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Evening Star, Issue 19724, 26 November 1927, Page 13

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[Conducted- by L.D.G.] The Otago Club meets (or f lay nl the rooms, 24 George street, Hannah’s Buildings, every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evenings, at 7.30 o'clock. TO CORRESPONDENTS. “F.K.K.” (Wellington).—Paper received. Thanks. “O/B.” (Dunedin). —Thanks for game. “ GIS.” Port Chalmers).—Thanks for letter. Your key move to problem No. 1,433 is a good try, but does not answer all variations. “Dr C.” (Portobcllo). —Thanks for letter. Your problem was. greatly appreciated. 1 will include your second contribution at an early date. “K.S.” (Manchester, England).—Thanks for problem and enclosure. Correct solution to problem No. 1,453 received from S.S.M., Dr C. ( R.M., G.S.M.M'D., R.P.R.M'D.. T.P.W. “ S.S.M.” . (Dunedin). —Thanks for letter and solution. [VVc invite communications on all matters concerning chess. Solutions ol problems, games, and analyses will tecciv* our attention, and H of sufficient merit will be inserted. All communications to be addressed, ** Chess Editor,” * Evening Star,’] SOLUTION TO PROBLEM No. 1,453. Kt-Q square. PROBLEM No. 1,454. By F. T. Hawes (Now South Wales). Black, 12 pieces.

While, 7 pieces. Mato in two moves. 8; blp4K; IkMQB; lK(2pp2; 4k3; ktKHR4; -2qlbp2; !Br2r2. PROBLEM No. 1,455. By B. J. Andrade (England). From ‘Chess Amateur,’ 1924. Black, 6 pieces.

White, 6 pieces. Mate in two moves. K 7; pp 6; q 7; 2K5; 3rkp2; !Kt3kl2; 3PZQI; 8. OTAGO WINS NEW ZEALAND CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP. Advice has been received from the Auckland Adjudication Board giving its decision ontho four games forwarded for adjudication. This decision gives wins to the following Otago players Messrs G. D. Wright, Dr G. Barnett, and J. J. Marlow, a draw being awarded to Dr N. Fulton, thus giving the Otago Chess Club a substantial win with a score of 7J to over the Wellington Chess Club, and at the same time scouring for Otago the Now Zealand Chess Club championship for 1327. The title thus comes to the South Island for the first time. /

It may bo added ; that this competition was inaugurated six years ago, the Auckland Chess Club being the champion club on two occasions (1922 and 1925), and the Wellington Club on three occasions (1923, 1924, and 1926). The Canterbury Club has not yet held the club championship, but has made a good bid for the coveted honor on several occasions. In the ,early years of Now Zealand chess telegraphic matches were “few and far between.” They wore held only at long intervals, and consequently they were weightier and more important concerns (ban in these later years, when they have become so common.

Old-timo cricketers and footballers, comparing the old “rep.” matches of, say, fifty years ago with those of to-day, would no doubt recognise a similar change of “ atmosphere.” The late lion. John Ballanco (Prime Minister) and Sir Robert Stout' (who founded the Dunedin Chess Club in 1865) followed the play in tho first Auckland v Wellington match very closely, in common with a goodly number of interested spectators. The late Mr 'Justice Denniston (a former president of the New Zealand Chess Association) was an interested spectator at some of the later contests. OTAGO WINS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP. 'The final result is as Follows, the first 12 boards counting for the New Zealand Club Championship, and the 20 hoards counting for flic Provincial Championship, which has also been won by the Olago C.G.: Otago Board. Wellinglon. ' Dunlop, J. B. ... 1 Rolling, F. K. i 0 Pihl. D 2 Gyles, A. W. 1 1 Stenhonse, W G. 3 Anderson, G. P. 0 0 Balk, 0 4 Hicks, E. A. 1 J- Hamel, J. If. F. ... 5 Graven, A. T. 1 Coombs, L. D. ... 6 Maokay, W. 0 0 M‘Dermid, R- ... 7 Wigha-m, G. I 1 Wright. G. D. ... 8 Lee, H. G. 0 1 Barnett, Dr G. ... 9 Hicks, B. I'.. 0 ■1 Fulton, Dr F. ... 10 M’Crca, J. C. 1 I Marlow, J. J. ... 11 White, W. 0 1 Ward, A. B. ... 12 Purchas, D. 0 1 Myers, S. S. ... 13 Grahham, A. G. 0 0 Allen, W. H. ... 14 Taylor, B. S. 1 0 Tibbies. W 15 Jessup, A. K. 1 0 Gale, W. G. ... 16 Thompson. IT. J. 1 1 Watt, R 17 Hurley, G. A. 0 0 Rend all, W. B. ... 18 Young, A. H. 1 0 M'Dermott. A. J. 19 Hardy, J. L. 1 1 Herbert, W. ...20 Anderson, H. 0 101 ■ H CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD. MASTERS MAKE TWO MOVES IN FOUR HOURS. Last week it was mentioned that the eleventh game in tho chess match between Capablancu and Alechine for tho world’s championship was tho longest and most difficult of its series so far played. This game has now been received, and is given below for the benefit of chess enthusiasts, Alechine (challenger) being again victorious. The experts who watched the play said the game was most complicated, and appeared difficult to analyse even for the players themselves. Capablanca took 105 minutes to make one ,—M ■

