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Evening Star, Issue 19050, 19 September 1925, Page 22

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fOontriibuted' by Gambit.] The Otago Chess Club meets for play at the rooms. Princes street, every Monday, Wednesday, mid Saturday evening, at T.SO o’clock. TO CORRESPONDENTS. “ F F R " (Wolliagton) sends correct solution to ohesa ending by P. G. Campbell. “ A.IPD.” sends correct solution, and writes; “Although patience is not one of my strong points, I tackled Campbell's difficult end game, and seemed to strike the solution almost at iho first glance,” Probably the advice to “pass on” acted mom as an incentive than otherwise to solvers. " S.B.M."—Correct solution received. / fWc 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 communlca Hons to be addressed il Chess Editor,” * Evening Star/] SOLUTION TO PROBLEM No. 1,303. £t-E 4 PROBLEM No. 1,309. By K. A. K. 3.ar^n. Srcojul Bri'/.ti in GAifHTt' Toun;*’\, Black (10 p:.>or.-s.

White (10 pieces). Mate in two. 8; BQIKIp2; B6p; SRIP2; 4kKt.lp; 2blKtß2; lktrr2Pl; Iqskt2 OAMARU C.C. v. OTAGO C.C. The match arranged for this evening between the Oamaru and Otago Chess Clubs has been postponed until next Saturday, or ilio following Saturday, owing to several of Urn Oamaru players 'being unable to take part. AN END GAME. 8; 8; 6KI; 482 P; 6kl; 4b3; 8; 8. White to play and win. OTAGO CRESS CLUB. Negotiat ions with Wellington over the'unfinished games in the recent telegraphic match are still in progress. At board 8 it lias been aneed Unit White has a. winning position, so Mr Leo (Wellington) is credited with a win against Mr Kilts, jun. (Otago). The result of board 15, in which the local player (Mr Barnotl) resigned, was emitted from previous report. The present *.• me is t Wellington 7, Otago 6, and seven still to be decided. Another game played in the above telegraphic match: —l’uy Lope;;.— White, J. Thompson tWellington); Black. L. Grieg (Otago). 1 I’-K <1 I’-.K 4 2 Kt-K 15 3 Kt-K 15 3 3 B-Q Kt 5 Iv K*-K 2 4 Castles Kl-K Kt 3 5 P-K R 3 BA) 1! 4 6 PQ ){ 5... ■(} Ki-KB 7 P-Q 3 P-Q B 3 8 B-B 4 P-Q 4 9 B-R 2 Castks 10 P-Q Kt 4 B-Jvt 3 11 Kt-B 3 B-K 3 12 Kt-K Kt 5 P-K R 3 13 Ki- x B P x Kt 14 Kt-Il 4 R-B 3 15 Kt x B Q x Kt 16 B-K 3 P-Q 5 17 B-Q 2 Q-B 2 18 Q-Kt 4 Q-Q 3 19 Q B-K Kt-R 20 P-K B 4 R-Kt 3 21 P x P Q-Q 2 22 Q-B 3 Q-K 23 P-K H 4 P-K R 4 24 Q x P R s P ch 25 K x R Q x Q And Black won. ITEMS, The Governor-General, Sir Charles Fergusson, has accepted (he position of patron of the New Zealand Chess Association. Palmerston North. —Play in the preliminary rounds of tho championship tourney of the Palmerston North Chess Club ended on Monday evening. Wri.ght defeated L. Thorburn ond Richards, making his score four wins and one draw, witli which ho takes second place in the B section. His only lost? was to T. A. Morine, and he thus enters the finals a point down. In section A Espiner needed a win against Messenger to lie for second place with H. B. Thorbum, and he fought hard for it, but only succeeded in drawing. The fight for the championship, which will be worth watching, is now confined to the following players;—K. Thorbum (whoso score is 1 win 1 loss, and 4 to play), H. R. Thorburn (0-1-5), T. A Morine (2-0-4), and Wright (0-1-5), In the handicap tourney Arlidgo defeated Nasmith. Two of the most cheerful players in Saturday's match were Messrs B. Salt and 11 Scott, both of tho Wanganui team. Salt is totally blind, and plays by touch with a special board and pieces, while Scott Is a deaf mute. Both played very well, and were living proofs that the intellectual appeal of chess can triumph over natural infirmities. Wellington C.G.—A. W Gyles is still loading in tho club championship with the good score of nine wins and no losses, with G. P. Anderson and Mason iu hot pursuit. LASKER IN LONDON. Sitting down in that Mecca of the chess world, tho Gambit Restaurant, by tho side of our lady champion, Miss Price—she was playing with a, friend, and her ganrea ato always worth hearing and sometimes watching—l spied a stranger directly opposite. A second glance, and I realised that a god’ of chess was with us—Emmanuel Laskor, world champion for a generation. I congratulate the doctor on his victory in tho New York tourney—“a wonderful performance!” ‘‘Well, I cannot contradict you. It wots wonderful,” ho replies in his excellent English, with a smiio that takes some of tho edge off his Germanic intonation, harsh to our ears. A mention of his solitary loss to Capablanca rouses the old lion. “I had a draw,” he growls, “a simple draw, with a slight advantage, but made a foolish, a ridiculous, move. But Oapabknoa is very’ strong. Shall I play a return match with him? That depends entirely on tho chess public. They must make tho first move!" With difficulty I drag from tho cautions doctor an admission that ho would bo willing to afoot tho champion again under suitable conditions. “At Havana once more? That also is for the chess world to decide. But the climate is quite unsuitable for Europeans ; playing there they 'always make incomprehensible blunders.” A mention of tho comparative failure of the younger players at New York draws from Lasker the opinion that tho long daily sessions of eight hours were partly responsible. “They are not used to it—but neither am I,” ho adds; and when I remind him that he was the oldest participant in tho tourney ; “ Yes, but it is a. question of temperament. Tho test player does not win under any conditions. .Suppose one starved tne masters for two days before (hoy began, who would win?” “ Presumably live one with the biggoat corporation,” is my reply, with visions of or iu ray mind. Several old acquaintances of Urn ex-oham-pion have by now gathered round, and his extraordinary memory never fails. “ You are the brother of R , who was at Liverpool. And you are tho man I beat at Kricgspiel when I sacrificed my queen and both rooks,” and so on. Lasker has been watching Miss Brice's game off and on, and now begins to fiiO off comments ■ thereon. Ho encourages lh" hilly, who has sacrificed a piece, to fear .nothing. “L’liy with confidence,” ho says. I “What if \iui lose? It does not malter.” That is the philosophy of tho author of • “ Kampi ” (Struggle!, and should Capablanca I carry out his declared intention of leaving the chess arena this vigorous veteran of sixty-five scorns perfectly ready to recapture his title and hold it for another period of ..vienly-S'av'Cii years. Now Miss Price makes t blunder, to'tho doctor's mournful chaut; "When her moves arc good they aro very, very good, but when they are bad they are torrid! i . . Ah, I see a mate, in four!” Uul ho bondn over tho board and finishes .iff ll;e lady in incisive style Strenuous efforts to imluco Lasker to play Miss 'Price are made, but fail. Even her

ta.un.fc that ho tears to loso Ms reputation has no effect. He is tired, tust off the b6at front America, and proceeding to Holland immediately. As Igo out I hoar one caustic comment on fcho next game; “A weak opening, in accordance with the moderr soW.”—B.H., in the London 1 Daily Tete graph. 1