CHESS COLUMN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8264, 24 May 1890, Page 4 (Supplement)

CHESS COLUMN.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. F.F.— Kb to KB 8, king mows; QtoKB 2, iking mows ; 3 Q mates, or takes Kt _ 962.Correct solutions from "Barman," "Sigma," n.U.P., Mt. Bdon, "Fairmoimt," " Omega." Faiumdunt. —As the problem had two Black kings, it required the alteration w mentioned in List issue, and nothing else. _ Othersolvers, as you will see-below,. found.it sufficient. SOLUTION OS 1 PROBLEM No. 951. White. Black. 1 B to Q Kt a Solved try " Barman" ami " Sigma." PROBLEM No. 952. (Ry W. Thomas, WflJonabrina.—Leader.) Black, 7 pieces.

J White, 5 pieces. * White to play and mate in two moves. DEATH OF MR. C. M. FISHER. A cablegram was received on Thursday, May 1, announcing the death of this eminient Australian chess-player on April 29 at .Monte Carlo, in Italy, at the early age of 45. Mr. Fisher for somo years past was tone of the leading sharebrokers in Melbourne. About a year ago he repaired to Europe with his wife, who is a daughter of J Jr. C!. Edin, and two children on a holiday trip. Intimation of his movements was Miceived from time to time. On the approach of last winter ho removed from Londun to Paris. Subsequently ho journeyed to Berlin and wintered at Nice, and all along enjoyed robust health. Latterly he b<'gan to suffer from insomnia and nervous excitement, and early in March, whilst at iVto.inte Carlo, ho had a paralytic seizure, fro m the effects of which he never recovered, .appears that some time before lie had had an attack of the prevailing epidemic, inlluenr.a. He won the championship cup of Victoria in 1885 and 188(5, but since then bus mess hits engrossed his attention almost enti rely. The following game was played in 1 875 in a match that lie won from Mr. L. Gob ismith :—

Staunton Opening. White. Black. (Mr. X.. Goldsmith.) (Mr. V. M. Fisher.) 1 1- to Q It 1 Vfe propose to name this debut in honour of the only 1 englishman who has over wielded the chess sceplre. Mr. Staunton fir.-t pronounced it Iks one of then ifest ;uid tin est openings extant, and demonstrati h1 its efficiency in his great match for the churn pionship with M. St. Amant iu Paris in 1N43. llerr Steinitz hits termed it the *' Knglish Opening," but tlie title we propose means the same, and much more. P to K 15 4 Krister than 1* to K 1, as White would then have the Sicilian Opening, with the advantage also of the move.. Mr. Staunton :uid many other players have prefo cuxl 1' to if 15 4 instead of the text move. :i Kt i-o Q H :> I* to K It 3 I' t*l It 3 Kt to K B 3 4 IMiMJ 4 l' to<i 4 In a. ramilar opening on the K's side where the Mack ilVis posted at K Kt 2, Stomttz, Winker, and Potter* hswe lately iulvocate<l leaving the J* liiimoved.. The black B then enfilades the Ions; dingo*) aii aided by a Pat K2,Q 3, and QB 4. For a like re I son we think in the present instance tlieQ P should loot be advanced, hut P tie played to Q Kt 3 and BtiJ Kt 2. :> p &*■'. K ;i Here' B to 11 4, favoured by Harrwitz, is a very poworf trl move. If P takes P White can win it by Q to It tl eh, or P to K 3. B to Q 3 J' to P. 4 were letter. 0 P to «B 6 Show >•, but bad in principle. 15 to K 2 7Kt fC 3 Castles 5 Bto (J :t Kt to K 5 y Castl t-s P to it Kt 3 Well-itiayed. White cannot sustain the advanced P 10 P tak frs P B P takes P We pr e-fer II P takes P, which agrees with Philsdor's pri n-ciple of uniting— isolating—the P.'s. 11 K Kt to K r> The " Charge of the Light Brigade." Kt to q 2 12 K Kt?tl > 15 0 </ to K 13 Q Ktto Kt 5 O Kt to B 3 14 K Kt tj ikes P 15 to Q 2 The am ljuscade. If. Kt to lin Q to Kt Hi K Kt t i> Kt 6 The retii-3,11 ! If Ii take It Blaclrwhjs both Kfs. B takes Kt 17 Kt taktH 15 The sevl-n impetuous cavalry diaries have results 1 in ilhe capture of one foot soldier, but at tho expense oflthne and position. Kt to Kt "> 15 Pto Kt toQ 3 Hi Kt takero Kt 15 takes Kt 20 P to K 3 White's ,vame is hampered, and the text-more does not tt. nd to free it. One boM stroke which would burn tire tables seems hitherto to have escaped the d ufcice of both players ami critics. The move we su {sest is PtoK 4. If Black take P with Q P, White can retake P with B, winning Kt if B be captured. Kt to B 3 21 P. to Q i K to It The cloud J 10 bigger than a man's hand. 2-2 It to B It to Kt 23 PtoKIJ it Fancied security. Q to K The clouds icken. 24 15 to K i 1' to K 8 The storm brewing. 2fi Q to IC R to R 2 Breakers al lead! 20 B to K It 3 Aground. P to K Kt 1 The lightnin c; flash. 27 RP takes p' P takes P 28 P takes I' R to R ■> The thunder litap. 20 K to Ii 2 If I' take Kt, "White loses his chief <'/fficer by B to It 7 ch, and B t 9 Kt 0 ch. It takes P The deluge. 30 Q to K 2 Hope is lost. 'If KtoK 2, Black will play P. to ICtO, and then Oto Kt 4'cli. If 30 Q to Q Black can cheek with 1 v at Kt f*», mating on K, moving to K 2, by y to Kt l ch, and (,» takes 11. 1! to Kt, 0 ch 31 K to Kt Kt to Kt ,> 32 11 takes Kt It takes I! White resigns, a.i he cannot prevent the threatened mate by RtoltS dl, to R 1 ch, etc. At his 21st move Mr. Fisher initiates a combination which for hreaith, comprehensiveness, correctness, foresight, precision, and vigour, is worthy of Morphv. Weconnnend it to the nrttice of those Australasian, Kur<:>| >ean, and American players who have imperfect idcus of the standard of Australian chess.

