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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14841, 18 November 1911, Page 4 (Supplement)

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" .TO CORRESPONDENTS. Chi as.. " F.O.L.'-Tlianks for letter.' Tour kindly sentiment*. are appreciated. We, have credited you'with solution "of No. 2779. ' As to 2786 and 2787,' sco ■ below. *'.• ■ r V ; * * Problem- No. 2786' (Hawe*).—Solved alio by "F.C.L." . ('! a splendid two-mover")., t V No." 2787.—Solved by " F.0.L." Draughts. Harry I*ar>on*.— solution' of Problem No. 1652' is correct. : SOLUTIONS OF PROBLEMS. No. 27.86 »(Hawes) —Kt-K 4. , . . ' No. 2787 (Haww). — R-Kt 7—Any, 2 Kt-B 5— Any, 3 H-KKt 7 clti-KxKt, 4 P mates. No. 2788 (Wills).K-Q 2. ' No. 2789 (Poynter).-l Kt-Kt 1-Any, 2 ,Q QKt 3 Any, 3 Q or B mates. ' ' ' PROBLEM No. 2792. . (By J. IZATT). ■ ! • " • Black, 6. ■

. v White 8. ; 7 7Q, 3R4, 3rlßlb, 3Ktr3, ktlktlklßl, 3KtP3, 4K3,8. White ,to play and mate in - two move».

' PROBLEM • No.; • ,2793. ' t- ' . i (By Kosrad EkliK.) Black, 11/ , *

White 6. ; b3K2kt, •. 3p83, »- rp2plPr, p2k4, SplßlQl, 6pl, , • - IP 6 . 8. White to- play and mate in three mores. ■ CARLSBAD TOURNEY. Following Is a fine game 'played in the tourney. The - notes are by the Field:— . ■ _'/ ' Bur Lopj«. • White, ; Duras; Black, Oohn. 1 P-K 4—P-K 4 23 Q-Q 2—Q-R 5 ' 2 3—Kt-QB 3 24 P-fct 3-Q-R 4 ; ' : 3 B-Kt. s*-P-QR 3 25 K-K6 Z-V-B 5 (e> 4 B-R 4-Kt-U 3 26 Kt-B —Q-K 4 5 3—P-Q 3 27 Bxß— 6 6 P-B 4 (a)—P-KKt 3 28 Q-Q 3-Ktxß 7 r-Q 4—PxP 23 Kt-Q 5 (f>—EiKt (g) 8 I—B-Q1 —B-Q 2 JO PxK— W 9 KtxKt—PxKt (h) 31 KR-Q «q—Kt-K 3 10 Oaatles-B-Kt 2. > 32 QxRP—R-R lo 11 P-B 5 (c)— Castles 33 Q-K P-Q 6 (h) 12 Kt-B 3—Q-K-2- 34 RxQP— 4 13 PxP—PxP oo y-K 3—rtxP eh 14 P-B 3~P'Q 4 .. • & K.-Kt w)-Q-KR 4 15 R-K »q—P-Q 5 (d) 37 P-R 4—Q-KB 4 16 Kt-K P-B' 4 33 R(Q 3)xP— 6 17 Kt-B 4-B-K 3 38 R-B 8 ch K-Kt 2 18 P-QKt KB-Q sq 40 Q-K 5 civ— 3 8 BUS? 2 '"V"-' 3 ® 21 BR 3-QR-B eq 42 Q-K 3 P-Kfc 4 22 R-QB sq— sq 43 PxP'ch ' Position after ' White's 43rd move: ■« 2RS, 2Wa 4ktplk," 6PI, 8, IKQPPq,. r7, >*6K1.. > f i 43 -KtxP (k) / <' .45 Q-K 7 eh-K-Kt 3 44 RxP ch'(l>—Kltß v"k 46 R-Ktß ch—Resign, (raj ' Notes. % • (a) Duraa's favourite • variation, which ho abandoned (or. some time, • but apparently : found' some novel features worthy of a fresh trial. " vs" - (b) BxKt is supposed to be better move. (c) The potency of. Duras's variation shows itself, here, one „ feature also being to prevent Black's advance of the QP in some cases. (d) For , the time .being Duraa. was taken by surprise, .. not ■ having i expected • this * ingenious resource.; Hie - Pawns; supposed to ;be * weak became strong for the time , being, and required a change of tactics-in face of .the new situation. (e) Ingenious again; he now obtains two > formidable passed Pawnp. ' (f) A fine counter-combination. The 'QP has to fall. , 1 ! ■ . . (g) The..sacrifice, although forced, - offer# alluring 'possibilities, as will 4be seen.v . (h) Apprehensive .of> being unable ' 'to * waist with a defensive. plan-in the long run. * White having also two dangerous , passed Pawns, ho adopts, a forward -policy, but-not without, risk. (i),Tho beginning of the. beautiful • final . combination. -' i v , .. , (J) Obviously * the - Rook 'cannot be taken. Ik) It was thought after the conclusion of the game that '43 . >. . PxP would have saved the game, with the following continuation' 44 QxKt ch-QxQ. 45 . R-B QxR, 46 RxQ ch-K-Kt 2; but 47 P-KKt 4, stopping the ' advance of the BP, , would have won- with the passed QKtP. (1) This beautiful • sacrifice is . a., worthy conclusion to a very fine game. (m) For 46 . . . K-B 4, , then :47 RxKt ch— KxR, 48 Q-Kt 7 —K moves, and the Queen is lost with; Q-R 7 or Q-Q7 ch.

