CHESS

Evening Star, Issue 20468, 26 April 1930, Page 6

CHESS

[Conducted by L.D.G.] The Otaga .Club meets for play at the r»«ms, Allbell Buildings, Stuart street, every Monday Wednesday, and Saturday evening, at 7.30 o dock. TO CORRESPONDENTS. F. (Wellington).—Thanks for letter. W.A. (Maori Hill).—Thanks for contn■%7a (Portobello) .—Thanks for letter and solution. ■ ■ . G. Sydney).—! am nloa-sed to receive your welcome letter and greatly appreciate your kind remarks re column. My letter forwarded. Correct solution to problem N 0.,• I,BIJ received from White Bishop, K.E., " -A., Dr C„ R.M., j.B. . ' [We invite communications on all matters concerning chess. Solutions of problems, games, and analyst! ■ will receive our attention, -and if ■of sufficient merit, will be inserted. All communications lo be addressed 11 Chess Editor, 1 f Evening Star.’] ' SOLUTION TO PROBLEM No. 1,810. Kt-Kt 6. PROBLEM No. 1,811. By A. J. Fink. Find Prize, Pittsburgh Gazette Time*, 1914. Black, 14 pieties.

White, 10 pieces. White to mate in two moves. 3K4: lKtp4p; pPPlElklf;/ q2M i plß4p; lb3plB; 2Kt3ktl; B2rbQ2/ OTAGO CHESS CLUB. The Otago Chess Club are holding the fortv-fifth annual general meeting m the club rooms, All bell Buildings Lower Stuart street, ou Monday, 28th April, at 7, Tho'meeting is, to 1 , be curtailed, and will be followed by the official opening of-the season 1930-31,' at 8, when the annual sides match, president versus ' vice-president, .-will take place. Visitors are cordially invited. A BEAUTIFUL BREVITY. Tho following game, was played between the late Richard Rbti and Tartakove . One of Morphy’? games had ’a similar entf- —“ Caro-Kann , Defence.” White, Reti; Black, Tartakover. 1 P-K 4 P-Q B. 3 2 P-Q 4 P-Q 4 3 Kt-Q-B 3...... P x P ' 4Kt x P.....:Kt-K B 5 5 Q-Q 3 P-K 4 6P x P Q-B 4 7 B-Q 2......Q x P 8 Castles......Kt x it 9 Q-Q Bch Kx Q _ 10 B-Kt 5 (double check).,....K-B 2 11 B-Q 8 mate (a) 1 (a) A beautiful mate. If 10... K-K 1, 11 R-Q 8 mate, White prepares a magnificent mating combination which ' can only b 0 made possible at- such an early stage when the opponent has neglected his development.

INSTRUCTIVE MASTER PLAY. The following instructive game was played in the recent international masters 'tournament at Bninn, between M.' B. Ko«ticli, Yugo-Slavia, and Herr P. Samiseh, Germany:— , „ , —French Defence.—White/ B. Kostich; Black, F. Samiseh. 1 P-K 4. P-K 3 2 Q-K 2 (a) P-Q B 4 (b) 3 P-K P 4 Kt-Q B 3 4 Kt-K B 3 Kt-B 3 5 P-Q 3 P-Q 3 , 6 P-K Kt 3 B-K 2 7 B-Kt 2 Castles 8 P-B 4 ? (c) B-Q 2 9 Ca5t1e5.,:....8-Kt sq, (d) 10 Kt-R 3 P-Q R 3 11 Kt-B 2 P-Q Kt 4 12 P-Kt 3 Q-B 2 13 B-Kt 2 Px P 14 QP x P :P-K 4 15 Kt-K 3 e) Kt-Q S 16 Q-Q 3 ? (f). P-Q R 4 ! 17 Bx Kt .B Px B 18 Px P Px P ■l9 Kt-Q 5 Kt xKt 20 KPx Kt (p) P-B 4 ! . , 21 Q-K 2 B-K B 3 22 Q R-Q sq Q-B4 23 Q-K B 2 (h) K R-K sq (0 24 K-R Ksq P-R 5- ! 25 Kt-Q 2 (j) Px P 26 P x P......8-K Kt 4 (k) 27 P-Q 6 ? (1) B-K 6 28 B-Q 5 (ch).. ...K-R sq Resigns (m).

(a) First played by tho late Russian master, Michael Tchigorin, in a match with Dr Torrasch, St. Petersburg, 1892. Ibe main idea is to retard Black’s P-Q 4. (b) Equally sound is 2 P-K 4. , (c) Tho cause of much subsequent trouble, and ultimate defeat. Tho transparent better, move is P-B 3. ‘ ; (d) The first move ot a skilfully-con-ducted Queen’s side attack. (e) Par’ better seems 15"P‘x P. (f) And here, 16 Kt s Kt, B P x Kt: 17 P x P! (g) If B P x Kt, then B-Kt 4; although 1 P-B 4 would also be sufficient. (h) All to prevnt P-K 5. (i) Threatening: P-K 5; 25 Kt x P, P-K 6! (j) If Q-Kt 2, then P x P; 26 P i P,, Q x B P! . J (k) Threatening B x Ki; as well as B-K 6. ; (l) Why this?, The contest might, at anyi rate, have been prolonged by 27 Q-B sq. ; (ni) An utterly hopeless position for White. The play of Herr Samiseh after the. ill-advised 16 Q-Q 3 was powerful and precise, and is worthy of careful study.

