CHESS

Evening Star, Issue 16987, 8 March 1919, Page 3

CHESS

[Conducted by J.H.F.H.]

The Otaco Chess Club meet for play « lie rooma Y.M.C.A. Building, Moray placa, every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evening, at 8 o'clock.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. [All communications must be addressed "Chess Editor," 'Evening Star.'J

PROBLEM No. 1,016. By T.R.D. Black. 5 pieces.

White, 8 pieces. White to plav and mate in two moves. blB5; Pkt4Bl; 3Plr2; lKtlklp2: Kt7; 5K2; 4Q3; 8. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 1,013. Key move: B-B 5. GAME No. 1,216. White, Eev. N. Triberg; Black, Mr L, D. Coombs. 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 2 Kt-K B 3 Kt-Q Bo 3 B-Kt 5 Kt-Q 5 Bird's Defence, to which Mr Coombs is somewhat partial. 4 Kt x Kt, P x Kt 5 B-K 2 Pnrhaps too defensive: but. Mr Priberg desired to avoid complications in a variation ho did not know. 5 P-Q 3 B-B 4 first seems better, followed later by B-Q 2. 6 P-Q 3 B-K 2 7 P-Q B 3 B-Kt 3 See previous note. Now P x P, though advancing White's development, should have been played. 8 P x P B-Q 2 9 B-K 3 Kt-K 2 10 Kt-Q 2 Kt-Kt 3 11 Q-Kt 3 P-Kt 3 12 Kt-B 3 Castles 13 Q-B 3 R-K 14 Q R-B P-B 4 15 Q-Kt 3 B-Kt 5 16 P-K 5 1> x K P 17 P x B P

"White .has now, sa it were, "undoubted" his extra pawn. 17 B-K 3 18 Q B 2 Q R-B 19 P-Q Kt 4 1' x P 20 B x P P x P was tempting; but. the text move seemed safer. Also the B exerted a pressure on the R P. 20 Q-Q 4 21 Castles B-K 2 22 Q-R 4 Kt-B 5 Attack and counter-attack. White hero has to play with great cars to avoid absolute disaster. 23 K P-K B-Q 2 24 Q-Kt 3 Q-Kt 2 Q x Q was tempting; but Black was loth to abandon his fine at/tacking chances. 25 B-B B-K 3 26 Q-Kt P-B 3 27 P-Q 4 B x B 28 QP x B Kt-R 6ch Breaking up White's king-side pawn*; but B-Q *4 seems more in harmony with Black's previous development and attack. 29 Px Kt Qx Kt I 30 R-K 3 Q-B 5 31 R(K 3)-Q B 3 B-Q ; 32 B-B 4......R (K sq)-Q 33 B x B R x B 34 Q-Kt 5 Q-Q 5 35 R-B 4 Q-Q 7 36 R IB 4)-B 2 Q-Q 5 37 P-Q R 4 "White prepares for the final strokes; but Black responds with a dangerous counter. 37 P-K 3 38 Q-Q B 3 K 39 K-B Q-Q 4 40 R-Q 2 Q-K 3 41 Q-B 4 The exchanges White can now enforce five him a decided advantage in the end game. 41 R-K 4 42 R x Q R x Q 43 P-Kt 5 K-B 2 44 R ch...;..R-K 2 45 R x R ch K x R 46 K-K 2 K-K 3 47 P-B 6 K-Q 4 48 K-K 3 P-B 4 49 R-Q ch K-B 4 50 R-Q 7 P-Q It 3 51 R-Kt 7 P-Kt 3 52 P-B 7 P x P 53 P x P K-Q 4 54 P-Kt 6 K-B 3 55 R-Kt 8 K-B 2 56 R x R K x R 57 K-B 4 K-Kt 2 58 K-K 5 and Black Tesigns The above is the final and deciding game in a series of five between the Rev. N. Friberg and Mr L. D. Coombs, each player having won two before the present game was played.