, A BERLIN "SKITTLE." - ; Sicilian , DIVIKCI. . , ' White, Hen- Jenner; Black,; Herr Richter. 1 PK 4-P-QB'4 ; 9 B-B J-KtxQBP 2 P-Q 4—PxP 10 Q-Q 3— 5 3 Kt-KB 3—Kt-QB 3 11 Q-R 3-P-OB^3 4 —Kt-B'3 12 Ktrß Q-B 3 : 5 KUQB i-I>-K 3 13 BxKt— 6 B-K 28-Kt 5 .14 Kt-O 6 ch—K-Q in 7Cast lc s-BxKt, .15 Q-QKt Resigns. o PxB —KtxP 6 B-K 2 is 'much safer,, as after White's castling th« capture of the Knight is • almost fats! because of White's B-QR 3 fixing the Black King, in ; the-, centre. ' White could .well afford to sacriflco a pawn or two, for an, overwhelming ■ attack. Black had nothing better than 7 castles. [ However, having embarked in an unprofitable venture, :■ the lesser evil would ' have been 9 —P.Q 4,' 10 BxKU-Pxß,. 11 ' B-R - 3-KtxKt, so as to remain with bishops of different colour; and even if it should .have, been lost eventually, it", would not have come to so' abrupt a conWestminster Gazette. ?. J . •• WELLINGTON J ITEM?! I The Wellington Chess Club has started a. summer .tdurriey. Classes 1., 11., arid' 111. are debarred from taking part. • It will be remembered that the Auckland Chess Club did, the same last year. The idea, is good. It does ; away with the necessity for very long odds, ■ which conduce to unsound chess and bluff on the one side, and funk on the.other < side. . Manifest funk obviously invites bluff. Moreover, we believe that players of the tame, or nearly the same, strength tako more interest in their-games inter se than in badly-balanced contests where an artificial adjustment of .the difference, is attempted by means' of odds. In the latter the issue. of the game is often a fluke; ■ The second gome in the James v. Kelling ladder match 'ended in a draw after 100 moves had been played. - It will be remembered that the first game was won by Mr. James in 133 moves, after four nights' play. At the present rate of- progress there is a fair prospect of their topping the . thousand. We wonder whether the committee offers a prize, for the best average during the. season. A player is surolr entitled to some' recompense for such an expenditure of time, brains, and energy.

The return of Mr. Vincr to New South Wales has apain aroused the question' us to the title of Australian champion. > Mr. Spencer Crakanthorpe,. chess champion .of New South Wales, has, wo are told, nil alonj» challenged Mr. Viner's right to assume the title, and will ' certainly challenge him at an early date. Will he, then, in cane of-victory, claim to have won the title . by. be at in tr the champion, or will he still slick to the view that. Mr. Vincr never was ohnrtplon of Australia? The question seenis a mojt difficult one to,- answer, hut would be.much, simplified if,our Sydney brethren, could arranpe that tourney that- they spoke about « couple of years ago. Wo . believe such a • tourney, when in the handi of an energetic management; could now be mode a .success, arid the games that it should-produce oug-ht to be 'a reply to the European .papers that, our best players "are about the .strength of the average Haupt-Tourney player' at j home.—Australasian. The' Adelaide Chronicle mentions that in a game.' at the of Fawn , and two moves played in • the handicap tourney now in progress •• at Norwood, Adelaide. -White,; for his odds, moved P-K 4 and ,P-K 5,' both moves, of course,'.-before Black made his first move. it seems to -have escaped ■ the tourney manager (points , out . tho Leader) that 'the " gome ■ was illegisj. Ohess law . prohibit"! a player, ■ however many mows he receives as odds, to move on to asouuaro beyound - his own fourth rank before hi* opponent' lias made a move.: If this prohibition were not in force, the odds of' Pawn and throe moves would be .not a frame, but a demonstration. Thus, Black's KBP having: been rejnove<}.. White plays —P-K3, 2 B-Q 3, and : J Q-R 5 eh:> all'this before Black ha,s mado his flirt > mow. It' is now. Black's . play, but 'tbo only move ■' to • get ' bis :lfcinj? out !of ■ ah"ok is to rlav.P-Kltt 3., On this follows 4 Q.xP eh— PjcO (only'-move}. 5 B*P mate.- Black had no choice in either of his two moves. (Receivers of odds of Pawn and two, or more-. should cut this «jrt paste -ifia •; their hats.): -f, - *