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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11986, 7 June 1902, Page 4 (Supplement)

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I |V : : v- ' -. 9 ■-• " -.-.--:/ 1 . TO, CORRESPONDENTS. Problem', No. 1841. — ttotysd by *'M.M.,", '- Pawn," and " .H. 8." . «; •.-,;/.'-.*-;< ■• •••/; "' f Problem No. 1842.—Solved by " Pawn'?, and ". XXX." ' • - * problem *: No- 1843. ' : - Solved by '/ XXX.," •' hi.iii" " J.H-;'':" Pawn," and " Knight/ ? Problem No. 1844. Solved by " Pawn." "XXX.," and. J.H.'' ■//.■;/':; ,/;.■-./<■•//* j>/ '-" { k SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 1841. IffilT*. BLAO*. * IPvBB " ~ SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 1842. • /<!//<*WHITE -/ -A ; / BhACK. '/■''-'■-/;' -. -'1-B-KB3 ■■• - KxP *':;"'"" ; - : ' v -'-• ! 2E-B4cJi ' ' (inns*.) '/ 3 Q-K 4 mate -/-- .2 '•--—' i - : --.' K-K 5 .."/"/ '--:."- v 3 Q-K 5 mate' '"/.- ■-/-■*,' ■ 1< . . - ; - BxP .-;■-■ • ; 2 P-B 3ch / / KxKt ' : ' 3 6, mate , i .--/ 2 ',- -*■:-..,. •/ ■• • IC-K5-:' I 3 Kt-B 6 mate ' v; ' ' 1 : :.. . -, , ;- - '--..- KtxP ; - ~.- ' 2 R-Q 3ch . (must) . 3P-83, mate . ■, - / , ''■ , - „ f -•' - P-QB(any piece). : • 2Q-B4eh / (must) ■ /-.,- ,3 R-B 4, mate ~'- _ ' : ' : t<\ .-' PROBLEM No. 1845. . , -'■/First'- Prize Paris Exhibition Tourney.) BLACK, 8. '

;...;■■'■;••.■ -'.y-'v-i'-, WHITE. B. ■■:?■■:- ■■' \-? ■ T White to play and mate in two moves. ' ' *"**' ' PRBLEM No. 1846. '.';.',' '"" (By MAX PEIGL. Second Prize in the Problem Tourney of the Wiener SchachzeitungJ ' "// ■' ''■ ''■ ''■"■"BLACK. 12.' '• '"''''' : ' '■'-■" -■ ,'.-- —- ■■■ ■ .1"

