CHESS

Evening Star, Issue 19388, 23 October 1926, Page 22

CHESS

[Contributed by L.D.Q.]

n» Otago Chen Club maeta (or play at tha ,-oomi, 19a Princes street, every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evening, at 7.30 o’clock. TO CORRESPONDENTS. “P.K.K.” (Wellington).—Many thanks i for news. , , , “ K.S.” (Manchester).— Many thanks for papers. „ , , “J.E.” (Christchurch).— Many thanks • for letter and enclosures; very much appreciated. “Dr C.” (Fortobello). — Many thanks i for letter and solution to last week’s problem. Correct solutions to problem No. 1,365 have been received from “Dr G.,” “P.W.C.,” “ L.D.C.,” “ 0.8.,” “G. 8.,” ! “ J.H.F.H.,” “ J.J.M.,” " R.L.M’D.,” 1 “G.S.M.M’D.,” “ 5.5. M.,” " R.M., : ‘'W.B.,’’ “T.P.W.,” “G.D.W.," "J.C.” [We Invite communications on all matters coni cerning chess. Solutions of problems, games,, and ■ malvsos will receive our attention, and if of sufficient merit will be inserted. All communications to be addressed " Chess Editor,” * Evening s, ar.’] _________ SOLUTION TO PROBLEM No. 1,365. By 0. Mansfield. 8; 8; 2PIQ3; 82R4; rlklkt2r; pKtkt4p; BIqP3K; Ktlß2b2. Black, 9 pieces; White, 10 pieces ■ (two-mover). Key: Q-B 5. PROBLEM No. 1,366. By W. A, Shinkman. Black, 8 pieces.

Whits. 8 pieces (two-mover). 8; lkt3pßl; IKIPBK2; lplKtlQ2; lKtlk4; IpS; 4q3; Ikt2r3. OTAGO CHESS CLUB. Tho senior championship has advanced into an interesting stage. During tho week Mr B. W. Stenhouso (tho present Otago champion) defeated Mr 0. Balk, which now gives him tho leading position. Tho championship now depends on tho match, B. W. Stenhouso versus L. D. Coombs. If Mr Stenhouso is successful in this encounter ho secures the title for tho s'fecond year in succession. In tho event of Mr Coombs winning, these three players will bo equal with four wins and ono loss each, and will have to play off for the coveted honor. A SIMULTANEOUS DISPLAY. Mr Q. ■ Gundersen, who has held tho Victorian championship title on a number of occasions, recently gavo a display of simultaneous chess at tho Melbourne Club. Eight players opposed him, and at the close of play he bad defeated seven and lost only to one. CAPABLANCA DEFEATED. Jose Raoul Capablanca, who competed in tho recently-concluded Moscow international masters’ tournament, suffered an unexpected defeat in a game the young Russian master, Iljin-Shenovsky. The game, which commences with slow, modern development on both sides, takes a lively turn on the thirteenth move, when Capablanca initiates a stormy attack on the Black king. Black fortifying bis position as well as possible, and afterwards neglecting White’s onrush, seeks compensation on the opposite flank. The champion’s wavering on the nineteenth move involves an irretrievable loss of time, and allows Black to break through and to avoid a catastrophe by an ingenious coup on his thirty-first move, which turns tho tables completely in Black’s favor.

