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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13453, 1 June 1907, Page 4 (Supplement)

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| TO CORRESPONDENTS. / i , CHESS. ;.: ' Problem No. 2332.—501ved also by "F.C.L.". ! Problem No. 2339.—501ved also by " F.C.L." (" a : "ood kev and clever variations") Problem No. 2344.— 501ved by " M.A.C." " Alex," land "M.M." I "W.T.L." — is a forceful method of dealin? with No. 2345, and if-the proper solution i there would not be much merit in the problem," ■I rendering it, as it does, the White B superfluous; I If 1 Q-B cli—P-Kt 7 (must), 2 Q-Q3 cli, Black may interpose his bishop. ! DRAUGHTS. Problems Nos. 1420 and 1421.— Solved by D. Hogan, Waihi. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 2342. :..:, White. Black. ' 1 B-B 3 SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 2543. White. Black. 1 P-K 8 (B) ; KxQP 2 P-B 8 (R) " K moves 3 It mates. 1 KxBP 2 P-Kt(R) K mows 3lt mates. . , , PROBLEM No. 2346. (By MR. J. D. Williams, Pott Pirie West. Second ! special prize two-mover, in the Sydney Morning | Herald Twelfth International Problem Tourney.) ~.*' Black, 8.

White. 10. 6Bb, K1B1P21). 2115. Ip 6. ktlKtk4, IQ6, llTKtpr2, 3k14. White to play and mate in two moves. PROBLEM No. 2347. (By Walter Grimsdaw.) Black. 4.

White, 7. 8, 8, 3plpKtl, 3p3K, 3Pk3, 8, RSPI. 8482. White to play and mate in three moves. ;' AUCKLAND CHESS CLUB. , r An '.' open night" was held on Saturday to commence the season, but owing to the inclement weather there was only a moderate attendance. Side? were chosen by the president and senior vice-president (Messrs. J. A. Snedden and A. liesking-), and the match resulted in a tie—6. wins each. The scores were as follow :— ,'. President's Team. " Vice-President'* Team. A. Lelievro ... 4. ,T. C. Gtierson ... £ T. Cashen .. ... ... ,0 V. Bwcn ... ... 1 H. Myers ...' ... i F. J. Germain ... 4H.llemus ... ... 1 W. S. Cooper ... 0 J. A. Snedden ... 0 A. Hcsking ... ... 1 J: W. Kealy ... 3 E. Havland ... ... 1 A. Bull ... ... 1 J. Putman ... ... 0 W. P. Godlev ... 1 G. A. Wilson ... 0 J. .If. Parish ... 1 G. C. Dermer ... 0 W.'llargreaves ... 1 L. Techier 0 Col. Pirie 0 F. Harvey 1 H. Malcolm 0 J. V. Mekay ... 1 6 BRILLIANCY PRIZE GAME. At: the recent 'International Masters' Tourney at. Vienna two prizes were given by Baron Albeit Von Rothschild for the most brilliant games played. The first was awarded to llerr Duras, and the second to Iterr Schlcchter. The score and notes of the first-prize game are taken by the Australasian from the Wiener Schachzeitung: CENTRE COTJSTEB GAMBIT. White, Herr Duras; Black, Herr Spielmann. 1 P-K 4—r-Q 4 14 PxP— (e) 2 PxP— Q.xP 15 lit (R 4)-B 5— Kt-Kt 3 3 Kt-QB 3-Q-QR 4 16 P-QR 4 P-QR 4 4 P-Q. 4—Kt-KB 3 17 P-KKfc 4 (g)—Q-B 3 5 Kt-B 3—B-Kt 5 18 P-QB KR-K (h) 6 11-K 2—Kt-B 3 19 KtxP—Rxß ch (i) 7 B-K 3—Castles. 20 RxR—BxQBP (j) 8 Kt-Q 2 (a)—Bxß 21 K.t<4vt7)-Bs(kl— 9 Qxß—Q-KB 4 (b) 22 P-Kts—Q.-lt 4 10 Kt-Kt 3— P-K 3 23 KtxP (I)—P-KR 4 (m) 11 P-QR 3 (c)-B-Q 3 24 Pxli-QxP ch 12 Castles (QR)— 4 25 K-Kt—QxKt 13 Kt-R 4 (d)—P-K 4 26 R-Q 8 ch And Herr Spielmann resigned (n). Notes.

(a Over this move, and the immediately preceding move Herr Duras cogitated for close on half an hour.

(b) If Black had played 9 . . KtxP. White would have won the exchange by 10 BxKt—Rxß, 11 Kt-Kt 3. .

(c) Otherwise Black might have given his opponent trouble by posting his QB at his QKt 5. (d) Now Black will soon become much alive to the fact that the fourth square on his QB file is a weak point. (e) Though Black is under the impression that his development is a satisfactory one, White, with deep positional judgment, has discerned the possibilities of the position. (f) Threatening I'-R 5, followed by Q-Kt 5. (g) Preparing, by drawing the Black queen off the diagonal Mint runs from her present post to QB. to sacrifice a piece by QKtxP. If White had played 17 QKtxP, his attack would have been beaten otf bv 17 . . KxKt; 18 Kt-B 5 eh— K-Kt, 19 Q-ll'6—Q-QB. (li)'As tlic-result of his well-planned combination White will now win.

