CHESS

Evening Star, Issue 21636, 3 February 1934, Page 4

CHESS

[Conducted by D.H.H.] The Ot.go Cli.b mectj lor play at (ha rootne \llbell Buildings. S uao jtreet, every Monday Wednesday, and Saturday evening, at 7.50 o'clock Visitors are cordially invited to attend and b» ringing up 22-ti4f> arrangements could he made lor game any atternoort and evening, as the rooms are open to botn dub members and visitors at any time TO CORRESPONDENTS. W.J.S. (Balclutha).—Solution received in time. A.W.P. (Kolbuni).--Thanks for letter. F.K.K. {Wellington).—Thanks for interesting budget. Pleased to hear that .yon are in better health. E. (Wellington). Thanks for congress game: trill publish next week. W.H. (Dunedin I .—Very pleased to publish game. R.A.L. (Invercargill).—Thanks for copy of interesting report of recent chess congress, also game, which will ho published in a fortnight. T.W. (Temuka).—Pleased to have you enrolled in solving competition. Hope you will attempt the three-movers. CORRECT SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS 2,175; A.E. (Roslyn), T..1.W. (St, Hilda), J.J.M. (Musselburgh', E.A.L. (Invercargill), R.M'D. (Roslyn), W.A.M. (Dunedin''. • I.S.M.L. (Dunedin), W.J.S. (Balclutha), C.T.W. (Temuka). 2,175: A.E. (Roslyn), E.A.L. (Invercargill). R.M'D. (Roslyn), W.A.M. (Dunedin). .I.S.M.L. (Dunedin), W.J.S. (Balclutha). SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. 2.175; Kt-K B 6. 2,176: B-R 7. CORRECT SOLUTION TO END-GAME. F. (Wellington). SOLUTION TO END GAME. 1 R-R 5 P-Kt 6 (a),2 B x R P P.-Q 4 , .. 3 P-Kt 4 P-Kt ,7 4 B-Kt 7 ch Q-B 3 5 R-K Kt 5 and wins' (a) If ...P-Q 4; 2 P-Kt 4, etc.' PROBLEM 2,177. [By A. W. Daniel.] Black, 11 pieces.

White, 8 pieces. While plays and mates in two moves. I ’;t2bb2; 2Bp2ktl; 4p3; RlPkKt3; 6pl • * •: ; 3QKtpql; 8. PROBLEM 2,178. [By H. P. L. Meyer.] Black, 3 pieces.

White, 9 pieces. Mate in three. 4b3; 3PB2R; 4k3; 7p; PP2P2P; 4Kt3; 8; IK6. CONGRESS GAME. Third Round. Watt (Otago) v. £. L. Smith (Napier). —Sicilian Defence.— While. R. Watt; Black, E. Smith. 1 P-K 4 P-Q B 4 • 2 Kt-K B 5 Kt-Q B 3 3 B-K 2 Q-B 2 4 P-Q B 3 P-K 3 5 P-Q 4 P x P 6 P x P B-Kt 5 ch V Kt-Q B 3 P-Q 4 8 P-K 5 B-Q 2 9 P-Q R 5 B x Kt 10 P i B K Kt-K 2 11 Castles Castles (K.S.) 12 B-Q 3 (a) Kt-K B 4 13 Kt-Kt 5 P-K Kt 3 14 P-K B 4 K-Kt 2 15 B-Q 2 R-K R 1 16 Q R-Q B 1 Q R-Q B 1 17 P-K Kt 4 K Kt-K 2 18 Q-K 2 K-Kt 1 19 P-K B 5 K P x P 20 P x P B x P 21 B x B P x B 22 R x P and wins (a/ Preparing for an attack on his oppon:il's king. KING’S SIDE ATTACK. A snappy little game played in a toiirnanent at the Cracow Chess Club. —Centre Counter.— White, Fieldman; Black, Linker. I P-K 4 P-Q 4 IPs P. Kt-K B 3 3 B-Kt 5 ch B-Q 2 4 B-B 4 B-B 4 5 Kt-Q B 5 P-B J 6 P x P Kt x P 7 P-Q 3 P-K 3 8 K Kt-K 2 B-B 4 '9 Castles Kt-K Kt 5 10 P-K R 3? (a) P-K R 4 11 P x Kt?? (b) .P x P 12 P-K Kt 3 Q-B 3 13 B-B 4 P-K Kt 4 14 K-Kt 2 Castles (Q.’s side> 15 Q-Q 2 R-R 7 ch ■(a i B-B 4! is a saver. (h) Almost anything is better. BIRD'S OPENING. Won by William Cook, author of ‘ Che-. ( jinpendium.’ Black, Bernstein; White, Cook. 1 P-K B 4 P-Q 4 . 2 P-K 3 P-Q B 4 3 P-Q Kt 3 P-K 3 4 B-Kt 2 Kt-K B 3 5 Kt-B 3 B-K 2 6 B-Q 3 Castle.; 7 Kt-Kt 5 P-K Ki 3. 8 P-K R 4. Kt-ll 4? 9 Q x Kt B x Kt 10 Q-R P ch K x Q II P x B dis ch K-Kt 1 12 R-R 8 male A NEAT TRAP, 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 2 Kt-Q B 5 Kt-Q B 3 3 P-K B 4 P-Q 3 4 Kt-K B 3 P-Q R 3 5 B-Q B 4 B-K Kl 5 6 P x P ;Kt, x P 7 Kt, x Kt B x Q 8 B x:B P cli K-E .2 . 9 Kt-Q 5 mate A little mating trap known as '‘Legal's Legacy ” and noted by that master LOO years ago. It is on in several openings-.

