CHESS

Evening Star, Issue 20996, 9 January 1932, Page 9

CHESS

[Conducted bj L.D.G.] Th« 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. K.B, (Manchester, England).—Contribution received. Many thanks, J.O. (Milton).—Thanks for letter and good wishes; heartily reciprocated. Correct solutions to problem No. 1,944 received from N.S., J.G., T.J.W., White Bishop, R.E., J.B. [We Invite communications on all mattera concerning chess Solutions o( problems, games, and analyses will receive our attention, and 11 of sufficient merit, will be inserted. All communications to be addressed ” Chess Editor,” 1 Evening Star.’) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM. No. 1,944: R-R 6. PROBLEM No. 1,945. By W. T. Pierce. Black, 4 pieces.

White, 8 pieces. White to mate in two moves. 8; 2PIR3; QlBkplpl; 4Rlktl; 8; 2F5; 582; 7K.' PROBLEM No. 1,946. By T. M, Brown. Black, 8 pieces.

VTiile, 8 pieces. White to mate in two moves. kt3b3; Iq3p2; 2Kt2QIK; 3k2Ktl; Plps; 2kt183; R 7; 182b3. PROBLEM No. 1,947. By S. Loyd. Three-move Miniature. Black, 1 piece.

White, 4 pieces. White to mate in three moves. 8; 8; 8; 7R; 3k4; 8; IKHK4; 384. PROBLEMS FOR 1932. On several occasions requests have been received for the inclusion of three-move problems in the chess column. The requests have been complied with from time to time, only to be met with good-natured protests from the two-move solvers, who aro apparently well satisfied with two-move compositions. The popularity of the two-move problem appears to be due to the fact that many solvers arrive at their solutions from the diagram. This procedure is, of course, more difficult when tackling three-move compositions. The writer wishes to meet with the desires of readers as a whole, and will therefore include a series of miniature threemove problems in addition to two-move compositions. The miniature three-movo problem will no doubt appeal to many chess players, who have so far not taken up problemsolving as a recreation. The miniature three-move problem is in many respects akin to an end-game position, where mate is announced in three. The beauty of this type of composition is economy of material. Such consideration shows clearly that the miniature is a composition upon which a great deal of skill and resource have been lovingly bestowed by the author. The question of difficulty from the solver’s point of view is not easy to deal with. Some skilled solvers say that these problems are very hard, owing to the liberal amount of elbow room which is almost invariably found. Others, again, say that they are easy, owing to the fact that there are but few pieces to mislead. . Naturally if there are at the most, say, six White pieces from which the initial move can be made the task of exhaustive analysis is less than if there were a larger number. Yet one must remember that the smaller the number of men the larger the number of vacant squares to which to move them, so, paradoxically enough, the slender materials employed not infrequently lead the solver astray. With more massive problems the idea, or part of it, is often seen almost at once, thereby affording valuable clues to the whole conception. In conclusion, the writer can only say that the marvellous resources of chess, its infinite variety, its subtlety, and its grace can have no better example than from the collection of three-move miniatures to appear weekly in the column throughout the year, typifying as it does but a small branch of the fascination of problem science. That beauty, difficulty, and strategy can be produced with the most slender materials will be apparent to all lovers of chess. INTERNATIONAL LONDON CONGRESS, 1922. CAPABLANCA v. EUWE. —Ruy Lopez (Morphy’s Defence).— Euwe. Capablanca. 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 2 Kt-K B 3 Kt-Q B 3 3 B-Kt 5 Kt-B 3 4 Castles P-Q 3 5 P-0 4 B-Q 2 6 Kt-B 3 P x P 7 Kt x P B-K 2 8 R-K 1 (1) Castles 9 B-B 1 (2) R-K 1 10 P-B 3 (3) Kt xKt (4) 11 Qx Kt B-K 3 (5) 12 O-B 2 P-B 3 13 11-Q 2 (6) Q-Kt 3 14 Kt-R 4 (7) QxQ ch 15 Kx Q P-Q 4

