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Evening Star, Issue 20612, 11 October 1930, Page 4

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[Conducted by L.D.C.] The Club meets for play at the iflftffls* Allbell Building’s, Stuarl street, every Monday, Wednesday, *nd Saurday evening, at 7.36 o’clock TO CORRESPONDENTS. P.K.K. (Wellington). Paper received. Thanks. Correct solution to problem No. 1,840 received from T.J.W., W.K., White Bishop, R.E., J.G , J.A.C., B.M. (We invite communications on all matters concerning chess Solutions of problems, games, and analyses will receive our suemion, and if _ of sufficient merit will be inserted. All communications to be addressed “ Chess Editor, ' * Evening. Star.’] SOLUTION TO PROBLEM No. 1,840: Mv L PROBLEM No. 1,841. . .By S. Her Una tin (Hungary). Black, 5 pieces.

White, 7 pieces. White to mate in two moves. 3K4; 4R3; 3p4; Q2P4; lpkP4; lprs; 185Kt2; 8. THREE DELIGHTFUL PROBLEMS. (a) From a German column. Mate in two; 8; 8; 2BQkt3, 7p; 2KtIRIPP; 5k2; 2b5; ll:t4Kl. Black five, White seven. (b) By Sam Lloyd, greatest composer of the world. Mate in two. 7K; 8; sßqk; 6bp; 711;. 8; 3Q4; 8. Black four, White four. (e) From the ‘ Telegraph ' December, 1893, by Rev. A. Anderson. Male in two: 6KI; 2QIR3; 3p4, 3kktp2; 4Rp2; 6p2; 5P2; 8. Black six, White five. A CAPABLANCA GEM. —lndian. Black, J. K. Capablanca, White, H. Mattison. 1 P-Q 4 Kl-K B 3 2 P-Q B 4 P-K 3 3 Kt-Q B 3 B-Kt 5 4 Q-B 2 P-B 4 5 P x P Kt-B 3 6 Kt-B 3 B x P 7 B-B 4 P-Q 4 8 P-K 3 Q-R 4 (a) 9 B-K 2 B-Kt 5? 10 Castles K (b) B s Kt . 11 P x B Castles 12 Q R-Kt 1! Q-R 6 (c) 13 K R-Q 1 P-Q Kt 3 14 P x P (d) Kt x P 15 Kt-Kt 5 P-B 4 16 B-B 3 Q-B 4 17 P-B 41! Kt (Q 4)-Kt 5 (e) 18 Q-Kt 3 P-K 4 (f) 19 P-Q R 3 Kt-R 3 (g) 20 B% Kt Resigns (h) (a) This, in conjunction with his next move, is clearly faulty. Castles was quiie safe. If then 9 B-K 2, simply P i P with equality. If 9 R-Q 1, then Q-R 4. (b) He submits to a weak Q B P. Black will have lost too many tempos, and also the control of the Black squares. White should win. (c) To play Q-K 2. If 12... P-Q Kt 3 at 'once;'l3'B-Q .6 (the bldck squares!), R-Q 1; 14 R-Kt 5, Q-R 3; 15 P x P, R x B; 16 P s Kt, R x P: 17 K!-Q 4, R-Q 3; 18 R-Q, 5, Q-R 6; 19 Kt-Kt 5 wins. (d) Capablanca’s elusive simplicity!. . (e) If 17... Kt xßj 18 R-Kt 5 wins. (f) B-Q 6 was threatened. (g) 1f...P s B; P s Kt wins. (h) If 20... Q x B; 21 P-B 5 ch, K-R 1; 21 Kt-B 7 ch, K-Kt 1 (if R x Kt, R-Q 8 ch); 22 Kt-R 6 ch, K-R 1; 23 Q-Kt 8 ch, R x Q; 24 Kt-B 7 mate (Philidor’s legacy!). NEW SOUTH WALES CHAMPIONSHIP. As Goldstein lost to Connell in the last round and the adjourned game between Lamparter and Koshnitsky was given up as drawn after two sittings, three players finished with the same score. Tho final scores were; M. E. Goldstein, G. Koshnitsky, and G. F. Lamparter, 6-2 each; C. J. S. Purdy, si-2i; S. M, Merkel, E. Connell, 3-5;

