CHESS

Evening Star, Issue 20980, 19 December 1931, Page 23

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[Conducted by L.D.G.] Ths Otago Club meets for play at the rooms, Allbell Buildings, Stuart street, every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evening, at 7.30 o’clock. TO CORRESPONDENTS. P.K.K. (Wellington).—Thanks for contribution. B.M. (Mornington).—Thanks for letter and solutions. Appreciated. Correct solutions to problems Nos. 1,958, I, 1,940 received from R.M., T.J.W., J. N.S., White Bishop, R.E., J.C., W.K., J.G. [We •'invite communications on all matters concerning chess. Solutions of problems, games, and analyses will receive our attention, and if of sufficient merit, will be inserted. All communications to be addressed “ Chess Editor,” * Evening Star.’] SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. No. 1,938, R-B 5. No. 1,939, Kt-Q 4. No. 1,940, Kt-Kt 5. PROBLEM No. 1,941. By Alphous Beck. Black, 7 pieces.

While, 10 pieces. White to mate in two moves. 8; 4Kt3; 4p28; 3b4; 3Pk3; rQbrIKUP; 2kt2RlK; 3R38. PROBLEM No. 1,942. By A. C. White. Black, 6 pieces.

• White, 8 pieces. White to mate in two moves. 8; 5E2; Q7j IK6; BJKtlpI; 285R1; KtlppkpS; 4h3. NEW ZEALAND CONGRESS. 1930-31. The following bright game was played between Messrs A. W. Gyles, Wellington, and present Now-Zealand champion, ana W. J. Greenfield, Mew South Wales, in the last New Zealand Congress at Rotorua. The game was entered for the brilliancy prize, and was placed second: — —Queen’s Pawn Opening.— 6 White, A. W. Gyles; Black, W. J. Greenfield. 1 Kt-K B 3 Kt-K B 3 2 P-Q 4 P-Q 3 3 Kt-Q B 3 B r ß 4 4 P-K 3 Q Kt-Q 2 5 B-K 2 P-K 4 6 Kt-K R 4 B-K 3 7 P-Q 5 Kt x P 8 Kt x Kt P-Q B 3 9 P-K 4 B x Kt 10 P x B Q x Kt 11 B-K 3 P-Q B 4 12 Castles Q-Q 1 13 P-K B 4 Kt-K B 3 14 P x P P x P 15 B-Kt 5 ch Kt-Q 2 16 P-Q 6 P-Q R 3 17 Q-Q 5... ..P-K B 3 18 B-Q B 4 Q-Kt 3 19 Q-B 7 ch. K-Q 1 20 B-K 6 Q-B 3 21 Q R-Q 1 R-Q R 2 22 B x Kt Q x B 23 R x P Q-B 3 24 Jt-K 6 Resigns AN INSTRUCTIVE LESSON BY DR ALEKHINE. From the recent tourney at Bradley Beach, New Jersey:— White, Mr Bigelow; Black, Dr Alekhine. 1 P-Q B 4 P-K 4 2 Kt-K B 3 Kt-Q B 3 3 Kt-B 3 Kt-B 3 4 P-Q 4 P-K 5 ' 5 Kt-K 5 (a) B-Kt 5 6 B-Kt 5 (b) P-K R 3! 7 B x Kt? Q x B 8 Kt x Kt P-K 6! (c) 9PxPQ P x Kt 10 Q-Kt 3 (d) Q-R S (eh) 11 K-Q 2 (o). P-Q B 4 12 P-Kt 3 Q-Kt 4 13 P x P (f) Q x B P 14 P-Q R 3 Bx Kt (ch) 15 Q x 8...“ Castles 10 B-Kt 2 (g) R-Q sq (ch) 17 K-B 2 (h) B-B 4 (ch) 18 P-K 4...... R-Q 5! (i) 19 P-Q Kt 4 Q x B P 20 Qx Q ;R x Q (ch) 21 K-Q 3 B-K 3 22 Q R-Q Bsq R-Q sq (ch) 23 K-K 3 .R x R 24 R x R (j) P-Q B 3 25 U-B 3 K-B sq 26 R-Q 3 R-R sq! 27 P-K 5 P-Q R 4! 28 P-Kt 5 P x P 29 B x P R-Kt sq 30 B-Q 5 K-K 2 31 K-Q 4 P-Kt 5 32 P x P B x B 33 K x 8...... P x P 34 K-B *4 K-K 3 35 K-Kt 3...... R-Kt 2 36 R-Q 4 (k) K x P 37 P-K 3 (D......P-B 4 38 R-K 8.4? P-Kt 4 39 R-B 4...... R-K 3 40 R-B 8 K-K 5 41 R-K 8 (ch) K-B 6 42 R-K B 8 K-Kt 7! (m) (a) A bettor reply seems 5 P-Q 5! (b) And here, 6 P-K 3, P-Q 4; 7 Kt x Kt, P x Kt; 8 B-Q 2! The text move and B x Kt, inviting the adverse Queen into the field, was against principles. (c) Already White has to pay the penalty, for, although, this ingenious sacrifice docs no immediate damage, it weakens White’s position for the rest of the game. (d) The alternative was 10 Q-Q 2, P-B 4! 11 Castles, B-K B 4, with the superior game. (0) If P-Kt 3, Q-K 5! (f) Practically forced; if instead 13 P-Q 5, then Castles! followed by R-K sq. (g) If 16 Q-Q 4. then Q-B 3; 17 R-K Kt sq (or 17 Q-Q 5? Q-K B 3!), B-K 3! (h) Somewhat bettor was 17 K-K sq. (1) Another little surprise, which, of course, White had overlooked when ho played K-B 2. (j) Curiously, While has escaped from the mcloo with no material damage, but his game is lost nevertheless.

