CHESS

Evening Star, Issue 25882, 28 August 1946, Page 5

CHESS

PROBLEM No. 2,943. By E. PALKOSKA (Czecho-Slovakia). Hon. mention, ‘ Tidskrift For Schack,’ 1907Black, 6 pieces.

White, 5 pieces. White mates in two moves. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM

2,942; Q-B 5. A highly complex problem, illustrating the half-pin theme. If (1)......N-K 7, (2) P-Q 3, mate. (1) NQN 4, (2) N-B 5, mate. (1) Q-Q 6 (2) N-Q 4, mate. CORRECT SOLUTIONS. 2,942: J.E.D., R.C.C., R.M.S. (Dunedin). 2,943: R.McD. (Dunedin), R.S (Seacliff). AUSTRALIA v. FRANCE. The detailed scores in the beam wireless match between Australia and France are as follows: AUSTRALIA. FRANCE. • (Sydney). (Paris). L. Steiner ... 0 Dr O. Bernstein 1 C. J. S. Purdy i Dr X. Tartakover £ G. Koslinitsky A C. Boutteville | M. E. Goldstein £ R. Daniel ... £ 11. Klass ... ... 0 M. Raizman ... 1 (Melbourne). (Marseilles). Dr M. Gellis ... A- A. Gibaud ... £ F. A. Growl ... i V. Kahn £- G. -Watson ... 1 B. Rommetti ... 0 M. Green ... 1 G. Renaud ... 0 L. Oliver 1 C. Aubert ... 0 5* H The French team included six former champions of France, in addition to the masters Bernstein and Tartakover. Australia has good reason to be proud of her victory. OTAGO v. WELLINGTON. The. following game from the Bledisloe Cup match was the first of the two wins only gained by Otago. By exchanging Q P White keeps the gamp away from normal channels and subsequently builds up a strong K side attack, which Black’s weakened pawn position prevents him from defending successfully. A lively game, which provided one of the brighter spots in the match; - ■

—Queens’ Gambit Declined.— White,' L. D, Coombs (Otago); Black, N. Henderson (Wellington). 1. P-Q 4 P-Q 4 2. P-Q B 4 P-K 3 3. N-Q' B' 3 N-K B 3 4. B-N 5...... Q N-Q 2 5. P x P......P x P. 6. P-K 3 If N x P: 6,......N x N winning a piece. ' 7. ! B-Q 3 Q-R 4 8. Q-B 2 B-N 5 9, K N-K 2......0-0 10. O-O. R-K 1 White’s objective is to confine Black to Q 6ide. 11. N-N 3 P-K N 3 12. P-B 3 R-K 3 13. Q R-Q 1 N-K 1 14. P-K 4 P x P 15. N(N3) x P Q,-N 3 ” 16. B-Q B 4 Bx N 17. P x B R-K 4 . 18. R-Q N 1...... R-Q N 4 19. B x R, winning the exchange ' and obtaining" a passed pawn P x.B 20. Q-K 2 N-B 2 21. B-Q 8...... P-Q R 3 22..K-RJ. Q-Q B 3 . Endeavouring to liberate the N. 23. B x N Q x B 24. K R-K 1 P-N 3 25. Q-Q 2 K-N 2 26. R-K 2 B-N 2 27. Q R-K 1 R-Q 1 W r hite R’s are now ready for action. 28. N-B 2 N-B 4 29. R-K 7 Q-N 1

30. N-N 4 N-K 3 An error, but the position is now hopeless. 31. R(KI x N Q-B 1 32. Q-R 6 ch, and Black resigns, “by thunders of white silence, overwhelmed.” GREAT BRITAIN v. U.S.S.R.

The radio match between Britain and Russia resulted in a win for Russia by 14 points to 6. The conclusion was foregone. Russia is the strongest chess-playing nation in the world. It has one hundred million players, and entries in tournaments are numbered literally in thousands. Individual honours in the match go to C. H. O’D. Alexander Britain’s top player, who held the Russian champion, Botvinnik, to a draw, one game each. Scores were: Botvinnik 1, Alexander 1; Kcres I£, Klein Smyslov 2, Konig 0; Boleslavsky; 1, Golombek 1; Flohr I£, FairjiurstKotov 2, List 0; Bronstein 1, Winter 1; Bondarevsky 2, Aitken 0; Lilienthal Ij, Wood j; Ragosiu Abrahams lj. Relatively this was a better performance than the United States, who in an earlier match could score only 4£ points to Russia’s 15j.