CHESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14984, 4 May 1912, Page 4 (Supplement)

CHESS.

TO ; CORRESPONDENTS;

' . " CHESS. . .■ I " M.F."-—Glad! to hear 'from'.you. -Tour solution of, 2837 is correct. ' We note with pleasure „vour appreciation of this problem and the game, Rhode• v. Zitsowitz. - • "Tenei."—2B37, 2839, and 2840 correct. - _ _ ' " F.C.li."— solutions of 2835 and 2836 were correct, and should have been acknowledged last week. Unfortunately the ' copy went astray. Xos. 2837 and 2838 ore also correct. •' —Thank* for' letter and news. „ 0 . " Glen field." — solution, of 2837 and .2839 are correct. «you arc doing well, for they, are Fred' W. Glazier (Bruges).—We credit you with correct solution? of 2807 and 2808, though jo key move .to the latter was ambiguous., Either j R could move to QB6. t . :'" |•; : SOLVERS' REMARKS. , ' | Xo.' 2837.—A clever problem. One can never tire! of*looking at it, even after finding the solution." M.F." v . ' ■■ ; SOLUTIONS .OF PROBLEMS. - .. So. 2837 (Blake).—l Kt-R 5i - ; ' NO. v 2838 (Geary).—l,Q-QKt ,7. > -V »,. ~, ~ i __—lfxKt, 2 Kt-R 4-K-Q 5, 3 Q-K■ 4. ,/ . I—K-Q. 5, 2 -B.H KxKtj'3 Q-Kt 6, : J *2 '5-k-b.v 3 Q-Kt 2. :,'v,V;.;.•-.•i-'i;.: t z .**l *\} . •TT ~-j.: * • ' ~ " r ' : ■ ' "" r" : PROBLEM *Nor 2841. : ' (Composed , s'lpultancougly -and, independently: by. i . • • ,B. 0. Laws' ahd'A." F. MACKEKZIE:) -^ J " ■■ v ; .. BIiACJC, 4. „. : 1 1

• ; 10. ' ; 8, . 2pP3Kt, 8, KlßklKt2, spQl, 184P1,, 868. ■ White, to play and mate in two moves. PROBLEM' No. 2842.; (By O. S. Kifpixs. .From the Chess Amateur.) V.' \ !' ■ Buck Z J , ,

'. White, 5v '. i. ; ... ' 5Kt3,, 8, 87, ,2R5," »t2, 8, PlKs,'- H»* ; V : Wilts; to ; play .and mate' in threes moves. >: / (This if to encourage: those who sty ot three- • ;. 4 ..... ...'-movers.) ■, ,» ''v~ • V,-'. . LAUCKLAND, CHESS i CLUB. : > ' ' Following if the game' in the handicap ment, to' the winner of which 'the adjudicators, Messrs. W.' G. - Mason. and B. J.' Barnes, rpprCsentSng; the* AdJudication Board of the^New- Zea- •: land Chess Association, awarded "the Brillkncjf' Prise:—' ',1 ,-r.' ' i' ; >"". v v Mrzio-, Gambit. - : • '•t. * i (Remove ' White's QKt.)' - •« t White, Mr. F. Harvey; Black, Mr. G. S. McNair. 1 P-K 4-P-K4 « ' •> 16 QR-B 1 (f)-Q-K 2 ' \ 2 P-KB4-P*P ,17'P-Q 6 (g)-Q-K 1 ' " 3 Kt-KB 3—P-KKt 4 ' '18 7—K.t-B 4 4 B-B 4—P-Kt 5 . .; ,■ 19 BsKt —B-QBI • i 5 P-Q PtKt .20 KR-Bl—B-B 1 V 6 Qxl' (a)—B-Kt2(b) 21 R-B 7-Q-Kt4 - J 7 P-K S-I'-Q 4 22 RxP (i)-Kt-R 3 ' ; 8 BxQP—Q-K 23 P-K 6 (]) —KtiK ' 9 QBxP—P-QB 3 ' 24 P-K 7BxP . , 10 B-OKt 3-r-B-K 3 25 Pjß ch-R-Q 3 - '11 Castle* KR— Q2(c) :26 BsR ch—Ktxß " 12 P-B Castles (d j 27 Q-KB 8-O-K £< i 13 P Q 5-PxP 28Q-86-,R-Ktl(k) . . ■ 14 P*P—Q-B 4 ch'(e) 29 QxKt ch o)—Resigns. ■ 13 K-R.l-rK-Ktl; - ; Notes by ' Mr. A "W. O. Daviea.

