 Qx P ch, K-K sq; 2G Kt-B'6 ch); 24 Q x P ch, K-K sq; 25 Q-K 6 ch, K-B so; 23 Q x Kt, R-K sq; 27 Q-B 5 ch; K-Kt 2; 28 Kt x P wins. 21 P x Kt P x Kt 22BPx P P x P ...Forced, as he cannot allow P-K 6. 23 Q-Kt 3 ch. K-R 6 q 24 Rx K P R-K Kt sq 25 Q-Q B 3 Q-B 3 ...If 25..., R-Kt 2; 2G K R-K sq, B-R 3; 27 R-K 7. 26 B x P Q-Kt 2

...If 26.... E x B' 27 K B i B, Q-Kt 2 (if 27..., Q-Kti 3 oh; 28 K-R, sq, R-Kt 2; 23 E-K 6); 28 E-Kt 5, Q-B 3; 29 E-K 8! 27 E-K 7! Eesigns.