GUESS COLUMN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9452, 24 August 1889, Page 4 (Supplement)

GUESS COLUMN.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

tr, Linton, Bailey, Kaipara, and C.JI., Grafton Road.—Your solutions of SOS) and 900 art) both correct. , W. 8.. -street.9ol and 902 are both correctly solved )>y you. Kairmount.—You are successful over 900, 901, and 902 ; your perseverance deserves its success. As you will have seen by the published solution,lt to lis is not the toy-move of 899. SIGMA and KM A.N.—901 is alright. Iho diagram of SO- is perfect.

SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 900. Wuitk. Black. 1 Q to q 1$ 5 Solved by " Sigma," A. Morton, C.11.,'" Fairmouut," and G. Linton, Kaipara.

PROBLEM No. 90.1. (By Frank E. Purciias.—Field.)

Black, 0 pieces.

White, 8 pieces. White to play and mate in three moves.

CANTERBURY V. OTAGO.

The fame given below was played at board No. 1. It will be seen Dr. Slonhou.se threw away a won game after inaugurating a combination as brilliant as it was sound.

Key LOt'liZ. Wiiitk. Black. (Hi-. ten house.) (Mr. A. M. Ollivier.) 1 P to lv 4 V to lv 4 2 Kt to K 15 3 lvt to '■i 15 3 Sli in ic 5 Kl, to 15 3 ■l Castles 1! to 15 1 5 P to (J :> (a) I' to (j :i ; <) 1' to Q 1? 3 «forties 7 1* to Kit 3(b) Kt to lv 2 S 15 to 11 1 Kt to Kt 3 9 I' to (J t I! to Kt 3 10 15 to Hi! It to 11 It to K Pt0153 12 Kt to II 3 1' to q 1(c) 13 Q l» takes P Kt (Kt 3) takes P H Ktta.ko.sKt 1! takes Kt ,ir> it to It 4 it to IC Hi I' to K 5 Kt to q "2 17 11 to K 2 15 to 15 '> IS Q to lv Kt to 15 10 It to Q Kt to 3 (d) ■20 It to It 2 Kt to Kt 4 (f) 21 1' to lv 15 -l Kt to K 3 22 Kt to lit (g) 1' to t> Kt 4 23 Kt tot? 2 Kt to 15 4 •21 1> to Q Kt 4(h) Kt to 1{ & 2,"i Kt to lv to lv (j) •211 Kt to 15 (', ch (k) I' takes IvtO) 27 1' takes 1' (in) Q takes It •2S (J to Kt '2 15 to Kt 5 •2i) It takes l'ch(ti) lv takes 1> 30 Q takes It (J takes q 31 P takes Q (o) Kttikos P 32 It to (J *2 li to lv 8 cli 33 K to I! 2 q it to K 31 11 to Q 3 q It to K 7 ell 3.1 K to It 3 ]{ to lv 15 S eh ".'j K to tvt 3 Kt to K ft nil ' 37 K to lv 3 It to K It 8 38 I' to Kt-5 Kt to 15 7 oh ltesigils Notes liv Mn. A. M. U.I V IKK. (a) Waste of time, an While plays 1' to q P. 3 next move, and soon afterwards advances the t t > 11.I 1 . 'Bettor to have played P to (,> It 3, and then 1' to q 1. (h) 15 takes Kt is more generally played. (c) Itku'k had, so far, the best of the opening; but this i.-> premature. 15 to It '2, lid lowed by Pto 11 4, is best, (d) Q to lv 2 is much better, followed by I' to 1) 3. (f) A useless move. 151 ark lias now lost the advantage he obtained ill the opening. Q to lv 2is still l he best move. Or) Black dare not take the Kt. (h) The move handed in nt the close of the first night's play. (j) Too late ; he docs not see the impend ins; peril. (k) A good move. (1) Not safe. (m) Overlooking Black's reply. The proper continuation is 27 11 to Kt.'icb, iv to 15; 28 It takes I', q to Q sq ; 20 Q to Kt 8 eh, K to K 2 ; 30 1' takes 1' ell, and 15lack cannot, save the game. (n) Throwing away a piece. (o) White's same is now hopeless, anil he might have resigned. IN PRAISE OF CHESS. From a long tnul enthusiastic article in praise of clicks in the Gentleman's Magazine, we take the following amusing extract: — Perhaps this is the best) placc to consider u charge often made against the game of games. It is said ( hat chess is unsociable, solemn, silenta gloomy pastime played by taciturn, over-thoughtful men. Not a word of this reproach is true. It i? " not only not fact, but curiously reverse of fact," However, most errors have a ration d'etcre, and this has two. Those who know nothing of the oame have looked in at a great tournament, and noticed the air of hushed attention pervading the room, the strained, thoughtful