CHESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8670, 12 September 1891, Page 4 (Supplement)

CHESS.

.Secretaries of clubs and others are requested to I ' forward part iculars of mail "-H of interest to local ! players, addressed "Chess," KHALI) Office. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 1022. Wiiiti:. Black. (a) 1 II to Q 15 7 V to K U 3 » Kt takes K P K takes either Kb 3 (J mates . CO K to Q 5 2 It to B 4 ell Ally 3 Q mates (c) P takes Kt 2 R to K 7 cli K moves 3 Kt or Q mates PROBLEM No. 10 24. (An ending by M. MKNDiiiiiM.—From Lo Palamede.) BI.ACK, 10.

' JWiiith, 0. White to play and mate in four moves.

A CURIOUS END-GAME.

The Hamburger Reform publishes the subjoined instructive and curious ending, which 'marked this close of a highly interesting game played in the Hamburg Tournament between Messrs. Schiillop and Berger. It is worthy of study.

Br.ACK, 3. Burger.

WHITE, -l. Schallop.

It was Black's turn to move, and lie played here Kt to Q '2, and lost bv the answer B to R 5, followed by K to Kt 7 (best before queening, in order to prevent the cheek with the knight). Heir Rieman, who was greatly interested in ''ie particular game, as upon its result? depended whether he would win the eighth prize absolutely or would tie for that place with Hcrr Schallop, pointed out that Black could have drawn thus :— White. Black. 1 Kt to K 3

2 I'. to 11 "> It lakes IS 3 1' takes It Kt to 11 2 4 lv to Kt 7 Kt to It sq 5 lv to Kt 8 K to Q 2 "0 1' to it 0 lv to q sq And Black stalemates next move, —Weekly Citizen.

Mr. J. A. Miles, author of "Poems and Chess Problems" and other works devoted to chess, died at Norwich on July 23, at the age of 73. * Mr. Tinsley has been awarded a special prize for his game with Mr. Lee in the late Divan Tourney. There were five competitors for the prize. Seven hundred dollars have been subscribed to the Steinitz. testimonal fund, and it is reckoned that that amount will be largely increased.

The Big Winter Handicap of the City of London Chess Club, consisting of 120 memhers, was brought to a close oil the'JGth .1 line. Mr. Percy Howell won the chief prize, a cheque for ten guineas, '■ presented by Mr. Steel, of Calcutta; Mr. Hamburger the second prize, a set of Staunton ivory chessmeh, valued at eight guineas, presented bv Mr. Kershaw, president of the club. A special prize of i't presented by Mr. Moeatfn, was won by. Mr. Ch. Atkins:. Mr. J. 11. D Gossip's work (second edition) on the "Theory of the Chess Openings," is roughly handled by;: the Mow York World, which says:—"The author will be remembered as competitor in the Sixth American Chess Congress, where he created much merriment by his finding fault with little things to which lie attributed his defeat. His book is no better nor worse than dozens of similar publications. Worthy of note is only the preface, wherein lie murders the Queen's English trying to demonstrate that he is really a first-class player. A chess club was formed some time ago in a small New England town, and as is Renerally the ease in provincial places the meetings were held in a room in the . Y.M.C.A building. Recently the fact developed that some young men had committed the heinous offence of playing chess on Sunday, whereupon the club not only lost the privilege of the room, but the evil-doers were taken to task by the minister in his Sunday sermon and likened to " black sheep," and told that thev are " girded with the cuirass of sin."— N.Y. World.