CHESS

Evening Star, Issue 21216, 24 September 1932, Page 4

CHESS

(Conducted by L. U.G.] The Ocago Club meets lor play at the room*, All! ell Build ngs, Stuart street, every Monday. A rdnesdav, and Saturday evening, at 7.30 o clocb TO CORRESPONDENTS. F.K.K. (Wellington). - Paper received. Thanks, J.F.M. (Dunedin).—Thanks for contribution. Correct solutions to Problems Nos. 2,032 and 2,033 received from A.E., J.C., T.J.W., J.J.M., W. 8., White Bishop, N.S., R.E. (We invite communications on all maltera concerning chea- Solutions o( problems, ga mfs, and analyses tvib receive our attention, and il ot sufficient merit, will be inserted. All communications to be addressed M Cbcss Editor, ‘ Evening Star.') SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. No. 2.032: K-Kt 3. No, 2,033: Kt-Kt 7. PROBLEM No. 2,054, By G. Page (Edinburgh). Black, 9 pieces.

White, 11 pieces,

White to mate in two moves, bill; IbIPQS; 8; 2PlktklP; 2plKt2R; q3plEl; IKMP2KI: 183K12.

PROBLEM No, 2,035. By J. Stewart. Black, 6 pieces.

White, 9 pieces. White to mate in two moves, kl2b4; IKIP3R; R3bkKU; 7P; 1B4P1; 5Kt2; ri'6; Q 7. CHESS GENIUS. An interesting exhibition by a noted chess exponent was given on Saturday night last at the Auckland Chess Club’s rooms, when Mr M. E. Goldstein, ex-champion of a London countly and ex-champion of New South Wales, played eighteen games simultaneously. Of these, he won fifteen, lost one, and the other two games resulted in drawS. The sole' winner was Mr P- RJeffreys, the club’s president, and it is rather remarkable (says the Auckland ‘Star’) that he has not been prominent in this year’s championship games, while some of the players who were decisively beaten are many points ahead of him in the championship tourney. Mr H. N. Maddox, an ex-champion of the club, drew with Mr Goldstein, and so did Mr H. Adis. Mr Maddox was rather lucky, as he had the worst of the game at a critical stage. Mr C. Pelton. the winner of lasf year’s intermediate level, played a particularly good game, which should have epded in a draw, but a hastv move in the end game lost him that ho'nour. To be able to play such a number of boards simultaneously i? a tribute to the genius of the exponent, Mr Goldstein has what,is termed a chess mind, and not only did he make his moves from table to table in record time, but he was able after the exhibition to explain to players whore they went wrong, having retained in his memory the details of practically every game. He was warmly applauded at the conclusion of the exhibition and by the president of the club. Mr Goldstein is the editor of a manual on modern chess openings. A BRILLIANT GAME. From the recent Barcelona tournament ; —Queen’s Pawn Game.— White, Colle; Black, Ribera. 1 P-Q 4 Kt-K B 3 2 Kt-K B 3 P-K 3 3 P-K 3 P-Q Kt 3 4 B-Q 3 B-Kt 2 5 Q Kt-Q 2 P-Kt 3 6 P-K 4 P-Q 3 7 P-K 5 P x P 8 P x P K Kt-Q 2 9 Kt-K 4 B-Kt 2 10 B-K Kt 5 Q-B 11 Kt-B 6 ch B x Kt 12 p x B P-B 4 13 Q-Kt 2 Q Kt-B 3 14 Castles Q R Q-B 2 15 Q-K 3 Castles Q H 16 B-Kt 5 K R-K 17 K RrR P-Q R 3 18 B-K B 4 P-K 4 19 B x Kt Q x B 20 Kt x P Q x P 21 Kt x Kt Resigns A PRETTY FINISH. Played in the Lancashire county championship. White iavited and forced exchanges, but in the rook and pawns endgame was nicely trapped into a mating-net. —Reti’s Opening.— Wb’te, G. Abrahams; Black, R. J. Broadbent. 1 Kt-K B 3 Kt-K B 3 2 P-B 4 P-B 4 3 Kt-B 3 Kt-B 3 4 P-Q 4 P x P 5 Kt x P P-Q 3 6 P-K 4 P-K Kt 5 7 Kt x Kt P x Kt 8 P-K 5 P x P 9QxQch K x Q 10 B-Q 2 B-K Kt 2 11 Castles K-B 2 12 Kt-R 4 P-Q U 4 13 B-K 3 B-B 4 14 B-Q 3 Kt-Q 2 15 B x B P x B

16 R x Kt cli K x R 17 Kt-Kt 6 cli K-B 2 IS Kt x R cli R s Kt 19 R-Q P-K 5 20 P-K R 3 B-K 4 21 P-Q Kt 3 P-B -j 22 B-Q 4 Bx B 23 R i B P-K B 4 24 P-B 5 R-K Kt 25 K-Q 2 Rx P 26 K-K E-Kt Bch 27 K-K 2 P.-B 6 cli 28 K-K 3 P-K 4 29 R-R 4 R-Q 8 30 Resigns. SAN REMO TOURNAMENT. By winning his game with Colfe, of Belgium, in the thirteenth round of the San Remo tournament just completed, Dr Alekhine made certain of first prize regard, less of the outcome of the two final rounds. White, Colic; Black, AleUJiine. 1 P-Q 4 Kt-Kt R 3 2 Kt-K B 3 P-Q 4 *3 P-K 3 (a) B-B 4 4 B-Q 3 P-K 3 SBxB P x B 6 Castles Q Kt-Q 2 7 P-B 4 Px P (b) 8 Q-R 4 B-Q 3 9 Q Kt-Q 2 Castles 10 Kt x P Kt-Kt 3 (c) 11 Kt xKt RPx Kt 12 Q-B 2 Q-Q 2 13 Kt-K 5 Q-K 3 14 Kt-B 4 B-K 2 (d) 15 B-Q 2 K R-Q 16 P-Q R 4 Kt-K 5 17 K R-Q P-B & (e) 18 B-K P x P 19 Kt x K P P-Q B 3 20 Kt-B 4 R-R 3 21 P-Q Kt 4 (f) P-R 3 22 R-R 3 P-Q Kt 4 23 P-x P Px P 24 R x R P x R 25 Kt-K 5 B-B 3 26 Qx Kt Bx Kt 27 Prß 4 (g) BxP ch 28 R x B R x R Resigns. (a). A favourite move with Colle. There is little to recommend it. fb) The simple way Black takes advantage of White’s' holding-back opening tactics is verv instructive. (c) Black now has a marked advantage. His pieces are well placed, and White has no logical plan, (o ignore the difficulty of developing his Q B.^ (d> The Black B. will play a decisive part in the sequel. (e) The doubled pawn now becomes an instrument of attack. . /f\ The queen's side demonstration is weak. R-Q 3 or P-Kt 3 seems stronger, /a.i An error. This is only oue instance of how Alekhine was presented w-lth games just when a long and laborious, if not difficult, ending .was Jikdy to be the order of things. If 27 P-Kt 3, B x P: 28 R x B, R x R; 29 Q x R, Q x B oh, _ and the ending has drawing possibilities with the queens on the board.