CHESS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 771, 10 December 1886, Page 5

CHESS.

All communications for this department must be addressed to the Chess Editor, Mr C. W. Bknbow. 10/12/86.

SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. These are held over until next week.

PROBLEM No. 765. " ■ By. iElmil Lindquist, (Ostersund,, Sweden). From the second prize; set in the British Chess Association Problem'Tourney.

Black.

White.

White to play and mate in two moves.

PROBLEM No. 766. By Thomas Sexton (Pahiatua). (A correction of Problem No. 748.)

Black.

White. White to play and mate in three moves. IRISH CHESS ASSOCIATION.

The second meeting of this Association was held at Belfast, and proved very successful. The chief winner was Mr W. H. K. Pollock, with a clean score of eight, an excellent achievement, seeing that amongst his opponents were Messrs J. H. Blackburne and A. Burn, who scored 7 and 6 wins respectively. In the Handicap Tournament (in which Mr Blackburne did’ not take part) the winners were : —lst, Mr A. Burn; 2nd, Mr W. H. K. Pollock ; 3rd, Mr James Neill; ’4fch, Mr R. J. Magowan; sth, Mr R. W. Barnett; 6th, Messrs J. D. Chambers and Ernest Harvey equal. The following game was played In the principal tournament between Messrs Burn and Pollock. The notes are condensed from ‘ The Chess-Monthly ’:— Irregular Opening White Black (Mr A. Burn). (Mr W, H. K. P' ;k). 1 Kt to K B 3 1 P to K B 4 2Pto K 3 - 2Kt to KBS 3 P to Q 4 3 P to K 3 4 P to B 4 He should proceed first with 4 B to K 2 and 5 Castles, or 4 P to Q R 3. 4 B to Kt 5 (ch) 5 Q Kt to Q 2 A favorite continuation with Mr Bum. 5 Castles ’ 6 Bto K 2 6 PtoQ Kt 3 ' 7 Castles 7 B to Kt 2 8 Q to B 2 8 Kt to B 3 9 ktoQsq 9 Q to K sq 10 Kt to B sq 10 Kt to K 5 11 Kt to K sq We should prefer first P to Q R 3. 11 Q to Kt 3 12 Kt to Q 3 White has a good game, but the text-move amounts to unpardonable carelessness in a serious game. Obviously, he should continue with 12 P to B 3. ■ . 12, K Kt x P Perfectly.correct, for whether White capture the Kt with K or Kt, or reply Kt to B 4, Black gets the superiority with 13 Kt x P. 13 Kt x Kt 13 Kt x P 14 Kt x B If 14 Kt to B 4, then Kt x Q ; 15 Kt x Q, P x Kt; 16 Rto Kt sq, B to 84, etc. 14 KtxQ 15 Kt x Kt 15 P to B 5 Infinitely better than Q x P (ch). 16 Kt to K sq 16 P x P (ch) 17 K to Kt sq 17 R to B 7 18 Kt to Kt 3 18 R x B The sacrifice of the exchange provides White with an enduring attack. 19 Ktx R 19 Q to Kt 5 20 Kt to Q B 3 20 P to K 7 21 R to Q 2 21 B x P ! 22 Kt x P 22 B to B 3 (cb) It would have been better to retire the B to Kt 2. 23 Kt to Kt 3 23 P to K R 4 24 Kt to Q 3 24 P to R 5 We should prefer 24 P to Q 3 ; and if 25 Kt to B 2, then Q to Kt 3. 25 Kt to K 5 25 Q to R 6 26 Kt x B „ * 26 RPx Kt 27 Kt to K 7 (ch) Which must result in the loss of the Kt: he should play 27 Kt to Q 4.

27 K to B 2 2S R to Kt 2 28 P x P (ch) 29 K to R sq 29 K x Kt 30 R x P (ch) 30 K to B 3 31 B to Kt 2 31 Q to B 6 Threatening to continue with 32 R to K Kt sq. . - 32 K x P

It would be a little better to proceed with 32 B to Kt 5 (ch), and 32 K x P. 32 R to R sq (ch) 33 K to Kt sq 33 Q to Q 8 (ch) 34 K to B 2- 34 Q to Q 5 (ch) J 35 B te K 3

A blunder, of course, which only precipitates White’s defeat; his game was past redemption; 35 Q x P (ch) And White resigns.

Sydney. —The well-known player, Mr W. Crane, has taken charge of the chess column in the ‘Sydney Mail,' and in his hands it is sure to he a success. He has commenced a two-move problem tourney, for which he offers prizes of £3 3a, £2 2a, and £1 Is respectively. Competitors may send as- many problems as they please, but they must be in by the end of the year.- . : • ,- - ■ .. .. , Mr Blackburne. —During the meeting of the Irish Chess Association, Mr Blackburne played eight games blindfold simultaneously, of which he won five, drew two, and lost one. On his return from Ireland to Manchester he played twenty-two games simultaneously, scoring seventeen and drawing five. Herr Fritz. —At the celebration cf the twenty-fifth birthday of the Cologne Chess Club, Herr Fritz conducted eight games without sight of the board at the same time, winning four, drawing three, and losing one. ’ ;