CHESS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9491, 21 April 1894, Page 4 (Supplement)

CHESS

SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 1157. •White. " black. *•' 1 Q toBB - : to B > . 2 B.to BO cb " v ' • K moves 3 to matd 1 . • Pto B4 2'Q to KRB Any 8 Q mates, ate. • •(. ? PROBLEM No. 1159. (By EMANUEL Laskcr, New York. From the New York Recorder). : ' ' Black, 5.

White to play and draw. PONSONBY CHESS CLUB. The annual meeting of members of the above club took place at the rooms, Ponsonby Hall, on Monday last. Dr. Bo vle was in the chair, and the attendance w<n good. The secretary, Mr. M. Fairs, ,ead the annual report and balance-sheet, the latter showing the club to be financially sound. Several new members were elected. On the motion of Mr. Bvttersby, last year's office-bearers (with one exception) were re-elected, as under President, Dr. Beale; vice-presidents, Messrs. Hurndall and Coe ; secretary and treasurer, Mr. M. Fairs ; committee Messrs.'Bees, Gentles, Fairs, and also president and vice-presidents. It was resolved to hold a tourney at an early date. Votes of thanks were passed to the officers for their services last year, Sod also to the Hbralo for excellent notices of the doings of the club. REMUERA CHKSS CLUB. The annual meeting of members of this club will be held on Tuesday next, the 24th inst., in the St. Mark's schoolroom, Brighton Road, for the election of officers for the season, etc. All lovers of chess lire invited to attend. The meeting will com-, mence at eight o'clock p.m. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP. The tourney for the championship of South Australia has been won by Mr. J. Hilton, of Qawler, whose score is six wins, one draw, and one loss, Alt', 14. H. Coombe, also of Gawler, is second witti five wins, one draw, and two losses. As to the other competitors, they had not completed their games at the conclusion of the play on April 3, but their respective scares wore then as follows Mr. W. If'. Harrison (of the Norwood Che-is Club), two wins, tnree losses, and two adjourned games; Mr. J. M. Belcher (also of the Norwood Chess Club), i„ win*, tour losses, and one adjourned game; and Air. D f.' Macdonald (of the Adelaide Chess Club), one win anil six losses. Mr Hilton, the champion, is 27 years of age. He played -tor Souch. Australia in the last two teleK Mpn matches with Victoria—winning from Mr. Thomas (at board 10) in 1892, and losing to Mr. Burns (at board 3) in 1393. The South Australian Cnroniclo states that " He was formerly a member of the Sussex Chess Association, and played for his native town (Brighton) in a match against Sussex in 1887, scoring a win. He arrived in South Australia in 1890, and in the following year tied for , third prize in the Norwood Tourney. His best feat was the winning of the Adelaide Club Cup in 1893, not having lost a game. ' Amongst the competitors was Mr. H. Charlick, from whom he received the odds of pawn and two moves." He is an enthusiastic chessplayer; and on the occasion of the telegraphic match of 1892 he undertook a journey of over 200 miles in order to occupy a place in tSs representative chess team of this colony. The following is the score of the first of the games played between Mr. Hilton and Mr. Belcher : — Philidor's Defence. White, Mr. Hilton; Black, Mr. Belcher. 1 P-K4 P-K4 21 Kt-B3 Bxß 2 Kt-KB3 P-Q3 22 Pxß Q-K3 3 B-B4 B-KKts(a) 23 0-B2 P-KB3 4 P-Q3 Kt-(JB3: 24 Kt-KR4 P-KKt3 5 P-QB3 BxKt 25 B-Kt3 QKt-Q sq « Qtß Q-B:t 26 Qll-Q sq K-llsq 7 Q-K2 • KKt-K2 27 Kt-B3 B-QB2 8 B-K3 Kt-KKt3 23 PxP BPxP 9 Kt-Q2 B-K2 29 RxP (e) Kt-Kt4 10 Kt-KB3(b)Kt-K»5 30 Ktxltt(f) RxQ 11 Q-B sq Kt-Qlt4 31RxKtcli K-Kt2 12 B-Kts ch P-B3 32 Kt^Koch(g)K-K3 13 B-R4 P-QKM 33 RxR ch K-K2 14 B-B2 CastleslCß 34 R from QS--15 Kt-Q> P-QK3 KBB K-Q3 (h) 16 P-Klft3 Kt-K3(c) |35 Ktxft KxKt 17 Q-Kt2 Q-Kt3 36 QK-B7 ch K-Kt3 18 Castles Kt-QKt2 |37 QU-B6 QxKP 19 QR-QBsqQR-QB sq 1 88 B-Q6 P-KK4 20 P-Q4 (d) B-Ktt 139 RxP ch And Mr. Belcher resigns. Notes. (a) The proper move is 3 . . . B-K2, leading to the continuation 4 P-Q4, PxP ; 5 KtxP, Kt-KB3 ; 6 KMJiIS. Castles, etc. (b) < ibviously threatening 11 B-Kts. ' (c) 16 . . . Kt-Kt3 seems preferable. *'(d) If 20 P-KB4. then 20 . . . PxP ;21 BxP, Ktxß; 22 RxKt, B-Kt4; and Black Would have a fairly defensible position. (e) White has now a winning game. (0 Finely played. White gets ample compensation for the loss of his queen. (i») Better than 32 R-Ktß ch, etc. (h) He must choose between moving his rook and moving his king; and it does nop matter much which choice he Australasian. Boden defined a gambit as " an opening in which a player sacrifices a piece or pawn to obtain a lost game." The second great chess match between the North and South of Kngland-100 players nsile-was to be played in London on April 7, the play beginning at 3.30 p.m. and ending at 8.30 p.m. A match of ten Rallies between Mr. G. T. Bell winner of the silver medal in the late tournament of the School of Arts Chess Club, and Mr. W. Syson, of the Brisbane Chens Club, is being played. Of the six games completed Mr. Syson has won five, the other being drawn. A list of Morphy's games, recently publishea at Leipsic, shows that of the 399 recorded 18 were played in the American Chess Congress, 48 in matches, 10 in consultation, five simultaneously, 115 off-hand, six at P and move, three at P and 2, 110 at. Kt odds, one Kt and move, one 9 R, one R and Kt, seven end-names and problems. The London Times gives the following as the main points which have been agreed upon in the match Steinitz v. Lasker: —1. Stakes $2250 a-side. 2. first winner of ten games takes the whole amount; drawn games not counting. 3. Time limit 15 moves an hour. 4. Match to be played at certain clubs—probably San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Montreal, and in some public hall in New York. 5. Commence second Monday in March. 0. Play to be on not less than three and not more than four days a week, and not more than six hours a day. 7. Unfinished games to be played out next day, when no other play takes place—i.e., no new game being commenced.