CHESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12070, 13 September 1902, Page 4 (Supplement)

CHESS.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Problem No. Solved also by " Knight' and "F.W." Problem No. 1370.—Solved also by " Knight.' Problem No. Solved by " F.W.," " Knight." " Pawn." and " XXX." Problem No. 3372.—501ved by " XXX.,' "Pawn," and "P.W." SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 1869. WHITE BLACK. 1 Q-K 3 SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 1870, fsWHITE- BLACK. IKt-QKtS PxPdisch 2P-K6 Any 3 Mates 1 Kt-Q 3 2 PxKt dia eh BxE or K moves 3 u mates accordingly 1 K-KB 4 2 Q-KB 4 KxP 3 Q-KKt 5 mate 1 BxE or B-KBB 2 Q-KB 4 en. K-Q 6 5 Q-QB 4 mate PROBLEM No. 1873. (Hon mention in Paris F.xhibtion Tourney. Motto: "Idea.") BLACK. 5.

White, 6. White mates in two moves, PROBLEM No. 1874. (By VAIiEXTDt MARIST. Fifth prize in Paris Exhibition Tourney.,) Black, 8.

White, 11. White to play and mate in three moves. HANOVER INTERNATIONAL ■ TOURNEY. Gruoco piano. White, J. Mason; Black, 11. E. Atkins, 1 I'-K 4—P-K 4 22 P-Kt 3-P-Kt 5 2 Kt-KB 3~Kt-QB 3 23 P-R 4-P-B 5 3 B-B 4-B-B 4 24 Kt-K 4-BxKt 4 P-Q 3—P-Q 3 25 Hs H-Q-B 3 (h) 0 B-K 3—B-Kt 3 26 P-B 4 (I)—Q-Kt 3 6 Kt-B 3-Kt-B 3 (a) 27 R(K4)-K— 5 7 P-KB 3 (b) —B-K 3 23 Q-B 2—B-K 2 8 s(c)—Castles 29 R-K 3-Kt-K 4 9 BxKt— 30 K-R— 6 10 Castles—Kt-Q 2 31 R-QKt—KtxP ch (j) 11 Bxß RPxB 32 QxKt-P-K 6 12 P-Q 4—P-B 3 33 Q-K-Cj-K 5 eh. 13 P-Q 5—PxP 34 K-Kt—P-B 6 (k) 14 PxP—B-B 2 35 KxP— ch 15 Kt-KR 4—P-Kt 3 36 QxQ-BxQ" 16 Q-Q 2 (o)-P-KKt 4 37 Kt-B— 17 Kt-B 3 (o—B-Kt 3 38 R-R-QK-K 18 KR-K-B-B 2 39 P-R 5-PxP 19 P-QR4—P-R 3 40 PxP—B-K8 20 P-QKt4(g)-P-KB4 41 R-R 2-E(K)-K 7 21 Kt-KE 2-P-R 4 42 R-R 3— And Black mates in two. Notes from the Birmingham Daily Ga2ette. (a) James Mason is rather partial to his solid and classical form of opening, ami had won many lino games after the position now reached, notably one from .Simeon Winawer in tho Vienna Tourney of ISB2, which presents one of the most, brilliant terminations ever obtained by Mason, who has many dazzling brilliancies to his name. Thomas Henry Buckle, the great author of the " History of Civilisation," was partial to the " Giuoeo Piano," the steady game, literally " the plain game," and in later times Bird, Captain Mackenzie, and Guns berg have played it. with success. But tho "Buy Lopez" has ousted it, from popular favour in great tourneys. (I)) The idea usually is to follow with P-KKt 4, with the idea of establishing' a Kt at KB 5. (cj Theorists usually doubt, the wisdom of this proposed exchange of White's most attacking piece for the enemy's QKt. But Mason lias ideas as to doubled pawns and a Kt for the end game, in this respect, favouring what was once known as the Winawer trade mark. (d) White has now arrived at the conditions at which he aimed, two Kts against a, Kt and B and a doubled pawn. But the latter is no serious disadvantage, and the open file created by the last exchange is likely to suit the Atkins style of play, which is nothing if not combinative and ingenious. (e) Probably intending; P-B 4—a strong move. (f) The movements of White's Kt may Have been intended, to weaken Black's K side pawns. (g) Mason is a very fine end-game player, and hero he teems to be aiming at a, passed pawn and a long final stage. (h) One by one the advantages for which White played have vanished, and Black has taken up the running most vigorously. (i) To play for the passed pawn by 26 P-R 4 would mean PxP, 27 PxP. Kt-B 4, and the advantage would be with Black. (i) Very good, brilliant, and unanswerable, worthy of Mason; though not especially deep, 'yet satisfactory; White has no more chance. ; (k) The game plays itself; White is driven to what the Japanese call "hari-kari." Mr. t Atkins has played the game to perfection from first to last. CHESS IN SCHOOLS. 'in some schools in Germany chess is taught.'—Daily Paper. The British Chess Magazine suggests the following; examination paper for Teutonic youths.— CHESS. (Time limit—three weeks.) Examiner—Philip 11. William-., !'-..[. Explain, with strict reference to chess, the maxim, " .Mind your !''& and Q's." There arc upwards of 4,007.486,32.1,034 combinations of the lirst ten moves of a game. Write a list of them, marks being given for neatness. Endeavour to trace a connection between chess and pins-pong. Differentiate between:—(a) Love at. first sight ami mate on the move, (b) A " cook" and a. " waiter." (c) A ratepayer and "per- 1 petual cheque." ' What are the penalties, enforced when:— (aj A player ejaculates " Good eavens" when. a well-known gambit is played against him. (b) A player makes a. bad move and retreats it after a few moments' consideration, (c) An onlooker maintains a continuous stream of erroneous criticism in an audible tone, (d) A player pat a. piece of sugar on K4 and a White ! pawn in his coffee. The British Chess Co. reddest that the fol- j towing announcements be made in the diets i column:—"A copy oi 'Laws for the Regulation of Games Played Over the Board,' ! printed in largo type m the form of a. wail- j sheet, 22m by 17m, mounted on canvas, var- i ished, oilers, v. ill he sent to our friends j without charge, for placing in any public I room where chess is 'played. These laws form j Part 11. of the British Chess Code (revised edition.' now generally adopted in the British Empire and America. A copy of 'Laws for the Regulation of (lames Played by Correspondence' will be sent to any of our friends interested in correspondence play by the British Che-* Co., Stroud, Gloucester." Mr. Philip .!!. Williams, a chess problem expert of many years' standing, and the author of upwards of 700 problems, has written a concke and masterly treatise on modern chess problems, comprising lucid chapters on all the principal branches of problem study. It is well hound and printed, containing about forty large diagrams illustrative of the test, and 100 latest selected problems by Ilia author as an appendix, and frontispiece portrait. The price to subscribers is Is (id; ami subsequently it is to be 6s. The book will he published within the next, live or six months, provided a sufficient number of orders are received in advance to justify incurring' the expense of publication. Intending subscribers should address—The British Cues*. Co.. Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. The eleventh annual match at Capetown between players of European birth and players of colonial birth was contested on Thursday. July 10. The number of opponents paired was 136; and the match was subject to the condition that two svames might bo played on each board. The result was in favour of the European-born by 74 points to 48. The statistics of these encounters to date biiovv eight wins for the European-born; two wins for'tho colonial-born; and one tie—the totals in points being 477} for the Krtro-peas-feprg, awl 339* In th« colojoita-JJonij ; t