CHESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14157, 4 September 1909, Page 4 (Supplement)

CHESS.

I ' TO CORRESPONDENTS. i CHESS. I Problem No- ?W.-Solved also by 3. Hudson • and *' Havsecd," i No. 2565.— al*o by •*■ Hudson. ' Hay ! seed'' r - a res; blizzard"), and " F.<".L," j No. 2566.—501ved al.o by " Fopot-ea-" t No. 256?.—Solved also by " Vopotfa" ("a i>iea«j ing variation from the ordinary three-mover ). No. 2568.501ved also by " i'.Clt." (" *< 1 oI I pitfalls" i. i •No. 2569.— 501ved also by " CI." (very I seed — re& a lot of care"). j ' No. 2»7C—Solved bv " Tenei." " Novice, j "M.A.C.." and " M.M." ! No. £571.—Solved bv " Tecei," " Novice," a:; » ! " M.A.C." "Q."— It is quite a treat to receive Each a ) considerate communication front you rc&ttßg to I Problem No. 2x-9. You thoroughly understand i the deliescv of the position, and very jjecerousiy state: "I 'think it right, a* one affected by i>tf i decision, to let you know that the course adopted I meets with ray approbation." Thank; tor tne ! endorsement, and the hints _ given re next tourj ney will receive careful consideration, DB*COHT3 I Problem No. 1539.—Solved by A. Howe. i A. Howl? —Addressed Queett-strr.vt, Auckland, ' will be sufficient. , . i J. IIEAVEV.— IV blem received. for which I thanks. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 2566. Key: Q-QR 8. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 2567. 1 Q-R KtxQ or Kt-B 6, 2 Kt-B ch—BxKt, 3 R-B 3 oh—Bxß mate. 1. . Kt-K 7, 2 R-Q 4 Kixß, 3 Q-B 5 eh— KtxQ male. 1 . .. —Other Kt moves, ? R-Q 4 eh, etc, PROBLEM No. 2572. (By Mr. Arthur Cn.vni.tcs. From the Adelaide Observer.) Black, 9.

PROBLEM N<s. 2573. (By Dr. KALSIZK.Y.) BLACSf 8.

CAPABLANCA V. MARSHALL.

The following is the score of the final game, as appearing in Times-Democrat, with condensed notes :—

