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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9367, 25 November 1893, Page 4 (Supplement)

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TO CORRESPONDENTS. DRAUGHTS. Problem No. Solved by F. M. Brown, Gumtown. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 1136. 1 Q to Kt sq PROBLEM No. 1138. (By H. A. Wood, Shaw. Prize in the Cricket and .Football Field Problem Tourney.) Black, 4 pieces.

3 White, 10 pieces. 3 White to play and mate in two moves. The intercolonial chess match between Victoria and South Australia was played on November 9, 1 and resulted in a decisive victory for Victoria by i nine games to two. Below is the full score :— ; Victoria. South Australia. j Wins. Wins. 1 F. K. Ksling .. .. v. A. Ilolloway .. 0 IK. li. Hodgson .. v. F. Harrison _. 0 1 IA. Burns .. .. v. J. Hilton ... 0 IW. Tullidge „ .. v. H. Fuss .. .. 0 , 1 Wilson .. .. v. ,T. M. Belcher .. 0 0 li. Amice .. .. ▼. J. H. Coombe.. 1 1 Loughran .. ..v. W.J. M'Arthur 0 OJ. (J. Witton .. .. v. V. J. Pavla .. 1 IG. W. Buynes .. v. H. W. Apperly 0 1 Dr. Payne .. ..v. 11. M. Pollitt ... 0 IJ. Olegg „ ..v. A. B. Nairn .. 0 o" 2 The following, from the Sydney Morning Herald, is the score of the final game of the Crane v. Wallace match :— Vienna Game. White, W. Crane, jun.; Black, A. E. N. Wallace. 1 P-K4 P-K4 I 13 B-KtS chlCt-B3 2 Kt-QB3 ICt-KBJ 14 HxKtch (ri)PxK 3 P-B4 P-Q4 |ISQxR JJ-Ktfi ch 4 PxKP KtxP I (fittmin.) (lOinin.) 5 Q.-B3 P-KB4 16 K-K Q-H4 ch (i KKt-K2(a)Kt-QB3(b) 17 B-Q2 (a) Q,-Kt4 7 P-Q4 Kt-Kto |IS K-B2 Q-K7 ch 8 K-Qsq(c)P-B4 jlO K-Kt3 Qxß 0 Kt-IH I'xP 20 Kxß UxP ch 10 Kt-Kt BHxICt 121 K-K4 Castles 11 Q-R.'. ch P-Kl3 22 Q-BG B-K2 12 KtxKtP PxlU | (70min.) (IBmin.) And Sir. Crane resigns. (a) Blackbunie, against Mason, played 0 PxP en pamsant. (I)) 6 . . . P-B3 is customary, but the text move seems more forcible. (c) An unpleasant necessity. (d) The position is full of danger. White was here bound to carry on the attack at all hazards. He should have continued with 14 QxKtPch, K-Q2 ; 10 P-KOch, Kt-B2; 16 B-B4 ch, with a promising attack. (o) Fatal. The king should have moved to 82. (f) For if 23 Qxß, mate follows. Played September 1, at Kiel, during tho German National Chess Congress. Scores and notes abbreviated from Doutches Wocb.eiiscb.Ach. Game, French Defence. White. Von Gottschall ; Black. Walbrodt. 1 P-K4 P-K3 14 QK-K sq Kt-Kt2 2 T-Q4 P-Q4 15 Qlvt-K2 Q-IJ2 3 PxP PxP 16 P-115 ! Kt-R3 4 B-Q i R-Q3 17 PxP PxP 5 B-K3 KKt-B3 IS Bxß Qxß 6 QKt-B3 P-B3 19 Q-BO K-B2 7 Q-Q2 B-K3 20 Kb-B4 B-Q2 8 KKt-K2 Kt-Kts(a) 21 KtxKtP(<l)QxKt 11 B-KB4 P-KB4(b) 22 K-K7 ch K-B3 10 P-B3 Kt-B3 23 Q-IU ch Q-Ktl 11 Cas lesQKCttstles(c) 24 QxO, ch K-B5 12 Kt-Kta P-KKt3 25 KxKtch IC-B5 13 P-KR4I Kt-Ksq White mates in two (e) (a) Faulty and premature, proper was QKt-Q2, followed soon by castling and 4-82. This game demonstrates the truth of our frequent advice to Walbrodt to undertake fundamental theoretical studies. (I>) This advance shows that Walbrodt is unfamiliar with the true theory of the French game. His king's wing is weakened and his game on the brink of loss. We consider a complete misjudgment of a position a greater fault than a costly oversight. (c) Rashness itself, but his game is bad. (d) Well and accurately played. (e) By K-Q2, followed by Kt-K2, or 80. A match between A. Albin and