KNOCK-OUT IN TEN. 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 2 Kt-K B 3 Kt-K B 3 3 B-B 4 Kt x P 4 Kt x P......KUQ 3 5 Castles P-K B 3 6 Q-R 5 ch K-K 2 7 Kl-Kt 6 ch P x Kt 8 R-K ch Kt, x K 5 9 R x Kt ch K-Q 3 10 Q-Q 5 mate I a,m indebted to the ‘ Leader ’ for the above four snappy games, which are worth playing over for amusement and illustrate that even the best players occasionally condescend to " skittles.” CHESS AT ODDS. The Odds of the Queen's Knight. There is an enormous difference between rcce.ving the odds of tiie queen's rook and receiving the queen's knight. In the former case if the odds receiver lives until “ the ending ” the rook tells. In the latter the kingim ahead may involve an intricate opening. Fun her, should the odds given 1c .nadvei'Lenlly permitted to snatch a pawn or Iwo in ilie opening or middle game it would be very difficult to obtain more than a draw. The odds giver when yielding ilie, queen's knight has a choice of several 'attacking openings which rapidly develop Ins pieces. It Is necessary for the odds receive;' To seize every opportunity of developing his pieces, or ho will be beaten whilst some of his pieces remain inactive. GAME 1. —King's Gambit.— Remove White's Queen’s Knight. 1 P-K 4, P-K 4; 2 P-K B 4. A move favoured by Morphy and Anderson when giving 1 lie ”kn;<Tht. if the gambit is accepted, then follows a Muzio or an AllgaierKieserit'sky, which leads usually to a chess brilliant! 2.. 4. The sheet anchor of Hie odds receiver, as was pointed more fully in dealing with the King's Gambit game in the odds ol the queen’s rook. 3 P x Q P, if 3 Kt-K 83, Black can proceed 3...8-K Kt 5; 4 B-K 2. P x K P. etc. 3.. iP. Black can safely play this when receiving queen's knight, as Whitcannot gam time with 4 Kt-Q B 3, as he could when giving the queen’s rook. 4 Kt-K B 3. There does not appear to be auvtliing better for White. 4.. B-K Kt 5; 5 B-K 2, Kt-Q B 3. The game mav now proceed 6 castles, B-B 4 ch; 7 K-B I,' P-K 5, or 6 Kt x P, .Kt x Kt Black must not be tempted to play his queen on the king’s file, _as it'may give . White a chance of pinning the Q with R-K 1. Also, if Black plays ...B-Q B 4 and While tries in reply P-Q Kt 4, Elac l -- should retire ...B-Kt 3 in preference to ...B x Kt P —Notes on the Openings.— I omitted to mention last week that with the Queen’s Gambit this series of article.on most of ilie prominent openings were concluded, and hope that they have proved interesting and instructive to some young chess, students. HINTS PROM THE MASTERS. Attacks En Masse.—Capablanca has slated that ...” under no consideration must a direct attack against the king be carried on a outrance unless there is absolute certainty in one’s own mind that it will succeed, since failure in such cases means disaster.” 'Dr A. Alekhine.—“ He beats his opponents by analysing simple and apparently harmless sequences of moves in order to see whether at some time or another at the end of it an original possibility, and, therefore, one difficult to see, might be hidden.” Your Opponent.—You must make up your mind that you are going to make him dance to your tune. If you are for ever thinking of what ho may possibly threaten, you will soon lose the will to conquer, the initiative will pass from your hands, and it will be your opponent who will call the tune, and you will bo lucky if you can save the game. Be your opponent a master, a county champion, or simply a chib class l.nian, do not be afraid; go on with your own game and do not worry too soon as to what your opponent can do. The will to conquer will carry you over more o bat act is than mere book knowledge, — 1 Leader.' NOTES. ‘‘Every game of chess is a contest li the nerves. Tournament play is essentially different from work in the quiet of one's study, where you work when you feel so disposed and where you rest when you are tired; it is a relentless, intellectual struggle before a numerous public at a prescribed hour, and with a prescribed time limit. Every chess master, moreover, takes his vocation very seriously, and he leels that each move is a contribution to his life’s work. This may explain why most chess masters suffer a sort of nervous collapse after a mistake, especially after a game has been lost. 1 have known chess masters who, after a defeat, stayed in their room for a whole day unable to eat or cheer up.”Richard Reti. . . .

The following is the present position of the leaders in the Otago Chess Club’s 1933-54 tourneys:—Senior championship: R. Watt, 5 wins,. 1 draw; L. D. Coombs, 1 win, 1 draw. Junior championship: W. Lang, 16 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss; W. Herbert, 16 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses; C. Ahern, 13 wins, 5 losses. Handicap tournament: W. Lang, 11 wins, 1 loss; W. Herbert, 10 wins, 4 losses; C. Ahern, 8 wins, 1 draw, 4 losses. If the meeting next Monday decides to alter the Otago Chess Club’s year ,o close on February 28 it will be incumbent on all the players to finish their games this month. Mr E. H. Severne is evidently having a good deal of chess all over the dominion during his holidays. At Wellington he had two hard games with Gyles. The games which each lasted over two hours, both ended in draws. He also played Kelling ami after a game which lasted over twu evenings beat him. In Auckland he was successful in beating H. N. Maddox in each of the three games he played against him. The date, of the game or games between Dunlop and Gyles for the dominion championship title, and incidentally the custody of the rook, cannot yet be definitely fixed as the former player’s movements are at present uncertain. In the event of Dunlop not being able to go to Wellington during this month, two suggestions have been made. One is that the game should he played in Wellington during the Easter holidays, and the other is that permission he obtained for them to play by telegraph. However, nothing will be settled for some time yet. .