' —Sicilian Defence.— White, Capablanca; Black, Iljin-Shcnevsky. 1 P-K 4 P-Q B 4 2 Q Kt-B 3 Q Kt-B 3 3 P-K Kt 3 P-K Kt 3 4 B-Kt 2 5 K Kt-K 2 P-Q 3 6 P-Q 3 Kt-B 3 7 Castles Castles 8 P-K E 3 P-Q E 3 9 B-K 3 B-Q 2 10 Q-Q 2 B-K 1 11 Kt-Q 1 E-Q B 1 12 P-Q, B 3 Q-E 4 13 P-K Kt 4 K R-Q 1 14 P-K B 4 B-K 1 15 P-Kt 5 Kt-Q 2 16 P-B 5 P-Kt 4 17 Kt-B 4 P-Kt 5 18 P-B 6 B-B 1 19 Kl-B 2. Kt P x P 20 Kt Px P P-K 3 21 P-K R 4 R-Kt 1 22 P-E 5 R-Kt 3 23PxP E P x P 24 Kt-Q 1 Kt (Q 2)-K 4 25 Q-B 2 Kt-Kt 5 26 Q-R 4 Kt (B 3)-K 4 27 P-Q 4 Kt x B 28 Kt sKt Qs B P 29 Px Kt QxKt ch 30 K-R 1 Px P 31 R-B 3 P x Kt 32 Rx Q Px It 33 Q-K 1 R-Kt 7 34 Qx P K R-Q 7 35 B-B 3 P-B 5 36 P-E 3 B-Q 3 37 Q-E 7...... P-B 6 38 Resigns. —“ Plymouth ” Gambit.— White, Sir Francis Qrakc; Black, Lord Charles Howard. 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 2 B-B 4 B-B 4 3 P-B 4 P x P 4 Kt-K B 3 P-K Kt 4 5 P-Q 4......8-Kt 3 6 R-B 1 P-K R 3 7 P-K R 4 P-K B 3 BPxP B P x P 9 Kt-K 5 Q-B 3 10 Q-R sch K-B 1 11 Kt-Kt 6 ch K-Kt 2 12 Kt x R K x Kt 13 Q-K 8 Q-Kt 2 14 R-R 1 K-R 2 15 BxKt ch Qx B 16 R x P ch K x E 17 QX Q Kt-B 3 18 Kt-B 3 B x P 19 Kt-Q 5 P-Q 3 20 Kt x K B P......P x Kt White mates in two. It has been suggested that Drake was playing chess, not bowls, when the news of the Spanish Armada was received. A CHESS CROSS-WORD PUZZLE. A clever puzzle, which is well worth the attention of chess players.

—Ciues Across. — 1. Do this carefully before making a sacrifice. 4. One of the men. 8. Don’t swear when it breaks. 10. What tournament conductors are always saying. 11. Satisfies neither player. 12. Your opponent. 13. Much played opening. 14. Do it if you are tired of trying to solve this. 15. What your solution should be to win the prize. 13. Continent where chess originated. IS. A gambit (abbrev.), J 9. A branch of the Giuooo,

gl. Initials of Continental chess master. 22. A piece. 23. Initials of a great Continental master. 25. A way of writing name of a piece. 26. Inconvenient restriction. —Clues, Down.— 1. Initials of three pieces (Ger.). 2. Well-known defence. 3. The opening wo all want to discover. A. An opening difficult for routine players. 5. Dropopd on the board by a careless player. 6. The move. 7. Stalemate (two words). 9. A champion (first half of name). 13. Dutch player. 14. What you feel when next duo down occurs. 17. Result of chess blindness. 20. Initials of an English champion. 22. Another piece. 24. Initials of a Continental master. (All the playera mentioned are now liv'"tho solution will bo given on November 6. FOR THE STUDENT. To “ develop ” a pieco means to move it from its original position, thus bringing it into play. Tho quicker the development of the pieces tho better. If a player can concentrate upon a given point a greater number of pieces than his opponent is enabled to develop for its defence, he must obtain an advantage. A piece is said to “ command ” a given square if it can take anv adverse piece played on that square. To “ exchange ” means to give up a piece or pawn for another of equal value, and if instead a player gains a rook for a minor piece, say bishop or knight, he "wins the exchange,” and his opponent "loses the exchange.” A “ forced move ” is where a player has only one move at his disposal; for instance, in case of a check with a knight, whore the knight cannot be taken, and the king only has one square to which he can move. This latter is generally termed his “flight” square. Where by advancing a pawn two pieces are attacked, the pawn is said to “ fork" those pieces, or the term may bo used to express that any one piece attacks two others simultaneously. Finally, an " isolated ” pawn is where the pawns of its own color, on its right and left, have been removed from the board, and a pawn is said to be “passed” when there is i!l ho pawn of the opposite color ! which can bar its progress. A number of other chess terms will be dealt with in our nest column.