(i) If now 19 . . KxKt. White will win by 20 K't-B 5 K-Kt, 21 Q-R 6— RxR cli. 22 Rxß— Kt-Q, 23 RxKt eh— lt (or Q)xR, 24 Q-Kt 7 mate. (j) It seems probable that when Ilevr Spielmaim made his 18th move he had this continuation in contemplation. (k) Not -nearly so strong at 21 Q-R 6. For if, in reply, 21 Kt-Kt 5. then 22 Kt-Q 6, double eh— K-Q; 23 Kt-Q 4 oh, with an easy winning continuation. Again, if 21 . . BxP eh, then 22 K-Kt—Q-Kt 3 ch, 23 Kxß—Q-QB 7 ch. 24 KxO—Kt-Kt 5 ch, 25 K-Kt 2— KtxQ. 26 BxKt— 27 BxRP, and White wins. (1) Now the reason for playing 22 T-Kt 5 ie made quite clear. The Black queen occupies the Black K 4. the bishop's only square of retreat, and the bishop is lost. (in) Black's best move was 23 Kt-Q 4. He played, however, under the impression that by preventing the cheek of the White queen at her KKt 4 lie Would be able to play , . QxKt (on Black's QB 3). (n) The. Black queen is lost. Also, if instead j of playing 25 . . QxKt, Black had played 25! . . Rxß. the continuation would have been 26 P.\R— 27 R-Q 8 "ch—Kxß, 28 Kt-Kt 7 cb, : with an exactly similar capture of the Black queen.

OSTEND INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR TOURNEY. Play commenced on March 30 with twenty contestants, the following being the list:—Cole, Kljaschorl 1 , .loliner, Kagan, Kulesxa, Leus-sen, Boman, Middleton, Michel], O'Connor, Puley-Hughes, Schosbergcr, Shories, Slioosniith, A. J. Smith, Dr. Smith, Terrill, Dr. Vines. Westley-Gibson, and Zaff. At the conclusion of the 16th round Shories, Johner, Shoe/smith, Cole, and Lcuseen were in the van. When this contest is finished reveral other tourneys take place, the congress lasting till the middle of July. The following game was played in the 6th round :— Rcy Lopez. White, Kngan; Black, Dr. Smith. 1 I'-K 4—P-K 4 21 P-KKt B-QB sq 2 Kt-KB 3-Kt-QB 3 22 K-Kt R-Ktsq 3 B-Kt P-B 4 23 R-Q 2—B-K 4 - 4 PxP—P-K 5 24 tt-QKt sq—P-Kt 4 5 Q-K 2—Q-K 2 25 P-Q 4— PxP 6 BxKt— 26 Ktxr—B-Kt 2 7 Kt-Q Kt-B 3 27 P-Kt 4— B-R sq 8 Kt-QB 3-P-B 4 28 R (Q 2)-Q sq— BxKt , 9 KKt-Kt 5—P-Q 4 29 Rxß— P-B 4 10 P-Q 3—P-B 3 30 R-Q PxP 11 B-Kt 5-PxP 31 R (Q 2)-Kt 2-P-Kt 6 12 Kt-B7ch-K-B2 32 PxP—PxP 13 QxQ ch— BxQ 33 RxP—RxR 14 Ktxß—R-Q 3 34 RxR—K-K 4 15 BxKt— 35 K-B K-0 5 16 PxP—R-K sq ch 36 K-K K-B 5 17 K-B sq—BxP 37 R-Ktß— B-B 3 18 R-Q an— RxKt 38 R-Kt B—P-R 3 19 Kt-K 2—P-QR 4 39 R-KR P-Q 5 20 P-B 3— P-R 5 40 RxP—Resigns. Instead of 7 . . Kt-B 3, lie might have played 7 . . P-B 4. and if 8 Q-R 5 ch, then 8 . . Q-82, 9 QxQ KxQ, 10 Kt-Kt 5— B-B 3, with an excellent game, and if 8 Kt-Kt 5 at once, then 8 . . P-Q 4, etc. As played Black had to lose the exchange, Kagan having evolved the beautiful variation beginning with 11 B-Kt 5. leaving a piece en prise. So far the game is interesting. Dr. Smith made a good uphill fight afterwards, but could not recover lost, ground. The twenty-second season of the Otago Chess Club was opened on May 15 by the Mayor of Dunedin (Mr. .1. Loudon). After His Worship's opening remarks he presented the championship throphy. won during last season, to Mr. A. Mellor, and the junior to Mr. G. V. Dodds. A match was then played between teams selected by the president and vice-president, the former winning by 17£ games to 13i- There we're sixteen flayers a-side. 1