AUCKLAND CHESS CLUB. The following is the handicap furnished by Mr. Mark for the Handicap Tournament about to be commenced Class I (a), A. Ashton, J. Younj;; class 1 (b), A. Jowitt ; class '2 (a), Cozons, Fa I nor, Come, A. Hosking, Slomnn. E. K. Watkins, Woodroffe, Young; clsiss'2 (b). Dr. Lawry, Malcolm ; class 3 (W-). Dr. Purchas, Quintal ; class 3 (b), Reals 5 class 4 (a), Tammadgc, Remus ; class 4 (f>), Meats, I'ercival ; class 5, Duncan, Lennox, Ttobson.

Class 1 concede " KB Pawn and first move to class '2 ; class It concedes KB Pawn and two moves to clas r- 3 ; class 1 concedes Q's Knight (retaining' move) to class 4 ; class 1 concedes Q's Rocf'c (retaining move) to class 5.

Subdivision (a)-cioncedes first two moves to (b) in each class..

At a meeting off the committee held on Thursday eventing, the sections were drawn as follows — One game to be played with every piayer in same section. Section A Class '.I <n), A. Ashton ; class 'J (a), G. Cozens, A. Hosking, E. R. Watkins, Young ; dlass 2 (h), "Malcolm ; class 3 (a), Quintal!); class 3 (b), Keals ; class 4 (a), Tammadg e ; class 4 (b), Percival; class 5, Lennox, Kobtian. Section B :—Class

1 (a), J. Young; claps 1 (b), A. Jowitfc; class 2 (a), Falkiner, tSorrie, Sloman, Woodroffe; class '2 (b), Dr. Lawry ; class 3 (a), Dr. Purchas ; class 4 (a), Hemus ; class 4 (b), Meare ; class 5, Demean.

Play will commend > next Thursday, as per time-table to be scan in club-room.

*»* Correspondents are invited to .send in games and problems, and if of suft.li dent interest or merit, they will bo inserted iu this oolunin. While giving games played between the .Blasters and also local players our main object wa D be to make the problems .as interesting as passible. Letters must be marked " Chess.'