CHESS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10133, 16 May 1896, Page 4 (Supplement)

CHESS

TO, CORRESPONDENTS, ''

' Problems Nos. 1263 audi 12M,r-Solvedoj''X.Y.Z; Chrfstchurch. ~. '•'■ .. '~' , ,:-• ■• ■ '.., Problem No. 12f!8.-S<>lrcrt fay " XXX," " T.Q.," "Nemo,""Pawn"and "J,H." • Problem No. 1«>9.-Solted by , i C.,* "Nemo," "XXX,"" Pawn," "5.M.," and "J.H," . Mr. .Joseph' Smith, Ngamalapourl, Waitotara.— thinks for problem's, fllad to hear that the cuhtfin i* so wall appreciated in your neighbourhood on account of its general accuracy. -> ' Mr. K.D. Hartley, hun.sec Glun Var Chess Club,— the information is supplied in pars at foot of this column. ■„,. : Mr. J. C. Andersen, Christ church, criticises some of the problems which, hare 'appeared. lately in a manner showing that they have received,* thorough examination:—"As regards No, 1260,1 can say no more than what has been already truly said as to its beauty. The key is good and is of a kind difficult to see on account Of its changing both of Black's flightsquares. As it stands it is a tins example of economy; but the amount of variation it contains is too gte.it almost to he brought about by so am ill a force, hence the ingenious and pleasing acquisition of power by means of the Queen's Pawn. Nut a single dual creeps In by way of these promotions an is often the ease-; their avoidance Is very neatly illustrated in the mates ensuing on the mure IJ-82, and KM. Mr,,Meyer showed himself a master in the composition of this' problem. No. 1269, hilt, Maknvsky, does not please me ranch, the only good point in the' play being the key-mote. The problem illustrates, however, how powerful a Kt can be in certain' positions; in this case the Black. Kt is omnipotent in preventing second solutions, and the Q has to more away into an' apparently weak position in order the more to utilise her B'i assistance to overcame the single Kt. Tho duals when Kt goes to B7 or K7 are, however, bad. la So. HOi I think Mrs.' Baird has departed from her usual sprightly and neat origliiaity of conception, and the change is not (or the better. The key is perforce rather evident despite the tempting mite of (Jxll. QxQ mate. The white 8 w used for only one variation, and makes a dual on Kt-Q3. The Kt on hi also only conies in for one variation, Its redeeming quality being that this Is about the nente.it mate on the board. No lias Is not pretty to look at, but interest is aroused by the key-move, which is the withdrawal of the Q to Q2. giving Black a false hope of freedom by allowing his K on B4 The sacrifice of the Qis good, as in the variation subsequent t<» P-KO. Knowing Mr. King's style, and from the arrangement of the pieces, the the excellent key of No. 1284 <Kt-K3) is rather easily hit upon. This problem is a good treatment of two we Bight-squares, two flights which require no small amount of ingenuity to control neatly and successfully, which, consequently, seldom appear in problems now-a-days. TheOtago Witness fourney is in full swing now; I do hope it is a good success, both for the sake of its estimable editor. Mr. Mouat, and for the sake of the New Zealand problem composers. Is ' XXX' as good a composer its he is a solver? I should like to tempt him with another self-mate, and enclose one, a nine-mover. I note he says he never n»es a board in solving. I think It a very good plan and It is one which I adopt myself. A neat little diagram is so.much le<s unwieldly, and the whole position is directly before the eye. Home Bay, Ponsnnby.-Shall be always pleased to put right any little difficulty (where possible) arising out of slight errors in notation. The 22nd move of Black in the second game of the HodgsonWallace match should have been the natural ono— xKt, not QxP cli as printed.

PROBLEM No. 1270. (Contributed by Ma. Chas. E. NoltEnius, New YORK.) Bucko.

White 9. Whito to play and mate In three moves. PROBLEM No. 1271. (Contributed by Mr. J. C. Andersen, Christchurch.) Buck, 6.

White, is. White to play and self-mate In nine moves. AUSTRALASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP. FOURTH (HMF.

White's time, 2 hours 18 minutes; Black's time, 1 hour 25 minute*. (a) The exchange cannot be safely won try 10 B-RS cm account of 11 Q-KM, etc. (b) The object of White's movement with the K is to tempt Black to now play 13 P-143 (c) IjiQ was better than this showy mote. (it) Black could now have won two pieces for E by 22 PxKt. (e) Tills gains the QBP and the game. (0 Still Kt takes was better. The result is now a question of motes, but Black wins iu the quickest manner.