11. 11. Araadio, 2i--sg; W. J. Greenfield, U-6I; E- J. L. Westbrook, 1-7. Some surprise was expressed at tho holder being beaten out of n place. Purdy was leading at halfway, hut only scored half a point against the prize-winners. Connell, who plays lop board for a B team, did better than expected. With a little more experience his score would have been even better. Amadio, who finished third last year, was quite out of form. The Tourney Committee decided that the tie for the championship should be played oft, each player 'o meet the other twice, tho highest score to win. Tins seems better than a knock-out. On Wednesday Goldstein met Koshnitsky. Tho latter turned the game into a Queen's Fianchetio. Early exchange of pieces found the players involved in a rook and pawn ending. Koshnitsky forced tiie rooks off and tried to win with for pawns, but after fifty moves the game was drawn. . The following game played in tho New South Wales championship between Messrs Goldstein and Purdy is handled in model fashion by Mr Goldstein up to tiie double oversight on move twenty-two (the play is most instructive and interesting):— —Queen’s Gambit Declined.— Black, M. B. Goldstein; White, C. J. S. Purdy. 1 P-Q 4......K1-K B 3 2 Kt-K B 3...... P-K 3 3 P-B 4 P-Q 4 4 B-Kt 5 Q Kt-Q 2 5 P-K 3 .B-K 2 6 Kt-B 3 Castles 7 R-B 1 P-Q Kfc 3 BPxP P x P 9 B-Kt 5 B-Kt 2 10 Castles P-Q R 3 11 B-Q R 4 P-B 4 12 Bx Q Kt!! P (a) Qx B (b) 13 P x P P v i> 14 Kt-Q R 4, Q-Kfc 4 (c) 15 B x Kt P x B 16 Kt-B 4! B-B 1! 17 Kt-B 31...... Q x P 18 R-B 2 (d) Q-Kt 2 19 Kt x P K-R 1 (d) 20 Kt x B Q x Kt 21 Q-R 5 B-K 3 22 R x P? (f) B x P? 23 K R-B 1 B-K 3 24 Kt-B 5 B x Kt 25 Q x 8...... K R-Q I 26 P-R 3 Q-K 31 27 R(B 1)-B 4! (g) Qs Q 28 Rx Q R-Q 5 29 R-K R 5! R-K Kt 1 30 R-B 7! R-Kt 4?? (h) ' 31 R x R P x R 32 Rx P R-Q Beh 33 K-R 2 R-Q R 8 34 K-Kt 3 P-Q R 4 55 K-Kt 4.1.... R-K Kt 8 36 P-Kt 3 P-R 3 37 R-B 7 R-K B 8 38 K-R 5 R x P 39 K x P......R-B 3 ch 40 K s P R-K 3 41 U s P and won.

