CHESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12698, 29 October 1904, Page 4 (Supplement)

CHESS.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. Problem - Nos..\ 3098 and 3089.—Solved also by " Wairoa" (" Found No. 2083 a very difficult problem, and em not surprised at its being awarded first prize. It is one of those problems in -which the second" niovo is harder to find than the first"). Problem No. 2000.—Solved also by " Sigma" and "D.DI" ' ■' , ' ■•• ■.'. \ Problem No. 2001 Solved also by " Sigma." Problem No. 3-592 Solved by "XXX," " 5.M.," " Knight," Sigma," " Tenei," and " J.H." , Problem No. 2093.— Solved by "XXX," "J.H.," " Knight," " Tenet," and " Sigma." ,' ■■ " Wairoi" writes:—" you know of any country club that Wants', a game by telegraph— six boards, or five, if preferred?" The Hamilton Chess Club always ; readily, undertakes 'such •'. contests, but the club is in recess just now. Perhaps some other ..'country' club seeing this request will accommodate! " Wairoa." SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 2090. .' WHiTB. . '■";,. BLACK. ", :..: , 1 Q-B 3 ; '■ SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 2091. white." 1 ... . . Black., ■' '':--'.' 3 Kt-BG J "■' KxKt ; ' 2*Kt-KBch K-Kt4 " ;' , 3 B-B 4 mate 1 K-Q5 '•-.:■ 2Kt-Ktsch. K moves 3 B-Bsdismate. -," .1 ' : ■ P-Kt4 ■ ".' .. 2 P-B 3, etc. With other variations. PROBLEM No. 2094. (By WM, CiUGSTOK, Belfast. Pi:om Lteds Mercury.) :':,:■' : . :; : Black, 6. ■

■\ '•'.-..■ ' : - White 10. .- ■<'■■ > .. IBS, 8, IPSKtpI, lp3Ppl, BlblKtlßl, 2Plfc3, :-'.;■•"" 2Plp3, 4K3. "". ";',■,';'. ; "",„ White to play and mate in two moves. PROBLEM No. 2095." (By L. Vbtesnik. 'Fourth Prize in the Problem Tourney of the 'Wedrowice.) ' • Black)-- 10.-' ■ ■.'■■■■•■■.■■

'. White, 8. , bsktq, Gpl, B2pKtb2, kt2RKt3. 2plk2p, 7K, 4PP2, 4Q3. White to play and mate in three moves. TELEGRAPHIC CHESS MATCH. AUCKLAND V. WELLINGTON. At first it was intended to have brought the contest to a close on Saturday last, but ftwing to the great loss of time occasioned by failure of the -wires several of the games have only reached the middle stage, some of them manifesting interesting features. To go to adjudication' in the present .unsatisfactory condition a verdict o,i draws .would ,be ■' given in instances, where if played out different results may well be anticipated. .The Wellington team, therefore, proposed to devote another night to the eleven games still unfinished, and to this proposal the; Auckland team agreed. The final outcome is, of course, a foregone conclusion, as already Wellington is to be credited with live wins, draws l were agreed in four cases, and Auckland's .opponents have ■at least equal chances in the balance of the games." The match will bo resumed this evening at seven o'clock. AUCKLAND CHESS CLUB. A meeting of the committee took place on Thursday evening, when a communication was read from the Council of the New Zealand Chess Association stating that at the quarterly meeting to be held on October 31 tho following resolutions will be considered, and asking that delegates be instructed relative to same:— That in consequence of the declaration of Mr. : Biackburne, on behalf of the publishers, that "the British Chess Code is copyright, if we insert in, our book, of rules any portion of the code, or even an attenuated or 'boiled down' version of it, we shall be liable to have all copies of the book confiscated, we would be restrained from publishing any further copies, and we would be mulcted in damages for our. theft," this Council deem it desirable to proceed no further with tho revision of the rules " on the basis of the British. Chess Code." (2) That a fresh committee be set up to revise the existing code without any reference to the British, Chess Code, which is no sense suited to the requirements of chessplayers in this colony. The Auckland committee, after discussing the proposals, agreed to support them, deleting all the words after " Which" in the second resolution, the words proposed to be omitted being only an expression of opinion, perhaps somewhat gut of place. What the Council now propose to; do 'seems to be the only way out of the difficulties and wrangling of the past three years,, It Is hardly conceivable that the compilers of the British Chess Code, through fcheir agent, will step in and with terrible threats of penalties for breach of copyright law, interdict even this simple solution to, the present deadlock. If so, perhaps copyright of the game itself may v u claimed later. - --.-.

