CHESS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 907, 19 July 1889, Page 5

CHESS.

All communications for this department must be addressed to the Chess Editor, Mr C. W. Benbow. . 19/7/89 No. 1023 (Charley Kondelik). 1 R to K B 4 1 Any move v 2 Mates accordingly Solved by H.B. and J.N.H. (Wellington) ; 0.P., Junr. (Feilding) ; ‘ Very easy, and there are duals in it (7) :’ M.R. (Taranaki); T.E. (Picton) ; O.P.Q. (Foxton);’ ‘There is considerable neatness in this problem (B)Horace (Patea); Felix (Auckland); T.S. (Ashurst); ‘ Finely constructed ; the mate that follows P x R is very neat (B)A.L.T. (Wanganui); _ H.D (Bulls);’ A.BC. (Greytown) ; and R.J.D. (Clyde) ; ‘ Good, but the key is rather too apparent (B).’ A very fair problem, indeed (8). No 1024 (J. Keeble). lKttoKt 7 1 K to K 4 2 Q to K 6 (ch) 2 K to B 5 3 Kt to R 5 mate The variations are not hard to follow. Solved hy Te Ika a Maui; 0.P., Junr. - (Feilding); ‘ A fine and difficult problem (9);’ M.R. (Taranaki); D.T.C. (Blenheim); O.P.Q. (Foxton); * The key move is a very happy one and leads to some capital play (9);’ AJL.T. (Wanganui); T.E. (Picton); T.S. (Ashurst); I Qto K 8 being a sufficient reply to sc many different moves of Black is a slight defect, otherwise it is a splendid problen (8J);’ Horace (Patea); and-R.J.D. (Clyde): ‘ A pleasing problem to solve, with a key move by .no means easily discovered (BJ).’ Most interesting and ingenious (9). PROBLEM No. 1036. Cy G. R. Downer (Chichester). Black.

White. White to play and mate in two moves. PROBLEM No 1037. By Thos. Sexton (Ashurst). A competing Problem in the late Melbourne Centepnial Problem Tourney. Black.

White. White to play and mate in three moves.

AMERICAN CHESS CONGRESS. The following interesting game between Messrs Blackburne and LipschutZ was played on sth ApriL Queen’s Gambit Declined. White. Black. (Mr Blackburne). (MrSLipschutz.) 1 P to Q 4 iPtoQl 2 P to Q B 4 2 P to K 3 3 Kt to Q B 3 3 Kt to K B 3 4 Kt to K B 3 4 P to Q Kt 3 ' sßto Kt 5 5 Bto K 2 fi P to K 3 6 B to Kt 2 7 R to Bsq 7 Q Kt to Q 2 BPxP 8 P x P 9 Pto Q 3 9 Castles 10 Castles 10 Kt to K 5 Well played and corectly followed up. 11 BtoK B 4 11P to QB 4 12 Qto K 212 P to KB4 13 K R to Q sq 13PtoQB5 14 B x Kt 14 B P x B 15 Kt to K 5 15 Kt to B 3 16 P to K Kt 4 Bold play. 16 Q to K sq 17 Q to B sq 17 B to Q 3 18 P to K R 3 18 QR to Q sq 19 Q to Kt 2 19 P to Q Kt 4 20 Kt to K 2 20 P to Kt 5 21 Kt to Kt 3 21 Kt to Q 2 22 Kt x Kt 22 R x Kt 23 Kt to K 2 23 B x B An ill-judged capture, . 24 Kt x B 24 Q R to K B 2 28 Q to Kt 3 28 Q to R 5 ‘Plunging into space,* remarks the correspondent of the London Daily News, unconscious of the dangers that threaten her liege lord. 29 P to Kt 3 29 P x P 30 P x P 30 Q x P A Greek gift. But Mr Lipachutz could not resist the bait. 31 R to B 7 Inaugurating a combination of great beauty and subtlety. 31 Pto Q R 5 At this point the combatants adjourned for lnnch. During the interval Mr Lipschutz is said to have remarked to a friend that he had a won game. The remark was reported to Mr Blackburne, who replied, * I hardly think so, as I sealed a move with, ' White mates in eight.’” The event proved the blindfold champion to be correct. 32 P to Kt 6 Mr Blackburne’s sealed move. 32 P to R 3 33 R x P (ch) A bombshell which at once shatters Mr Lip chutz apparently Bafe position. \ ' 33 K x R 34 Kt to R 5 (ch) It is obviously quite immaterial whether he j does or does not capture the Knight. , E x Kt i 35 Q to B 7 (ch) 35 K to B 3 ! 36 Q to Q 6 (ch) i And Mr Blackburne mates in three moves. 1