CHESS

Evening Star, Issue 19044, 12 September 1925, Page 22

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[Contributed by Gambit.] The Olngo Chess Club meets for p!ny at the rooms, Princes street, even.' Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evening, at 7.30 o’clock, TO CORRESPONDENTS. “ S.S.M.” writes giving correct solution to problem 1,507, and be considers Ibe ill "Iff moves of frho bishop very lino. “ Enthusiast" found a liUlc difficulty in solving 1,307, which ho considers very neat. “ G. 0.” and “ Enthusiast ” both send correct solution to end game by Campbell, which appears to have been too difficult for most of the readers. [We invite communications on all matters concerning chess. Solutions of problems, games, and analyses will receive our attention, and if of sufficient merit will be inserted. All communict. lions to be addressed “ Chess Editor,” 4 Evening Star.’] SOLUTION TO PROBLEM No. 1,307. Q-R 3. PROBLEM No. 1,308. By C. Mannitol.!. First Prize -J/AIH.-re Pi Ho" Toum y. Black.

White. Mate in two. IQ6; 8; KK.I6; 8; !KURp3; pkkl3rH; qlktS; 828b3. SOLUTION TO END GAME. 1 B-Q 2, any. 2 B-R 5, any 3 P-K( !■ any. Stalemate. OTAGO GUESS CLUB. A' match will bo played on Saturday, the IPth just., over the board against a visiting team from Oamaru. Negotiations are still ■proceeding over the unfinished games in the recent, telegraphic match with Wellington. So far agreement has only Hen readied regarding board 1, between Messrs K. A. Hicks ami Vv. 1 > • Sfenhousc, and board 6, b"I worn Me?*-s W, Mac 1 -ay and L, D. Coombs, both gam's being agreed upon as drawn. Mr B. M ■ Stenhonses game at board 4 is i.eelaiod a win for Otago, as expected. At board 18 Mr L. Grigs' is also awarded a win. as expected, and at board '2O Messrs JI. Anderson and AV. G. Gale’s game is decided as drawn. The position iherofoio stands at present with the score as follows: Wellington 5, Otago 6, ami nine games still undecided. . The game plavcd bv Air Cohen, ot the Ota "o Chess Club, against Air I’lirchas, of the "Wellington Chor-s Chib, in the recent telegraphic maid). The notes are by Gambit”-. —“ PctrolTs Defence.’ White. L. Cohen; Black, D. Tutdias. 1 P-K 4 I’-K 4 2 Ki-K B 3 Kt-K B 3 3 Kt-B 3 (a) KI-B 3 4 Pi-13 4 (b) B-K 2 5 r-Q 3 I’-Q 3 6 P-K R 3 Kt-Q R 4 7 B-Q Kt 5 Kt x B 8 R P x 8...... P-Q Kt 3 9 B-Kt 5 (c) B-Kt 2 10 Q-K 2 Q-Q 2 11 B-R 4 (d) P-P, 4 (<■) 12 B-R Kt 4 P-K R 3 15 B-Kt 3 P-K Kt 4 14 Castles QI! Kt-R 2 15 K-Kt Ki-B 16 Q R-Kt Kl-Kt 3 17 I’-R 4 P-B 3 18VxP B P x P 19 Kfc-Q 2 Q-K 3 20 Kt-Kt. 5 K-Q 2 , 21 P-K. B 3 Q B-B 3 22 Kt-B 3 P-Kt 4 23 Kt-Q Kt-B 5 24 Q-P. 2 P-Q R 4 23 Kt-K 3 it) P-B 5 26 B x Kt Kt P x B 27 Kl-B 5 (gi B-Kt 4 28 R-l! 5 K-K R 2 th) 29 Q K-R Px, P (i) 30 R x B P x P eh 31 K x P Q-R 7 (j) 32 K-Kt 6 P-Kt 5 33 sP ch KB 2 34 Qx P (k) Q-R sch 35 Kt-K 3 (I)

(a) The accepted lino of piny is now 3 Kt x P. The variations commencing; with 3 P-Q 4, recommended by Steiniiz as White’s strongest continuation, may give rise to very complicated play on both sides. The text movo changes the opening into a fourknights game, and is one of tho soundest openings, particularly suitable for important match ploy. Tho first player may uraw ■against an opponent of equal strength move readily with it than with any other openiljfr. (b) More usual is 4 B-Kt 5, when Blacklias a choice of two main evstems of defence. Tit tho first, place, he may elect to follow While’s development for a while, or "o in for an enterprising counter-attack with 4.,.Kt-Q 5 (the Rubinstein defence), a move which has been adopted by many o> tho strongest masters, and, despite the violation of opening principles, it is exl.remcjy difficult for White lo obtain a tangible advantage. . (c) Finn mg’ Uio ghost of the knight. 13otter would be just B-K 3. _ (d) Quilting without police. Evidently White is marking time, wailing to see which way the cat jumps. Black, however, could hardly castlo on the queen’s side, in face of the open rook file. (e) Creating quite on unnecessary weakness in the pawn formation. (f) Although White has drawn a bit of an attack upon his own castled side, he is, nevertheless, playing a strong game. (<r) A well-posted knight. (h) Evidently Black did not sco the. object of White’s last move, R-Q R 5, <md doubling tho rook's next move would have been a strong counter-attack difficult to re (i) J Black either overlooks (ho loss of a piece or over-c.stimxtcs the strength of bis line of attack on the queen’s side. (j) Too premature. P-Kt 5 first seems to bo full of possibilities. (k) Her majesty the queen, who ha? Hen witnessing the struggle for supremacy from the royal box, now enters the arena, and soon bring? about Blacks, capitulation, (l) A well-played game, on the part of Mr Cohen but his opponent (Air i’urclias), who is probably one of the three best problem solvers in the dominion, was evidently not at his best when ho moved 28... K-K R 2, which must be considered the weakest move, in the whole game. ITEMS. After winning the Bombay tournament Kostich proceeded to laUal.i, uneie ho was the guest, of the Maharaja, ami, at lbs ot His Kostich the “Chaff” tournament of eleven players —himself and ten native experts. The fact that Kostich did not win first prize in this tournament will come as a surprise, as well as throw new light on the strength o: Indian chess. Tho Maharaja of Patiala, who presented the priz.es, has expressed his desire to make the tournament an annual one. , , , Mr H. E. Allans ha? once more annexed iho British chess championship. .bulging by his performance? in the past and his present triumph. Air Atkins may rightly be considered the strong-et and most consistent amateur tournament player in the. history of British flier-?.