CHESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 9040, 19 November 1892, Page 4 (Supplement)

CHESS.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

A! correspondent writes:—"l hereby enclose a Mexican problem by Silvare, who in 1883 was the beat chessplayer in Mexico. He published a few problems, but would never give the solution until Six months after each, so that one was always in doubt. He was a bit eccentric." Thanks for problem, which you will observe is inserted in this issue. • • Problem No. 1084. — Correct solution received from " Romulus."

PROBLEM No. 1085. (A Mexican problem by Manuel Silvare.)

Black, 9.

White, 11. White to play and mate in three moves.

AUCKLAND CHESS CLUB.

Tho club championship tourney which was In progress for the ' last fow months is now finished, resulting in Mr. Jowitt being declared champion of the club for the year, with a score of 16 wins and 3 losses. The next in order were Messrs. Bruce and Woodroffe, with 15 wins and i losses each. The sealed handicap will not be opened before next Thursday, when all doubt will be set at rest as to who is the winner of the handicap prize.

DEVONPORT CHESS CLUB. Tho handicap tournament which was commenced in this club in June last was brought to a close on Ist Noveinbor, the winner being Mr. Trimble (scratch), with a score of 20 wins and 3 losses. The next highest scorers are Ca-dian (scratch) and Mitchell (Class 2), with 21J wins each. Mr. Trimble gets the set of chessmen and board presented to the club for competition by Captain Self. TIMARU V. OAMAftU. Mr. Hookham has announced the result of his examination of the five unfinished games in this match, which were submitted to him for adjudication. Ho gives four of the games as drawn and one as-a win for Timaru, tho final score being:— O imaru, five wins; Timaru, two wins ; four draws. The following is tho score of the game (taken from the Canterbury Times) played at Hoard J :— White. Black. White. Black. (Delitour, (Bowron, (Delatour, (Bowron, Oamaru.) Timaru.) Oamaru.) Timaru.) 1 P-Q 4 P-Q 4 19 Rx Kt B-B 3 2 P-Q 114 P-K3 20 Q-R 5 P-KKtS 3 P-B 5 (a) Kt-QB 3 21 Q-B 3 K-Kt 2 4 P-GR 3 P-K 4 22 Kt-K 4 B-B 4 6 P-K 3 P-IC 5 23 Kt X B Q x Kfc 6 Kt-QB 3 P-QR 3 24 P-Kt 4 KR-K 7 P-QKt 4 Kt-R 2 25 Px B P-KKt i 8 P-Kfc 5 V x P 20 P-Q 6 Q-Q 9KtxP P-QB 3 27 P-Q sch P-» 3 10 Kt-QB 3 B-K2 28 Q-Kt P-R 3 11 P-113 Kt-B3 29P-KR4 Q-K 4ch 12 P-B 3 (b) Kt-R 4 30 B-B 3 Q x BP 13 Px V (c) B-R sch 31 P-K 4 Qx RP 14K-Q2 Kt-Kt 0 82 Kt-K 2 Kt-Kt 4 15 Px P (d) Kt x K 33 P x P K-R 2 16 Q-R 5 Kt-Kt 0 '34 R-R Kt xKt 17 Q-K sch K-B (c) I3sttx Pch K-Kt 2 IS B-Kt 2 Ktxßch(f) |30 PxKßPcli And White mates next move (g).

(a) Not considered advisable at this stage. (u) An ill-considered movement, of which Black takes prompt advantage. (c) 13 K Kt-K 2 was apparently the best way of mooting the difficulty. (il)Tht) sacrifice of tho rook now made proves thoroughly unsound, and should have lost the game. (») Far better was, we think, 17 . . . Q-K 2, bringing about either an exchange of queens, or 18 Q-B 4to protect the attacked bishop. If in roply 13 Q x Kt P, theu IS . . . Kt xßch ; 10 K-K 2, Kt-Kt 6 ch; 20 K moves, Q-B 3, and White has lost another piece. (f) This captureNyours White's game by bringing his rook into effuctlvfr-play. On the other hand, 18 . . . Q-B i, forcing an exchange of queens, would have removed the most dangerous foe, and have left him with a rook ahead, and a won game. (g) Since his early misadventures White has shown very good judgment in the conduct of his game.

