CHESS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9581, 4 August 1894, Page 4 (Supplement)

CHESS

TO CORRESPONDENTS. ' ' CHESS. •' Problem No. 1172.—Solved by "XXX" ami " Nemo." r Problem No. 1173 —Solved by " Cross," " XXX," '"Nemo," and "J.H." draughts. Problem No. 730.Solved by R. T. Dunn (Thames), "T.8.F." (Pukekohe), and " Checkers" (Auckland). "T.8.F.," Pukekohe.—lf a player whose turn it is to play can capture a number of men in two or three different ways, his opponent cannot indicate the line of play to be adopted, ;is the player has the option of taking such men as may be most advantageous for his game. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 1172. White. Black. 1 to Ksq Kto Q5 2 Q to II sq cli K takes P a Q to B3 mate, etc. PROBLEM No. 1174. (By Walter Pulitzer.) Black, 10.

, » * White, 9. - White to play and mate in three moves. ! CHESS CHAMPION TO VISIT AUSTRALASIA, ! The following important communication lias beer | received by Mr. John Monat, addressed to the secret iry of the " Auckland Chess Association," which of course was intended for the New Zoalaili Chess Association. The somewhat hazy geo graphical knowledge shown by he German, though not flattering to the denizens of "God's Owl Country," is perhaps excusable when it is lvmeta bered that but recently a prominent English news paper give an account of the match between Messrs. Crine and Wallace for the championship ol Victoria, New Zealand. Manhattan Chess Club, 105, East Twentieth-street, New York. June 21,1594. To the Secretary of the Auckland Chess Associa tion. . Dear sir,—lntending to make a journey round the world in order to break a lance with the most distinguished players of all countries where chess flourishes, I should with great pleasure include yout hospitable country in my trip. Perhaps your renowned chess association would not bo disinclined to further this project. If you will in this case let me know in which way I can be of service to you, pleas* address me(by cable) care of Cafe Ivaiserhof, Berlin, where I intend to pass the .summer months. My programme would consist of matches with your strongest players, consultation games, simultaneous games (single or in consultation), lectures about various subjects, general principles, brilliant games, special, openings, analytical remarks about my match games for the championship of the world wi'h Mr. W. Steinitz, and blindfold seances against a limited number of your strongest players. Knowing how well che-?< is prospering in Australia, I venture to hope that my project will find favour in the eyes of the Australian chess players, and I remain, with cordial regards to your members, very sincerely yours, E. Lasker. CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH. Below follows the full score of the nineteenth and fliiiil game of the match :—

