CHESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15900, 24 April 1915, Page 4 (Supplement)

CHESS.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. No. .1117.-Solved by "F. 1.8.." " C H..'' 5.W.," "Basque." and " FC.L." So 3118-Solved by "F18.." "C.R..1 "A.E.L.." "F.C.L.," and " S.W." ("a real good one"). SOLUTION* OF PROBLEM No. 3117. (By T. Tavebseb) 1 P-Q 3. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 3113. .By J. BKCSII.) 1 K-0 6. in...P*R. '2 Q-R 8, etc. If 1 . . . Kt-B 5. 2 QxP eh. and R m»*«i, If 1 . . . P-K 4. '2 R 0 - 1 . and mates at OR 7, —From the Briti'h Chess Maiar.ne, PROBLEM No. 3121. (By W. B Rfß.—First priz« in third mm. petition of the Good Companion Chess Club.) Bla.-k. 3.

Whitb, 8. 1Q2R82, 2qlklß, 453. 3PP3. 8. 7E, «. 8, White to play and mate in two moves, PROBLEM No. ' 3122. (By J. H. Barrow, Wea.ste—From the ifaa'i chester Weekly Times.) Black, 3.

White, 5. S, 3ptlßl. 354, 3KpP2. 4P3. S, 8. 8. White io play and mate in four moves. A casual same at odds played by Morphji at New York in 1859. Score from the Ches» Amateur: — Mczto Gambit (Koch and Ghulam Kassiaj Attack). White, Morphy: Black. Amateur, (Remove White's queen's rook.) 1 PK4-P-K4 11 B-Kts-QiP 2 P-KB 4-PxP 12 Castles— PR 3 3 Kt-KB 3—P-KKt i 13 B-Q Q-B 3 4 B-B 4-P-Xt 5 14 B-K 4-Q-B 5 5 P-0 4-FiKt 15 BxBP-QxP ch 6 QiP-Q-R 5 ch 16 K-R 1-Biß 7 P-Kt 3-Q-K 3 17 Qiß-Kt-R 3 8 Kt-B 3-B-R 3 IS QR 4 !-Castle< 9 Kt-Q 5-Q-O 3 19 Kt-K 7 ch-E-KtJ 10 PI o-Q-QB 3 20 Q-B 6, mate AUCKLAND CHESS CLUB. The 31st annual meeting of members e-1 this club was held in the clubroom. at His Majesty's Arcade, on Thursday, the lothmat. Captain C. Little (president) occupied the chair. Over 20 members attended. The committee's report and treasurer's statement and balance-sheet were read and adopted. The statement showed: Subscriptions, £57 15s; donations, £2 12s 6d; tourney entries, £15 15s: end miscellaneous receipts, £1 4j] 3d: total, £77 6s 9d. Rent, gas, insurance, cleaning, etc.. £66 19s 7d; tourney refund* and prizes, £13 12s 6d: miscellaneous expenditure, £2 03 6d: total. £82 12s 7d; leading a small deficiency on the year's working. The election of officers resulted as follows: —Patron, Mr. Arthur M. Myers (re-elected); president, Mr. R. H. Abbott; vice-presidents, Captain Little, V.D., and the Rev. Alexander Miller, M.A.; hon. treasurer, Mr. P. N. Stewart (re-elected); hon. secretary, Mr. A.! E. Layland (re-elected); committee, Messrs. G. E. Adams, J. C. Grierson, F. Harvey, the Rev. F. R. Jeffreys. Messrs. G. S. MeNait and A. Wright; hon. auditor, Mr. H. Green.

The . president and senior vice-president (Captain Little) were nominated as vicepresidents of the .New Zealand Chess Association. ' Notices of motion were then read and considered. It was resolved that the entrants for the annual handicap tournament be handicapped after the close of the entries, irrespective of any existing classification of the whole of the members of the club. It was decided to abolish the Saturday night meetings and to meet on Wednesday nights instead. It was resolved that the subscriptions of full members be raised to 25s per annum, and that honorary membership, at 10s 6d, be available only to those who dssira simply to be associated with the club in an honorary or nominal degree, and who seldom or never visit the club, but still like to associate their names with the club for the encouragement of the game. An amendment, that the subscription for full members ba 30s per annum, payable in half-yearly instalments, was lost. Captain Little and Mr. E. Priestley wen elected life members of the club. The meeting passed a special vote of thanks to the secretary and treasurer for their valued services to the club, and votes of thanks were also accorded to the club's delegates to the Now Zealand Chess Association, to the press, and to the chair. We hope to give a resume of the committee's report in our next issue.

