CHESS

Evening Star, Issue 18256, 21 April 1923, Page 11

CHESS

[By A.W.O.D.] The Otago Chess Club meets for play at 193 Princes street south every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evening, at. 7.30 o’clock. TO CORRESPONDENTS. [All communications should be addressed Ches Editor. ‘ Evening Sisr.'l C. Lusoombe, St. Hilda.—Glad to welcome you as a beginner at duo art of solving. You only gave one key to last weeks problem. Sorry you iound bbo previous week’s problem too difficult. “ J.J.M.’’—The two solutons you sent to problem 1,183 are correct. In two movers you need only give the key _ moves. Quite ao-ree wiih you that the ‘ Rcti-Yates games were most interesting. It is a hard task to find any weakness in the analysis ot Mr Amos Burn. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM No. 1,183. Q-Q 4-, also B-Q 5. Mr F. A. L. Kuskop, of Wellington, the well-known blind composer, fancies from the presence of a black pawn at It 3 thw.t Q-Q 4 is the author’s intention. SOLVING COMPETITION. Rules for the proposed solving contest will be drawn up shortly. In the meantime the date for receiving entries will be extended to the middle of next mouth, PROBLEM No. 1,184. By Noel E. H. Fulton, Dunedin. Black.

- White. Mate in two. kB4BR; p 7; PlqS; K2Q2rl; 8; 1B6; 3; IR6. CHESS FOB, BEGINNERS. Solution to position given last week: (a) 1 K-Kt 4, 0 6; 2 K-B 4, K-Q 5; 3 K-B 5, P-Q 3; 4 K-B 4. Draw. (b) 1... K-Q 5; 2 K-B 3, K-Q 6; 3 K-B 4, K-K 7; 4 K-Kt 4, K-K 6; 5 K-B 5, K-B 6; 6 K x P, K x P, and wins. A little variety for this week:2rktr2Q; pp2kppl; 6ql; 2p2RPlj 2Plp3; IPIpPS; PBIP2PI; SRKI. White to play. How to continue? Give next four moves.

FROM HASTINGS CONGRESS. “ Four Knights Opening." White, J. A. Drewitt; Black, A. Rubinstein. 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 2 Kt-K B 3 Kt-Q B 5 3 Kteß 3 Kteß 3 4 Kt-B 3......8-Kt 5 5 Castles C-a-stles 6 P-Q (a) P-Q 3 7 B-Kt 5 Bx Kt 8P x B Q-K 2 9 R-K Kt-Q 10 P-Q 4 B-Kt 5 11 P-K B 3 (b) B-R 4 12 P-K Kt 4 B-Kt 3 13 Kt-R 4 P-K B 3 14 B-Q B 4 KLK 3 15 Kt x B Px Kt 16 P-K B 4 K-E (c) 17 BxKt(B 6) Qx B 18 Bx Kt Qx B 19 P-Q 5 Q-B 3 20 P-B 5 (d) Q-R 5 21 Q-B 3 P-Q B 3 22 Px B P QKtP x P 25 Q 11-Q R-B 3 24 Q-K 3 (c) Px P 25 KP x P P-K R 4 26 Q-B 3 P-Kt 3 27 R-K 2 P x B P 28 Px B P R-K Kt ch 29 R-Kt 2 P-K 5 30 RxR ch K.jc R 31 Q-Kt 2ch K-K 2 32 R-K B K-R 3 33 K-R P-Q 4 34 E-K Kt Resigns. (a) Capablanca has a preference _ for 6 B x Kt, Q P s B; but again it is a case for individual preference at this early stage. After 6 P-Q 3 White can safely play 7 Kt-K 2, following with KLKt 3, ready to get in at K-B 5 at the earliest moment. (b) Proceeding on the soundest linos, for all analysis goes to show that White must attack on this side with the pawns if he wishes to do more tiran draw. The ensuing situation becomes exceedingly complex, one of the points being that Black must play the Kt to K 3, or olso White can play Kt x B and win the exchange. (c) Tho best mow, as it left Black free to play 17... Kt xB, which would cost White a pawn. Therefore White had nothing better than the double exchange of Bishops for Knights, to say nothing of tho value of keeping the initiative. (d) Again there was nothing better, as it kept the line of pawns intact, whether Black exchanged or* not. And there was another nice little problem after 21... P-Q B 3, and that was whether to play 22 _ P-Q B 4 or exchange at once. Probably in exchanging White was influenced by the fact that if 22 P-Q B 4, B P x P; 25 P x P, Q R-B, gaining tho control of that file. (e) Hardly good enough in such a position, as there was no point in losing time. 24 R-K 2 seems bettor, as then (he rook was available for the defence of the K side, or could double on the Q file. Let Black, having got tho break-through on that side, whicb° gave him the best chance of winning, quits threw it away directly afterwards, i11...P-Q 4; 33 K-K 2, P-K 6; 34 R-K Kt, Q-B 5 ch; 35 K-R, Q-K 5; and Black should win fairly easily. A clear case of absolute hallucination in overlooking the effect of While’s thirty-fourth move. " I have received a mate,” was all Rubinstein said!—London ‘ Times. 1 OTAGO CHESS CLUB. The annual meeting of the club takes place tills evening, and it is hoped that every member will make it bis bus.ness to attend.