CHESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12955, 26 August 1905, Page 4 (Supplement)

CHESS.

Auckland' Chess Club meets at olnbroom, His Ma"e«tY's Arcade, at eigu. p.m. on Mondays, Ukurs'dayis, and. Saturdays, and the room is also available'for play every afternoon. PniHOiiby Chess Club meets every Wednesday evenin?, at 7.30 o'clock, at Leys' Institute, St. Mary's Road. revs Institute Ctiess and Draughts Club-Practice, c-cry evening (Sundays excepted), from seven to ten o'clock , IteguJar club night, Thursday. Hamilton Chess Club meets every Wednesday evening in the Library, from 7 to 10. Visitors always welcome. Hocky Nook Chess and Draughts Club meets every Tuesday Tlmrsdav, and Saturday evening in the lioeky "Kook Bowling Club's pavilion. TO CORRESPONDENTS, CHESS. Problem No. 2170.—Solved by " Pawn," " K. 5.," " 41 A.C.," " Knight," and " J.H." Problem No. 2177. - Solved by " Knight,' ■ K.S., ' and " J.H." Problem No. 2178— by ' U.S." and " Knig'-vt." The familiar " XXX" will have been missed from the list of solvers for some weeks past, and it is to be regretted that this is due to a severe attack of Hues.?. " XXX" is the most regular solver of the hardest nuts appearing in this column, failing only in a very few. instances. When his solution did not come to hand at the usual time, Iho position was always looked up to see whether it was faulty, and sometimes this proved to be the ease. •" XXX" solves all prolcms from diagram, and. never uses a board, a feat which but few could lay claim to. May he make a speedy recovery. DRAUGHT*!. Problems ' N'os. 1327 and 132S—Solved by V,'. ilct'arlane, Waipu. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 2176. WntTH. BUCK. i It. 1) 7 SOLUTION <■!' I'UOiSLKM No. 2177. TVIIITK. Kt,A(!K. 1 11-0 1 J'-IN ':: 111:.', ch K-K I ;i y-K.t ! mate. 1 It-Kill 2 Q.iP, eh X-K'l II IKHi male. I I! H.I U llxh'l - A r.y :i Males accordingly. 1 JivKt 2 B-Kl Any ',] i; or 1! mates. PROBLEM No. 2170. (By 11. W. B.uuiv, Boston.", Black, 3.

White, 5. l»7, 3KU, l;Bp5, IHSQ, 8, K7, 8, 8. White to play ami mate in two moves. PROBLEM No. 2180. (By Mil. F. W. Wvs'.vn, Dudley. First prize Coventry Uxprc*?.) Black, 13. _ -->

Wains, 10. JUKI, q'Jbiil'2, 2p3Ql, I'ObM, KtllMH!:'!', p'.'kl, pprp4, 2kt3. White to play and mate In two moves. OSTEND INTERNATIONAL TOURNEY. The {clawing frame is remarkable because of the ending, Tchieorin losing it with three pawns against three pawns:— FItKN'CU DKI'KNCH. White, Tchlgotin; Black, Dr. Tarrasch. 1 p.R I—l'-Qll -1 (a) 27 11-K 3—Q-K 5 (d) 2 Q-'K ■-'!-V-K:t ' ■ -» 11-K-H-HS(c) 3 l'-KIU-Kt-QB 3 2!i K-H2-Q.xl.ich ,1 i'.Q :)—b-K 2 30 (,'xg-ltxlt 5 Kt-KIU-I'-Q I 3] Q.vß-Kt-Kiicli ti Kl-'ll 3_Kt-B » 32 KxR-Kl.xQ 7 l'-KKI 3— 5 33 K-K 2 If)- I'-B 3 8 Q-Q-Q-Kt:i 31 Kt-BC-K-B !) B-Kt 2—Castles 35 K-K 3—K-K ID CiiF.llc3-V.\l' 30 KM! 5-K-ij 2 11 KtlKl I'xKl 37 K-Ql-K-Q3 12 KtxKl'-M! 2 38 lM)3(c)-r-K4 13 Kt-Q It-is 3 311 Kt-Kl 3Kl.tKt 14 Kt-84-Q-«3 in KxKt-K-B4 13 Bxl'.—Q-B il K-B3_l'-K5 Hi l'.Qlt I (bl-V-QKt 3 42 l'-B 5 (10-l'-K 17 Q-K'2-Kli-K 13 K-Q 3-P-K . 15 11-0 2— 3 ■ 11 Kxl'— 19 Kli-B-P-QKU -' 3--K-Q 1 20 Kt-K5-Q-Q I ei K-Bi-K-Qa 21 I'-IM-Fxl' e.p. 17 ;4-K-Q 1 _ 22 rxQBL'-KR-Q « I'-" ' V)-*-}! 0 , 23 VxV-VxV '' J'-Kt .'. ,jj K-«f? •- 24 Itxlt-ltxlt 50 l>xP(k)-PxP "5 P-li t-l'xl' 51 K-Ktl-K-K.. 26 P.vP (c)-B-B '1 cli »-' J—'v-« ■■> White resigns. Notes by The Field.

