CHESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14133, 7 August 1909, Page 4 (Supplement)

CHESS.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. CHESS. v • • trance fee for Solution Tourney received from '■ S.W." „ _ , „ Problem No. 2566.— by " P Po{** (W and dual). " K.P." should also have been credited with both keys. , „ . „.„ T ms-i. No. 2557.—501ved also by " Popotea ( I think this is a difficult problem. X confess I wag nearly giving it up.") ' „ , «Wn,n • No. 2558.— also by J. Hudson, Popotea," "F.0.L." ("a beauty— out of the se\en major pieces mate"), " A.R.," " K.P.," Belghd, and " Tenei.'' , . No. 2559.—This extraordinary production must have worried the souls of solvers for thelMt three weeks. Only two solvers send a* partially correct solution. "Q" and " Popotea _ give co - rect, key, but go astray in the principal variation :—1 KtxP-K-Q 5, 2 Q-Kt 2-Kt-Q 6, 3 B-K 3 ch— 5, 4 QxP, expecting to take the lit, and mate next move, but Black may play —P-B 7, escaping. These two solvers, therefore, lose one point, and will be credited with four. " Tenei" and " S.W." send a very good try-Q-Kt 3. Black has only one first reply—P-Q t, 2 KtxP-K-Q 5 seems the only stop. _ „ No. 2560.—Solved by "Popotea," F.O.L. ("two near tries in QxQ and Bxß, but to many doubles for first prize"), " K.l. and Wairoa" ("a really good problem"). „ mriT » No. 2561.—Solved also by " Topotea, t.0.L.., " K.P.," and " Wairoa" ("very easy ). „ No. 2562.—501ved by. " Q.E.F., Novice, "5.W.," and "Tenei." „ . No. 2563.—501ved by " Q.E.F.," S.W., and "Tenei." _ _ "Wairoa."—Thanks for problem. You say K on K so, and then in notation give j K 4, making K's place to be on Q sq. Please state which is correct. . " Novice."lt is the second section of tne tourney that is now current. A check or capture as initial move is a blur on a. three-mover, but occurs sometimes in good problems. DRAOGHTS. Problem No. 1534.—Solved also by J. Heavey. No. 1535.— by A. Howe. . ' SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 2558. Key: R-K 5.

SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 2559. 1 KtxP (B 5)—K-Q 5, 2 Kt-K s—KxKt, 3 B-Kfc 2 —KB 3, 4 QxP ch— 5 R mates; 2 — P-Q 4, 3 Q-Kt 2—KxKt, 4 R-K 3 dbi. ch-K ' moves, 5 Q mates; 2 B-Kt 4, 3 R-B 4 ch—Bxß, 4 Qxß KxKt, 5 B mates. ' ~ • , 1 —B-R 5, 2 Qxß— 4, 3 K<;-K 3 ch—K-Q 3, 4 B-R 3 ch—K moves; 5 Kt-Kt 4 mate; 2 —K-K 5, 3 Kt-K 3:ch, etc. . . • , . v 1 —Kt-Q 6, 2 RxKt— 4, 3 B-K 3 ch-K moves, 4 Qxß —KxKt, 5 R-B 3 mate; 2 -B-R 5, 3 Qxß etc.; 2—K moves, 3 R-Kt 3 oh, etc. 1 —K-Kt 4. 2 Q-Kt 2 ch—K-R 3, 3 R-R 3 ch, etc. 1 —Kt-Kt 3, 2 Q-R 5 ch—K moves, 3 B-K 3 ch, etc. : • i ? 1 —P-B 7, 2 B-K 3 K-Kt 4, 3 R-Kt 3 ch— K-Kt, 4 R-R. 3 ch—K moves, 5 Q mates.

PROBLEM No. 2564. (By J. Cbum and. M. MARBLE.)

Black. 10.

White, 9. 3r4, 2pFQIPq, bbsp, 2P3pK, 8, lPlk2rl, 4R3, Blkt3Ktl. White to play end mate in two moves.

PROBLEM No. 2565. (By a. Heathcote.) Black, 3.

White, 5. / 3K2bl, 6pl, 6kP, 6Ktl, 7Q, 78, 8, 8. White to play and mate in three move*.

' MATCHES BY TELEGRAPH.

The twelve-aside match between Wellington and Otago Chess Clubs was continued on July 31. As was anticipated, a large number of games remained unfinished, and application was made to be allowed to continue the contest on the Saturday following/ This was granted, and the result will be a more satisfactory conclunion. On the second night of play only three games were finished. At Board I R. J. Barnes (W.) beat 0. F. Dodda (O.) at Board 4 J. Edwards (O.) resigned at move 36, his opponent being P. Still (W.). At the first seance J. Crow (0.) was beaten by E. kicks (W.). A draw was .agreed to at Board s—o. Balk (0.) being opposed by champion Kelling. The latter was willing to continue the game at the third sitting. Tlio time limit was 36 moves for the first two hours, and 18 moves an hour after. The Wellington team were hampered in endeavouring to keep within the limit, but the Dunedin players were free from such restrictions, as no clocks were provided 1 The Wellington players were considerably astonished when they obtained this information, the explanation afforded being that the clocks were cut, of order.