(a) Black here starts at) attacking combination. (b) ll* should have stopped Ktr-KtS by P-QU3. (c) Here Black might bare relinquished the attack and obtained an even gams by exchanging Queens. (d) With this mora White begins a skilful com. bination which turns the tables in his favour. (e) Making the worst of a bad game. (f) The young player may be told that If Whit* took the It mate in two would follow. (g) Now the Hook can b» annexed with safety and Black might as well resign.—Sydney Mail.

There was some talk locally of a return match by telegraph with Wellington, on yawn's Birthday, but the idea has been abandoned. Despite the inclement weather on Thursday (ten* ing there was a goo J attendance at the Auckland Chess Club. May Is still proceeding in the tourney for the presidents prize. The event will not be finished in time for the annual meeting, which takes place on Thursday next, May 21. The deciding tain* in the tourney for the District Championship between Mesne. White and Qrierson stilt remains unplayed, the combatants in the meantime undergoing a severe and lengthy course of training. At the annnal meeting of the Otago Chess Club it was resolved, after lengthy discussion-" That » special meeting of tl>.< members be called at an early date to consider the matter of registering the club under the Unclassified Societies Registration Act, 1895," The following office-bearers were elected for the ensuing term '.—President, Mr. H. J. Cleland; vice.preiddeutj, Mr. T. Brown and Rev. Bryan M. King; hon. secretary, Mr. A. 11. Barclay: hon. treasurer, Mr. T. Johnstone (re-elected); com. ruittee, Messrs. A. M'Donald.O. Balk, ft.'A. Cleland; R. W. Clarkson, L Warsaw and W. Dawej auditor, Mr. C. S. -Beeves-.;. ■ ,

White, Mr. Hodgson; Black, Mr. Wallace. Buy Lopez. 1P-K4 P-K4 20Kt-K4 P-Ql I Kt-KB3 KtQB3 21 R-KB3 Q-KM 3 B-Kt5 Kt-B3 22 RxR <JxR(<l) 4 Castles Ktxl» 23 KI-IJ2 *1-Kt3(e) ft P-Q* B-K2 ' 24 B-K3 (jxBP 6 Q-K2 KMJ3 2SO-QKM P-B4 7 BxKt KtPxU 20 Q-Kt3 tJxQ 8PxP Kt-Kt3 27PxQ(f) B-Kt2 9Kt-B3 Kt-Di 28 P-B3 K-Ktsq 10KWJ4 Castles (a) 2!) K-Bsq P-QR4 llK-Qsq Q-Kaq .3 K-K*q P-(J5 12 K-K sq Kt-K3 31 B-KKt sq Kt-B5 13 Kt-B6 K-R«q(b) 32 Kt-B4 KtxPch 14Q-KW P-B3 33K-B2 Kt-B5 16 0-KR4 K-B2 34 RxP KxIW ch 18 KtxB QxKt 35 K-Kt2 RxR 17 PxP QxP 36 Ktxtt KtxB 18 B-Kt5 (c) *t-fl4 37 KtxB P-Q9 19 B-K3 B-R3 And Mr. Hodgson resigned.

FIFTH SAME. Queen's Gambit DECLINED. White, Mr. Wallace; Black, Mr. Hodgson. 1P-Q1 P-Q4 17Q-Ksq §-K3(c) 2 P-QB4 P<K3 18B-BS R-Ktfi 8Kt-QB3 Kt-KB3 19 JU-Bsq K-B2 *Kt-B3, P-qKt3 20R-qaq(d)P-KKM(e) 6P-K3 ' B-Kt2 51P-Q5 Kt-R4 6B-Q3 B-Q3 22PxPch(QKxP 1 Caitles Castles 23 R{r>2HJ2 R-G eq 8P-QKt3 QKt-Q2 24PxR(g) PxKtP 9 U-Kt2 Kt-K5(a) 25 K-Kt'sq PxP 10 BxKt PxB 20 PxP KtxP 11 Kt-02 (J-R8 27 B-B3 Q-KM 12 P-KB3 P-KBt 28KxPcn RxR 13 P-KB4 K-B3(b) 29Rxllch K-B2 4Kt-Ktfi R-K13 80R-Kich lSK-Rnq Kt-B3 Mr. Hodgson resigned. 16 KtxB PxKt