CHESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11843, 21 December 1901, Page 6 (Supplement)

CHESS.

' TO CORRESPONDENTS. CHESS. . ,

' Problems Nos. 1793 and 1794.—Solved also lay >" D.D."

Problem No. 1795.—Solved > by "R. 5.." " D.D.," " Knight." " Pawn." and " XXX."

Problem No.' Solved by "XXXV and " Knight." ■ V>:■ > y■>'v Hk >■

"An Old.Chessist." —You are right with, regard to No. 1793 infringing- the principles of construction by having the White pawns placed in impracticable positions. A similar objection was taken to the same problem in another journal, and the chess writer excuses, it on the ground that there are no rules against composers being allowed such latitude; that a problem is not an end game, governed by the rules of actual play; and that the problem composer should always be allowed more, license than an end-gamo composer. The talented authors of " The Chess Problem," however, are strongly opposed to such conclusion, urging that such concession would lead to all sorts of ridiculous and impossible positions. DRAUGHTS. Problem No. 1136.—Solved by H. L. Roberts, Hobsonville.

SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 1793. WHITE 'i BLACK. IK-K7

SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 1794. White y "B.'UACK. 1 Q-QKt sci K-Q : . 2 KtxP ch K-K 4 3 Q-K4 mate. 2 Other. 3 Q-Kt 5 mate. /' 1 K-Q 5 2 Q-Kt 5 P-B 5 3 Kt(R 4)-B 3 mate. 1 K-B 5 2 Kt-Kt 6 ch Any. 3 O-KKt set mate. . 1 P-B 5 • 2 Q-Kt scb Any. 3 Kt-B 5 mate.

PROBLEM No. 1797. (By W. K. COE. Swaffliam. Second prize Eastern Daily Press Tourney). . , BLACK, 9.

White, 10. ' White to play and mate in two moves.

PROBLEM No. , 1798." (By A, F. MACKENZIE, Jamaica. First , prize in problem Tourney of Vienna Schachzietung). ■ : ; ' '

Black, 7.

White, 12. White to play a«nd mate in threo moves.

N.Z. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.

Play in connection with the above event begins on December 26. at the Harbour Board, offices. All necessary arrangements have bee.u completed. Only one additional name is added to the list veil last week—that of Mr. Barnes. The entries Auckland, Messrs. Grierson, Miles, Jowitt, and Jaquet; Wellington, Mr. 11. J. Barnes; Palmerston North, Mr. Friberg; Dunedin, Messrs. Forsyth, Edwards, and Mouat.

NEW ZEALAND CHESS ASSOCIATION.

The quarterly meeting of the Council of the New Zealand (Jness Association was held in Wellington on Monday, December 9, Mr. V. W. Benbow, the local vice-president, occupymg the cnair. The following delegates were present:— B. b. Alien (Auckland), G. Wright and A. I. Littlejohn (Wellington Club), ST. Urowi} and J. Perry (Wellington Working Men's Club). E. W. Petherick (Palmerston North). B. W. Mason (Oamaru), and F. K. Killing (Canterbury C'lub). Mr. Kelling (hon. sec.) reported that several entries had been received for the Championship Tournament to be held in Auckland, and a lew more nominations were expected before closing of entries. ' A dispute in connection with the recent taiegra/phic match . Canterbury v. Oamaru next came up for consideration. The facts submitted were that at Board 8 the Oamaru player received his opponent's move correctly from tho operator, " 28 takes 37," but misread it as " 38 takes 37," thereby losing what was practically a won game. The Canterbury player refused to allow rectification, although his own captain had earlier in the same evening been allowed to correct an almost identical error. The Oamaru captain, Mr. W. S. King, therefore "felt-rather sore at Canterbury's refusal to' reciprocate in the matter of generosity, and referred the matter to the Council for decision with the consent of Mr. Scott, the opposing captain. After a short discussion the Council unanimously carried tho following motion,, proposed by Mr. Littlejohn:—"That the Oamaru captain be informed that the Canterbury player was within his strict rights in acting as he did." Mr. S. S. Blackburne, of Christchurch, wrote stating that the compilers of the British Chess Code had, in accordance with his suggestion, decided to issue fin -appendix to the code dealing with play by telegraph, and that a draft of such appendix would in clue course be submitted to the Chess Associations of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand for criticism and amendment. It was unanimously decided to .entrust the consideration of such draft on behalf of the New Zealand Council to Messrs. Blackburne, Cleland, and Forsyth, who are at present engaged on 'the revision of the New Zealand, Association's rules.

