CHESS

Evening Star, Issue 20428, 8 March 1930, Page 6

CHESS

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SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. No. I,BOO—R-Q 5. No, I,BOI—P-Q 7.

PROBLEM No. 1,802, By S. Boros. Black,, 9 pieces.

White, 8 pieces. White to mate in two moves. 2rlKt3; 1B2B3;. qlPrp3; 3k3kt; p3pP2; 2Q5; 8; 2KKtlkt 2.

PROBLEM No. 1,803. By P. S. Mussuri. Black, 8 pieces.

White, 11 pieces. ' White to mate in two moves. Ih6; 3b2Ktl; Q2P3R; 3pk2p; llvSKtlr; 2ktlPktPl; ’SR2; 886. GARO-KANN DEFENCE. The following game was awarded the brilliancy prize in the Budapest tourney, 1929: White, A. Erinckmann; Black, B. Honlinger. 1 P-K 4...... P-Q B 3 ' 2 P-Q 4 P-Q 4 . 3 Kt-Q B 3...... P x P 4 Kt x P B-B 4 5 Kt-Kt 3 .B-Kt 3 6 P-K B 4...... P-K 3 7 Kt-B 3 B-Q 2 8 B-Q 3 Kt-Q 2 9 Castles Kt-K 2! 10 Kt-K 5 B x Kt 11 BPi Kt Q-Kt 3 12 K-B 1 R-Q 1 13 B x B BP x B 14-B-Kt 5! Kt x P 15 Q-K 2 Kt-Q 2 16 Kt-K 4 Kt-Q Kt 1 17 B x Kt K x B - 18 R x P ch! K-K 1 19 Kt-B 5 R-Q 3 - 20 BsQ Kt P Q-Q 1 • 21 Kt x P Q-B 1 22 Kt x P ch K-B 1 25 Q-K 7. ch Resigns FRENCH DEFENCE. The French Defence presented in a new light by A. Niemzowitch:— White, Niemzowitch; Black, Hakansson. 1 P-K 4 P-K 3 2 P-Q 4 P-Q 4 3 P-K 5 (a) P-Q B 4 4 Q-Kt 4 (b) Px Q P 5 Kt-K B 3 Kt-Q B 3 6 B-Q 3 P-K B 4 (c) 7 Q-Kt 3 Kt-K 2 8 Castles Kt-K Kt 3 .9 P-K E 4 Q-Q J 3 2 10 R-K B-Q 2 (d) 11 P-Q B 3 Castles (Q) 12 P-Q Kt 4 (e)......P-Q R 3 13 P-R 5 Kt-S 2 14 B-Q 2 P-K R 3. 15 P-Q R 4 P-K Kt 4 16 P-Q Kt 5 P-K B 5 17 Q-Kt 4 (f) Kt-Q Kt 18 P-Q B 3 (g) R (Q)-K (h) 19 Px Q P K-Q 20 R-Q 8...... Q-Q Kt 3 21 P-Q B 5 Q-R 2 22 P-Kt 6 Q-B (i) 23 R-Q B 7 Kt-K B 4 , 24 Kt-Q B 3......8-K 2 25 Kt xQ P Kt xQ P (k) 26 Kt s Kt......P x- Kt 27 Qxß ch Kt x Q 28 Kt-K 6 mate (1) (a) iSaid to lose time. , But why? It is a move which does something, and deprives Black of his square at K B 3, which ho needs for the development of the Kt.

(b) An innovation used for the first time. Tire idea is, hold K S at all costs. (c) There is no,ease of development., (d) Here should ensue , . . B-Q B 4; P-R 5, Kt-K B. (e) Here White could win the exchange. 12 P-R 5, Kt-K 2; Kt-Kt 5, R-K; KtB 7, R-Kt; Kt-Q 8 ch. (f) The Q is well placed hero. (g) That White can so proceed against the pawn at Q 4 shows that 4 Q-Kt 4 is of great value. > (h) Again the only move to save material. (i) Such a. position for the Q belongs to the problem world. (k) If P x Kt, B x Kt, etc. (l) Niemzowitch in his notes ascribes his success to 4 Q-Kt 4, which came as a surprise to his opponent.

QUEENSLAND. . —State Championship.—

The tournament this year missed the Queensland chess champion, Mr G. Koshnitsky, who has now gone to reside in Sydney. (The best wishes of all players of Queensland go with him.) The secretary received only five entries, although the competition is open to all Queensland. It seems absurd that some players consider a question of challenging the winner of the tourney to defend his newly-gained title, when, with so few entered, they could have como into the spotlight and taken their gruelling along with the rest of the competitors. It was fortunaie that Mr J. H'Elligott, a chess player from Townsville, who finished second to Koshnilsky in the 1926 tourney (in which he secured one and a-half games to half from the champion) should bo- in Brisbane on holidays, and was induced to enter.

A jicvv competitor for championship Amours is Hr J. L. D, Oibb, one of the

younger B glade players, who is having a shot if for nothing else than the experience ho will get in championship play. The competitors are Messrs A. G. Ansaldo, J. L. D. Cribb, J. M. M'Elligott, \V. C. Poole, and P. Kobinson.

M‘Elligott has completed all his games, and left for Rockhampton with iho excellent tally of six wins, one loss, one draw. A. J. Ansaldo, with two wins, one loss, one draw, needs to win the rest of his four games to tie.