Auckland and Wellington Chess Clubs are the next to engage in a contest'by wire, if the latter can again obtain the use 'of the room in Parliamentary Buildings. On Saturday, July 24. a most enjoyable match was played between the Wanganui and Hamilton Clubs. The match resulted in a. win for Hamilton by 5J games to !£, one game being reserved lor adjudication. Play was fairly fast on each side, and some of the games were very interesting. '

AUCKLAND CHESS CLUB. The handicap tourney closed on Thursday. The sealed handicap will be opened and results declared at a committee meeting on .Monday. The Smokers v. Non-Smokers (members') match on Thursday next promises to be a lively encounter. The smokers have had two valuable accossions to their ranks this year in Messrs. Davies and O'Loughlin, and should give a good account of themselves. Intending participants should notify the lion, secretary at once.

CAPABLANCA V. MARSHALL. The twentieth game was the final played in the match between the above-named players, Capablanca having won seven and Marshall one, with twelve drawn games. Of these latter no less than seven occurred consecutively. The following is the score of the twelfth game•

I?UY Lopez. White, Capablanca; Black, Marshall. 1 r-K 4-r-K 4 29Kt-K4—B-B4 2 Kt-KB 3-Kt-QB 3 30 Kt-Q fr-B-Kt 3 3 B-Kt 5—P-B 4 31 P-R5—F-R4 4 Kt-B 3—Kt-B 3 32 P-QB 4—R-K 2 5 PxP (a) —P-K 5 33 K-U 3—K-R 3 6 Kt-KR 4—l'-Q 4 34 P-R 4—B-ll 2 I £'i 7, B ' K 2 (b) 35 H Q 5—R-K 6eh 8 PxP—FxP 36 K-Kt 4-R-K 7 9 QxQ ch— 37 Kt-B 7 ch—K-Kt 3 10 B-Kt s—Castles 38 Kt-Kt 5— B-Kt (f) 11 Castles, QR—Kt-K 4 39 R-Q 6 eh—K-B 4 12 P-KR 3—P-QR 3 40 R-Q 8— BxP (g) 13 B-R 4—l'-B 4 41 Kxß-RxP 14 B-B 4 (c)JiKt-Q 2 42 R-B 8 ch-K-K 4 15 KB.\Kt—Ktxß 43 P-B 4 ch— 3 16 |-Kt. BxKt (d) 44 R-Q 8 ch—K-B 3 ' 17 Bxß—RxP 45 Kt-B3—R-QB 7 eh 18 KR-K—Kt-B 46 K-Kt 4-R-KB 7 19 —B-K 3 47 Kt-K 5 ch—K-B 2 20 B-K 7-R-Q 4 48 R-Q 7 ch—K-B 21 KtxP—Rxß ch 49 R-KB 11-KR 7 22 Rxß—B-B 4 50 Kt-Kt 6—R-K 7 23 BxKt— ; 51 RxKKtP— 3 24 lt-Q 2—B-B 52 PxP—P-R 4 eh 25 P-KB 3 (e)-P-R 3 £3 K-Kt 5-P-R 5 26 P-QKt 3 —K-R 2 54 Kt-K PxP 27 K-Kt 2—R-B 2 55 P-Kt 7 ch 28 P-QR 4—R-QB 2

And Mr. Marshall resigned. Notes by Times' Democrat.

(a) Varying from 5 Q-K 2— move plaved by him in some of the. preceding games of the match, Probably with the object of lessening complications in the maintenance of the countergambit pawn, which lie wins by the text-move. (b) The crux of the game; and at this early stage. White's seventh move shatters Black's centre; forces an exchange of queens; and leaves White with a clear pawn plus for the end game. Black seems to have no sufficing reply. He cannot venture on 7 . . P-Q 5, because of 8 KtxP. Then, if 8 . . Ktxlvt, 9 Q-R 5 ch—P-KKt 3, 10 Ktxl' (best)—Kt-B 3, 11 Q-K 2 ch— 2, 12 B-B 4 K-Kt 2, 13 Ktxß—KxKt, 14 P-KKt 4 with superiority of force and in position. Perhaps 7 . . 13-QKt 5, though obviously unsatisfactory. was Black's best defence. (c) Finely played. To say the least of it, it neutralises Black's threatened 14 . . P-QKt 4. For then, .15 BxKt—Pxß, 16 B-Q followed, in due course, by BxQBP, etc., (d) A dubious exchange; but, practically, forced as being Black's only mode of obtaining an equivalent for his KP, which must fall. (e) With knight for bishop, two clear pawns ahead, and the better position, the game is now a win for White.

(f) An attempt to save the bishop which R-Q 6 ch would certainly win. • (g) Forced. If, for example, 40 B-K 3, then 41 R-K 8, ch.

Mr. J. H. BlnckburiKs. who is now 66 years ot age. recently made a" professional tour through England, in the course of which he played some 600 games, of which he lost only 24. His closing fixture was at , the London Chess Club, where he met a. team of 20 strong opponents; - and his score was 13 wins, 6 draws, and 1 loss. A tourney for the Dublin championship and gold medal ended in favour of Mr. Finlay with 9i points, the runner-up being Mr. Mulholland with 7 point?. Mr, Williams fiuished third with 5 point*. ~ - ,