AN ABLE- YOUNG- EXPERT. M. A. Takace, the young- Hungarian master, who; tied for first honours- in the re-’ cent premier tournament, at Hastings, with Messrs B. Colie and F. J. Marshall, appears to be a very able player, eqnally skilled in attack and defence, and (most important) in end-game play. More will, doubtless, be heard of him- in future international contests. Subjoined is an example of his play at Hastings —“Alekhine’s” Defence.— White, E. G. Sergeant; Black, A. Takacs.i 1 P-K 4 Kt-K B 3 2 Kb-Q B 3 (a) P-Q 4 JPiP Kt s P . 4 B-B 4 .(b) P-Q B 3 (c) 5 Q-B 3 (d)......8-K 3 (e) 6 K Kt-K 2 Kt-B 2 ! • 7 P-Q 3 (f) Kt-Q 2 8 B-B 4......’8 x B 9 p x B Kt-K 3 10 Castles Qlt (g) Kt x B 11 Kt x Kt......Q-B 2 12 Kt-Q 3 P-K 3 13 P-K It 4 ? B-K 2 ■l4 P-K Kt 3 Castles, K R 15 K R-K sq Q R-Q, sq 16 Kt-K 4 P-Q Kt 4.! 17 P-B 5 Kt-K 4 ! 18 Q-K 2 Kt xKt (eh) 19 It x Kt (h) R-Q 4 ! 20 R x R (i) B P x R 21 Kt-B 3 Q xB P 22 Kt x Kt (j) B-B 3 23 P-Q B 3 R-Kt sq 24 P-R 4 P-R 3 25 Resigns (k)

(a) It is exceedingly doubtful whether White has anything better than the natural, 2 P-K 5, Kt-Q 4; 3 P-Q 4 ! Nob the inferior P-Q B 4. (b) If this is now the strongest move, then it is at once apparent that 2 Kt-Q B- sis unsatisfactory. • • ’ (0) Perhaps preferable to , the more usual P-K 3. v ... . , . , i (d) Surely not well pU U ii' ter continuation seems: 5 B x Kt, P X B, G P-Q 4, Kt-Q B 3; 7 K Kt-K 2, etc., with a %yi S M display of originality! T!ic| move is, however, quite sound. (f) Why needlessly contract a weak pawn? B x Kt, Kt x B; 8 I-Q 5 would at least have been as good. _ (g) More unnecessary, risk; castles, K R, was much safer. flii If P x Kt, then R-Q 5! (1) Here, however, 20 P-Q Kt 4, P-Q R, 4- 21 P-Q B 3, might have been; somewhat better, « o t Pf (i) Of course, if Q x Kt 1, Q x 1. k) Rather a singular position. If l> Kt-R 3, B x BP, etc., wins And if 25. P-Q Kt 4 then Q-3 3! A smart little game on the part of the Hungarian but Mr Sargeant played far below Ins .best form.

KICELV PUT. 4 player known to be an ardent advocate both of chess and draughts was once asked which he preferred. He .replied that he felt like the young mu in, the company of two charming young ladies,and whosaid all alone to himself. ■■ Ho", happy could I be with either were t other dear charmer away.” historical. Few people associate .the Exchequer, ; and .a bank “cheque” with Hie chessboard and the cry of check . At the period its name was coined, the court dealing with the public revenue met at a table covered with a chessboard patterned cloth —hence “chequer.” Chess has given manv words to European languages. The Arabic “shah wa rukh ” ■ (kmg and rook forked bv a knight) appeared un Latin at “soac-roc,” and at a later date gave a surname to a German family; Simon Von Scliaecbroech received a granC of Piedeueheim in 1322 from the Emperor Lewis the Bavarian. Arthur Saul, author of The Famous Game of Chesse-Play,’ published m 'London' in 1614 (a copy of which was sold .some years ago for £160!) was something of a poet, and gave a poetical introduction • to his hook, of-.which’ we quote two lerses:—

All you that at the famous game Of' chess desire to play, . Come and peruse this little book, Wherein is taught the way. But-scorn® tliojiV nr ntc cfli’ds and dice The nights and days to spend, As many, which thereby obtame Flat beggary in the end. Saul touched upon the _ subject of the latter verse later , on in his book, and in a way that would appeal in the present day: — , •,■■■■ ,» ■ ' “Oh", that ih-s game were rightly esteemed of according to the worth thereof, and practised fob pastime, instead of many offensive, ' and ' lesee industrious games. Then would there not happen such frequent quarrellihgs, sudden etabbings, cheatings, and coosenings amongst men, and like enormities as usually fa.l out at other , games. For since I was able to play at it, I have never yet knew .any, fall out of the same, as man having no occasion to ho offended with him he playeth withall, but rather to blame himself, when as through his owns improvidence his men miscarry or perish.” Arthur Saul appears to have been quite a gentlemanly man, for after giving the rules of chess he said: '‘Doe not therefore at no time that thou playost_ at this game (out of a conceit, as I said, that anything becomes thee _ well) sound, singing, whistling, knocking, or tinkering, whereby to disturb© : the mind •!; thy , adversary, and hinder his projects; neither keep thou, a calling on him to play or hastening of him thereinto,- or shewing o! much dislike that he playeth not fast enough; remembering with thyselfe that besides that this is a silent game, when thy turn© is to play.'Thoh wilt take .thy own© leisure, and that it is the -Roy all law to deal with another as thou wouldst like thyself© to be dealt with.”.