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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16026, 18 September 1915, Page 4 (Supplement)

CHESS.

• TO CORRESPONDENTS. 7 ; V'Problem No. 3158.— by A P.r-'U- ' * " C.W.C.," and " F.C.L." ' SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. .By J. A. J. Dkewitt.) 1 K-K HQ Ml-. .—PxQ, 2 P-Q4, etc. B?p§§ I It 1...-RxQ, 2 PxR. etc. .-MmIf 1.. .B-R5, 2 N-XB, etc. If 1. . — B-R2. 2 N-87. etc - •***«» If 1. . .-B-Ksq. 2 NxP, etc" If 1. - N-Q2, 2 QxKP. ct"' 11.. .—B-82, 2 NXB etc:* If 1. . .—other, 2 P-Q4, etc. PROBLEM No. 3162. i-v----(By C. G. Gavrilow. Ismail. Russia P -_ I Tidskritt for Schack, 1913.)' Black, 9. £j||

"Whits, 7. IKlKklßl, rr6, 4P2g, 2X3, 7b, 6pb, 6j>l, "White to play and mate in two moTM,PROBLEM No. 3163. (By N. C- Malachoff. Second prize S„Tzeitune Tourney. 1912.) • V Black, 8. v'•

"White, 8. lK2Nlnl. 5p2, 285, BlkPp3, 3plqlQ, InlP/. W v i • lP5p, 8. • WJ White to play and mate in three mores.' ' ; * j"Australasian chess • has received much morti 1 - S notice in English columns this year thin formerly. Ihe Field of July 17 contains tin- Cgame played at the top board in the tele. . • graphic match between New South Wales and Victoria on June 7. with some very kIt r interesting notes which we here reproduce.---Quees's Paws Opestsg. White. D- McArthur. New South Wakea* '' « Black, G. Gundersoil, Victoria. 1 P-Q4—P-Q4 17 Q-Q2lf)— Mf - 2 Kt-&B3— P-QB4ia) 18 K-R2-P-Kt4!g) ' 3 P-B4—P-K3 19 R-KKtaj— 4 Kt-B3(b)Kt-Q83(c)20 Kt-KB3— 5 BPxP— 21 Kt(K4)xP— 6 P-KKt3—Kt-B3 22 KtxKtP—R-B3(i> ' : : % 7 B-Kt2— 23 P-KK«<j>—PxP 8 Castles—Castles 24 BxKt— 9 PxP—BxP 25 Ktxß ch-QxKi";s'i&v;> 10 B-Kts— 26 RxP ch—K-B2 11 BxKt— 27 P-B.3—R-Ksq * fcr-r i * 12 Kt-K4—Q-K2 28 R-Kt2— ' • 13 Q-B2'dl—B-Kt3 29 K-Kt B-B5 Apgfi; 14 KR-Qsq—B-KB4 30 Q-Kt4—B-K6 chfi>"i r y. r 15 Kt-R4—B-Kts(e) 31 K-B2— ' I 16 —B-E3 Resigns (1).

| ■ (a) Probably the best reply to White's lui Sife move. .t •'S^SBflapi&pja (b) A -better continuation for White is perhaps 4 PxQP — 5 P-KKt3—QKt-83, 6 B-Kt2—Kt-83, 7 Castles—B-K2, 8 PxP— BxP. 9 QKI-Q2 —P-Q5, 10 Kt-Kt3—B-Kt3, 11 Q-Q3. These moves occurred in a game.between Lasker and Tarrasch in the Petityisd" *- - tournament. . i "White now. threatens to win. - the queen's pawn by R-Qsq, "wherefore Black has to play B-K3, and to exchange Ms bishop for the less valuable knight. -••X jy Jjg (c) An interesting variation, leading to ajj very difficult and complicated game i*'/ 4...—PxQP, 5 KKtxP—P-K4," 6 Kt(Q4)-X« -P-Q5. 7 —Kt-R3. 8 Q-R4-B-G2. White cannot now. play QxKt. because of tia " ■ reply B-Kts ch before capturing the queen- ":i;7 ? (d) As pointed- out by Mr. Grndersen in\v ; -' the Australasian it would have been betSef for "White to take advantage 'of his oppor-: r ; tunity to exchange the Kt for the dangeroas S bishop- One advantage of this would late || v been the Betting rid of one' of the • piece* defending Black's w»ak_oueen's pawn. fc) To induce 7 P-KK3 and - thus _we*k« • _ "White's pawn position before retreading- Mi - .*■ bishop. *■'. j-.~ (f) A dangerous move, as it cuts off oae J of the retreats of his knight. Kt-Q2 wonld |j gsj - have been safer. . 1'• > • (el N«>t P-B4 at once, because of KVXtS/jSf-Sg-(h) There was no reed to capture the?-,|g knight at once, ~ sb both Knights,' could not § ," escape. (i) Besides having won a piece for itwogg-tjj pawns Black has much the better .position, - V., -V and winning the game is now only » qnes*^;\-.V. : .- lion of care V ; * (j) In the hope of obtaining an attack tut U 1 the adverse king by bringing his ' took mto f play: but it involves the exchange of: two iV.'-ri ■nieces, and weakens the position of his own ". ; kins. ; ■ ' , fk) Black's superiority of position is ao* overwhelming. ; . "C __ Position after ■ "White's 31st move: 3r, p4k2, 2plqr2. 8. lQlp4, 4bPIP, " » . ■ PP2PIRK. R7. i.* 1/ (11 Mate in three moves could not to' avoided, eg.. 32 KxQ—Rlß&a ch. 33 K-Kt4 —R-Ktsq ch, 34 K. moves R-R3 mate. A ' well-played _ game by Mr. Gundersen^^.^^feftl