(a) So ; far all book,, but- to -play the " Muiio Gambit" . without the queen's • knight-is going "neck or nothing." i-s v (b): Usually • Q-B ,3 is played at this stage.-, - ''' (0) Having; two knights • to. the good, '„ Black oould with advantage exchange bishop*, but disdains " Whiteohapel" methods. : < (d) Very risky; better perhaps Kt-R 3 with the idea of qastling on the other'side.' , i ■ Worse than useless. . ' - ■ ■ ■ (f) Good. i <■: "■■ j ' !-\- {«) Again good. v In• declining the •:bishop White shows sound Judgment. t . (h) Why not KR-B? (1) P*K 6 at once is a much shorter road to victory." "• '' (j) The sacrifice of the rook >is unnecessary and delays the issue; bettor to play it back to 8.7, tor the centre pawns can wait. (k) Glaringly inferior; the game,. however, Is now hopeless.-- The. knight can only go in safety to B 5, but -White has a telling reply, in B-B 7. (1) The winner has played btiliant and forcible chess, &nd the little game is a credit to him. The opening'night of the season takes place' at the clubroom, H.M. Arcade, on Saturday next, at -7.30.p.m., when visitors will,welcome. A " lightning tournament' - will be played, in which everyone present will bo entitled to compete on payment of an entrance tee of one-shilling. The time-limit is-to be 15 seconds per move. • It' is not generally known that the club'members are always ready and willing to impart instruction to any new members, or even intending members, who desire it. y -j- » . ■ . ;V ' /. ' ' ■■■ - : .- NOTES AND NEWS. ,' The death' it announced'of M.'Efnil- Pradlgriat, the : foremost,. French < problem • composer. 11. Pra4igpat won . prises whenever he. competed in international problem tournamentsat Vienna, 1880; BerHnV-1881; in Nuova.ltivista, 1698;' British Chess; MSgaxina in the ,tame year and, of-course, in .France." He.was. a frequent contributor of problems to periodicals and of articles to La Strategic, - Paris, r • He published a ' colection of 100 of; his best problems, Paris, 1883.—The Field. The award ,in the third international problem tourney of the ; American Ghess Bulletin" is to hand;- T: English -, composers' have 1 secured;" most of thi; : honours, i Section. A: •G. Heathcote, Arnside, 1;).. A. Bolus, \Bipningbam, 2; »' G, E. Pickering, Leeds, 3. Section. B: A. ■ Bolus,' 1 and ; 2;. J. Orstmans, Amsterdam,' 3. " V : The tourney for the championship' of Victoria • became -limited ,to three competitors—Messrs. Grant, Gunderson, and Steele. Next Mr. Steele dropped ; out,• leaving the other 'two with equal scores. • Mr. Gunderson eventually won. I F. D. "Yates has von Jhe Northern' Counties' championship. -The scores were: F. D. Yates (Birstail). ;H. A. Burton (Pontifraot) and C. Y. C. Dawbarn, (Liverpool), 3; V. L. Wahltucb (Manchester) • and H. B. Lund (Stockport); 24; S. Kclr (Lancaster), i- 1 „ . ■ ■ The City of London championship promises to have an exciting- finish. '» ; Mesrs. G.. A. Thomas and J. H. Blake-have scored 11 and 10£ respectively, and no other competitor can equal these ■cores.- - As they have still to meet each other, the game.between them will decide the championship. • ■ ■ \ The Glasgow Weekly Herald recently stated Dr. Knight informs us that it is now definitely decided that ,21 .of the representatives of,. the Universities of. Oxford, Cambridge, and London are ; coming north for a -week at Easter for the purpose , of playing matches with a number of the Scottish clubs and organisations.. ■* .' THE LAWS OF QHESS. ; By the courtesy of. Mr. .A. G. Fell, the- hon secretary, of the New Zealand Chess. Association! we have been enabled to peruse a draft' of. the proposed new Laws of -Chess. Some time ago •the Council •! of tho British Chess Federation undertook the task of the revision of the existing code. That body entrusted Mr. William Ward, of the City of. London Chess Club; with the preparation of a draft code. Mr. Ward has completed his task; the draft code has been presented to the Council, and revised and approved It ;is -now. published in the .Federation's Year Book for 1911, with an invitation, to all and sundry to * forward • expressions of opinion and criticisjmp to the secretary of the Federation.- Unfortunately the time limited for receipt of suggestions has expired. , But for this, no doubt the New Zealand iChess Association would be able to throw .'the light of experience on some of the subjects dealt wit'i. The - final adoption and publication of the code will lie awaited with in terest. Obviously, any critical • examination of tho draft at the present juncture would bo futile Speaking generally, we may say .that the' new rode is a vast improvement. -The Tear. Book 'says' " The object of the compilation in to simplify the task of reference by a more concise, more methodical and loss involved arrangement: than at pre. sent exists." ;As Mr. Fell ha* pointed out,-Mr Ward has not confined" himself Entirely to did tion, but- has taken the opportunity to introduce fresh matter, and alter the existing rules materially in some respect*. Our own perusal has also disclosed many more or less radical changesalso some points of doubt have been cleared -up* We are not prepared to gay. off-hand' that these changes are not beneficial, and. though they, may not have been within the scope- of Mr., Ward's commission, we presume that if and .when ihev are adopted. by the Executive Committee the-v*.will be binding. • . • • 1 At any rate, Mr. Ward has made good' his claim to "a mote concise, more methodical'and less in-, volved arrangement." The existing code is verbose, ■ involved, and : cumbrous - m the. extreme.! The new draft i», on the whole, laconic and- lucid! We consider the British Chess- Federation is to be congratulated ,on the result (so far)- of its venture.- v ' ■ .

