CHESS

Evening Star, Issue 19062, 3 October 1925, Page 13

CHESS

[Contributed 1 by Gambit,] The Otago Ches» Club meets for play *^ c rooms. Princes street, every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evening, at 7.30 o'clock. TO CORRESPONDENTS. “ SJ3.M.”—Yours Is correct solution to problem No, 1,310. *• F.K.K.”—Mr Balk informs me that “Bogoljubow” moans "Lover of God.” Whig master won first prize in the recent) Breslau international tournament with a score of 91, Nimzovitch coming next with 7i, followed by Rubinstein and Wagner each 7, Becker. Grunfeld and Reti each 6j, Samiscn 6. [We invite communications on all matter, concerning chess. Solutions of problems, games, and analvtes will receive our attention, and If of sufficient merit will be inserted. All communications to be addressed “ Chess Editor," ‘ Evening Star.’] SOLUTION TO PROBLEM, No. 1,310. P-Q 6. PROBLEM No. 1,311. By Dr Kovaca. Black (9 pieces).

Whit® (7 pieces). Mato In two. 1R382; 2pp4; BKtkS; 2p4r; ‘ 2H3QI; p2r4j K2b2bl;. 8, OTAGO CHESS CLUB. It is still uncertain whether visiting team from Oamani will bo down this Saturday. Mr Dunlop, the Oamaru champion, (was a visitor to tho Otago Chess Club hurt week-end, and he does not expect to iba down again this week. Mr Dunlop, who is in pretty good form, will be a competitor at tho forthcoming Exhibition Congress, The local olub will possibly bo represented by Messrs L. D. Coombs, L. Cohen, and! B. W. Stenhouso. Mr W. G. Stenhouse, the club champion, states that he will he* unable to take part, which fact must bU considered unfortunate, especially in view of the possible influx from Australia. It hah) already been stated that throe are cominte from Sydney alone—viz., Purdy (present champion of New Zealand), Spencer Crakanthorp (a well-known State player), and bib father (also a strong State player). Games in tho annual fixtures are progressing steadily, If somewhat slowly, and) the positions of the players in each fixture are as follows:

It will thus be seen that Barclay Is leading in the junior championship, with Watt close up on his heols, and tho result looks a certainty for one of them. In tho club championship Davies has so far an unbroken score, with B. W. Sfenhouse and Coombs following very closely, and Pulton lying next. The handicap looks good for Barnott, the limit player, and those in close touch with him are:—B. W. Stenhouso, Clcghorn, Hanning, Davies, and Myers. THE MODERN GAME. Played in the tournament at BadenBaden. Notes by M. E. Goldstein, in the ‘ British Chess Magazine.’ The game is an example of the opening most repeatedly adopted by nearly all the matters in tournament play; —Queen’s Gambit Declined.— White, E. D. Bogoljuboff; Black, Sir G. A. Thomas. 1 P-Q 4 Kt-K B 3 2 P-Q B 4 P-K 3 3 Kt-K B 3 P-Q 4 4 Kt-B 3 P-B 3 5 P-K 3 Q Kt-Q 2 6 B-Q 3 Px P (a) 7Bx B P P-Q Kt 4 8 B-Q 3 .P-Q R 5 9 P-K 4 P-B 4 (b) 10 P-K 5 Ps P (c) 11 QKt x P Px Kt (d) 12 P x Kt P-K 4 13 P x P B x P 14 Q-K 2 (©) Q-K 2 15 Castles B-Kt 2 16 R-K Q-Q 3 17 Kt-R 4 (f) K-B 18 Kt-B 5 Q-K, B 3 19 B-Q 2 R-K 20 Q-Kt 4 P-R 4 21 Q-R 3 B-Q 4 22 B x P B-K 3 23 Q-R 3 ch K-Kt 24 Kt-Q 6 R-Q 25 Kt-K 4 Q-Kt 3 26 Q-K 7 R-R 27 B x Kt B-B 28 Q-Kt 5 Qx Q 29 Bs Q Resigns (g) Notes (abridged). (a) Rubinstein introduced this and tho following movea of Black against Grunfeld at Meran in 1924. The older move 6... B-Q 3 yields White an immediate advantage by V P-K 4! (b) Rosselli tried B-Kt 2 against B, Rabinovitch in a later round at BadenBaden, but lost speedily. (c) This move was considered an adequate reply to 9 P-K 4, but White’s next move, first adopted in a tournament at Moscow In December by Blumenfeld- against A, Rabinovitch, appears to discredit the value of the whole variation for Black. (d) Black’s best line seems to be 11... Kt x P, etc. (e) Preventing Black from castling and also winning a pawn. ({) Black’s game is now lost. Bogoljuboff displays his customary energy in concluding tho game, which affords an object lesson in the art of winning ai won game, (g) From the point of view of the defence to the Queen’s Gambit, declined the game is of great theoretical importance.

—Junior Championship.— 1 Played. Won. ■Hastings _ _ 3 1 Gale ... ... 4 2 Ahern ... „ ... 7 0 Ologhom ... .„ ... 3 2 Barclay ... .„ ... 6 6 Watt ... ... ._ ... 7 6 Hanning ... _ 7 3* Barnett _ „ ... ... 3 Warman J ... „ ... 4 1 —Club Championship.— Played. Won, Wright ... z 0 Stonhouse, B. W. ... ... 7 6 Myers _ ... 1 0 Grigg ... ... ... .„ 6 11 Coombs ™ 4 3 Fulton ... ... ... ... 7 41 Davies ... .. . M 5 5‘ Stenhouso, W. G. ... ... 0 0 Cohen 12 Tibbies 12 —Handicap Tourney.— Played. Won. Stenhouso, W.G. _ _ i , 1 Coombs ... ... ... 2 0 Cohen ... ... 8 3 Tionlca ... ... 11 6i Wright' ... ... 9 H Myers ... 7 5i Stenhouse, B. W 13 10 Marlow 1 0 Allen ™ 5 2 Grigg 11 7 Morrington 9 3 Barclay ... „ 4 . 2 Cave ... ... 1 0 Cieghorn ... 6 Hastings ... ... 14 1 Ahern ... ... 15 4 Moody _. 1 i Watt _ ... ... 15 5 Hanning 8 6 Gale „ „ _ „. 10 2 Barnett ... ... 8 7 Davies ... ... ... 12 9*