, rr— •w-^sa3sß^saaa«» - Tie Melbourne Chess " Club's " patriotic handicap has brought to light ,a 1 buddingV champion in the person of Mr. G. L. S« Trotman, a comparatively recent . member. * Mr. Trotman succeeded in winning the tour-*.?. nament in a field of 56 competitors, and in p •; " the -course of his unchecked career he defeated _ Mr. G. . Gundersen. the present c , champion of Victoria, and Mr. C. G. Watson, _ ex-champion, from both of . whom ■i*-JVr i? received the odds of pawn and two mows. As the _ Leader remarks, the style-he ex--iT = hibited in these two games indicates mat he will at no distant date be a first-cU*» player. We give his game against''Mr, Gundersen. with notes from the - Au»* tralasian: — ■ • I f White. Trotman; Black, Gtmderawu 'Remove Black's KBP) - -''' , 1 P-K 4 17 KtxQP— 4 W®s«g 2 P-Q 4—P-Q 3 18 Kt(Q2)xP—Q-Q4 , 3 P-KB 4—P-K 3 (a) 19 —PxKt 4 Kt-KB 3—Kt-KB 3 20 P-B 4—o-0 2 * 5 B-Q B-K 2 21 Kt-Kt 5 (i>-QB-Bf : r 6 B-Q Castles (b) 22 Kt-Q R-QB 3%■ * - 7 Kt-B 3—Kt-B 3 23 QR-Q 1-0-QBi ~ g 8 Kt-K 2—F-Q 4 (c) 24 R-B B-B 1 1 . 9 P-K s—Kt-K 5 25 B-Kt 3—Kt-Kt? 10 —P-QKt3 26 Q-Kt 6 (j)KJxKIk--11 P-B Kt-B 4 27 RiKt B-B 3 ~ rV* :• 12 P-OKt 3—P-B 4 (e) 28 Rxß—Qxß ~ 13 B-K 3— B-Kt 2 29 OxRP—Q-K5«; §& 14 Q-B P-KB 3 (f) 30 O-Kt 6QxQ 15 BxKt—Pxß 31 BxQ. AjigpPSpf 16 Kt-Q. —PxP (g) . And after another 3D moves Black wrt forced to resign. iwPSsSfeSs (a) P-B 4 seems better. If. then, 4 P-Q J; _ P-KKt 3. followed by B-Kt 2. wher» the B f-.i gj has now good prospects. If 4 PxP. tnea Q-R 4 ch. followed by QxP. ... .. . ®3 (b) Black takes the risk of a big kmg-sa® a attack, beginning 7 Kt-Kt 5. If he tnen siSffi replies 7. .. P-KR 3, White continues J 5 8 P-KR 4. : liKfei (c) This, with the subsequent placing « Kt at K 5, risks the loss of a P. but Blade must free his game somehow, and the fi-* " K 5 may become dangerous to White. - ~ r ; . (d) If 10 BxKt—Pxß. 11 Kt-Kt sßxKt, 12 Pxß—KtxQP. wins a pawn. ~ V. (e) Ktxß would prevent the trouhle_awOT :-j the weak centre pawn, but then Whit* ■ > KB becomes very threatening against the ; (f) A bad move, which goes far to lose u» game. R-B 1 was the correct plav- gg s*B (s> If Q-Q 4. Kt-Kt 3 wins the KP. _ — fh) If now O-Q 4. P-B 4 wins the Kr. ' * Black, by the text-move, tries to , coniu* ii White with a choice of seemingly EO°® >*y:i moves. If P-QKt 4. BxKt. Or if Kt (Q 4)iP. Bxß ch. - -m, __^a|j§gf (i) Black is now in a bad way. The pr 'J, /'— | threatened, his pieces are badly placed,' *»° " White is going to establish aKtat Q 6., sj>j ■ (j) Another result of Black's weak l*-®

move. .^WSmSSsL <k) Threat-en ins RxK. and Black cannot re- - y,_ take on account of the threatened mate.

The famous problem composer. Pj- . % i t Gold, of New York, celebrated his eights«ta birthday on July 2, having been mi® fr that date in 1835. at Koevagoeors. on ue shore of the Balaton Lake. Hungary- 11 settled m New York in 1593. Dr. Gold h" -■ been, and is still, one of the most entnosi- ? . . astic problemists. There is scarcely • c chess column, book, or magazine in viSr ''' ' his remarkable creations have not appeared, and many times have the readers ot ;"4 {■> yVcolumn had on opportunity of admiras ® marvellous problem tactics.—New York BJ"** We learn from the Adelaide papers taw patriotic chess tournament on tlie a®* ' * out system was arranged in aid of the a. , tralian Wounded Soldiers' Fund lor __ g „ evening of Tuesday. September iLj ; . arrangements and handicapping were 18. • hands of Mr. 0. Higginbotiom, assisted " { the handicappers and secretaries ol • - .. laide and suburban clubs. The ~ fh® '"-"i-:--entrance fees would go to the IMoa- *»>« : tourney was open to all players, 1,.-, entrance fee was fixed at 2s 6a:' We - not. so far. heard of any iSew clubs proposing anything of this sfflOi Uttlo helps! \7«11&fl ■ • ;^£fifelßi