R. Hodges for a purse of 8100. subscribed by the members of the Manhattan Chess Club, finished with the result that each pluyer scored four games. Under the conditions of the' contest, which provided for a division of the purse, in case both players should score four games, each contestant received $50. Mr. Hodges lost two games by bad errors, and by doing so disappointed his many admirers, who looked upon him as a very cautious player. His victories, on the other hand, were well achieved. Below is tho score of the first game :— Hungarian Defence. White, Albin ; Black, Hodges. 1 P-K4 P-K4 7 B-Q3 QKt-Q2 2 lU-KB3 Kt-QB3 8 P-KII3 Kt-B4 3 B-B4 B-K2 9 B-B2 QKtxP(a) 4 P-B3 Kt-B3 10 BxKt Ktxß 5 P-Q4 P-Q3 11 Q-R4 ch B-Q2 8 P-Q5 QKt-Ktsq 12 QxKt And wins. (a) A remarkably extraordinary blunder in a match game. (b) Mr. Hodges might have resigned at this point. The game, however, was continued to the fortieth move. The New Zealand Chess Congress will be held in Dunodin this year, and will open on December 26 in the rooms of the Otago Chess Club. Trophies to the value of £15, £10, and £5 are offered for competition. The deciding game in the Sydney School of Arts Chess Club Handicap Tournament, between Messrs. Jacobsen and Scott, resulted in a win for Mr. Jacobsen, who takes the first prize with a score of 13J ; Mr. Ridley being second with 13 ; Mr. Cussack third, llj ; and Mr. Brittou fourth, 11. Mr. Blackburne was particularly successful at I Walt hams tow recently, winning tho whole of 20 I .simultaneous games played there. The contest for chief honours in the Canterbury Chess Club now lies between Messrs. Hookham and Ollivier. The first game played between them' resulted in a victory for Mr. Ollydor, and Mr. Hookham won the second game. The score now stands— Ollivier, 10—3, with one game to play; Hookham, B—3, with three games to play. In the Invercargill Club Handicap Tourney, Messrs. Wilcox (Class I.) and Webster (Class II.) tied for the prizes with the score of 0 each out of a posBible 11; but in playing off Mr. Wilcox won the ■ first prize. , Mr. Ealing has beon urged to challenge Mr. Wal- i lace for the championship of Australia. The "firstnamed says that before being called upon to defend ' his recently-acquired title, Mr. Wallace should be I allowed reasonable breathiug-itme. Mr. Wallace thanks tho Victorian for his kind consideration, but , intimates that he is quite prepared to defend his right to the title when called upon to do so. I Stalemates in chess are common enough, or at | least not uncommon, but a position where both parties are left in that unenviable condition of " innocuous desuetude" is certainly curious. Such, ' as the reader will note is the extraordinary out- < come of the following position, which occurred in ] actual play some years ago at Fellin, Livonia, and which we find in the recently-published concluding ' Part IV. of Herr Amelung's Baltische Schach- ! blaetter. , White:— on KRil ; Kts on Q5, KKt4 ;Ps on , QR2, QB2, KBB, KKt7. KRS. Black :-K on KKt ' sq; QonKRS; Bon KB3; Ps on QR2, QB2, K2, < KB2. 1 White, having to play, of course drew as fob ) lows :— 1 KKt takes B ch ' Taking with the other Kt would not do, as Black 1 could reply 1 PxKt and wins. < Q takes Kt ch 2 K takes Q ch P takes Kt 3PtoQB4 PtoQB4 I 4 P to 0.R4 P to Qlt4 i and each party is in a stalemate position.— I i Orleans Times-Democrat. 1 '