asjicet, of the players, the bystanders conversing in fearful whispers, and have concluded thai all games were carried on in that, grim fashion. They might as well infer that riding is a melancholy pastime—it. sometimes is—because a jockey on the Derby course has not time to admire the view ! The other reason for this popular error I heard stated with great frankness by a young lady of my acquaintance. "I hate chess," she said, " because wo have to bo so quiet when papa, is playing." I sympathise with all such sufferers ; they have just ground of complaint. There are really some performers who remind one of Sydney Smith's description of Rogers composing a poem. But these tedious ami exacting players arc, as a rule, in the outermost circle of chess play. In chess, as in everything else, many carry the fennel; few are t.ho initiated. A great player made a fine remark about these feeble, halting hangerson of the great, game. "Chess," he said, " begins where they leave oil." And these are the men who must have the children sent to bed and the piano silenced, and the knocker fled and the straw laid down in the streets, before they can commence to make their fatuous and feeble moves. These solemn triflers may pair off with the players " who don't care much about whist, but who take a hand now and then to make up a rubber," who, after five minutes'reflection, invariably play tho wrong card. Let us come back to real players and real play. In a recent number of Yenowinc's News, mention is made of the fact that Mr. 0. 11. D. Gossip was so much pleased with having won five, drawn one, and only lost one of the last seven games played by him in the New York Congress, that he had serious thoughts of entering his name as a competitor both at Breslau and at Paris. He says that lie had at last played up to his strength, assigning as the reason of his success that he had been able to have his "morning's sleep undisturbed and that he had had a high seat, which he requires m consequence of being very long-sighted. Tho New York Times supplies the additional item that the cushion of the high seat was a big ledger, which Mr. Gossip finally got to sit upon, and from the contents of which, strange to say, he actually " seemed to derive some inspiration." The To Matinga YVao Chess and Draughts Club, which has hitherto met in Mr. Freeman's cottage, Mt. Eden, now meets in a room of the United Methodist Free Church, corner of Mt. Eden and Valley Roads, every Tuesday evening from half-past seven to ton o'clock. A cordial invitation is given to anyone interested in the game. Last Tuesday evening at the first meet in the new room, Mr. W. E. Mcars generously presented a set of chessmen and board to the club. Votes of thanks were carried by acclamation to Mr. Freeman for his kindness in the past and to the trustees of tho U.M.F. Church for the present kind favour. Letters have been received from Mr. C. M. Fisher, who lias been having a "good time" in London. He mentions that he has paid several visits to the St. George's Chess Club, where he has been maintaining the reputation of Australian chess by winning every game he has played. ,He modestly adds, however, that the gentlemen who are recognised as the strongest members of the club have all been out of London, but he hopes to have an opportunity previous to bis return to Australia of measuring his strength against some of these. Meanwhile he was looking forward to the Paris Exhibition, and to some chess in the Parisian chess civ-' s.

*»* Correspondents are invited to send in games and problems, and if of sufficient interest or merit, they will be inserted in this column. While giving games played between the masters and alno local players our main object will be to make the problems as interesting as possible. Letters must be marked " Chess "