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Evening Star, Issue 22775, 9 October 1937, Page 6

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by D.H.H.] The Otago Club meet* for play at tke rofmi, Capitol Buildings, Princes street, every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evening at 7.80 o’clock. Visitors are cordially invited to attend, and by ringing up 82-646 arrangements may be made tor a game any afternoon or evening as the rooms arc open to both club members and visiters at any time. I TO CORRESPONDENTS. 1 tWe invite, communications on ell matters cancerning chesa ■ Solutions of problems, games, and analysis will receive our attention, and i( el sufficient me«lt will be - inserted. All communications to be addressed “ Chesa Editor,” Evening Star,’] F.K.K. (Wellington).—Thanks for reports, etc. W.A. (Maori Hill);—Obliged for assistance. A.W.P. (Kelburn). —Thanks for cuttings. R.O.S. (Wanganui).—Will be pleased to render you any assistance .in my power. King - (Timaru). —2,559 was a two-mover, but do not think.your solution is a “ cook.” Thanks. CORRECT SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. 2,559:J.J.M. (Musselburgh), T.J.W. (St; Kilda), J.E.D. (Dunedin), 0.8. ■ (Maori Hill), W.A. (Maori! Hill), R.M'D. (Roalyn), A.j.M*D. (Morning ton), E.A.L. (Invercargill), W.A.M. (Dunedin), J.A.O. (Mormngton), A.E.' (Roslyn). , 2,560:.0.8. (Maori Hill), :W.A.; (Maori Hill), R.M'D. (Roslyn)* A;J.M'D. (Mornington).- E.A.L. (Invercargill), W.A.M. (Dunedin), J.A.O. . (Mornington), King (Timaru), - ; A.E. (Roslyn). SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. 2,559: Q-B 1 (a two-mover), ’ 2,560: Kt-K 7. - If 1... - Q 5,2 Q-Q 2 ch, etc.; if 1;..K-B 5,2 Kt x P ch, etc.; if 1...Q-Kt.l, 2Kt (B 8) i Kt , P ch;, etc. 5, if l.*..Kt -K 6, P z Kt, etc. PROBLEM 2,561. (By S. 0. Dutt.) First Commended in the B.C.P. Tourney, No. 19. Black, 8 pieces.

White to play and mate iri two moves; kt 7 f 1 p-6 1 p k Kt 5 I 1 P 1 P 1 p 2 BPIKI. Q£l | r 1 p 5 | b 1 P,4 B •' , - ■ 5 8:.2. .... ■; , ,' PROBLEM 2,562. (By P. A. Boorer, London.) Black, 6 pieces.

White to play arid" mate in three, moves. 2 B b 3 R | 6 p T Ip 4 fc P 1 j 4 p 2 P | 1 B Kt p P 3 | 3 Kt 4 | 7 P 1 4 K 3. ■ A . MORPHY GAME. | The; subjoined well .illustrates" that quality which Paul Morphy was the first to introduce into modern play. < To say that Morphy was the -greatest chess; exponent is rather • exaggerating ' his ability. Indeed, Beti writes that Andersen .was . nb less ■ talented than Morphy. Morphy’s eminence is wholly duo to the fact that he was the first positional player. - White. Schulten; Black, Morphy. ’:. 1 P-K 4..L;P-K4 , -2M B i.,...PQ.4, , 1 : 3 P x Q P...;„P-K 5 SP-Q 3......8-Q Kt-5 • , 6 B-Q 2 (a)....'..P-K 6' 7 ,B. x P...... Castles ; 8 B-Q 2......8 x Kt , 1 . 9 P i 8.„i.,R-K 1. ch, ! | 10 B-K. 2.. V ..8-Kfc 5 .. . i 11 P. B 4.:...;p B 31 (b)-, 12 P x P .Kt x P 13 K-B 1 R x B (c) 14 Kt x R Kt-Q.,5 15 Q-Kt 1 B x Kt ch 16 K- B 2 Kt-Kt 5 ch 17 K-Kfc 1 Kt-B 6 ch (d) 18 P x Kt Q-Q 5 ch 19 K-Kt 2 Q-B 7 ch 20 K-R 3 Q-B P ch 21 K-R 4 Kt-R 3 y , 22 P-R 3 Kt-B 4 ch 23 K-Kt 5...... Q-R 4 mate fa) This opens up the King’s file. (b) Preparing for the opening of the Queen’s file. (c) Up to here Morphy has been playing positional play, but now proceeds to combinational play, and the two just make the great Morphy. (d) A forced mate in seven- moves. —‘ Newcastle Chronicle.* • . FRENCH DEFENCE. , I .(From . the Polish ;Champiqnship.) j White, Jagielski; Black, ' WojciechoWski.: 1 tf-nL 4 P-K 3 ' - 2P-Q 4 .P-Q 4 , s 3 Kt-Q B 3 JCt-K B 3 4 B-K Kt 5......8-K 2 ■ • 5 B x Kt (a)..:...8 x-B 6 P-K. 5 B-K. 2. 7 Q-Kt 4 Castles ! 8 Kt-B 3 (b)......P-Q B 4 9 Q-R 5 (c) ;F-Bt 10 Kt-K 2 (d)......Q-R 4, chi 11 P-B 3 Kt-B 3 . • , ,12 -P x- P (e)'.i....8 x P • ■' i 5 • 13 Kt-B 1,<f)..;...8 x P chi , ■ 14 K x 8...-..,Q-Kt 3.ch. . ’ 15 K.Kt 3 (g):.....Kt x P (h) 16 Kt x Kt......Q-K 6 ch 17 K-R 4 (i)......Q-B .5, ch ". ' 18 P-K Kt 4....1.E-B 3 ’ : 1 19 Resigns i ' : (a) Forces' the ' pace'; 'perhaps too much.. (b) This should' Come after his P-B 4, A g6od move isl'B-Q 3;, or'Castles, which certainly has lo be•done,on the Q side. (c) Rather feebly anticipating P-K B 4. Wait for it! t (dj I thought he was White. (e) In'any event, his K P will .be lefthigh and dry. (f) This horse did not win the Derby. Kt 4 would be met by Kt x Kt Pj

