CHESS COLUMN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9244, 22 December 1888, Page 4 (Supplement)

CHESS COLUMN.

[Correspondents are invited to send in games»and problems, and if of sufficient intorest or inorlt, they will be inserted in this column. While giving games played between the masters and also local players our great aim will bo to niako the/problems as interesting as possible.] "'■ ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Saiinian.— of No. 858 correct. V "i«j SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 856. White* Black. 1 It to K It 3 1 P to Kt c 2 It to K It sq 2 P takos K Q ch 3 Q takes Q, mate PROBLEM No. -859. (By Albert Giieenway, Marong.) Black, 3 piecoa.

White, 7 pieces. White to play and mate in two moves' PROBLEM" No. S6O. (By Jan Hinkkniki. a Jan ICaiiles.—From Ccsko Uloliy Sac-hove.) Black, 4 pieces.

Wiiitk, 0 pieces. White to play anil mate in two moves. A very brilliant parties, for tlie score of which wo are indebted to the- Nationaltidende (Copenhagen). The notes are ours. ; Liverpool Courier. KIESIiUITSKY CI AM HIT. WftlTK. Black. O. ConleL 11. Block. 1 P to K 4 P to K .1 •2 I' to K It 4 I' takes 1' 3 Kt to K B 3 J' to K Kt 1 4 1' to K It 4 P to Kt 5 5 KttoKS It to Kt2(a) 0 1' to Q 4 Kt to K It 3 7 B to B 4 I' to Q 4 (bl 8 takes P Castles * 9 B takes P (c) Kt taken Q P 10 It takes Kt (d) <i takes B 11 Castles Ktto B3(el 12 Kt t > QB3 Q takes P eh IS Q takes Q Kt takes Q 14 6 It to q Kt tikes P (0 15 Kt to Q f. P U> t'i 11 3 0;) 10 Kt to K 7 ch K to It 17 Kt takes P ell K takes Kt 18 11 to Q 8 eh It to 15 19 It takes It eh B takes It 20 B to K sch It to Kt2 '21 It mates (li) (a) It is now agreed that 5 Kt to K B 3 and the text move are the two best Black lias at this point. Steinitz and Zukortort agree that either may he adopted ; and in fact they result, by a transposition of moves, in the same position. In practice wo would prefer 5 B to Kt - 2 before the knight is brought out. The attack is then confined to the routine groove, and White cannot indulge in the dangerous li Kt takes K Kt P. (b) Better, as Gossip points out, than castling— e.g.. 7 Castles, 8 Kt to Q B 3 ; P to Q 3, it Kt tidies K B I' ; It takes Kt, 10 B takes 11 ch ; K takes B, 11 Q takes B 1*; Kto Kt, 12 Castles, with a line Rami?. (c) » Kt to (2 15 3 ; Kt to It I, lit Kt to K 2 is demolished by Zukertort's 111 Ptoß 4. Conk marks it Kt to O B 3 and <J B takes 1* as both inferior tot) castles, tint all three result to While's disadvantage. (d)»iiven ;is best by Gossip. The Handlmnr-h and ],a StrattSgie give in 1' to K Kt 3. In a cranio with Steinitz (New York. ISM) Thornton played here 10 Bto KKt anil drew, although he should have won. (e) 11 P to i} IS 4 is the recognised move, to which White replies 12 P to B 3, giving Black the better game. (f) The queens being gone, Black wvidently considers himself safe, and goes " pawn broking." (g) Unconscious of the coming brilliant move, l"i B to K 3, if an unsatisfactory defence, seems the only one. lii li takes Kt would simplify matters for White, who now forces mate in six moves. 00 A most artistic finish. boys' tourney;. For somo time past a tourney for boys lias been contemplated, and it has now come to a definite issue. The tourney will commence some time in January, and entries will be received till the exact date has been decided upon. Several prizes will be given, and no entrance fee will be charged. All lads under 15 years will be eligible to compete. Some '20 entries have already been received. Mr. Ashton, secretary of the Auckland Chess Club, will bo glad to receive further entries at his office, Now Zealand Insurance Buildings. Secretaries of the various clubs have been requested to assist. The following youthful aspirants have already entered:— H. Gulliver, P. Neville, F. Gill, J. Tarry, H. Airey, J. Greet), 11. Adams, S. (.Jill, V. Wright, A. Wright, W. Allen, B. Calder, If. Sands, W. Foss, G. Oswell, C. Speight, W. Aickin, G. Evans. A complete list of names will be published when the entries have closed.

CHESS NOTES. Holland. —The first prize in the annual tourney of the Dutch Chess Association has been won by Mr. Loinan, who did not lose a game.

London.—ln the monster winter handicap at the City Chess Clubs there are over 100 competitors ! Tho prizes will amount to about .€SO.

A correspondent to tho Cincinnati Commercial Gazette has the following to say concerning Simpson's Divan, London: — "The chess-room is an annex on the upper floor, and the rooms contain a small collection of chess books and plenty of tables to accommodate players, On entering through the cigar room on the ground floor, you purchase a ticket for Is. This ticket admits the bearer to tho chess-room for the evening, and is accepted for a shilling's worth of refreshments, spirits, cigars, or coffee. There are not other terms of admission so far as 1 know ; and this provision is, I presume, sufficient to exclude undesirable visitors. Tho visitor to this chess resort should be aware of a custom of the place. A shilling a gamo is expected by the victor, and there are players always ready to add to their income in this way. I was not at first aware of this, and was asked to play by a quiet, pleasant gentleman. He beat mo two games anil then waited about and acted somewhat queorly ! I now know the reason. There should certainly be a notice posted up, that visitors may not leave a reputation for meanness when they were only ignorant."

Love and Chess.—ln 1884 Miss Agnes Lorkcon, of London, tied with Mr. Herbert Jacobs for first prize in solving the tourney of the Sheffield Independent. Not long ago they tied again, but this time for life. It is a novel and romantic principle in chess that one tie should lead to another ; and that in the latter each should win a prize and both be happy. The incident recalls a somewhat kindred one in the lives of Mr. Rowland and Miss Beochey, now a charming pair consulting in the game of life.

A London correspondent remarks the fact that neither Gunsberg nor Mackenzie, the first and second prize winners at the latest international chess congress in England, "is a follower of the modern school of which Steinitz in the principal exponent, and their victories have, at least, had the useful effect of showing that chess consists of something more than playing for the odd pawn on the queen's side."