(k) R-K 3 would be useless because of 36... K-Q 4, etc. (l) If 37 R x P, R x R; 33 K x R, K-K 5, winning easily. (m) Continued; 43 P-R 4, P-Kt 5; 44 R x P, K r P; 45 P-B 5, K-R 6; 46 P-K 4, P-Kt 6, and White resigned. LIVELY CHESS IN PARIS. Some very lively games have been played in a tournament in Paris, with the following list of competitors Sir G. A. Thomas and Miss Menchik, England; Dr Tartakover, Znosko-Borowski, Baratz, Cukiermann, Duchamp, and Lazard, Franco; Collo and Koltanowski, Belgium; Schwartsmann, Poland'; and Dr Seitz, Bavaria. Here is one of the games, played between Sir G. A. Thomas and M. Duchamp:— —Caro-Kann Defence. — White, Sir G. A. Thomas; Black, M. Duchamp. 1 P-K 4 P-Q B 3 2 P-Q 4 P-Q 4 3 P x P (a) P x P 4 E-Q 3 Kt-Q B 3 5 P-Q B 3 Kt-B 3 6 Kt-K 2 (b) P-K 41 7 P x P Kt x P 8 Castles Kt x B 9Qx Kt B-Q 3 (c) 10 Kt-Kt 3 Castles 11 B-Kt 5 B-K 3 12 Kt-B 5? (d) B x P (ch)! 13 K-R sq (e) B-B 2 14 Kt-Q 2 B x Kt 15 Q x B Q-Q 3 16 P-K Kt 3 Kt-R 4 17 Kt-B 3 Qx P? (f) 18 B-K 7! P-K Kt 3 19 Q x Kt! Q-B 5 (g) 20 R-K Kt sq K R-K sq 21 B-Kt 5 Q-Q 3 22 Q-R 6 R-K 5 23 B-K 3 (h); P-B 3 24 R-Kt 2 Q-K 2 25 Q R-K Kt sq Q-B sq (i) 26 R x P (ch)! Resigns (j) (a) The fashionable continuation. The older move, 3 Kt-Q B 3, affords more scope for attack. (b) Stronger is 6 B-K B 4, or Q-K 2. The text move enables Black to play P-K 4! (c) Perhaps B-K 2 is more correct. (d) A surprising oversight for so experienced a player to make. (e) Manifestly if K x B, Black recovers with Kt-Kt 5 (ch). (£) Wonderful! Having, through his adversary’s slip, obtained a winning game, M. Duchamp, by this shallow “ brilliancy ” (P), turns a prospective win into a certain loss. Ho could easily have held his advantage with 17... Q-K 3; or P-K Kt 3. (g) If P x Q, then simply 20 P x Q, with a piece ahead. (h) Threatening, 24 Kt-Kt 5. (i) The game might have been prolonged with: 25 Q-Kt 2; 26 R x P! P x R; 27 R x P. R-K 2. The text move loses offhand. (j) If K-R sq, White mates in three moves, thus; 27 R-Kt 8 (ch), Q x R; 28 Q x B P (ch), etc. With all its faults a lively game, with Several interesting features. At the conclusion of the ninth round the leaders were;—Dr Tartakover, ; ZnoskoBorowski, 6; Baratz, 52.