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Evening Star, Issue 18051, 19 August 1922, Page 11

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[Cooduoted by J.S.F.HJ The Otago Chess Oiub meets for play at 193 'Princes street south every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evening, at 7,30 o’clock. TO CORRESPONDENTS. {All communications must be addressed bess Editor.” ‘Evening Stax.’] “R.C.,” High street. —Thanks for letter. Your key move is correct. PROBLEM No. 1,599. By A. Ellerman. Black, 10 pieces.

White, 9 pieces. AVhite to play and mate in two moves. 8; ktripK; 2ppKtlPl; 2pKt3R; Blk5; P4R2; 2r5; Q3bb2.

SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 1,598. Key move: Kt-Q 4. GAME No. 1,473. The following game was played in chess match by telegraph between the Canterbury and Otago Chess Clubs: Queen’s Gambit. White, J. H. F. Hamel (0.0. C.); Black, H. J. Armstrong (C.C.C.). 1 P-Q 4 P-Q 4 2 P-Q B 4 Px P 3 Q-H 4ch (a) Q Kt-B 3 4 P-K 3 KLB 3 5 B x P P-K 3 6 P-K R 3 (b) B-Q 3 7 Kt-K B 3 P-Q B 3 (c) 8 Q-Q sq B-Q 2 9 Kt-B 5 Castles 10 Castles P-Q Kt 4 (d) 11 B-Q 3 Q-K 2 12 Kt-K 4 P-K 4 13 Kt x Kt cb Q x Kt 14 P-Q 5 Kt-K 2 (e) 15 P-K 4 Q-Kt 3 16 Kt-B 4 Q-B 3 17 Q-B 5 P-R 3 18 P-K Kt 4 (f) P-Kt 4 19 Kt-B 5 Kt x Kt 20 Kt Px Kt (g) K-Kt 2 21 B-K 3 B-B sq 22 Q R-B sq Q-K 2 23 Q-Kt 4 P-K B 3 24 K-R sq Q E-Q Bsq 25 P-Q R 5 Q-B 2 26 P-Kt 4 P-K B 4 27 Q-Kt 2 (h) P-B 3 (i) 28 B-B 5 (j) B-Kt sq 29 E.-B 3 P x P 30 Px P K E-Q sq 31 B-K 4 K-R 3 • 32 K E-Q Bsq P-E 5 33 P-B 3 B-K sq (k) 34 B-B Bch Qx B 35 Bx B Bx R 30 Bx B B-R 2 37 P-Q 6 (i)--Q*r 38 Rx B Q-Q Bch 39 K-R 2 B-K 6 (m) 40 E-R Bch K-Kt 2 41 Rx P K-B 2 42 B-Kt 4 Q-K 8 43 Q-Q B 2 B-B sch 44 B x B Kt P x R 45 Q-B 7 cb......Resigns —Notes.— (a) Kt-K B 3 or P-K 3 is the accepted continuation. ' (b) This aids Black’s development, ELK B 3 was tho move. . (c) Black threatens to win a piece by P-Q Kt 4. (d) Black's developed position and threats cned attack on AVhite’s weakly defended King does not justify this right-wing movement. . (e) Kt-Kt 5 maintained the pressure on White. The text aids White’s development. (f) An effort to win the Queen. (g) Effectually scaling up Black’s wicked Bishops. (h) Q-Kt 3 would be met hy Black playin'' B x P; P x B; P-K 5 unmasking tho Bishop in an attack on tho Queen, to he followed by ,P x B. (i) A sound movement hy Black., the text swings the attack _ against AVhite’s wcakly-dcfcnded Queen’s wing. (j) The. only move to free AVhito s game. (k) An unfortunate move, which leads to tho loss of the exchange. (l) A move that wins a piece. (m) Threatening mate in four moves, Black overlooked the strong, counter-reply E-R 8 ch. END-GAMES. Tho end-game referred to in this column last week was the followingsrlrKl; pp2blpl: 2n2qlp; 5p2; IPP2P2; 4BRIP; 2P3PI; 3KQIKI. Black to play. There seems no doubt about a win being secured for Black after B x P. The position, however, sent to the Adjudication Board had differences of such a nature to tha above end-game submitted to us that in our opinion tho award of a draw liy the Adjudication Board was quite justified. Tho position submitted to the Adjudication Board was as follows: —3rlrkl; 2p3pp; pplb2ql; 5p2; IPP2P2; 4BRIP; IP4PI; 3RQ2K.