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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12478, 23 January 1904, Page 4 (Supplement)

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SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 2008. White. 5 black:. 1 B-Q 3 SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 2009. WHITE. BLACK. 1 Q-R6 RrQ " Kt-B G Any 3 I'-Kt 4 mats 1 Bin 2 Q-K 3 ch B-Q 6 3 Kt-K 6 mate 2 K-Kt 5 3 Q-Kt 6 mite 1 K-Kt 5 3 Q-B 8 oh KiP 3 Q-B 5 mate 1 K-Kt 4 2 Kt-QB 6 RiP 3 Q-B 8 mate 1 r-Q 8 CQ) 3 Q-K 3 ch Q-Q 5 3 Kt-B 6 mate SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 2010. Whits. Black. 1 Kt-Kt 3 SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No, 2011. White. Black. 1 Kt-Kt 3 K-K 5 2 Q-KB Bq K-Q i 3 Q-Ql3 i, mat« 2 K-Q 5 3 Q-Q 3, mate 1 Kt-Q i 3 Kt-K 3 dbl. oh K-K 3 3 Q-K G mate. 2 K-Q 5 3 Kt-B 5, mate. 1 P-K 5 2 Q-R Beh K-Q i 3 Kt-B i, mate. 1 Other 2 Q-Q «q oh K-K 6 3 Q-Q 3, mata. PROBLEM No. 2014. (By the Rev. J. Jbspersen. First Prize, Noorse Sckaakkond.) Black, 9.

White, 10. iblKtr, p482, 2plP3, 2rlklßK, Qlp2p2, 6P3, b2Kt4, 2KK4. White to play and mata in two mores,

PROBLEM No. 2015. (Dedicated by F. A. L. Kuskop to Ch*mplon Congress, December, 1903.) Black, 3.

White, 5. 8, 8, 8, 8, 4KtQ3, LPlKtpJp, 7K, 3k4. White to play and mate in three moves.

N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY. The scores of three more of the games are given boiow. The first id the important game which decided the championship bitweea the Messrs. Mab&a, and is well worth going over: — Gitroco I'IAXO. Whits, J. Mason (Timaru); Black, W. E. Mason (Wellington). 1 P-K i—P-K 4 25 RxQ-R-K Bch 2 Kt-KB 3—lCt-QB 3 26 K-U 2—R-Q 8 3 B-B -I—K-B 4 27 I'-KKt 4-BiP •1 P-Q 3—l>-Q 3 28 K-Kt 3—R-K 5 5 B-K 3—B-Kt 3 2it R-B 3-P-15 4 6 QKt-Q 2—Kt-B 3 30 B-B a—ll-Q 5 V Kt-B—U-K3 31 R-B —l'-KB 3 8 Bxli—l'iß 33 K-R4—R-QBS a Q-K 3—Q-K 3 33 K-Q 2—P-Q 5 10 P-B 3—P-Q 4 84 I'-KKt R-B 8 11 Pxl'—PxP ' 36 P-Kt 6—PIP ch 12 Kt-Kt 3—Castles, KB 3ti Kxp—-K-B 2 13 Castles, Kit—Qß-K 37 P-QKt 4—P-QKt 3 14 QH-K—P-K 5 38 P-Kt 4—K-K 3 ID Kt-Q 4 ("til —KtxKt 3!l K-Kt 6— R-KKt 8 11! BxK't—Bxß 40 K-Kt 5-K-K 4 17 I'xll—Q-Kt 5 41 B-K 2 ch—K-Q 4 15 P.vP—KtxP 42 t'xP—PjP in Q-B 3—lixßP fb) 43 R-K 7-P-Q 6 20 RxK—Qsl! ch 44 H-Q 7 ch—K-B 5 21 I!-II—Q-K C ell 4.> K-B 4—K-B 6 22 K-R—KtxKt ch 4G K-K 3-P-B 23 P\Kt—R-K 3 47 Resigns. 24 Q-B 2-QxQ (al Bxß was suggested as a better move, but Black still gains a pawn by 15 ... Piß, IB Kt-Q4— KtxKt, 17 l'.tKt— Q-Kt 5. (b) Bold and enterprising play, considering the issue involved. Black oilers two rooks fur queen, but overlooks the loss of the Knit-lit as well if White had umptud by 20 Qxll—KtxQ, 21 II;;II ch — K-B 3, 22 B-K 2, and the Knight is lost. White, W. E. Mason; Black, W. C. Sandford Four Knights' game. (both of Wellington). 1 P-K 4—P-K 4 11 Q-Q 4-BxKt 2 Kt-KB 3—Kt-KB 3 13 Qxll—Castles 3 Kt-QB 3- Kt-QB 3 1.1 11-K gq-Q-K 4 B-Kt 0 -P-Q 3 14 P-QKt 3—Q-K 3 5 P-Q 1--B-Q 2 10 B-Kt 2-QR-Kt sq 0 Castles— 3 (a) lii R-K 3—KR-Q so ' 7 BxKt I'-'.B 17 Kt-KKt 5—Q-Kt 5 8 PxP— 18 B-Kt 3 —Q-B 4 0 KtxP—B-Q 3 10 Kt-KB 3-R-QKt 4 10 Kt-KB 3—B-QKt 5 20 QxKt — Resigns (b) (at Black's sixth move was weak; allowing his opponent to win a pawn and get way on. (b) The position being hopeless (loss of root unavoidable, etc.). Four KNIGHTS' GAME. White, W. 1!. Mason (Wellington); Black, W. C. Etindtord (Wellington). 1 P-K 4—P-K 4 11 Q-Q BxKt 3 Kt-KB 3 —Kt-KB 3 (a) 12 Qxß—Castles 3 Kt— 3—Kt-QB 3 13 R-K si) —Q-K sq ■1 B-Qlvt, 5-P-Q 3 14 P-QKt 3—Q-K 3 5 P-Q -B-Q 2 15 B-Kt 2—QR-QKt sq (c) fi Castles— P-QR 3 (b) It! R-K B—KR-Q sq 7 BxKt-Pxß" -Kt-KKt «-Q-Kt 6 (d) 8 PxP-l'xP IS R-Kt 3—Q-R 4 !> KUP--B-Q 3 lii Kt-KB 3-15-QKt 4 10 Kt-KB 3—B-QKt 5 20 QxKt —Resigns. Notes in Otago Witness. (a) Petroll's defence, but the subsequent moves turn it into the Pour Knights game. (b) A we.at more resulting in the loss of a pawn and the break up of Black's position. PxP appears to bo the best here. (c) This and Blacks next move ara a wasto of time, simply allowing Whits to develop his attack, which lit) does in (lie most forcible way. (.1) Again playing White's game. Q-K 2 would have been much better. WELLINGTON CHESS. At the conclusion of (lie Championship Congress, the triple lie for second place ii) the Wellington Chefs Club's Annual Handicap Tourney, between Messrs. W. R. Mason (Class 1), It.' ,J. Barnes (Class 1), and P. K. Keiliug (Class 3), was played oil. With the assistance of the odds of pawn and move, Mr. helling managed to win from his two illustrious comrades, and Mr. Mason, tlio •' new-fledged" champion, won from Mr. Barnes. The issue of the tournament (which was commenced with 3(1 entries in June last) is therefore as follows:— First prize (and first win for the Petheriek Shield), C. W. Tanner (Class IV.); second prise, V. K. Kelling (Class 11.); third prize, W. 11. iljjaon (Class I.). The great interest, shown locally in (his tourney should be very gratifying tit Mr. K. W. petherick, the genial donor of the Handsome shield, which was greatly admired by visitors to the clubrooni during the recent congress.