move, Alccliino going one better by taking 130 minutes to make a later move. At other times, however, both made decisions rapidly, twenty moves being negotiated within the period of two and a-half hours. ELEVENTH GAME. ■ —Queen's Gambit Declined.— White, J. B. Capablanca (champion); Black, A. Alechinc (challenger;. 1 r-Q 4 p-q 4 2 P-Q B 4 P-K 3 3 Kt-Q E 3 Kt-K B 3 4 B-Kt 5 Q Kt-Q 2 5 P-K 3 P-B 3 6 Kt-B 3 Q-B 4 7 At-Q 2 H-At 5 8 Q-B 2 Px P 9 B s Kt Bt x B 10 Bt x P Q-B 2 11 P-Q B 3 B-K 2 12 B-B 2 Castles 13 Castles B-K 2 14 P-Q Bt 4 P-Q Kt 3, 15 B-B 3 Q B-B 1 ' Id K B-Q sq K B-Q sq 17 Q B-B sq B-K I 18 P-Kt o Kt-Q 4 19 Bt-Kt 2 Q-At 1 20 Kt-Q 3 B-Bt 4 21 B-Kt 1 Q-Kt 2 22 P-B 4. ...Kt x Kt 23 Qx Kt Q-K 2 24 P-K B 4 B-B 3 25 Kt-K 5 P-Kt 3 (a) 20 Kt-Kt 4 B-Kt 2 27 P-K 5 P-K B 4 28 Kl-K 3 P-Q B 4 29 Kt P i P P x P 30 P-Q 5 Px P 31 Kt x P Q-K 3 32 Kt-B 6 ch B x Kt 55 P x B B x B ch 54 B x K B-B 3 35 B-K 1 Q-B 4 36 R-K 3 P-B 5 57 P-B 4 P-B 4 58 B-Kt 2 B x B 39 Ks B Q-Q 4ch 40 K-K 2 Q-K B 4 41 B-B 3 Q-B 4 42 R-B 4 K-B 2 43 R-Q 4 Q-B 3 44 Qx B P P-B 6 45 Q-R 7 K-Kt I 46 Q-K 7 Q-Kt 3 47 Q-Q 7 Q-B 4 48 B-K 4 Q x P ch 49 K-B 3 Q-B Bch 50 K-R 2 Q-B 7rh 51 K-B 3 Q-B Bch (b) 52 K-R 2 B-K B 1 53 Q-B 6 Q-B 7cb 54 K-B 5 Q-B 6 (c) 55 K-R 2 K-R 2 56 Q-B. 4 Q-B 7ch 57 K-B 3 Q-Kt 8 (d) 58 B-K 2 Q-B 8 clj 59 K-R 2 Q x P 60 P-B 5 R-Q sq 61 P-R 6 Q-B 8 62 Q-K 4 E-Q 7 63 R x B P x R 64 P-R 7 P-Q 8' equal Queen 65 P-B 8 equal Queen Q-Kt Bch 68 K-R 3 Q(Q 8)-B Bch 67 Resigns (c) (a) To preserve the bishop. (b) This inovo and following two moves were evidently made in quick lime to gam on the clock. (c) Threatens mate. (d) Again threatens mate. (o) Mate next move by Q-K 8. Notes by the experts on this game have not yet been rceived.