CHESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13193, 2 June 1906, Page 4 (Supplement)

CHESS.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Problem '??«#! 2251.—Solved also by " F.C.L." ("A per/cot knights' play ]>eautiful"). Problem No. 2252.—501ved alio bv " F.C.L.'' ("Key easy—clever use made .of pawns"). I Problem 'So.' 2253.'— Solved also by " XXX" and "F.C.L." ("Clever , mates by Q, • and , knights' play pleasing"). . • ' ... . Problem ■ No. • -2254—Solved by' "XXX. '• M.A.C.," " Knight,", and "F.C.L." ("A splendid problem, with mirror and economical mates, and king with six flight squares") Problem No. 2255.—501ved by "XXX," "Alex,'' "U. 5.," " M.A.C.." and '" Knight."' Problem No. 2256 — Solved by "XXX," "Knigl'.t," and " U.S." , . ' '• : ' Solvers nr. peruser.? of this column will regret to hear that XXX," v.ho for. many years has been the mo?; consistent solver of problems Appearing in this column, will, owing to failing health, be unable to. do so regularly in future.- " XXX" kindly <>ay*::; I thank you for giving me so much pleasure for many years and wish von every success . in' your chess column and also in your whole life." lor which the present writer is deeply. grateful. . In ninny intricate .positions', with author?' solutions not to; hand, was always more confident of conclusions ' arrived at when endorsed by so thorough a solver 03 " XXX." ' " ; " R.H.B."—In the game, given last week occurs an ; instance where three knights of the same colour appear on the board, which is quite legitimate, and would be equally so it' they were bishops, rooks, or queens. With ■ regit d to (lie end game, bring convinced that White cannot save the game by Kt-K 2, the diagram received a hastv examination,' and the very obvious QxP mate (if BxR) was not noted. The articles in the publication named have been observed, ahd the varied experiences recorded read with pleasure and profit. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 2251. White. Black. 1 K-K SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 2252. 'W HI TIC B'l.Ani.. 1 lit-Q 6 K-K 4 2 GxP cli K moves 3 PxP mate 1 B-Kt 5 2 R-KB Any 3 It mates 1 P. else " 2 PxPch K moves 3 BxP mate ■ . • 1 ■ - I'xß • 2 P-Q 4 Any 3 Kt mates X ■ PxP 2 BxP T'xP 3 Kt-B 4 mate SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 2253. White. ' Black. ■■• 1 Q-U 4 SOLUTION OF PROBLEM NO. 2254. White. Black. 1 Q-R 5 K-Q 4 2 R-Kt 5 <-h K moves 3 Q mates 1 KB 5 . 2R-K2 Any 3 Q mates 1 K-Q 5 2 R-QB 2 dis. ch K moves 3 Q mates 1 r-Q 4 Q-K.2 ch *• ' K moves ,3 R-Kta or l'-Kt .3 PROBLEM No. 2257. (By E. PRADIONAT, Paris.) Black, a.

White. ?. 4r3, 4kt3, 4Ktkt2, 4kP2. lQl'lp2Kt, 4P3, 8, IK6. White to play stirl mate in two moves. PROBLEM No. 2258. (By the late 0. X. CHESET.) BLACK 7.