We ,hope ihe next task winch the Federation will undertake will be the -preparation, In conjunction with the leagues of other nation*,,of a code prescribing the conditions under which .the chew championship of the world shall' be competed for and held. That such a oode i» needed has been abundantly shown during the' last "few - • >■" T"'

• - DRAUGHTS. f M?^| .. : •- ■'..£? SOLUTIONS OF PROBLEMS. 1 its €t wX W ifi7 < f morefall) —2—7, 9-14, ; 7—lli 14-18. 19—16 10—14, 16-12, 13-17 24-27, 15-19, 27-24, IS—23*, 12—8, -3-rl2, 11—16, 12-19, 24-13, .White win*. l ( . . ' ,/ ■ - '< ,; ,■ .... ,; .-V--'■ #.<5/ ty.i ' t PROBLEM No. 1676. , " ' ' < (By WM. MlLlfß,'Forfar.) ■; , { White Black men, 7 ' ''WaOT.'. Y

- ; . V • 'f - ; BiAS*.-/' }• > • : _ Btack: to* play »nd' win.' -"• ; ' • • *• " ' , GAMES. ; . Mr. J. 0. ; L. Carmody, ,a««lUon;;I^ ; ,vU-S.A., contributes to the Yorkshire Observe? Budget tho following- game, played 'between, Met«rt., 1. * • Lay tie,'- Wichita, and' J.' Dougherty. Ipmtoattan, . , being' thc r first of -ten games i» final*round.or the - Kansas, State Championship Tourney, 1912 (notes by-the Budget Draughts Uditoj') V .'V ' Opening, "Dyke " ,<11—15,; 22—17)..: , . ' . Black, . Layne;'- , White, ; Dougherty.'. .v "V "* 11-15. 10—19 s 7—lQ-t U 9-18 'iO. '-' >• 22—17 - 17—10 i 25—21 < 1 26—17 . $ 26—23 . 9-14 ; • 6-15 ' B—l2 ' 8-^ll^. 19—26 ?."■ fi 25-22 21-17 . 27—2* 32-27 " 30-14 j| • 15—19 ' 5—9 4— 80 11—15 J 7—lo :« v 23-16 17—13 • 22-18 , 31— ' 14—7 , ; " 12-19 . 1— 6* 15—22 V2—7d ; &-10 - 2*—ls 29—25 24—15 17—14 27-24 ' ' ' "And' Black wins., > (a) This" line is often • called :■ " Alf.' Jordan'® line,", the British champion .having displayed "a great, ' partiality v for it; 12—6,, however, it imore generally.played. .<■ <-•; ■ . - . :■ . (b) 27—23 is a-sound;move for Whit« here, and has been played in several. important - conteeto, notably by the late G. BuebsjiftuS in the 1903 international match, and by A. J. Heffner in the Britain v. Anierioa match.. In both instances A. Jordan played the Black side. ."/X i • • 'if _ \ (c) This.was played by F. Dunne against A. B. Scott in the 1910 international match, and is noted in . the : boric of games} as i varying from \ Jordan, who played &—l4. > > (d) Dunne played 12—16 against Scott, the game proceeding 26—22, (17—14, etc., draws)/ 2—7, 27—23, 19—26, 30—23; 7—lo, 28—24,- 16—19, 23—16, 15—18, > 22-15, 10—28, etc., Black-win*, y-'.'v/-'V- ' ~ • (e) There appear* to.be no draw for White at this stage. . it 26—22, then. 12—16 wins,, same as note (d) above; v: if ' 26—23, 1&—26, ' 30—23, *15 —19, 23—16, 12-19, Black wins; 4 and If i 27—23, 7—lo, 23-16,. 