(a) A strong transposition of the book play. Alekhine has played the text after 12 P s P, I> x P?, but to 12 F x P Black should answer 12... Kt x P (CapablancaTeiclnnann, see last A.C.R., p. 196). In the text variation ■ every single one of Black’s sis pawns becomes weak! The two bishops would be full compensation but that White can exchange one of them off. Black could, however, take all the sting out of this variation by playing 11.. 1! before venturing on P-B 4. With this transposition the article in the last ‘ A.C.R.,’ p. 196, stands. < .(b) If 12... Kt xB;13BxB, Q x B; 14 P x P, Q x P, and Black is without compensation for the isolated Q P; or, rather, White’s strong blockade point, Q 4, where a Kt would settle with great effect. (c) Black threatened Kt-Kt 6. (d) Gains a tempo. (e) B-K 3 was probably better. (f) Q x P was correct with an end game in which White’s chances seem slightly preferable. The text allows Black a win by 21.. 51; 22 Q-Q 5, K R-Q 1; 23 Q-B 4, B-K 71 winning the exchange. But after Black’s actual reply Mr Crakauthorp points out that White could have won by 23 Q-R 6!!, Q x R (if...R-K Kt 1; R-R 5 and Kt-B 5); 24 Q x Pch and Kt-B 5. (g) Instructive end-game play. If 26 Q x Q, P x Q; 27 R-B 6, P-Q E 4; 28 R x P, P-R 5: 29 R x P, P-R 6; 30 R-Q R 1, P-ll 7 (K R-Q Kt 1 is strong, too); 31 B-B 7, followed by Q R-Q Kt 1, and Black draws easily. Also in the other variations Black’s idea was to fling pawns away and draw with tho Q R P. di) Suicide. Black, .who was short of time, thought K-Kt 2 would also lose, because White could get the Q R P by R-R 7 and R-R 5. But, of course, if 31 R-R 7, simply R-Q B 1, and if 32 R-R 5, R-B 3, and should draw easily. The game is now. over. VICTORIA. Play was advanced a further stage In the tourney at tho Melbourne Chess Club. Adam increased his lead, white Miss Bird has lost ground. Growl, who won brilliantly against New South Wales recently, is not doing as well as expected. After the seventh round the leading scores were:— Major tourney—Adam 6, Coullas, Growl, Eddy, and Spideii 4’ each; minor tourney —Saunders 6, Crawford, Ullner 5 each, Miss Bird 4 (one unfinished). Beck, Keefer 4 each. The last round of the handicap tourney resulted in fourteen of the fifteen games being drawn.

" —Evans Gambit.— 1 P-K 4...... P-K 4 2 N-B 3 N-0 B 5 3 B-B 4 B-B' 4 4 P-Q N 4 Bx N P 5 P-B 3 B-R 4 6 P-Q 4 P x P 7 Castles P x P 8 Q-N 3 Q-B 3 9 P-K 5 Q-N 3 (a) 10 N x P K N-K 2 11 B-R 3 R-Q N 1 (b) 12 N-Q 5 N x N 13 Bx N P-N 4 (c) 14 P-K 6 B Y x P 15 B x N P x B 16 N-K 5 Q-K 5 17 Q-N 3 P-N 3 18 Q-N 5 P-N 5 (d) 19 Q-B 6 (o) R-B 1 20 Q-N 7 Px B (f) 21 Q R-Q 1 R-N 4 (g) 22 R-Q 8 011...... K x R 23 Q s R mate Notes. (a) These are the standard moves in the “ Compromised Defence.” If Black takes the pawn now ho loses material in every variation. (b) Critical. Perhaps Castles giving up a pawn for greater freedom is preferable. (c) Black intends to shut off the bishop. (d) Just in time. (e) Or 19 Q R-Q 1 was even more forcing. If 19... Castles, 20 B-N 2, R-N 4: 21 N-B 7, P-K 4; 22 Q-B 6, Q-K B 5; 23 Q x Q, P x Q; 24 N mates; or if 22... P-R 4; 23 N-R 6 cli, K-K 2; 24 Q x R, or 24 Q-K 7 ch wins easily., Again, if 21... R xN; 22 R-Q 8 ch, R-B 1 ; 23 Q-B 6 wins. (f) He has no timo for this. R-N 4 was better. ( S) Too late,. The game is lost. tf 21... Q-B 4; 22 R-Q 8 ch, K x R; 23 N x P ch, K-K 1; 24 Q x R, mate. FOREIGN NEWS. The Warsaw mastership tourney was won by P. Frydinnn with a score of 91. out of a possible 11. In a big match recently at Leningrad the home team beat Moscow by 145 to 107|. A. Jakab recently gave a monster simultaneous display in Hungary. He played 115 games with the remarkable score losses. Tiie Hamburg team tourney, with eighteen countries confpethig, provides, a keen struggle, as the teams are four a side, and the result depends on points, not matches. The lead has changed hands several times. After the eleventh round the leading scores wero:— United States; 277, with two games to finish. Hungary: 27£, with one game to finish.' Holland; 27, with three games to finish; British Empire: 27, with two games to finish. Czccho-Slovakia: 26£, with three games to finish. Germany: 26£, with two games to finish. Austria: 26, with three games to finish. Poland: 25, with six games to finish.