14 P x Kt, B x Kt P ch; 15 K-Q 1, Q-R 5 ch; 16 K-B 1, B-Q 2; 17 resigns. (g) Or K-K 1, Q x P; 16 Kt-Kt 3. Q x B P ch; picking up the K P thereafter. (h) A pretty sequel. P-B 5 ch is threatened. (i) Kt-B 3. P-K 4! OrR-B 3, jusff as good, QUEER ENDING. Whiter K on K R 1; Q on K R 5; B’s on Q 1, K B 1; B’s on Q Kt 1,2; Kt on K 1; P’s on QKt 3,5, KS.KKt2, KR 2. Black: K on K Kt 1; Q on Q Kt 1; B’s on Q B 1, K B 1; B’s on Q B 4, Q 4; Kt on Q 2; P’s on K 3, K B 2, K Kt 2, K R 3. Both Kings are somewhat uncomfortable under .the gaze of opposing B’s, hut White (Reinhardt in a Bremen tourney) gets going, before Samisoh, V , > ’ i'R x 81...... P x B ■' 2 Q-B 5 Kt-B 3 3 P x Kt......P-Kt 3 4,Q-B 3...... K R-K 1 (a) 5 B x P......Q-B 5 (b) 6 B x P ch!......K x B (c) , 7 Q-Q 7 ch B-K 2 8 Q x R ch...;.,Resigns (a) Intending a counter-combination. If K-R 2, 5 B-B-1, P-R 4, 6 Q ; x P ch. (b) Beautiful, hut unavailing. ,(c) If K-B 1, 7 Kt-B 3, K x B, 8 Q-Q 7 ch. B-K 2, 9 Kt-K 5 ch. Bang goes the : Black Q. .—‘Observer." OTAGO CHESS'CLUB. The monthly meeting of the committee was; held last Saturday'evening; the president, Mr. J. J. Marlow being in, the chair. ■Mr W-, .Lang undertook to arrange for the annual tourney for the: Ellis Cup between 'teams' representing. the Athenaeum chess players and the O.C.C. ,* The Chairman reported that in his capacity of president of ‘the New Zealand Chess Association he had the pleasure of, attending; the last meeting of the' council in Wellington. ,He had received hearty and sincere congratulations from -the delegates upon the recent win of the Bledisloe ' Clip by the, Otago Chess Club. . He gave a resume of the main business transacted, and - said: that the association had voted; £25 towards the expenses of the forthcoming. Congress. , Dr B. W. Bennett gave a very satisfactory account of the progress'that was be"ing made in: the. tutorial classes, and said there were about 15 constant attendants. He suggested that with summer approaching these classes should be discontinued in November. He also mentioned the fact that ho was having classes at the Fire Brigade Station, and thought that other classes could be easily formed if suitable instructors would volunteer to help him. There was considerable discussion in connection with details for the holding of the chess- congress.'here next December. A Finance Committee was . appointed,, consisting ’of Messrs > J.’ J. MarloW, W. fieri .herfe, ~0. Balk, G. D. Wright, D. :H.‘ Hastings,,. Dr -G: Barnett,' Dr. E. W.';Bennett, Messrs J; S. M. Lawson, R. -M'Dermid, (and W. Lang. ■ The • president and secre--tary were/.authorised -to make inquiries ■-'with".a viewjto obtaining, suitable premises ; for the hoi ding of. the congress. , i'-'i' ":.; 4 CHESS* ■ ’ThlSlAugust number of ‘Chess’ contains a full_report of the second and final week’s play'in -the British championship tournament, . together with a halfway report of the .Stockholm Olympiad. Thh following nations ' were, represented ' by teams: — Poland, England, Argentina, Sweden,' •Hungary, Norway, United States, Lithuania, Finland, Iceland, Scotland, Belgium, 'Czechoslovakia, 1 Italy, Estonia, ' Denmark, Holland, Latvia, and Yugoslavia. The ' issue was open when the paper went to /press. Among the personal performances that of Dr Euwe, world champion, stood, supreme .by having won every game in the ninei-rounds played. Keres had lost, only' -one-game', to Euwe; ‘Chess’ has now absorbed another ■. magazine, 5-‘‘Canadian Chessner,’* which will ' help to confirm its status as a world-wide chess-magazine. In this/zconiiection ,a ; number of new features arei VDr /Euwe’s contribution is -a fine annotation'of his game played at Stuttgart Against P. Saraisch in the double: round .tournament between 'Alekhine, Bogoljubov, Samisch, and himself. The opening, was. “ Queen’s ' Pawn Niemtso Indian Defence." Dr Alekhine gives an interesting and fully annotated description of his first tournament game against W. Rosanofl, which, with Scotch opening, he won in 42 moves. L. A. Huef contributes an interesting and useful article on ‘Two Bara Knights in the End Game,’ and Mr A. Firth, formerly _ editor of the ‘ Social Chess Quarterly,’ gives some sound advice on ‘ Middle-game Analysis.’ There , are the usual number- of . selected tournament annotated.,games, pages under the .control 'of G. S. Kipping, .and end. games, etc. /The . price of ‘ Chess ’ has not'been raised, although" the contents have been greatly: (enlarged and improved.

