CHESS COLUMN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9178, 6 October 1888, Page 4 (Supplement)

CHESS COLUMN.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Swallow.—Your solution of No. S47a is correct. No. 8478 has a white queon. PROBLEM No. S4S. (By C. Planck.—From the Chess Problem.) Black.

White. White to play and mate in three moves. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 843. Q K 11 8 Solved by Thomas Sexton. The appended game was played between Captain Mackenzie and Mr. C. I). Locock. The latter, who is the British amateur champion, gave the renowned Scot considerable anxiety in the early part of the game, but failed to make the most of his advantages. White. Black. (C. D. Locock.) (Capt. Mackenzie.) 1 P to K 4 P to Ii 4 2 Kt to K B 3 Kt to Q B 3 3 B to Kt 5 P to Q 11 3 4 B to R 4 Kt to B 3 5 P to q 4 P takes P 6 Castles , B to K 2 7 P to K 5 Kt to Iv 5 8 Kt takes P Kt to li 4 (a) 9 Kt to B 6 Castles (b) 10 Q to Kt 4 Kt to K 3 11 K to K sq K to R sq 12 B to Kt 3 P to lv Kt 3 13 Kt takes B Kt takes Kt 14 B takes Kt B P takes £ 15 B to Kt 5 Q to K sq 16 B to B 0 ch K to Kt sq 17 Kt to B 3 P to (J 4 IS Q K to Q sq Kt to B i 19 R to Q 8 B to Q 2 20 R to R 3 Q to B 2 21 Q to Kt 5 I" to B i (c) 22 P to K Kt 4 Kt to Q 5 23 R (K sq) to K 3 B to B 3 24 R to R 0 q It to Q sq 25 R (K 3) to R 3 (d) R to y 2 26 K to B sq (e) P to Kt 4 27 R takes R P Q takes R 28 R Lakes Q K takes R 29 Q to R 4 eh K to Kt sq 30 q to it S ch K to B 2 31 y to Kt 7 ch K to K sq 32 Q takes P ch R (Q 2) to B 2 33 P to K R 4 (0 P to Kt 6 34 Kt to Q sq B to Kt 4 ell 36 K to Kt 2 B to K 7 36 Kt to K 3 B to B 6 ch 37 K to B sq B to Iv 5 38 Q to R 5 K to Q 2 39 P to Kt 5 R to R 2 40 Q to Kt 4 iitoliO 41 Q to lit 3 B to lv 7 ch 42 K to Kt 2 (g) B to B (i ch 43 K to It 2 B to K 5 44 P to Kt 0 (h) It to It 3 45 Q to Kt 4 It takes Kt P 46 Q to Q sq Kt to B 6 ch 47 K to R 3 It to Kt 8 48 Q to K 2 R (B sq) to K Kt sq 49 Kt to Kt 4 (i) R to R 6 ch 50 K to Kt 3 R to Kt S ch 61 K to It 3 It (Kt 8) takes Kt 52 Q takes P i: takes P cli 53 B takes 11 B to B 4, mate (j) (a) Perhaps it would have been as well to castle here, and play the text move when the Kt is at(b) Obviously if 9 Kt takes B, White obtains a winning attack with 10 Kt takes 1' ch, Kto B sq; 11 Btolt 6, &c. (c) 21. . . PtoK it 3 would have been useless, as the Queen may be left en prise. White would have simply answered with 22 1' ti> K Kt 4, &c. (d) The simplest and more forcible move, which would have led to a win should have been 25 P to K R 4 ; 26 P to K R 5, Ac. (e) A necessary precaution. If 26 It takes P, then 26. . . . Q takes R; 27 R takes (J, Kt to B 6 ch, remaining with the exchange ahead. (0 Perhaps it would have been better here to play 33 Kt to K 2, and either exchange knights, or threaten to brill? it into play with powerful effect. (g) It 42 Kto Iv sq, then 42. ... R takos P ; 43 q takes It; Ktto B 6 ch, winning the queen. (h) .Sacrificing a pawn in order to defend the R P, as Black threatened 44. . . . R takes Pch ; 45 Q takes it, Kt to B li ch, &c. (i) The only move to save the mate. (j) A very pretty conclusion, in which the Captain returns with interest the trouble the youthful master gave him in the earlier part of the game.— Field.

THE CENTENNIAL CONGRESS. A meeting of the committee was held at the Thistle Cafe on September 17, Mr. Burns in- the chair. The chairman reported that the manager of the City Bank had offered the use of the large hall of the bank during the day on very liberal terms, and it was resolved that the offer be accepted. It was accordingly arranged that the congress should be opened there by the president on Saturday, the 13th October, at 10 a.m., and that immediately thereafter the play in the major tournament should be commenced and continued daily, Sunday excepted, till it was finished. As the hall will not be available at night all unfinished games, as well as the minor tournament, will be played out at the club room, Thistle Cafe, after 7.30 p'.m. It was announced that Mr. Hay, of Dunedin, was to leave New Zealand on the '26th inst., and that arrangements were being made at Adelaide for Mr.Charlick to represent South Australia. From other sources it is known that Mr. Brockelbank, of Auckland, and Mr. Sexton, of Wellington, will take part in the contest. Mr. Burns also stated that he has been in communication with Mr. Crane, of Sydney, who would probably be a competitor. The secretary was requested to invite Mr. Sibald, of Adelaide, who discharged the duties of director of play so satisfactorily at the South Austra--lian Congress, to act in the same capacity here, and the opinion was generally expressed that if his services were secured everything would pass off smoothly.— Leader.

INTERNATIONAL CHESS CONGRESS AT BRADFORD. This important meeting of chess-masters —the fourth under the auspices of the British Chess Association—began at Bradford on the 6th August. The entrance list closed with the following names : —C. V. Bardeleben (Berlin), H. E. Bird, J. H. Blackburn, A. Burn, Captain (J. H. Mackenzie (New York), J. Mason, I. Gunsberg, W. H. K. Pollock, S. Taubenhaus (Paris), Max Weiss (Vienna), Rev. J. Owen, Rev. A. P. Skipworth, C. D. Locock, F. J. Lee, E. Thorold, J. Mortimer, J. E. Hall, and A. Rumboll. The first 16 names are wellknown, but the last two are new aspirants to chess honours. Latest advices give the scores as follows : Gunsberg, 12 wins ; Mackenzie, 10 ; Bardeleben and Mason, 9; Blackburn and Burn, 8. Each player has 3 games to play, and Gunsberg is sure of the first prize unless he lose to Bardeleben, in which case the latter may tie with him.

Mr. C. H. Brockelbank, the chess representative of Auckland at the Melbourne Congress, departed by the s.s. Mararoa for Melbourne via Sydney on Wednesday. Wo feel certain that he will give a good account of himself. During Bis absenco this column will be attended to by Mr. W. Munro, so that correspondents need not wait to have the burning question of a correct solution of a problem, &c., settled to their satisfaction. The secretary of the Auckland Chess Association received a telegram from Mr. Ridings, the Auckland representative at Christchurch, that the drawing for the tourney to bo held annually in the four principal cities of New Zealand to decide the championship if possible, resulted in Christchurch, Ist; Auckland, 2nd ; Wellington, 3rd ; and Dunedin, 4tli. The Handicap Tourney of the Auckland Chess Association commenced last year resulted in a tie between Messrs. Brockelbank, scratch, and Young, 4th class. Mr. Young resigned for the play off, so that Mr. Brockelbank is the winner. This, apart from the merit to Mr. Brockelbank," is highly satisfactory to the Auckland chess-players as showing that he is in good form for the struggle at Melbourne.

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