Chess.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 242, 8 July 1876, Page 11

Chess.

The first meeting of the Chess Club at Mr. Hunter’s rooms on Monday evening last was well attended, and some interesting matches were played. Messrs. Lusk and Benbow joined issue, and each won a game. The following was the third and final game in the late match between Messrs. Lusk and Benbow : FRENCH DEFENCE. Whit (C. Benbow) Black (H. H. Lusk) 1 p to K 4 1 P to K 3 (a) 2 p to O 4 2 P to Q 4 I Kt to Q B 3 (6) 3 B to Q Kt 5 4 B to Q 3 (c) 4 Kt to QB3 ( cl ) 5 Kt to K B 3 5 P takes P 6 B takes P <2 K Kt to K 2 (e) 7 Castles 7 Castles 8 Kt to K 2 (/) f B to Q 3 9 Kt to K Kt 3 9 P t° _ K &> 10 B takes Kt 10 Kt takes B 11 P to Q 5 11 Kt to Q Kt o (/(-) 12 P to Q B 4 12 P to K B 5 13 Kt to K 4 13PtoK4. ( i) 14P10Q85 O) 11 B to K 2 15 P to Q 6 1° P S -iFa 16 P takes P 168t0K84 17 Q to Kt 3 (ch) 17 K to K sq 18 Q takes Kt 18 P to Q R 4 (fc) 19 P takes B And Black resigns. NOTES. (a) A safe defence, but one open to the serious objection of irksome monotony, and by its adoption we also lose the beautiful and endless combinations arising from both players moving P to K 4. (b) The old and more frequent course is : 3 P takes P 3 P takes P 4 Kt to K B 3 4 Kt to IC B 3 5 B to Q 3 SB to Q 3 6 Castles 6 Castles 7 Kt to Q B 3 7 P to Q B 3 8 B to K Kt 5 9 B to K It 4 9 B to K Kt 5 10 P to K B 3 Even game Or, 7 B to K Kt 5 7 B to K Kt 5 8 Q Kt to Q 2 8 Kt to Q B 3 9 P to Q B 3 10 B to K B 4 10 B to K B 5 II Q to Q B 2 11 Q to Q 3 Even game. . The present move, an invention of Herr Louis Paulsen is, however, well worth trying for a change, and moreover deserves commendation as it to some extent relieves the opening from the dulness usually attend&(c) Intakes Pis objectionable on account of its liberating Black’s Bishop. . . (d) P to Q B is suggested byJaemsch, and is considered by him to give an advantage to the second player in this way:- 4Pt oQB4 5 P takes Q P 5 Q takes P 6 B to Q Kt 5 (ch) 6 B to Q 2 7 B takes B (ch) 7 Kt takes B 8 Kt to K B 3 8 P takes P 9 Q takes P 9 Q takes Q 10 Kt takes Q 10 B takes Kt (ch) 11 P takes B, and White has a badly doubled P (J”’ If 6 Kt to K B 3 7 Castles, and if Black plftys 7 B takes Kt with the intention of doubling his opponent’s pawns, White replies with , . 8 B takes Kt, with even more powerful effect. ( f) White had a twofold reason for this course. In the first place he wished to remove the Kt from the attack of the Bishop, and to carry it round to the support of his King’s side. And secondly, he wished to advance Pto QB 4, threatening, if Black did not foresee the intention, to go on with it another step, and so imprison the Bishop, which would untimately fall a victim to the White Pawns. (g) Apparently good, and yet all tliat can be said of it is that it is “ something between a hindrance and a help.” (h) B takes Kt would not advance liis game, e.g.— v ' 11 B takes Kt 12 P takes Kt 12 Q takes Q . 13 B takes Q 13 B to Q 3 14 P takes P, and Black’s Pawns on the Queen s side are broken up and helpless. (i) A very weak move. Black evidently failed to see the disastrous results consequent on its adoption. (j) This wins a piece by force ; there is no eseape. (fc) The game was beyond redemption, but B to B 3 would certainly have been better chess.