AUCKLAND WORKINGXIEN'S CHES3 CLUB. The annual general meeting of member* of this club was held in the clubroom on Friday, the 16th mst. There was a. fair attendance, of members. The committee's report was adopted. The report showed that two handicap tournaments had been held during the season. In tie first thero were 20 competitors, and the four prizes were secured by Messrs HE. Myers, T. Cannon. F. ffi°% and H. B. Williamson in that order, Mr. Booth,, jun.. won the prize offered tor brilliancy in this tourney, the games being judged by the Adjudication Board of the N.Z.C.A. in Wellington. In the second, or summer, tournament there ' were 11 entrants, and the prizes were won by Messrs. G. J A^ Wilson, W. Willott, H. B. Williamson, and G. Kemp. Mr. Kemp also obtained the extra prize offered for the largest number of games played in the tourney. Mr. Willott running him very close. Mr. F. C. Ewen Played eight members simultaneously is October, and won seven games, losing only one. Only one ladder match was played— Kemp v. Willott, in which the latter succeeded in retaining his rung. Mention is made of v trophy L valued at £1 Is, offered oy air i US. ? oh .-« nd . of a, donation of books by Mr. J. A. Wright. Mr. George Kemp was re-elected secretarv, and the [allowing members were elected to serve on the committee, in conjunction with the president of the institution and the chess and draughts sub-committee, viz.: Messrs. M Freeman. H. B. Williamson, and W H Jury. Messrs. Freeman, Harvey, and T \\ lgg were appointed joint handicappcrs. It was decided to hold a handicap tournament ? „ a " vly , da ] c> ,lle , arrangements Wing left in the hands of the committee. There are to W three prizes, of the value of £-\ £1. and 10s respectively, in addition to the trophy offered by Mr. Kohn. as men'ior'd in the report. The committee will decide whether the latter is to be added to the first prize or divided A vote of thanks was accorded to Mr Kemo for .his efficient discharge of the duties of 'ecretarv, also to Mr Wire for his services in the like capacity during the first half of the vcar. A resolution was pas«»d[.approving of a suggestion made by Mr. Williamson to the committee of the institute as to the purchase of a shield for competition.

W.A. CHESS. A West Australian Chess Association has wen formed under the patronage of His Excellency the Governor. Sir Harry Barron, with headquarters at Perth Mr J A Green is president, Mr A. A. Whcatloy hon" secretary, and Mr. R. FVdham treasurer! The vice-presidents are Messrs J Fjlt/n. TwiV A "' C - F , ro! ! 'Presidents of 1 erh. Si"' P° n r 11" , F romantic Che*. Vll xt r r £o' cb ""' h - M.L.C . J F. Allen. M.L.C.. W. Siebenhaar. the Hot. Canon Marshall the Rev N'esbit Dod«. ft. ■'• £ J Redman. J. J. Llovd. D PM C, SI? ' C c ft By ? 88 At ,ho inaugural meetm? some bO piayers were present. Mr .1 Hilton, the State champion, being in ' the cnair. _ The movement, is largely due to the. enthusiasm and enterprise of Mr. Wheatlev We have been favoured by the chess editor of the Sunday Times. Perth W \ w-.'., some recent copies of his column. ' Chess a evidently flourishing in the western capital, and the chess column is very much alive, and contains plenty of original and contnbutea matter of local and -eneral interest, in addition to a choice selection of problem* and games We notice that the Perth Ches» ( .lub indulges in a practice which obtained in Auckland for a short time some years ago, but was allowed to fall mto disuse" We refer to the practice of having weekly sides matches, in winch the players are c'onhVd to some prescribed opening Hie opening is announced at least a week beforehand" so that players may have an opportunity of some preparatory study. We should like to see the practice resumed locally, but with this innovation namely, that the openin? prescribed should be adopted for a whole month, and that club members should also be requested to adhere to the same opening in their practice games during the month. \\o.do not know of any practice more conducive to a thorough understanding of the several debuts or better calculated to indelibly impress upon the minds of Iho players the necessary groundwork witho"'. which they can never hope to attain eminence as players. The club has alio four level tournaments in proircsa.