A communication was also received from the Canterbury Chess Club stating that at a meeting of the club a motion was carried that if the British Chess Code i« not adopted by the Council the club will withdraw from the" association—a decision which, no doubt, maturer reflection and the good sense of the members will modify. If the same spirit permeated kindred associations the bonds of. coherency would soon be dissolved, when defeated minorities elect to take the huff and back out, if their pet ideas are insufficiently supported. It is to be hoped these threats will not prevent the Council from doing their duty in the best interests of the game in the colony, even though the somewhat worn-out weapon of Damocles, suspended by a wireless wire, threatens destructiot HASTINGS CONGRESS. The' following- parne was played on August 31 in the eighth round: Buy Boi>kz. White, Mr. C. E. 0. Tattersall; Black, Mr. ■ " W. E. Napier. 1 P-K 4—P-IC i 22 B-n 3—P-QB 4 2 KKt-B 3—QKt-B 3 S3 P-B P-KKt 3 3 B-Et 5-Kt-E 3 ' 24 K-Kt 3-P-Kt 8 4 Castles— 25 B-Kt 2—K-B 1 5 P-Q Kt-Q 3•' 20 P-R K-Kt 2 6 BxKt-QPxB 27 K-B 3-KR.Q 1 7 PiP— 4 28 K-K 4—Exit 8 QxQ ch— 29 Bxß— 1 9 E-Q 1 oh— 1 30 Bxß-.Ktxß 10 Kt-B 3-P-KB 3 31 P-K 6 eh— 1 11 P-QKt 3—B-Kt 5 32 BKt 7 oh—K-K 2 15 B-Kt BxKfc 83 PxP—KtxP 13 Biß-P-QB 4 348-Ks~Ktxß 14 B-Q 2 (ft)~Kt-K 2 35 PxKt—K-K 3 ; • 15 QB-Q Kt-Q 4 .16 l'-B 4—P-B 3 16 B-Kt 2 (b)— 5 37 K-B 3—K-B 4 17 P-B 4 (c)—Kt-B 5 38 K-Kt 3—P-KKt 4 18 P-KE 3 BxKt 33 K-B 3—PxP 19 Pxß—KtsP eh 40 P-K 6— KxP 20 K-B 2-Et-B 5 . V 41 KxP—P-Il 4 21 E-Q 7—Kt-K 3 'c) ; And Mr. TaU:rsaU resigned. Notes by the Field. (a) 1-1 B-Q 3 would have come in handy afterwards when Black planed the knight with » , . B-Kt 6 ■-..-• d>) If 16 BxP, then 16 . . Exß; 17 P-B 4, B-K 3; etc. (c) 17 B-Q 3 would be answered by 17 . ... Kt-Kt 3. (d) The losing more, 18 B-K 1 would have been better. ! (e) Defending everything. The double BP is useful in answer to the otherwise powerful B-E 3; and Black wins by timing his move* with mechanical exactitude.

The Ponsonby Chess Club has decided to have a recess daring the summer months. There will be no further meetings this season. At Wellington the Petheriefc Shield Tournament is concluded as far as first prize is concerned. Mr. It. J. Barnes is the holder for the ensuing year., In the August number of the British Chess Magazine there is a difficult end game. Position: 6kl, 8, 3p4, 3P4, <U?3, 8, 8, 7KI. White to play and win. The ending (says the K.Z. Mail) seems to have taken on with Wellington players, so much so that ' serious consequences are feared if ■ somebody doesn't come to the rescue soon with the proper solution. A chess combination has been defined, says Mr. W. E. Napier, as "something a move and a-half deep, with a hole in it as big as a house." Mr. P. J. Marshall's terms for a match in Paris with M. D. Janowsky were as follows:—Play to begin at about the middle of December. The match to 'be seven gamat* up, draws not counting; the stake to be 500 dollars a-side; and Mr. Marshall's allowance for expnasea to be 300 dollars In case of his losing the sr.abeh, or 200 dollars in case of his winning. Ms". Marshall's terms were promptly accepted by the Ce'Mile Philidor; and the Brooklyn Daily Eagle at Septembei 4 announced that the match was> a certainty; and that Mr. Marshall intended to leave New York for Paris at the beginning of December.