The Hon. K.. Arkwright wrote accepting reelection as North Island vice-president, and remitted two years' subscription, •ho having been absent from the colony when last year's balance-sheet was made up. Th hon. treasurer also reported that since the September meeting he had received the credit balance of £4 9s 6d, attaching to the last Championship Congress, making the balance in hand £15 12s. Three clubs have promised to remit their outstanding subscriptions before the holidays so that the association's quota to the congress funds mav be the same as on -previous occasions.—N,Z" Mail. !

Appended from the Bristol Mercury is one of the games scored at the Bath Chess Club against the touring team of the Hastings Chess Club:— • French Defence. ; White, Mr.. H. P. Cheshire, Hastings C.C.; Black, Mr. C. H. Sherrard, Bath C.C. 1 P-K 4-P-K 3 13 E-K 1-KR-K 1 2 P-Q 4—P-Q 4 14 B-KKt 5-Kt-B 1 3 Kt-QB 3-Kt-KB 3 15 P-B 3—Kt-Kt 3(b) 4 PxP—PxP 16 Q-B2—Kt-0,-2 5 Kt-B 3—P-B 3 17 Kt-K 5-KKtxKt 6 B-Q —B-Q 3 18 PxKt-KtxP 7 Castles-Castles 19 BxP ch—K.-B 1 8 Kt-K B-KKt 5 20 P-KB Kt-B 5 9 Kt-Kt —Q-B 2 21 P-B s—B-Q 2 10 P-KE 3—B-K 3 (a) 22 P-B 6 (c)—Q-Kt 4 (d) 11 Kt-B 5—KKt-Q 2 23 PxP ch-K<xP 12 Ktxß-QxKt 24 B-K 7(e)-Kt-K 6 . And Mr. Cheshire resigned. , Note 3 (a) An enterprising continuation is 10 . . . B takes P, 11 P takes B, B takes Kt, 12 P takes B, Q takes P ch, 13 K to K 1, Q takes P ch, 14 Kt to E 2. The text move is believed, however, to be sounder and to lead to an, even game. . (b) This knight appears to be well placed on B 1, 15 . . Q Kt to Q' 2 at once looks better. ■ . , .... ■

(c) Premature. It transfers the advantage to Black. With 22 Q to B 2 White should ultimately win. ■ ■ , (d) Black has now. a winning. game. (e) This loses the piece, and White resigns. There is, however, no good move for him.

An international problem tourney of more than ordinary interest ' and importance has been brought to a conclusion in Vienna. It was promoted by f some leading Austrian players, the positions being published in the Wiener Scbaclr/.ietung. -Messrs H. Fahndrich, A. Kauders, and C. Schlecter award the prizes as follows:—1,- A. F. Mackenzie (Jamaica); 2, Max Teigl (Vienna);. 3, 1; Emil Pradignat (Prance); 4,:Zdenek l (Bohemia); 5 and 6, M. Feigl; 7, K. F,rlin and'Otmar Nemo (joint composition); 8, J. Col pa (Holland); -9, K. Erlin (Vienna). Seven problems are honourably mentioned,, those being by the following authors in order:— E.- Pradignat, 'Count Vincenz, Lazar (Klausenberg), Vincenz Schiffer (Vienna), Valentin Marin (Madrid), L. Vetesnik (Bohemia), K. Erlin, 1 ' and F. Schaab (Leipzig). The first prize ; problem appears above. The judges referring to it remark: Few chess problems show such surprising. lines of solution.. ,In its beauty and in its genius it ranks as one of the very finest to bo found in the literature of three-movers.",