| According to a calculation by the Brooklyn ] Eagle tin! cost of the recent match at Brighton •to I'raffcisor Hice averaged J:2O per game. I The .Bradford Observer says that iu November last. | Air. .J. Walter liussell. the lion, secretary of the City of London ('hess Club, v.'as presented with a handsome silver tray, suitably inscribed, and a cheque for 1110 guineas subscribed by the members on the occasion of his recent marriage. j The Failcirk Herald makes the definite state- | incut thai the Blackburtie-MarsUall match is i " off." i The following: is from a little work lately yjuTj- ! lished at lliga, by Ascharin, the celebrated Livo- • nian master: —"If is the current epii)ipi} ' that ! chess demands mathematical aptitude, and since in j that science everything is brought out by calcui lation, this should tie the most' important faculty I of the chessplayer. The good people who reason ! in this way imagine a game of chess to he simply a problem to be solved; the pieces and squares | are the known quantities; state your equation ai|d deduces from it the value of the unknown I quantities! But are the adversary's moves also j known quantities capable of being taken into ac- | count in the equation? No; they are contingencies defying all calculation—all intervention of algebraic order- At the beginning of a game each player has CO moves at his disposal. If l'-K -1 is chosen as the lirst move, Black and White have iben the choice among 23 moves. As the game proceeds the number of possible moves increases at a terrible rate, since every one of these mores J in relation to the adversary's reply opens a new

perspective. W#» inukp, however, at nneo o. necessary concession that I*, Mint a simple emraim nation at once unable* the experienced atria! o or, 0 definitely In Hiinlmite a* helm: bad the greater . part of the ]i"»»|lilti moves; but even then the tlebl open for analysis remains none the less without bounds, and the term of one? Lite would not suffice to get tUrolith one single game. to examine nil the lines of play, and to exhaust all the variation* with their rAtnlttcation*. It is easily seen, therefore, that for chess a mathematical organisation is an in«uOU'io!Jt auxiliary—tlin game demands above all things another gift, that of being able, while go ! rix on with tlie combination, of representing by the imagination in something like a material form the position which changes with every move. Thin gift, in my opinion, is of the very greatest Import-nice, since it is that which makes the analysis of a position prove easy—in fact, actually possible. Then comes the memory, by means 'of which our knowledge ami experience is enabled to profit hy the lessons of theory and practice. Then quickness of perception is another important faculty, in addition to coolness in weighing carefully lie eventualities, and energy to take at once the proper course. Beyond these, which constitute the mastery of the game, there, is still genius—that mysterious bird, the nature of which we cannot explain, but which we recog-. nine by the rustling of its win,vs. The mere calculator encounters an impassable boundary which genius clears at one bound, and what it discovers spontaneously demands from others ciTorts even to understand." I