12-19, 26—23, 19-26, 30-23, 2-7, etc., : Black;-wins.-, . .• . , -i ■ v The anual. meeting Of , the cheat', and . draughts • section'of the' Welihgion Working Men's Oiub'was held on April 22, Mr. W. Ughttoot (chairman of the section) presiding. ; Hie hon. » secretary 'for draughts "CMr./ H. '.o.' Albertaon) - submitted ; bis, report,' <■ vrtilch ehoVwd' that the : annual handicap; tourney;as. commenced with a large number of, entries,: but; owing to itthe.flfornxer boo. secretary (Mr. J.M. Wilson) being, unable; for, several weeks 'to attend to'the ;jpo«ting of weekly . drawing*, etc., - it was never . completed. • The competitors showed that '.thev'■ hadthe-'interests', of-'the gfime'at".heart by allowing • the'.prine-lnoney to , gwftll the fund for .the- 'drpughto^xjba^pioßMlp^ New. Zealand. This Important" content Was heW: in 'WeUingtou for . the first 11898. : The - tourney was | held; under «,the auspices : ,of- the ciub, and was played in the- Social. Hall.- • Leading flayers frota all r part*, of "the Dominion 'competed.-.- After ;a; fine contest extending.over-a week Mr.' HUlJker, of 1 11 edlni ..won*. the "IF 5 the v " narrowest 'of . margins from Mr. Oaldiirwood, . of; 1 Huntly, . ' The, pkiy ,ift thfal championship ewnt ' countedfotra 'sealed handicap tourney, in, which • <4ie first.and sfecond'prlres'were?-won : by members, of the club, Mejisr«.-tieggatt- and C. «eid.j.?te The balance-sheet of the Championship. Tournament : was also presented by, Mr. v 'Albertaon, who. was accorded *« * hearty .vote £of * thanks; for his valued labours -in organising and carrying outthe contest to such a - suooesifal tosue. _ The-fbl-lowing ofßcera were elected for the ensuinff: President, ' Mr. E. Mace; vice-presidents, Me«ra. J. MoNee "and W. Lighfioot; hon. v treasurer, ■< tit.) Jan. Wilson; also , (for ' the i draughts > division), hon. secretary, Mr. H. G. Albertaon; consulting member, Mr. .J. Beid; match - committee, Messrs. ' Ja«.': Wilson, ; Wright,' and 'Burgess. ;" r The Leys Institute Draughts Club will . begin the 1912 session", on Monday next. AU;»«srs of I the Jiwno are invited to bei present. -..';f r ; "' ' ' ;' f ~.r