CHESS

Evening Star, Issue 25993, 7 January 1947, Page 8

CHESS

PROBLEM No. 2,982. (By E. A. Ekholm.) —Prize National Informal Tourney.— Black 5 pieces.

• White, 5 pieces. White mates in two moves. SOLUTION TO PROBLEMS. 2,961: N-Q 8. Miniature (Dobbs) R-R 8: (1) P-B 3, (2) B-N 8; K moves, (3)' B-Q 6 mate, a neat illustration of the Indian theme. QUEEN’S INDIAN DEFENCE. White, P. Keres (Esthonia); Black, C. H. Alexander (England). 1 P-Q 4 N-K B 3 2P-QB4. M 3 3 N-K B 3 P-Q N J 4 P-K N 3......8-N 2 5 B-N 2 Q-B 1 6 N-B 3 Now White has a direct pressure on Q 5 and Black caunot play P-B '4 because of P-Q 5. 6 ......B-N 5 7 0-0 P-B 4 8 N-Q N 5...... P x P 9 B-B 4: N-R 3 10 B-Q 6. Qx P White threatened B x B followed by N-Q 6 ch. 11 Q-R 4 B-B 3 12 KNx P. BxKB 13 Q x N...... 8 x R 14 Rx B Q, xN(Q 5) Black appears to obtain a material cquilavent for his Q, but his position is basically unsound, as Keres neatly proves. 15 N x Q...... 8 x B 16 N-N 5 K-K 2 17 R-Q 1. B-B 4 Here......N-K 1 would lose after 18. N x B, N x N, 19 Q-R 3. 18 P-Q R 3. N-K 5 19 R x P ch! K-B 3 _Hf......(19)...K x R, (20) Q-N 7 ch, winning, both Rooks. ' 20 Q-N 7 Resigns. The simultaneous attack on K B 2 and K 5 cannot be met. A drastic example of what happens when Black prematurely opens the game in the" Queen’s Indian. AUSTRALIAN CONGRESS. At a late stage in the tournament, Lajos Steiner leads with 7 points from G. Koshnitsky 6£ points, C. J. S. Purdy and B. Y. Mills being 1 point behind with 54 each. The tournament is being played in Adelaide, and will conclude on January 9, Steiner, the present titleholder, is almost certainly assured of victory. U.S.A. CHAMPIONSHIP. » The sixth biennial national championship has resulted :in the regaining'of. the title by Samuel Reslievsky from the holder, Arnold Denker. Reshevsky’s score includes wins against Adams, Rothman, Drexel, H. Steiner, Santasiere, Suesman, Dicamillo, Fink, Kowalski, Rubinow, and Denkr, and draws against Kramer and Horowitz. The United States is the second greatest chess-playing nation, and the winning of this championship—a 17-round marathon—has added further laurels to the many successes which Reslievsky has earned. ■