CHESS

Evening Star, Issue 19197, 13 March 1926, Page 17

CHESS

The Otago Che&? Club meets for P' 3 ?,,?*, rooms, 193 Princes street, every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evening, at 7.30 o’clodt. TO CORRESPONDENTS. "North End.”—Thanks for four problems in one. Perhaps nest week there will be a place for this interesting composition. Your key to last two-moyer correct, also your solution to end-game study. “ P.K.K.”—Report of chess doings in capital city received with thanks. " E.A.LeP,”—Correct solution received flora you to end-game study. It looked very difficult, but in reality it is fairly simple. [We invite communication! on all matters concerning chess. Solutions of problems, games, and analyses 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. 1,334. ( K-Kt 5. PROBLEM No. 1,335. By E. Boswell (Lancaster). Black (ten pieces).

White (eight pieces). White mates in two moves. 4KR2; 3BpKt2; p3rlpl; Rb3klp; 4pJßtb; 41’lpl; 6QI; 8. SOLUTION TO END GAME. White. Black. 1. P.-Kt, 7 ch 1, K-K (a) 2. B-R 6 2. B-Kt 3. B-B 3 3. K x B 4. K-R 6 I. K-K 5. K-Kt 7 5. B-R 2 6. K x B 6. K-B 7. K-R 8 1. (a) If 1 K-Kt; 2. K-R 6, B-Kt 3, etc. PROBLEM SOLVING. The problem solving contest, which took place at tho Otago Chess Club last Saturday evening, resulted as follows: No. Problems Time correct. taken. Ist, Dr N. E. H. Fulton ... 10 2h lOmin 2nd, E. A. Ln Petit 9 2h 45min 3rd, L. D. Coombs 8 2h 45niin 4th, 0. Balk 7 21) 45min The other competitors were Messrs Barnett, Davey, Gale, Grigg, Hanning, Myers, and Wright. Twelve two-move problems were put before each competitor, with the result as shown above. The four prize winners eacli received books, either on problem play or ordinary play. Mr 0. Balk, the president of the Otago Chess Club, on behalf of tho members, thanked Mr Davies for the trouble ho had 1 gone to in aranging for the evening. Mr E. A. Le Petit voiced his opinion that ’ the problems were the stift'est set that ho had ever attempted in an evening. COMBINED UNIVERSITIES v. HAMPSTEAD. The following game was played at tho top hoard in a match between Oxford and Cambridge (Past and Present) and tho Hampstead Chess Club; — • —“Queen’s Pawn Opening.”— White, B. Goulding Brown (Combined Diversities). Black, W. Winter (Hampstead). 1 P-Q 4 Kt-K B 3 2 P-Q B 4 P-Q 3 3 Kt-Q B 3 P-K Kt 3 4 P-K 4 B-Kt 2 5 P-B 4 Castles 6 B-K 2 P-K 4 (a) 7 B P x P (b) P x P 8 P-Q 5 Q Kt-Q 2 9 B-K 3 Q-K 2 10 Kt-B 5 P-K R 3 H Castles Kt-Kt 5 K' 12 li-B 2 (d) Kt x I'. 13 R x Kt P-K B 4 11 B-Q 3 Kt-B 3 15 P-K R 3 P-B 5 16 Kt-R 2 K-R sq 37 B-K 2 R-K Kt sq 18 Kt-Kt 4 Kt-R 4 19 B-B 3 Kt-Kt 6 20 Q-K sq Q-R 5 21 R-Q sq (cl P-K R 4 22 Kt-R 2 B-B sq 23 P-Q 6 (f) B x Q P 24 Kt-Kt 5 B-Q B 4 25 Kt xB P R-Kt sq 26 R-Q. 5 B x R ch 27 Q x B Q-K 2 28 Kt-Kt 5 P-Kt 3 29 Q-Q 2 B-Kt 2 30 R-Q C Q R-Q sq 31 P-Kt 4 P-R 3 Resigns (g) (a) The position is now the same as in a game between Sir George Thomas and R. C. J, Walker in the City of London championship, 1923. (‘Field,’ November 29, 1923). (b) But, in the game referred to, Fir George Thomas played the better ir.cvo of 7QP x P followed, after 7 PxP, by 8 Qx Q, RxQ; 9 P x V, Kt-Kt 5; 10 Kt-Q 5, with the preferable game. (o) Black ba.s now the advantage, as his opponent cannot prevent the exchange of his valuable queen’s bishop for Die knight. (d) Not 12 B-Q 2, because of 12 Q-B 4 ch, winning tho exchange. (e) Too slow. 'White’s only chance was to threaten a diversion on the queen’s side, either by P-Kt 4 or Kt-Kt 5. (f) White now sacrifices a pawn to bring Iris oucen’s rook into play. He could not avoid the. loss of the exchange. (g) A well-played game by Mr W ider. HASTINGS CON(:RESS. Tho Hastings Christmas festival, which has become second in importance only to tho British championship congress, surpassed all previous records with a, round Jimidrc-d l competitors in tho ten tournaments provided. Tho chief event was, of course, the premier tournament, in which five foreign masters were associated with five British reoresentatives. Tho competitors, with their final scores, were; —A. Alekhine (now a naturalised Frenchman) and Dr M. Vidjnar (Jugoslavia) tied for first prize with a score of 8) each out of the possible 9; R. P. Mitchell and A. Seitz (Bavaria) ca’ch 5; E. Cole (Belgium) and F. D. Yates each 4; D. Janowski (Poland) 5; G. At. Norman and V. L. Wahltuch each 2j; and E. G. Sergeant 2. NGAIO v. WADESTOWN. The first chess match between the Ngaio Chess Club and the Wadcstown Chess Circle took place at Ngaio last week, and proved very enjoyable. Air F. tf. Brookcr, president of the Ngaio Chess Club, in extending a welcome to tho visitors, expressed pleasure at the launching of this now fixture. At Ngaio, be said, they originally had a chess circle which subsequently became a healthy club, and he trusted that a similar expansion would take place in Wadestown. (Applause.) The match ended in favor of Ngaio by one game, as follows :

Neaio'. Wa-destowtL .7. Lindsay ... ... 0 H. Ciodtcbaik „ 1 H. Topp 1 J. Hay -. 0 A. T. Earles 1 C. H. Beggs ... 0 J. A. Glasgow .. 0 R. Battersbv 1 11. Prince 1 D. Hay ... 0 C. Qlcnday — - 1 H. K. Simmons .;. 0 W Fink ... ... 0 E. Benjamin 1 Total 4 Total 3