White, 3. q41)2, 8, 384, lp6, 8, 2Qlp3, 21'lKlpp, 4Ktlki. White to play and mate in three moves. A LIVELY GAME. While in Haviuma lately Dr. K. basket' encountered Leon Parcdes in hn exhibition match game, and the latter handled the world's champion without gloves, as will be seen by the accompanying score Giuoco Piano. White, basket; Black, Paredea. 1 p.K P-K 4 17 Jit-K 3 eh—K-Kt 3 2 Kt-KB lvt-QB 3 18 Canities—KtxP 3 B-P, 4-0-1! 4 13 KxKt—QxKt 4 P-K 3—Kt-B 3 20 Q-B 2 eh—K-R 3 0 r-Q 4—PxP 21 Kt-B 3—lt-B 6 x r_B-Kt seh 22 K-KB— 4 7 B-Q 2-KtxKP 23 Q-Q 2-QxQ, 8 Bxll—Ktxß 24 HxQ—B-y 6 9 Bxl' eh—Kxß 2f> ttslt—ftxß -10 Q-Kt. 3 eh—P-Q 4 26 l'-KR 3—R-B 8 eh 11 Kt-K 5 cli-K-K 3 27 K-R 2-lt-B 8 12 OxKI-P-B 4 28 Kt-Kt 5-P-R 3 13 O-lt 4—Q-Kt 3 ! 29 ICfc-Q 4K-Kt 3 14 Kl-Q P-B 5 30 Kt-B 3-K-B 4 15 Kt-B 4 eh-K-R 4 31 R-KB 2—R-B 8 16 KtxP—QxQl' 32 R-Q 2-K-B 5 Resigns. The game is remarkable alike for the Cuban's dauntless strategy and for the important part taken in the operations by the Black king at every stage of the encounter. Not only does lie disdain castling, but be mixes in the thick of the fighting and is on hand, toward the close to administer '.lie decisive stroke that biliix* surrender. — Brooklyn Eagle. WELLINGTON CHESS. Some two dozen chessplayers styling themselves " Wellington Wanderer.?" were to leave for Musterton to-day (Saturday) to) play a tworound match with a combined Wairarapa. 'team. The latter combination contain? six Rummers, three Rntherfurds, two Daggs. D. Guild, George •lone*, Lane. K. Waite. and K. Holmwood. Carterton and Grevtown will also contribute players. Mr. R. J. Barnes will captain the " Wanderers." The first round was to be played 011 Saturday evening, and the return round' 'on Monday following. tlu tourists returning to town the same 'evening. The ladder match— (champion of New "Zealand) v. Davies (ex-champion)—is being ~so stubbornly contested that at. the conclusion of the sixth game on May 26 honours were easy, each having two wins and two draws to his credit. Draws do not count, and the match will, therefore, be continued until one of the contestants secures a. third win. The score is also even in the .Tames v. Still ladder-match. In the contest for the next lower rung Mr. Ben. Parker, a new arrival, holds a slight: advantage from Mr. W. F. Bnrraud. Wellington chess has been further strengthened by the addition of Mr. A. G. Fell, late of Pieton. He has already made some of the " cracks" " sit, up," holding his own with Mr. W. 13. Ma-son (two games— win each) and defeating Mr. Davies by Hto £. No doubt when properly settled down" ho will ring some changes in the rungs of the ladder of the Wellington Chess Club.

Lala Raja Balm. A.D.C. to lI.It. the Maharajah of Patiala (l'unjaub, Indiji) and .Superintendent of the Palace Games Department, forwards a circular, giving an account of an "Automatic Chess Recorder and Timekeeper," of which he is the inventor. The machine automatically records the moves • made in a game, and the time, taken bv both Bides is accurately kept, doing away with he necessity of a referee or umpire (a solace for some New Zealand Congress competitors). A regular- record of all games played may be obtained, and this should commend itself to those members of the New Zealand Chess Association who are moving: in that direction with regard to Congress games.. The price of the outfit is £25. The inventor is also the author of a work entitled " Moallim-ul-Shalranj or Chess Monitor" fin English or Hindustani), which is iiMilv spoken of by so excellent nil authority as the B.C.M. It is definitely stated that Dr. Lasker has accepted the challenge of Geza. Maroczy for a match for the chess championship of the world. The arrangements are that the match v;i!l cominenco on October 15 and will lie one of eight game* up. There will be three series of games, the first proba'olv in Vienna, and the others in New York and Havanna. During Marpcw's stav in New York he contested three games with F. J. Marshall, all of which were drawn. " If I had my war." mm Miss Rosa Jeffevsou, the American lady chess-player, "chef* should be taught in all kindergarten schools and colleges, as well as in intermediate schools and colleges, for I do not think anv child of average intelligence would find it difficult to understand the game. T> those young men and young women who have left school -or college without, acquiring even the rudiments of chess I would say ' (Vet a fiiend to teach you. play at lea't one game a week, study the science as you would the lifework you have taken up, and it will sharpen your mental faculties as nothing else can. and bring you success more quickly and surelv than anything else in the whole world. It is the best possible organiser of the mental forces I know, and cannot but have an influence for good—both morallv and physically—on everyone who takes it up.'