NEW ZEALAND CHESS, ASSOCIATION. . The quarterly meeting of-the council was •held on September 22, when Mr A. T. .Craven, vice-president,: presided over a full attendance of delegates. The president of the association, Mr J. J. Marlow, was also present, and: the' opportunity was taken to convey to him, as president of .the .Otago Chess Club,' the -association’s con-, gratulations bn the club’s success in winning the, Bledisloe Cup. The hon.l treasurer, Mr J. L. Hardy,' .reported ■ that . the, association’s finances 1 were in a satisfactory condition. Messrs Marlow and 'Kelling spoke of 'the necessity for speeding up play- in tele-graphic-matches,- which has-latterly become slower and _ more tedious.' Messrs Gyles, ■Hardy, Kelling, and M’Crea were appointed a, sub-committee ,to report fully on this matter, to a, future meeting. . The. Chairman an; interim report on the - subject-of . -chess by wireless, and detailed the result of the association’s efforts' to ;• have chess taught in schools on Saturdays .as ,a recreational subject., A grant of £25 .was passed towards the expenses of; the congress, .and the Otago executive will also: have assistance from entrance fees and the proceeds of the congress subscription lists.—Wellington -correspondent; . - THE * AUSTRALASIAN CHESS REVIEW.’ The August number of the ‘ A.C.R.’ fully maintains this magazine's claim to be the best chess periodical south of the line. As might be expected, the major amount of space is devoted to Australian news, including matches, club news, and selection of the best games. There is, however, plenty of chess news not only from England and America, but from all the leaders of European chess-centres. In addition to the Australasian games, there are four played by Morphy against Anderson. Harrwitz (2), and Paulsen, annotated by Mr C. J. S, Purdy. The Margate and Ostend Congresses, the Austrian women’s, and Australian championships are all represented in the varied ■ games published. A good feature of this month’s number is the . amount _of space •given to correspondence •’hess in Australia, which is already growing and promise to be a great factor in'the future. A discussion on the-time and place of the next Australian championship'; congress is both interesting and opportune. The editor’s main contrioution,' apart from 'his annotated game, is a long and useful article, 1 The Truth About-Pawn Centres,’ illustrated by accompanying diagrams. Mr F. T. Haines, in the problem section,- is' very interesting ■this month; as, in addition to the set problem,' he has dissertations on ‘ The London Theme. ‘ Thematic—Unthematic,’ a review of ‘The Emery Memorial,’ and Gleams -from America.’ Taken altogether, this is a number which the editor has. a-right to be proud of. ' WELLINGTON NOTES. : The following are; the results' of the fifty-fourth round 'of the Wellington . Chess League’s competition:— T 'Second Grade.—AV.G.C. 3, Miramar-Sea-tottn "3; • Karori , 4, Technical O.S. 2; W.M.C. 3 i, Shell 2-j. Third Grrde.—Wellington won by default from Technical Blue; W.M.C. 3j, Technical O.S. 2i; Technical Red 4, Karori Red 2; Shell 3j, Karori Blue 2^. First Grade (Second Series). —Welling-’ ton C.C. Bine 6, t Ngaio 0; Wellington Red 4i, W.M.C. lj. 4