' NOTES 111" W. STEINIT2. (a) Materially different from the eleventh came of the present match, where 81-ick here continued B-Kt3. (b) Quite a new plan ; with the object of bringing the Kr into more attacking play via K2, but possibly a waiting, defensive policy like B-K2 is fully as good, especially ad it leaves the king untrammelled. (c) Hardly a commendable plan, as it weakens the centre. Far superior was Kt-K4 ; 18 Qlt-Q, B-K2 (not Kt-BS; 19 BxKt, Rxß; 20 Kt-83, followed by Kt-K5 and P-KKt.4, with a winning attack); 19 Kt (Ql)-Kt5, Kt-Ki>, with an excellent game. (d) After this capture troubles increase for Black, mainly due to the strength of the adverse combined bishops, B-Q2; 21 R-Q, B-K2, preserved equality with greater ease. (e) A fatal error, which utterly rains his game. P-QR3 was now the only correct move for Black to preserve material equality, and by careful play on both sides the balance of position could have been maintained, since Black's p»wn< could have been well defended and White's broken pawns on the K's wing would have deterred him from adopting attacking measures. (f) Also very bad. If anything were yet to be done, Kt-K2, followed by P-KB3, furnishes undoubtedly a much better defence. The weakness of the KP leaven a mark for the breaking in by White's combined forces, which soon renlers resistance hopeless. Play was continued on Thursday evening in the handicap tourney of the Auckland Chess Club, with the following result Mark v. McKinney: Won by first-named, who conceded pawn and two. Ashton ▼. Louis : Won by Mr. Ashton, giving his opponent pawn and move. The games Gorrie v. Johns (the latter getting first two moves) and White v. Cozens (Mr. Whit e giving pawn and move) were unfinished. Jowitt v. Purchas: Won by Mr. Jowitt through tiefault. . Piny in the championship tourney was also commenced, a game between Messrs. Young and Jowitt being adjourned. Good progress is being made with the handicap tourney of the Ponsonby Chess Club, some of the players having got through a majority of their games; others, again, are somewhat slow in coming up to scratch. The interest in the tourney is well sustained. If the rapidly-increasing popularity of chess is to be inferred from the large number of journals which are now devoting space to the game, great strides must indeed have been made during the last year or two. . The most recent addition is a chess column (under the conductorsliip of Dr. Hatherly) included among other interesting features in a neat supplement issued weekly by the Wanganui Chronicle. Should the recommendations of some enthusiasts be given effect to, the difficulty in future will be to find an individual who does not know something about the game. Here we have Dr. I Stenhouse, in the course of an excellent speech at the animal meeting of the OtagoClub, counseling employers ''that if they had a member of a chess club in their employ, a.nu he be a good player, he would judge him to he worth 10 per cent, more of salary 1" Thanks to the liberality of some of the mombers, there will be three prizes for competition in the Otago Chess Club tournaments, which begin this month. One will bo a challenge trophy, which must be won three years in succession by one person before it can be retained by the winner. The match between A. Walbrodt, of Berlin, and J. Mioses, of I.eipsie, recently played in Berlin, was abandoned as drawn after each player had scored four games. Two games were drawn, The New York City Chess Club recently awarded ifirst prize to Gossip, as the winner amongst six Competitors in a tourney in which the conditions were that the Kieseritzky Gambit opening only should be used: Gossip's large theoretical knowledge stood him in good stead in this opening, in which the balance of chances leans . decidedly in favour of the second player. Mr. James Mason has had an agreeable surprise. His new book on ''The Principles of Chess" has been well received, and has sold unusually well; and no wonder, as the more closely is it studied, the more is its merit recognised. The other day he was pleasantly surprised by receiving a four-page autograph letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, complimenting him on his book. Dr. Tarrasch is publishing in his Frankfurter Schachblatt elaborate notes on the Steinitz match, a novel feature being that the games themselves are omitted,-

Queen's Gambit Declined. "White, E. Lasker; Black, W. Stcinitz. 1 P-Qt P-Q4 27 B-B2 K-K2 2 P-QB4 P-K3 2S B-B5 P-QR3 3 Kt-QB3 Kt-KB3 20 BxR KxB 4 Kt-B3 B-K2 30 Kt-H3 P-Bt (0 5 P-K3 Castles 31 P-Kto PxP 6 B-Q3 P-B4 32 IvtxP K-K3 7 QPxP PxP 33 B-113 Kt-K2 8 BxP QxQ ch 34 KtxB KtxKt 9 KxQ Kl-Bj 35 B-KM Kt-Q4 10 P-QR3 BxP 36 R-QB sq Kt-K 11 P-yKt4 R-Q ch (a) 37 B-Q2 Kt-Q 12 K-Ki K-lisq(b) 38 K-U3 K-Q2 13 B-IU2 B-Q2 39 P-Kl Kt-B3 14 KR-Q sq Qft-Bsq 40 B-K3 PxPch 15 B-Kt3 Kt-K2 <1 PxP P-QKM 16 Kt-Qt Kt-Kt3 42 P-B3 Kt-B5 17 R-Q2 P-K4 (c) 43 K-B3 Kt-IC sq IS Kt-B3 B-Iito 44 B-B Kt<B5>-Q3 19 ltxlt Kxli 45 R-B5 Kt-QB2 20 P-R3 BxKtch(d) 40 RxKP Kt-Kt3 21 PxB B-1C2 47 R-R5 P-R; 22 U-QB so K-B sq 43 R-K5 I'-Ktt 23 Kt-Kt P-K« 40 P-KK4 PxP 24 Kt~B3 B-Q3 50 K-R5 K-B3 25 R-Q mi Kt-JC sq I 51 RxP (03) Kt-B4 ch 20 Kt-Kto K-Q2 (e) | 52 K-B2 Resigns