CHESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12272, 16 May 1903, Page 4 (Supplement)

CHESS.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Problem No. Solved also by "Pawn." Problem No. 1940.—Solved by " Tenei," "Pawn," " XXX.," "Knight," and " M.M." Problem No. 1941.—Solved by " Tenei," " Pawn," and " XXX."

SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 1938. White. BLACK. 1 Q-B3

SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 1939. ..WHITE. . BLACK. 1 Q-ll 3 ■ E-Kt 8 Q-Q 7 Kt-B 6 3'KtxKtmate 2 PxKt 3 Q mates 1 Kt-Kt6 2 Q-Kt 2. etc. With other variations. PROBLEM No. 1942. (By P. F. BLAKE. First prize, Hampstead and Higkgats Express Tourney.) BLACK, 12.

White, 8. White to play and mate in two moves.

PROBLEM No. 1943. (By MAX FEIGL. First prize Schachmatnoje

Obozrenije, Moscow Tourney.) BLACK, 11.

White, 10. White to play and mate in three moves,

INTERNATIONAL CABLE MATCH.

• The eighth annual match between Great Britain and America was played on April 3 and 4. Wo have had to await the arrival of the mail to learn the outcome of this important contest, as the Press Association apparently considered it of little moment to cable the result, being of less interest than, the fining of a motor-car driver for " scorching," and placing on record that a certain lady of some notoriety, on receipt of a telegram couched in the " tenderest terms," " burst into tears," among other stirring items. The full score-sheet is as under: — America. Great Britain. Wins. ffms. 1. Pillsbury ... A Lawrence J 1. Barry 1 Mason 0 3. Hodges * Mills J 4. Marshall 1 Atkins 0 5. Hymes ... ... 0 Bellingham ... 1 6. Voigt 1 Trencisard ... 0 7. Newman 0 Michell 1 8. Delmar £ Jacobs i 9. Howell 0 Gunston 1 10. Helms ... ... 1 Hooke 0 Total sii Total 4£ America won five of the matches, Great Britain two, and an even score on one occasion. The total points for the eight years are.— America, 415; Great Britain, 361. A BRILLIANCY. _ The following game, played at the recent international tourney at Monte Carlo, progressed in a quiet manner, until Black's 22nd move, when Mieses made what is characterised as one of the most brilliant and startling strokes in the annals of chess:— White, lteggio; Black, Mieses. 1 P-K 4-P-QB 4 21 R-KB sq-B-E 3 2 KKt-B 3-P-K 3 22 B-Q 3 (aJ-R-Kt 6 3 P-Q 4-PxP 23 QxR (b)-B-R 5 4 KtxP- KKt-B 3 24 Bxß (c)— ch 5 QKt-B 3-Kt-H 3 25 Pxß-Qxß i 6 KtxKt—KcPxKt 26 R-KR R-KKt sq 7 P-K 5-Kt-Q 4 27 ExP ch-K-B 3 8 Kt-K 4-Q-B 2 23 R-R 6-K-Kt 4 9 P-KB 4-P-KB 4 29 KxQP ch-PxR 10 PxP en pas-KtxP 30 RxQ-KxR (B 3) 11 KtxKt ch—PxKt 31 K-B 2—K-Kt 4 12 Q-R 5 ch-K-Q sq .32 P-Kt 3-K-B 4 13 B-Q 2-P-Q 4 33 K-B 3-P-Q 5 14 P-B 4-R-QKs sq 34 B-Q 2-K-Q 4 15 Q-R 4-B-K 2 35 B-K sq-K-QB sq 16 B-B 3-Q-Kt 3 36 P-KKt 4—PxP ch 17 B-K 2-K-Q 2 37 KxP—K-B 7 18 PxP— 38 P-Kt 3-P-Q 6 19 R-Q KR-Kt sq 39 K-Kt 5-P-Q 7 wins. 20 Q-R 3-P-B 4 (a) Had ho seen what was coming he would have played Q-B 3.

(b) If PxJR, then Q-K 6 ch. 24 B-K 2, Qxß, mate. (c) If Qxß, mate in two moves.

THE MODERN SCHOOL. ; Dr. Lasker delivered a lecture on the " Modern School" at the Insurance Chess Club, London, which the Standard reported as fol-lows.-—"The theme was the Modern School, a difficult subject, which Dr. Lasker handled diplomatically by emphasising the principle of the pawn ending. What is the modern school, or the old school, for the matter of that? Up to late in the seventies no mention was made of a modem school. We played the games of the past and contemporaneous masters, and distinguished onlv between good and bad games. All of a sudden, Steinitz started the new war cry of the quasi-modern school, finding out suddenly that he was speaking prose all his life. It came about at the time when the correspondence match between the city of London Chess Club and Vienna was played. Steinitz then adopted the new style, which he caught from the late Mr. hotter, with whom he was constantly closeted, working upon the correspondence games. In earlier days, before chess was so widely disseminated through the medium of the press and clubs, the ordinary amateur had no means of improving beyond what he could learn from the standard works on the game. Therefore, the first-class players stood head and shoulders above the usual run of players. Nowadays, the line of demarcation between master and first-class amateur is thinner, owing to the facilities of publication mentioned, therefore the former brilliant variations with which the master could vanquish the amateur fall to the ground, because the latter knows them as well as his opponent. The master has, therefore, to resort to steady, sound, and careful play, and all he can achieve is a strategical advantage, or a better pawn position for the ending—and this is the Modern School! Careful and unimaginative players of all times may be said to have practised the principles of this Modern School. What we maintain may be noticed in a striking manner in simultaneous performances. Even the apostle ot the Modern School in such a seance would adopt, the Old Schoolviz., lively variations and attaching style against the bulk of his opponents, whilst he would resort (and will have to) to the style of the Modern School against the few top players of the team opposed to him, or, in other words, he would play what Lasker calls psychological chess. There are, however, exponents of the modern style, Lasker and Dr. Tarrasch, for instance, but only because they have been educated in this style, and because they have adopted the sound principle of ' position play.' Charousek, for instance, belonged to no school: he adopted both styles— because he did play ' psychological chess.' "

At the lato meeting of the New Zealand Chess Association, the lion, secretary intimated that he would be unable to offer himself for re-election, owing to want of adequate time to devote to the duties. Lately M/\ Connell's- position has been no sinecure, and he must have found it difficult to save himself from demise by asphyxiation by reason of the inky deluge poured on his devoted head.

A great correspondence match, in honour of the Coronation, is now being played between England and Ireland. Tuere are 100 players a-side. Mr. Philip Dancer, honorary secretary Cornwall Chess Association, is umpire for England, and Mr. Rowland is managing affairs for Ireland. Chess in mid-Atlantic by the novel correspondence method of wireless telegraphy is increasing in frequency. 'Die latest game was played oh the 2nd March, between chessists on board the Cunard liner Etruria and the Atlantic Transport Company's steamer Minnetonka. About 70 miles separated the vessels. Alter a spirited contest, lasting from 3 to 10.15 p.m. and upwards of 70 moves, the players of the Etruria resigned to those of the Minne tonka.