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Evening Star, Issue 19274, 12 June 1926, Page 22

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[Contributed by L.D.G.] Ttr Otago Chess Club meets toe play «t thfl •oouis, HO Princes street, every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evening, at 7.30 o'clock. 10 CORRESPONDENTS. "F.K.K.” (Wellington). —Many thanks for ”-M.M.STD.” pends correct solution to problems 1,545, 1,346, «nd 1,547. “5.5. M.,” “F.W.C.,” “J.C.," “Glieck,” '‘W.G." send correct solution to problem No. 1,347. good book on Chess Openings/ by Rev. E. K. Cunningham, can bo obtained for a small sum at local booksellers. I suggest yon pay a visit to the Otago Chess Club. Members would be ploased to kelp you. (We invite commur-iestlons on all matters con cerning chess. Solutions of problems, games, and analyses will receive, our attention, and if ol (uflkicnt merit will be inserted. All communications to be addressed “ Chess Editor," ‘ Evening Star.’] SOLUTION TO PROBLEM No. 1,347. R-R 8. PROBLEM No. 1,348. By T. Taverner. Black, 7 pieces.

White, 10 pieces (two mover). ybrrbl; ?.Kt4B; 8; 2p4Q; 2p2k2; 5R2; 4PIKR; ZKtZRBI. EVANS OAMBIT (Won by Anderesen), Known as “The Evergreen Game." 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 2 Kt-K B 5 Kt,-Q B 3 a B-fl 4 B-B 4 4 P-Q Kt 4 BxKt P 5 P-B 3 B-K 4 (i P-Q 4 P x P 7 Castles P-Q 6 8 Q-Kt 3 Q-B 3 P P-K 5 Q-Kt 5 10 B-R 3 K Kt-K 2 11 R-K sq P-Kt 4 12 B x Kt P H-Q Kt sq 13 Q-R 4 B-Kt, 3 (a) 14 Q Kt-Q 2 B-Kt 2 (h) 15 Kt-K 4 Q-B 4 ■I6II s P Q-R 4 (c) 17 Kt-B 6 ch P x Kt 18 Px P R-Kt sq (di 19 Q R-Q sq QX Kt 20 R x Kt ch Kt x R 21 QxP ch Kx Q 22 B-B 5 ch K-K sq 23 B-Q 7ch K-B sq 24 B x Kt mate (a) If ho castles White wins by 14 Q B x Kt. do. (b) Now if he castles 15 K B s Kt, and he loses the exchange. (c) The Q was in danger from 1/ Kt-Q for B) 6 ch. Now follows some sound and beautiful combination, ranking this otic of the chief among immortal games. (d) A. trulv formidable attempt, but just a move too' late. This position has been subject to close scrutiny by two generations of chess players, and yet no sufficient resource has been discovered for the de-fence.-—“Mason.” END GAME.

White to move and win. 8; 7k; sPbl; 6KI; 285; 8; 8; 8. KOBHNITZKV v. KOSTICH, We give the, following splendid game won by a Shanghai player against Boris Koslioh, when the latter was playing six game; simultaneously. The notes ate by the winner:— White, J. S. Kosbnitv.ky; Black, Boris Koslich. 1 P-Q 4 P-Q 4 2 Kl-K B 3 Kl-K B-3 ,3 IMS 4 P-K 5 4 B-Kt 5 P-K R 3 b B-K 4 B-Kt 5 cli 6 K Kt-Q 2 Px P (a). 7 P-K .3 P-Q Kt 4 8 P-Q R 4 P-B 3 9 Kt-Q B 3 Bx Kt II) P x B B-Kt 2 11 B-K 2 Q Kt-Q 2 12 Kl-K 4 Castles (b) 13 Kt-Q 6 R-Kt 1 14 P-K 4 P-R 3 (c) 15 P-K 5 P-Kt 4 16 B-Kfc 3 Kt-Q 4 17 Q-Q 2 P-K B 4 13 Px P (0.p.) QKt s P 19 B-K 5 Kt-Q £ 20 B-Kt 5 Kt-B 5 21 P-R 4 Kt x P ch (cl) 22 K-B 1 Kt-B 5 23 P x K Kt P L> x P 24 Q-B 2 R-B 3 25 Q-R 7 ch K-B 1 ?6 Ki-K 4 R-B 2 27 Q-R 6ch R-Kt 2 28 li xKt P-Q B 4? 29 B-Q 6ch Resigns (a) Black is trying to hold (ho gambit pawn. (b) Perhaps 12 Q-K 2 would have been better.

(c) Black, is playing for complications, but his fifteenth move weakens bis kings position "too much. ~ , , ~, (d) It would have been bettor to ploy ex Kt-K B 3. The, next move loses the game. NEWS AND NOTES. Mr L. S. Crakanthorpe, in moving a vote of thanks to the New South Wales Chess Association, made some very interesting remarks. “It was the, proudest moment of bis life.” What-ho could never do in the chess world had been done by his son, who had brought the highest nonors to the “House of Crakanthorpe.” He was equate proud of the success of Mr Purdy. It only seemed a few months ago since he was teaching him the movements of the kmglit. He felt sure that in time to come he would hold even a more prominent position. He would like to refer to the othci young pi avers of the tournament, whoever shook hands with Mr Woiiwski felt he had known him all his life. He was a young man of fin* character arid ability, and doserving of all the congratulations showered upon h : m. YOUTH AND PROMISE. The question is forcing itself on the chess world, as it lias done in spheres of education, sport, commerce, and politics; “What shall we do with our boys?” It behoves us all to think of this, and to don re »omo method by which we can reach and interest the rismg generation in the best and noblest of games. Chess players, as they have reached the highest stage of success, or as they advance in years and find that the strenuous efforts they put forth in youth cannot bo sustained, gradually seek a place on the shelf, and are seldom found amongst the most active circles except to enjoy the pleasure' of the pastime. Who, then, are to take their places in the arena of mimic warfare? Me must look to the young and intelligent of the rising generation. and the sooner some steps are taken in this direction the sooner we shall see latent genius springing into its propersphere. If we lake observation of what is going on in the world outside of our own particular corner of it, we are astonished to l&arn that mere boys are becoming master chess players, and are competing with the well-known exponents with Pitch success that soon the best of them will have all thev can do to bold their own. We are not- without signs in Australia, and New Zealand that youth will come into its’ own, but what concerns us most is how to help them to come in greater numbers, and not in what might be termed isolated instances. In New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, and New Zealand there are instances of youthful success over the chess board. Perhaps Queensland may claim most points in this respect, but the youthful artist in Queensland is a foregner, and from one of the Orient schools. Nevertheless, he is youthful, and has already exhibited wonderful success in simultaneous play. Mr Koshnitzkv is welcome to Australia, and Queen-land is to be ended at possessing one so skilled in modem forms of chess. In Victoria the late congress brought out Mr Wom-arskt well to the front. In New South Wales we have ft schoolboy in Mr C. J. P. Purdv, who has proved hia mett.c against Australia's best, and -aho against teo high class o? New Zealand. The ‘ Austral ’ has developed a move in connection with its “publ’Vtv" scheme which we hope will bear fruit in the immediate future, and clubs are being circularised in connection therewith. “Hit the iron while it is hot.” and it may be fashioned into anything desired.