CHESS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 933, 17 January 1890, Page 5

CHESS.

All communications for this department must be addressed to the Chess Editor, Mr C. AY. Bbnbow. 17/1/90 A.L.T. (Wanganui).—lt is satisfactory to see that a tourney has been got up in Dunedin after all; the entries, however, are unfortunately few in number, and some wellknown names'are absent.

Solutions are held over until next week. PROBLEM No. 1088. By Master James Sexton (Ashurst). Black.

White. White to play and mate in two moves PROBLEM No 1089. By Thos. Sexton (Ashurst). Black.

■iv”. ■ White. White to play and mate in three moves. CHESS IN EUROPE. Selected from the specimens of play by P. Hirsohfeld in the Chess Monthly for September. -■ Two, Knights Defence. White. Black. (P. Hirschfeld.). (J. Kolisch.) 1 P to K 4 1 P to K 4 2Ktto KB 3 / 2Ktto QB 3 3 B to B 4 3 Kt to K B 3 4 Kt to Kt 5 4 P to Q 4 5 P tks P 5 Kt to Q R 4 6 B to Kt 5 (eh) 6 P to B 3 7 P tks P 7 P tks P BBto K 2 !%■' 3Pto KR 3 9 Kt to K B 3 > 9 P to K 5 10 Kt to K 5 10 Q to Q 5 lIP to KB 4 11 B to Q B 4 12 R to B sq 12 Q to Q 3 Not 12 Bto Q 3, because of the well-known variation, 13 Pto B 3, Qto Kt 3 ; 14 P to Q Kt 4, Kt to Kt 2; 15 Kt to R 3, threatening Kt tks Q B P, &c. 13 P to B 3 13 Kt to Kt 2 14 Q to R 4 14 Kt to Q sq 15 P to Q Kt 4 15 B to Kt 3 16 Kt to R 3 16 B to K 3 17 Q Kt to B 4 17 B x Kt 18 B tks B 1 18 Castles All ‘ book ’ up to here. 19 B to R 3 19 Kt to Q 4 20 PtoKt 5 ‘ 20 PtoQ B 4 21 P to Kt 3 21 K to R 2 21 P to K 6 would have been answered by 22 Castles, P tks P (ch); 23 R tks P, Kt tks Q B P ; 23 Q to Kt 8, tee. 22 Castles 22 P to B 4 It would have been advisable to dislodge the Kt from its commanding position with 22 P to B 3. 23 Q to Kt 3 23 Kt to K B 3 24 P to Q 4 24 Q to B 2 25 B to K 6 25 P to Kt 3 26 P to Kt 4 26 Kt tks B 27 Q, tks Kt 271C8P tks P 27 Q R to Ksq would have been answered by 23 Q to B 4, leaving White still with a superior game. The mistake, as pointed out, was probably to leave the Kt undisturbed in such a formidable position. 28 P to B 5 A very fine move, and the beginning of the following beautiful final combination. 28 P tks P at once, it will be seen later on, would not be good, because it is necessary that White’s Queen should be defended if it is attacked by the adverse Rook. 28 P to Kt 4 29 P tks P 29 Q R to K sq Black’s position is beyond remedy. Had he resigned now, however, he would have deprived Mr. Hirschfeld of the opportunity of concluding the game in so brilliant a manner. 30 R to Q 7 (ch) 30 Kt tks R If 30 Q tks R, then 31 Kt tks Q, R tks Q ; 32 P tks R, Kt tks Kt ; 33 R tks R, Kt tks R ; 34 P to K 7, &c. 31 Q to Kt 6 (ch) 31 K to R sq 32 Q tks P (ch) 32 Kto Kt sq , 33 Q tks P (ch) 33 K to R 2 34Q to Rs(ch) 34 KtoKt 2 35 Q tks P (ch) 35 K to B 3 36 Q to Kt 6 (ch) 36 K tks Kt 37 Q to Kt 7 (ch) 37 R to B 3 White announced mate in 6 moves. The following is the mate ;

38 Q to Kt 3 (ch) SBKtoQ4 39 P to B 4 (ch 39 K tks P 40 Q to Kt 3 (ch) 40 R. to Q 5 41 It to Qsq (ch) 41K to K 4 42 Rto Q 5 (ch) , 42 Kto B 5 43 Q to Kt 3, mate. A RUSSIAN BRILLIANT. The following is an extremely brilliant game which wss played at the St. Petersburg Chess Club on June 15 1889. The score was pub. lished in the July number, of La Strangle and subsequently reprinted in the New Orleans Spirit of the South, to which journal we are indebted for it. White. {■ Black. (M. A. Schisobkini.) (M. N. N.) 1 P to K 4 1 P to K 3 2 P to Q 4 2 P to Q 4. 3 Kt to Q B 3 3 Kt to K B 3 4 B to Q 3 ' The text move is probably as 4 B to IC Kt 5, which is usually played. 4 B to Kt 5 5 B to K Kt 5 5 P tks P 6 B tks P 6 P to Q B 4 This move is highly commended by Major Jeenisch, who considers that Black has now an equal game. 7 Kt to B 3 7 P tks P S Kt tks P 8 B tks Kt (ch) 9 P tks B 9 Q to It 4 ‘ Fishing for sprats to lose a whale.’ 10 B tks Kt 10 Q tks P (ch) 11 Q to Q 2 H Q tks It (ch) 12 Kto K 2 12 Q tks It V ... White forces mate in 10 moves. La Stratdgie says that M. G. Helbach, the Secretary of the St. Petersburg Cerclo des Echecs, points out that the position now bears a strong resemblance to the 1 immortal game which was played between Anderssen and Kieseritzky in 1851.