-..;: > white, 7. '■■'■'■".■■." '* \ White to play and mate in three moves. . PONSONBY V. HAMILTON. \ A match by telegraph is to be played this , evening between members of the above clubs, nipe a-side. : proceedings 'to 'begin at 6.30 p.m. : The Auckland team will '*■ play at the "local i telegraph : office, and' the names of ; the ■: re-" I apective contestants are as under:— ■ ! Ponsonby: Messrs. * Grierson, Stewart, ; Cousins, Fairs, Hnrndall, Ewen, H. Kemp, G. Kemp, and Captain ■ Plunkett. .; .; . j \Vaikato: Messrs.. Lye, McCrea, Worsley, s Stevens, \ Going, Blackburn, Mahon, Liddel or, j Rendall, and Rev. Major. ;r : j ; THE FIRST EVANS GAMBIT. ■ The following extract from " The Household Chess Magazine" of March 31, 1865 (37 j years ago) will be of interest to chessplayers j nowadays: " give below the " first game ! on record of the,' Evans Gambit,' which was i played at.Brugge, between its ingenious inventor, Captain W. D. " Evans and Mr. ■ Mc- i Donnell, the') celebrated English champion of i the period. It was'played in 1833, and it is • said that the idea, of the move, which forms the gambit, was first' suggested to him in this identical game. . /This illustration evidently ; proves the advantages arising £pom a. knowledge lof the "openings,' for here is • McDonnell, .the first player of his day,, actually, : mated in 20 moves by a player to whom he could undoubtedly have given " odds! Cap- ; tain Evans gave it the name of ; the ;,' Wing' gambit, . but it ! afterwards took by custom the name of the ■;■' Evans' gambit, after its ■ illustrious founder. , -s/' ; - / *"The -race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, as the game exemplifies; nevertheless; it will be seen • that McDonnell makes, , pndpr the circumstances, a very fair defence,' considering that he was quite 'taken» by surprise by this new debut. It appears that, when at a subsequent period McDonnell played the ' Evans Gambit' against La Bourdonnais, the celebrated French champion, that discreet che3smaster, after having been defeated in a few games, retired to his study ' for - several days $ for .the purpose : of examining this pew and apparently invincible opening." ./•■' Z : .' -• - , * ■.;//-..- EVANS gambit.•■';•-. White, Captain W. D. Evans";' Black, Mr. Mc- '■■*■'■ ' ' ■ Donnell. ' : \ IP-K4-P-K4 /'-'"'.- 11 B-R'3-Kt-R 3 i 2 Kt-KB 3-Kt-QB 3 12 P-B 3-B-QKt 3 '• 3 B-B. I'—B-B1'—B-B 4 -:/]■;[ 13 K-E B-KR 4 ■'! i- ' 4 Casles— 3 14 R-Q sq—Q-B sq ';■/*: 5 P-QKt 4-BxP 15 ExKt !-QxR ; 6 P-88-R 4 ■■< • -l€<KtxßP!(c)-trßs(ll) 7 p-Q4—B-KICtS 17 Q-Kt 5 ch(e)—P-B 3 ; -. . 8 Q-Kt 3-Q-Q 2 - ; 18 QxKPch—K-Q.2 9 Kt-Kt s(a)-Kt-ft sq 19 Q-K 6 ch-K-B 2 -:;, -■'""" : '(b) . . " ■■' , ; -:'- : -. -'. 10 PiP— ;; ; m - ; 20 B-Q 6 mate. ' ; (a) Taking the KtP with Q would have been bad play. ,/-'■ // (b) Kt to KR 3 would have been safer. (c) This is very ingeniously conceived, for if Black make the very obvious move of Kt takes Kt, and which ninety-nine chessplayers out of a hundred would have done. White would check, with at Kt 5, and mate with Q. in two more moves; and if Black play instead B takes. White replies >yith B takes B en. and also* mates in two more moves. (d) This looks threatening, but Q to B 3 would have been safer play.- ' . ", " , (e) B to Kt 5 ch, followed by Q to K6 ', ch. would have shortened the mate by one move. --Played at the Monte Carlo Tournament in the second round:—"/'/ ' -/ '._Sicilian Defence. ";/■ White, Mieses; Black, Albin. * ' 1 P-K 4-P-QB 4 ! 13 BxKt-Pxß T' ; 2 Kt-QB 3-P-K 3 14 Q-K 2—B-Kt s(b) 3 P-KKt 3—Kt-B 3 15 KtxP—BxQ 4 B-Kt 2-Kt-B 3 \l6 KtxP ch— sq f 5 KKt-K 2-P-Q 4 17 KtxQ-KxKt 6 PxP— 18 RxB—QR-QKt 7 P-Q P-B s(a) 19 QR-K sq—Kt-B sq 8 B-Kt 5-B-QKt 5 -20 B-Q 5-Kt-Q 3 9 Castles—P-K 3 ; 21 R-K 7 ch—K-Q sq 10 Kt-B BxKt : :, 22 BxKBP— P-QR 4 11 Pxß-Kt-K ./ 23 B-Rs^-Kt-B4 12 R-K sq—Q-Q 2 ; 24 R(K7)-K s—Resigns. (a) Weak. Black should leave the pawn as it stands. If afraid of the isolated pawn he should^not,play the Sicilian at all. , • -/ (b) An obvious blunder which loses a pawn',, with a' bad position besides.— the Field. The Wanganui Chess arid Draughts Club has decided to affiliate with the New Zealand Chess Association. ::., :. , ■;, * • ;■: ■ Mr. F. J. Lee left England on April 26 on a tour in South Africa and Australia. The latest book of the '- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, dealing- with the Calculus of Variations, and 'the Convergence of Series," was written by the chess champion of the world, Emanuel Lasker, Ph.D. '■-■■'■ ' * : The important match. Northern Counties v. Scotland, was played on April 19, at Dyson's, Restaurant, Church-street, Manchester. The first' match under this title was played in' May last year in Glasgow, and resulted in a severe defeat for. the Englishmen by 16J to 81. This ! was partly accounted for at. the time "by the fact that a long railway journey tended to derange the fine mental , balance required for - f an arduous contest at chess. This disadvantage was doubtless felt by the Scottish visitors, who were decisively beaten by a score of nine <- wins to two, with nine draws. D. Y. Mills, who headed the Scotch- , men, only drew with Marriott (Cheshire). In a letter to the British Chess Magazine, Mr. Charles Piatt, the president of the Carlisle Chess Club, expresses the opinion that the ridiculous system qf scoring" adopted at Monte Carle will be killed by the experiences .of the tourney. The '.' replayed drawn game" enables Marocay to Win as much as Pillsbnry and Janowsfiiy combined. It also enabled Tarrasch to > treble his prize at the'«expense of Tcbigorin, who was left. out of the prjze-ligt altogether. Again, if the ordinary system of dealing with drawn games had been in force, apd if there had . been five tourney sittings per week (with a Wednesday holiday) the tourney would have been over in four weeks instead of five and a-half. This;, practically, would a. have, increased the value of the prizes about 30 per On April 17. at the ' Great Western Hotel, Haddington, Mr. Pillsbury conducted twelve games of chess and four games of draughts simultaneously blindfold. The master won all but one. which was, drawn—a / chess game. In the interval Mr. Pillsbury exhibited his wonderful . memory feats ; with > cards and kniffhfs tour, a point in the latter, feat being that he finjsiea the tom; pa any, chosen, Bqnajre, -■• ;*--' : A J