CHESS

Evening Star, Issue 18333, 21 July 1923, Page 14

CHESS

[By A.W.O.D.] The Otago Chess Club meota for play at 193 Princes street south every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evening, at 7.30 o’clock. TO .CORRESPONDENTS, [All communications should bo addressed Chess Editor. ‘Evening Star.’] “ P.K.K.”—'Thanks for report of chess doings in tho capital city. Note that your major chib hag received a welcome addition of strength from Birmingham.

PROBLEM No. 1,197. By tho late, R. A. Clcland Black.

White. Mato in three. 8; 4K3; 8: Kt4kl,P; 7Q; 8; 8; 8. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM No. 1,195. R-K Kt 5. OTAGO v. AUCKLAND. In consccjucnco of several of the local players being down with influenza, the telegraphic match against Auckland was postponed a. week, and unless further postponement is necessary the match wJI start tonight at. 6.30 sharp. 'lho names hnvn already appeared of tho team selected to represent. Otago. Mr (f. JJ. It right s name wan, however, inadvertently omitted from the. list. OTAGO CHEWS CLUB. Daft Wednesday week who tlio occasion of the pres, illation to Mr Young of a useful pocket. w\dh.t on the eve. of Ins departure to tho Malay States, where, he intend'?, to olav thipo years. Mr Young, although a Eiiily recent -addition to the club, was nevertiiekso a very popular member, and a generous opponent, at all times. Ho will ho greatly missed both in tournament, and .milch play, SENIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP. Tho entries! for this season arc Allen, Balk, Buchan, Coomb?, Davies, Fulton, AL'Uca, Myers, and Wright, and ao far only throe. games have been played. OTAGO v. CANTERBURY. Owing to tho position in the. UridgraanShillito game being forwarded to the Adjudication Board wrongly set out-, the official result of tho game is not yet known, bn; inou.ibly Mr Bridgman will bo awarded at least a draw. KA E LEBA D T 0 URNEY. Tho. ‘ i orkidiiro Post’ says of the tournament: “The appreciation of chess players the world over is due, not only to the Karlsbad Chess Club, but also to tho management of the imperial Hold, where tho play took place. Not only did limy sponsor Urn tournament, but they acted as generous hosts to I lie gathering of international master.-). There was ipleniy of space, round each tabic. A score of spectators could watch each game without jostling other groups, and it was nob considered uec„ssary to rope the players in, as is tlio custom in England. Tho players will leave Karlsbad with a vivid and lashing impression of one of the most enjoyable lounranieutii ever held.” PRIZE DISTRIBUTION. Reverting to tho prize list which appeared last week, it seems odd that Roll was not considered worthy of a special prize. From the final table, ono gathers that he had the best score among the prize-winners, and if only tlio nine masters, to win. 50 per cent, of their games, and so qualify for a prize, wore engaged, tho result, would have boon: Rati first (with a score of SJ), .Alekhine ami Maroczv second (with 4] each), then. Grunfeld and BogAjubott (4 points each), Yates and Tcichmaim (3i), Nicmzovitch (3), Trcybal (21).

MARSHALL v. LASKER. The result of this malch seems still in doubt. Latest advices indicate that Lasker had a stroke of ill-luck in Chicago, tailing ill and having to bo taken to hospital in an ambulance, leaving the seven Ik game of the match adjourned. One would have thought, says the* ' 8.C.M.,’ that “in tho circumstances more, than i.wo days' grace would have been accorded him; but it would appear that ho was compelled, under penally of forfeiture of ilio game., to como out of hospital and finish it, not unnaturally losing. In the eighth and ninth games ho was still feeling iho effects of ills ilium, and could only draw, while Man-hall won the tenth." It seems almost incredible that Marshall, with his great reputation, would dcsirp to retain tho. championship of the Pidled States under such uncporGmanliko conditions as referred lo -afcovo by the writer in the ‘British Chess Magazine.’ CHESS FESTIVAL AT HASTINGS, Game in the fourth round: Tiny Lopez. While, Reti; .Black, Rubinstein. 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 2 Kt-K, B 3 Kt-Q B 3 5 B-Kt 5 P-Q R 5 4 B-R 4 Kt-B 3 5 Ga nil os P-C) 3 6 P-B 3 P-Q“ Kfc 4 7 B-B 2 B-K 2 8 P-Q 4 Gas tics 9 P-Q R 4 (a) B-Kt 5 10 P-Q 5 lb) Kt-Q R 4 11 Q Kt-Q 2 P-B 4 12 B x P, c.p Kt x P 13 Q-K 2...'...Q-Kl, 3 14 P-Ri 3 B-Q, 2 15 K-Q K R P. 16 P x P P x P 17 Rx R Rx R (c) 18 Ki-B Kl-Q. 19 K t-K 3 Kt-K 3 20 Kt-B 5 B-K B 21 KI-.R 2 P-K I 5 22 P x- P Q x Kt P 23 KI-B P-K I. 3 24 Kt-R ft ch Hi B x Kt 25 B x B Kl-Q 5 26 R x Kt (co Q x R 27 Q-B 3 Ki-R 4 28 Kt-K 5 (?) B-K 3 29 Kl-Kt 4 B x Kt 30 P x B Kt-B 5 31 P-K Kt 3 (g) K-R 8 ch 32 K-R 2 K-K B 8 Resigns. (a) White gains nothing by this demonstration on tho Queen's side. The quietly* developing move of 9 R-K sq, followed, 'if 9...8-Q 5, by 10 B-K 3, would havo been bolder. (b) This advance weakens White's josilion, as it lessens hi? ohanee, of obtaining -an attack. Better would havo been 10 B-K 3, followed by Q Kt-Q 2. (c) Tho weakness of While's move of 9 P-Q R 4is now manifest. It has resulted in giving his opponent's Rook command of iho open Queen’s Rook's file. (d) Tho Knight should havo been retired to Kt 3, bub White would have had tho inferior game in any case.

(e) Desperation. Rather than joro a Pawn and bo loft with the inferior position, White sacrifices tho exchange, no doubt hoping to obtain some attack with his Queen and Bishop, but in this he is disappointed. (f) White was hero vary short of time, having tr, make six moves in two minutes. (g) This loses at once; but if 31 B x Kt, Iheu 31... P xB, and hew ould obviouly Lave had a lost game, being the exchange down and without any prospect of obtaining an attack.