16 P-K 5 (8) Kt-Q 2 17 P-K Kt 3 (8) B-B 4 18 Q R-B 1 P-Q Kt 4 19 Kt-B 3 B-B 4ch 20 K-Kt 2 Kt x P 21 P-K Kt 4 B-K Kt 3 22 K-Kt 3 P-K R 4 23 B-K B 4 P-B 3 24 B x Kt P x B 25 B-Q 3 B-B 2 26 P-Kt 5 P-Kt 3 27 R-K 2 B-Q 3 28 K-Kt 2 K-Kt 2 29 Q R-K 1 R-K 2 30 Kt-Q 1 R-K B 1 31 Kt-B 2 B-K 1 32 P-Kt 3 R(K 2)-K B 2 33 P-Q B 4 Rx P 34 Px Q P Px P 35 B-Kt 1 B-B 3 36 R-Q 1 R(B 6)-B 5 37 B-K 4 B-B 4 38 Kt-Q 3 Px B Resigns (1) Black having already exchanged the centre p’s, While has no need to play R-K 1, but could continue by B x Kt and B-Kt 5. (2) It is difficult to decide whether it is worth while to spend a tempo on the preservation of the K B. The text move, adopted by Lasker in his twelfth match game with Capablanca, was recommended by Dr Tarrasch. Most players, however, prefer B x Kt. (3) P-K R 3 and P-B 4 would have been more energetic. (4) lii the above-mentioned game Black played B-K. B 1, and after 11 B-K Kt 5, P-K R 3; 12 B-R 4, P-K Kt 3; 13 Kt-Q 5, B-Kt 2; 14 Kt-Kt 5. White had an excellent game. (5) In order to play Kt-Q 2 and B-B 3. The idea of White’s next move is to meet this plan by P-B 4. Better, however, would have been simply 12 B-K 3. (6) B-K 3 would have been followed by Q-R 4, after which Black has at least an equal position. (7) Bad; the Kt gets out of the game and the king is exposed. Better 14 Q x Q, P x Q; 15 B-K 3 or P-Q R 4. (8) P x P, Kt x P leaves Black with the better position as well. (9) This loses a P. P-K B 4 was necessary. YATES v. BOGOLJUBOW. —Ruy Lopez (Morphy's Defence).— Yates. Bogoljubow. 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 2 Kt-K B 3 Kt-Q B 3 3 B-Kt 5 P-Q R 3 4 B-R 4 Kt-B 3 5 Castles B-K 2 6 R-K 1 P-Q Kt 4 7 B-Kt 3 P-Q 3 8 P-B 3 Castles 9 P-Q 4 Px P 10 Px P B-Kt 5 11 B-K 3 P-Q 4 12 P-K 5 Kt-K 5 13 Kt-B 3 B-Kt 5 14 R-Q B 1 Kt-K 2 15 F-K R 3 B-K R 4 16 B-B 2 BxQ Kt 17 Px B P-K B 4 (1) 18 Px P e.p Rx P (2) 19 P-Kt 4 B-Kt 3 20 Kt-K 5 Kt xQ B P 21 Q-Q 2 Kt-K 5 (3) 22 Bx Kt Px B (4) 23 B-Kt 5 R-Q 3 24 Kt x B Rx Kt (5) 25 Rx K P Rx B 26 Qx R Kt-Q 4 27 QxQ ch Rx Q 28 R-B 6 (6) P-Q R 4 29 R-K 5 P-R 5 30 P-R 3 R-Q 2 31 R-Q B 5 Kt-Kt 3 32 RxKt P Rx P 33 R-K 7 R-Q B 5 34 R-K B 5 P-Kt 3 35 R(B 5)-B 7 Kt-Q 4 36 R-Kt 7ch K-B 1

37 R(K 7)-B 7ch K-K I 38 R x B P R-B 4 39 R(B 7)-Kt 7 K-B 1 40 RxKt P Kt-B 5 41 R-Q R 6 K-Kt 1 42'R-Q 7 Resigns (1) If Kt x Q B P, then, of course, B x P ch. (2) It would have been better to recapture with the Kt. (3) If 21... Kt xP, then 22 Bxß, Kt x B; 23 B-B 2, Kt-B 7; 24 B-Kt 3 winning the Kt. (4) If 22...8 xB, then 23 B-Kt 5, R-K 3; 24 P-B 3, R x Kt (the only move to avoid immediate loss of a piece); 25 P x R, B x P; 26 K-B 2, B-K 5; 27 R x B, P X B; 28 Q X Q ch, R x Q; 29 B x Kt and 'wins. (5) Better would have been P x Kt; the text move loses the exchange. (6) Being now the exchange ahead with even P’s, and the better position, winning for White is only a question of routine.— Notes from the ‘ Field.’