(I ,i The doctor's own move when Tohigorin sprang this variation upon him for the WW in the ronton at St. Petersburgln BM. It pi • Black iii the position of a Sicilian Dclencc, White having made the unusual move of Q-Iv - ,1,) White has nothing but an even game. lli has to make this defensive move to prevent the knight being dislodged with )'-','«' i. . (el White manoeuvres skilfully, having established « passed pawn. . Black, however meets the requirements of the situation adequately, and equalise tho game again. The most interest Ins part of the game conies now. _ ~ . .- . (A) Black was under the impression that tins would he the beginning of a winning attack. ( e ) V threatening move. Of course, if KxK the game is over; but White simply plays K-D 2, and there is nothing in it. The king's move has been overlooked by Black. if) Tehisorin is now guilty of grout care essne" \ player of far less experience would have selected the" shortest road to support his passed pawn, namely K-Q 2, and this would have given him the advantage. , (g) This position he could have had in two mores by the Q2 diagonal. di) The only move to draw in detaching the KP. (i) J'-lt 1! would have also drawn. (i) Dr. Tarraseh was again confident of victory, and this opinion was shared generally in the next room, where the position was examined by the masters who had finished their names, among them Maroezy. He being the most interested party, as Dr. Tarraseh is a dangerous rival, re-examined the position, and found a way out of the difficulty^ (k) Here ho could have played fill K-Kt 1— 5, 51 l'-Kt r-E 3, 52 K-o 5 being a stalemate position. This is Haroray'n suggestion. 51 Pxl* leads only to a draw, too, eventually. Of course, there is 'nothing to lie done for White after the last move.

Problem lovers will learn with .regret of the death of the noted composer Mr. A. F. Mackenzie, : which occurred at his residence, Kingston, Jamaica, on dune 23, at the early aire of 45. lie was the author of hundreds of problems and end-game?, a large proportion of which were prize-winners in tourneys, and his great ability received recognition wherever chess was known. Mr. Mackenzie's proficiency in this respect stood him in good stead in later 'years, when being alllicted with total blindness, he was still aide to find solace and consolation in the pursuit of Ids favourite occupation, His skill in problem construction was increased rather than diminished by the misfortune which had overtaken him, and his most notable successes have occurred during the last ten years of his life. The newly-formed Marlborough Chess Club commenced a 12 a-siile telegraphic match with the the Wellington Working Men's Club team on Saturday, August 111. A wire was not available until cine p.m., but the preliminaries occupied very little lime, and play thereafter proceeded rapidly, very satisfactory progress having been made 'when the moves were scaled at midnight. Mr. A, I. Littlejohn umpired for Wainiti, and Mr. 15. Korthcroft for tin; Welingtouians. The Marlborough team were handicapped in having to play without the services of Messrs. A. V. Bell, Harris, Clarke, and Buiiishlc. The lastnamed, who formerly played in Sydney and Auckland, is on a visit to Wellington, and arrangements may be made for him to play against Mr. Opp'.er over the board, thus adding one more game to the contest, which concludes this evening. Champion Laskcr claims that the practice of chess Increases the sum of national happiness and national efficiency. Many men are ruined by the passion for gambling. This passion has Us root iu a weakness of intellect. The knowledge of chess acts as a corrective. The game defrs its devotees from running indiscriminate risks, and the entertainment provided by chess tills out much time which would otherwise be given up to the excitement of gambling. It would be interesting to learn tew u'liny chestnuts have been built upon the phrase "It's your move." The pithy sentence has lad to do duly for Blackburne, Stcinitz, Zukcrtort, and many more chess heroes, who were supposed to have used it in circumstances more or less humorous in which brevity and force were united to express a common position in acceptable terms. Imagination has played a small part in surrounding the circumstances with pieturesquencss to bring out more forcibly the homely phrase, and to make it do its duty effectively.' The following incident supplies one of its latest uses:—" Madam," said the. knight oi the road, " can you help me on my way a Irific? I am a broken-down chessplayer, and—" " Certainly," said the lady of the house, as she unloosed the bulldog; " it's your move." (And he moved.)