WORLD'S FAIR CHESS CONGRESS. Dr. Mintz, of the Manhattan Chess Club, recently told a reporter of the New York Sun that he has formulated :i regular cod« of rules for a chess congress during the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago, of which the following is a summary:— The prizi fund to be £1400. The prizes in the masters' tournament to be as follows :—First prize, £300 ; second prize, £240; third prize, £180 ; fourtli prize, £150: fifth prize, £100; sixth prize, £80. Besides the masters' tournament, which shall be open to recognised masters of the world only, there shill bb a tournament for lesser lights. In this competition there ought to be three prizes, to the value of £100, £60, £40. Moreover, to make this programme complete, a problem and a problemsol Ting tournament should be arranged. The technical rules should be compiled from those of the iiftli and sixth American chess congresses, and the committee should be prepared to ontortain the masters likely to partake in toe tournament.

END GAME. The following position was reached in one of the games by correspondence in the Le Mynde Illustre match, Professor J. Berger conducting tho White pieces :— Prosoroff— 11 pieces.

Berger—WHlTE, 11 pieces. White continued as follows :— 1 Q-R Bch Q-K sq (ft) I 4 Kt-Q Bch K-R sq ■1 It x QP ch K-B 2 5 R x B (d) 3 Kt-Koch(b)K-Kt 2 (c) | ■ (a) If 1 . . . K-B 2, then 2 Q-K Kt 8, threatening It x K P if tho R moves, wins. (I.) The result is accurately calculated. This move is brilliant and forcible. (c) If the rook is taken, mate follows in six moves, e.g.: 3-— If K x I 7 Q x ch K-Q3 4 Q-Q 4ch B-Q 4 8 Q-B 7ch K-Q 4 6 Q-IS 5 ell K-Q 2 9 Q-B 5 mate OQxltch B-Kt2besfc| (d) A flue ending. Mate is threatened by R-B S, and Black resigned.

Steinitz states that, ho does not intend to meet Lasker in any sort of contest over tho board, this time nt least. His literary engagements will absorb his fullest attention for some more months to come, and after that ho may probably retire altogether as an active player from the chess arena, though he lias not absolutely made up his min.t on this point. A Vienna veteran of the chess board recently gave a dinner to his chess friends in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of his unbroken record is a receiver of the odds of the queen. The result of the quadrangular tournament at Belfast was given last week. Of the other items on the programme, Messrs. W. 1,. Harvey and E. H. Robinson tiod for tho championship of Ulster, and were to play off later on. In tho handicap tourney the first prize was won by K. L. Harvey. During the progress of the tourney Bird gave a simultaneous performance against 20 players, and won 16 games, drew 3, and lost 1. Lee gave two simultaneous performances, one against 13 players, in which he won 0 games, drew 3, and lost 1; and one against 21 players, in which he won 12 games, drew *, and lost 2, tho remaining 3 games being left unfinished. Blackbume gave an exhibition of simultaneous blindfold play against eight opponents, winning 6 of tho games, drawing 2, and losing only 1. Tho annual meeting of the Adelaide Chess Club was held on October 10, Mr. A. W. Marshall, one of the vice-president being in the chair. The report was a favourable one. The following gentlemen were chosen as the officers and committee for the current yeir: — President, Mr. A. M. Simpson, M.L.C.; vice • presidents, Messrs. H. Charlick, J. Hill, J. Hodgkiss, A. W. Marshall, D. W. Melvin, C. J. Shuttleworth, and C. Todd, C.M.O ; treasurer, Mr. C. J. Shuttleworth; secretary, Mr. G. Perry; custodian, Mr. V. J. Pavia; committee, Messrs. O. J. Ashwell, R. Bowen, A. S. Cheadle, B. G. Edwards. J). If. Macdoaald, T. F. Machin, and A. Wright.