CHESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15748, 24 October 1914, Page 3 (Supplement)

CHESS.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Smi?h' . 3 & 71 r 2 T -, So! ™* hy " C.H.." N. Hsmith, F.C.L.," and "Birkenhead." iNo. 3067.—A150 solved by " M.F." <« 5% m o^?.— solved by " F.C.L." and M..H. ( very neat"). at ?.^i 9n PPei'n'.od at tho meagre response ~.il«'j °'.°- v Forteacue" was the only correspondent who sent a correct solution. „„~ elan , • i* 31 ft ral her copious analysis. ™/5Li * whlch WOB fa,,lt y- and " CH." subT, lw **° ?i?- V6s which were not conclusive. Apart from this, no one but M.F." appears ™,l l Ve a,tem Pted to analyse the position L L,,t M3 f 3 there are to ttan y variations "j e P I ? erat « on £ Postcard. " F.C.L." would S?lU« j * "'•. The obvious inference is that •' prt ,? want end-games. £.&.&.. —Many thanks. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 3069. (By Alfred de Mcsset.) 1 R-Q 2-Ktxß, 2 Kt-QB 3-any. 3 Kt (Kt 5) mates. rr,i IT i n (,? °P illion - one of tho prettiest miniatures ever composed. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 3070. 1 B Tf ß iTT o i < i l^ or J R fi >- 2 Kt -Kt 6 ch--7"5 2.3 Ktxß doubla ch-K-R 1, 4 Q-R V KtxQ. 5 Kt-Kt 6 mate. SOLUTION OF PROPLEM No. 3071. (By A. J. Fixe.) 1 B-K 2. SOLUTION OF BROPLEM No. 3072. (By T. W. Geabi-.) i Kt-K 6. If 1 . . . BaKt, 2 Q-B 5 ch-K-K 5. 3 B-R 7 T . , mate T, (, t 2. . .K-Q 3. 3 O-QB 5). 11... PxKt. 2 Kt-B 3. etc. If 1... P-K i, 2 Q-B 7. etc. BROPLEM No. 3075. (By K. A. L. Ktobbl.) Black, u.

White, 9. b3r3, lsplb3. 8, p4Qls. P2plp2, lp3P2. IS2PRIK, 2BSk3. White to play and mate in three moves.

A breezy game played in the minor Victorian champioriehip tournament. We take the score and notes (abridged) from the Australasian. The latter are by Mr. Charles G. Watson, the Victorian champion. Mr. Tate, the winner of this game, eventually won the tournament.

English OrBKIHO.

White, Mr. Horace Stevens; Black, Mr. Honry Tate. 1 P-QB fiT l> l 3 (a) 12 KixP—Q-R 4ch 3 BPxP-PxP 14 Kjcß— t £,W a iJ - QB „ 4 o 15 P - KR 3V-B-K 3 5 Kt-RB 3— i'-QK 3 16 <WJ 4-R-QB 1 Su § t-tyfl* 3 17 «-<<» 2-tt-Q I 1 §■% 3 -s px £ 18 !&Q i-Q-B 4 ch o 19 K " B 1 1-B*B (f) 9 OxKt—Ht-H 3 20 JiR-B ltx(J (c) J? 2 (c) '-" K&-&XO&P 11 Kt-B 3--B-QB 4 (dl Black wins.

(a) The best policy. 1 . . . P-K. 4 leads to a Sicilian Deiencoplayed by White wiin a movo in. If 1. . . F-Q 4. While can convert into a Queen's Gambit by 2 P-Q 4. . tb) But this is bad m principle, a " hole" is created in White's entrenchments. Black should now play to prevent p-Q 4 by White or to establish a supported P at Q 5. (c) Threatening 11.. . Q-B Bchif 11 QxP. etc.

id) Well played. Tho pawn temporarily given up is regained, with the better game. . (e) Belter KK-K sq. This and the following move lose valuable time. if) Very peatwinning a clear piece. Of course, it QiR, 20 . . . B-B 5 wins. (g) 20. . . B-B 5 is stronger, but the course adopted leads to aa easily-won game- Mr. late is to be complimented on a neat combination.

BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP. Wo are still without our usual budget of English papers. The, following particulars '? fF a ii *° l ' le tournament are taken irom the Melbourne Leader of the 10th inst:—The game between Yates (holder) and Blackburne in the last round ended in a draw. The final scores of these two being equal, the cnammonshlp will «be decided by a short match between them. Tho individual totals were:TBlackburne and Yates. 9}; Gunsberg. 7jLouis. 7 ; Schumer and ScortT64; Vinc'r, 6' Lean 41; Sparkes. 4; Parry, 8; Wilkes. 2: Wardhaugh. 0. The last-named forfeited a 'l Tir-ft am * 8 \ Viner won from Lean, Parry, and Wilkes; drew with Gunsberg, Louis, and Scott; and lost to Blackburne. Yates, and Schumer. His performance is . possibly a, shade better than Crakanthorp's of 1912, but that is all one can say. Viner's total includes one game scored by default, while Crakanthorp scored one game on time-limit. Leaving these two items out, Viner scored five out of a possible. 10, as against Crakanthorp's four out of nine. While such a comparison is quite permissible, wo must admit that it }? fl II ? < i O 7 1 (!lußlve he relative strength of the fields is an important factor. But the outstanding result of these " tries" by Australians is that in each case the representative has come out half-way down the list. The New Zealand Times states that Viner is arranging a match with Yates.

AUCKLAND CHESS CLUB. v Tu3. ar ? B0 m& ny adjourned games in both tho tournaments that the committee has enlarged the time for completion to tho j!9th mat. Twas ever thus! Even now there are ten sealed moves in tho rack, and in addition there are some twenty outstanding games in the handicap not yet com menced, many of which, we venture to prophesy will never, be commenced. This sort ot thing is a hindrance in more ways than one. Among other drawbacks we may mention the want of essential data for tho handicappers in the next tourney. In the handicap tournament, we are happvi to say that Mr. T. Cannon's prospect of l having his name inscribed on the " Gambit Oup for 1914 has materialised. His success is now assured. He has played 20 games, out of which he has won 18, lost two, and he has a. game pending with Mr. Sim. We believe the players are likely to agree to a draw. Mr. Cannon got as far as Wellington on his way to the front, when he developed bronchitis and was invalided home. Close behind him. is Mr. T. Coulthard. who has scored U wins, four losses, with three games to finish. Mr. P. N. Stewart has completed his tally with a score of 151—5 i. These two are sure of second and third prizes. Other leading scores , are: i; H -„f. smith. 10 wins, 6 losses. 5 to play; H. V Evans. 14-7 (complete); Sim 10-7-4: H. Adams. 12-8-1 ■ E !l man - O V-8-: G Adams. IH-si-l-Pickett. 81-81-4 • Williamson. "10-9-2 Messrs. Fairs and Wright, who were in the running at the time of our last report, have r.ow dropped behind. AUCKLAND WORKWOMEN'S CHESS CLUB The classification and scale of odds have been, revised. The odds range from pawn and move to queen. Eleven entries only have been received for li ™'i,-,,-' lan< , a tournament, viz.: — Mr. Wilfon Class 111 Messrs. F. C. Boo'h Jury. Malcolm, and Williamson (Class IV)-' Messrs. Booth, lun.scd Willott (Class V.')-' Mr Kemp (Class VI.) ; Mr. Clark (Class Villi "3 M ,° 63 "- iro=t and McLean (Class A lo.i, ■ . tournoy commenced on Mondav, the 19th inst. ' Mr. T. Wigs has resigned the office ot lion secretary, and Mr. George Kemp has been elected in his placeMr. F. C. Booth has been elected a member of the committee, vice Mr. F. Wigg (retired). As Mr. 1. Wigg was ex officio a member rf committee, hia resignation has created another vacancy (Mr. Kemp being already a committeeman). It bar. been decided to allow the vacancy to remain until the next ordinary monthly meeting. THE PASSING OF OUR PIONEERS, We learn from our Wellington correspondent, that the last link in the chain connecting us with the early history of New Zealand chess has just been revered. Mr. David R. Hay, the last survivor of those who took part m r»ew Zealand'.* first championship congress (in 1879), died in Melbourne on the 20th inst. Since tho passing of Mr. Chas. Janion in Wellington in November, 191-2. Mr. riav has been the sole survivor of the 1879 contest. Some of the old hands will, perhaps, recall that in this tournament there was a tie tor first place, between the late Mr Henry Hookham, champion of Christchurch, and Mr. Hay. then champion of Otago. the former winning on the play-ofl, thereby securing the first prize (£5Ol and the championship of New Zealand. Mr. Hay taking the second prize (£2O). and Mr. P. V. JacobEen, ol Christchurch, third prize (£10). It is interesting to note (hat this was also the first chess champonship tournament held in Australasia! Mr. Jacobsen was the chief promoter, and the tourney fund reached £105' The other competitors were the Bev. T. E. Ash. and Messrs. Colborne Veel, B. B. Bray and A. Newman. The late Mr. Hay did % lo* of good work as a chess and draughts editor, first in New Zealand, and afterwards for many years iii Melbourne, where he conducted both columns for the Weekly Times He relinquished editorial work a couple of years ago, when ao accident left him bedridden for life.