Queen's Gambit declined. White, Marshall; Black, Capablanca 1 P-K P-Q 4 26 BxQ—R-Q Boh 2 P-QB 4—P-K 3 27 K-k, 2—F-QR 4 (1) 5 Kt-QB 3—P-QB 4 28 R-B 2-P-Kt 5 4 BPxP— 29 PxP—rxF 5 Kt-B 3—Kt-QB 3 30 B-B 3—R-QKt 8 6 P-KKt. 3 (al-B-K 3 31 B-K P-Kt 6 7 B-Kt 2—B-K 2 52 R-Q 2—R-Q II 8 8 Castles (b)— Kt-B 3 33 B-Q 1 (m)-~ P-B 6 9 B-Kt o (c)—Kt-K 5 (d) 3; PxP—P-Kt, 7 10 Bxß—Qxß 35 RxP—Rxß 11 Kt-K 5 (e)—KtxQP 36 2—B-B 4 12 KtxKt— 37 B-Kt 2—R-QB 8 13 P-K 3 (o—Kt-B 6ch 38 B-Kt 3 -B-K seh 14 KtxKt PxKt 39 K-R 3 (n>— R-B 7 15 QxP—Castles (KB) 40 P-KB 4— P-K 4 (o) 16 KR-B (h)—QR-Kt 41 P-Kt, 4—PxP eh 17 Q-K 4 (i)— Q-B 2 42 KxP— 18 R-B 3-P-QKt 4 43 R-Kt 4—P-B 4 ch 19 P-QR3— 5 44 K-Kt 3—R-K 7 20 B-B 3—KR-Q 45 R-B 4—RxP ch 21 RQ— ch 46 K-R 4— 2 22 BxR—R-Q 47 R-B 7 ch—K-B 3 23 B-B 3—P-Kt 3 48 R-Q 7—B-Kt 7 24 Q-B 6 (j)-Q-K 4 (k) 49 R-Q 6 K-Kt 2 25 Q-K 4-QxQ And Mr. Marshall resigned the game and the match (p). Notes. (a) First introduced in serious play by Mr. Steinitsi in the Stcinitz-Zukertort match of 1872. (b) The disintegration, by 8 PxP, of the pawns on the Black queen's aide seems worthy of consideration. (c) Pronounced in the Deutsche Sehaehzeitung to be inferior to 9 P-QR 3, as played by llerr Sehlechter against Herr Dus-Chotimirsky at the Prague Congress of 1908. (d) A novelty—and a potent one—played at Berlin by Kerr 'Mioses in the second game of the recent Rubinstein-Mieses match. The usual move is 9 . . —Castles, or 9 . . — P-QB ft. (e) If 11 PxP: then 11. . —KtxKt; 32 PxKt— QxP; and White's queen flank is shattered. llerr Rubinstein played 11 R-QB, the continuation being 11 . —KtxKt. 12 RxKt—P-B 5, 33 Kt-K 5 —Castles, KR, with the superior position. (1) If 13 fcjcP, then 13 . . —li-R 6; winning, at the least, a rook for bishop and pawn. (g) Leaving Black with a slight positional advantage. The better line of plav was 14 BxKt— Pxß, 15 Q-R 4 ch— 2, 16 Ktxß—QxKt, 17 Q-K 4 ch—Q-K 2, 13 QxP (861, etc. (10 If 16 QxQKtP, then 16 . . —QxQ, 17 BxQ —QR-Kt, 18 B-K 4—RxKtP; and Black's passed QBP must ultimately win. (i) More aggressive, and, therefore (as the game stands), more hopeful, would have been 17 P-K 4, to be followed in due course by Q-K 3 and P-KB 4. (j) Possiblv under-estimating the danger involved in Black's pawn superiority on the. Queen's side. White seems, however, to have no satisfactory move. (k) If 24 ."—QxQ. then 25 BxQ, attacking the Black QKtP. (1) Practically the coup de grace. (m) Black was threatening to win offhand by 33 . . —R-B 7. (a) If, instead 39 P-KB 3, then 39 . . —R-B 7 ch. 40 K-R 3—BxP, etc. (o) Threatening 41 . . —K-B 4 ch, with dire results to follow quickly. (p) Because if 50 K-Kt 5, then 50 . . —R-Kt 6 ch, 51 K-R 4— R Kt 5 mate. AUSTRALASIAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP. Every now and then the question crops up of holding a chess congress in Sydney. About 17 years ago efforts were made here to'collect sufficient money for prizes and expenses. Unfortu n-ately an exhibition of chess with living pieces, which was intended to raise money, resulted in losing what had been collected. The project was abandoned. From the wreck £4 odd was saved. This sum was placed in the Savings Panic, and the principal and interest now amount to about £13. The trustee? of this money Messrs. Paige and Cranewould hand it over to the X.S.W. Chess Association if that body seriously started collecting for a congress. About £200 would he required, as the prizes would probably be £60, £43, £25, £10, and £5; unci the expenses would run into £50 or £50. The figures quoted are about tile same as those of the Melbourne Congress. With so many clubs and player; in New South Wales there should be do difficulty in raising the sum required. Three chess congresses hive teen held in Australia. The ','r-x was at Adelaide in 1837, the second was at Melbourne in 1388, and the third at Warrnambool three or tour years later. About two years ago the Xe-- Zealand plavers had a roost'successful open tournament at" Chrisu-hureh. It is therefore up to Svdnev, the champion chess city of Australasia, to make a move in this important matter.—SvJn*y Mail. The British Chess Federation will hold then annual meeting this year at Scarborough, beginning August 9. Mrs. Baird is arranging a " Retractor" solving tourney, which will lirecf io-n-wed attention to that peculiar form of problem solving.