Chess.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1037, 15 January 1892, Page 8

Chess.

.A communication« for this department he addressed to the Chess Editor, Mr '■ • Benbow. 15/1/92

SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS No 1276 (W. Gleave.) 1 R to Q 5 I Any move 2 Mates accordingly m . Solved by M.R. (Taranaki); T.E. (i ictnn), TT.B. and J.N.H. (Wellington); R.P. (Gisborne) * A good problem (S|) andK.J.L. < Palmerston North). This is a very interesting production (S). No 1277 (G. Heathcote) 1 B to R 7 1 K to B 4 2 Q to Kt 5 (eh) 2 KxQ 3 Kt to Q 4 mate j n -r> in:« Solved by M.R. (Taranaki); and RP. (Gisborne) ‘Very line and difficult (9). The combination here contained is admirable (J). No 1278 (W. Gleave.) 1 K to U 5 1 Any move 2 Mates accordingly /T ,. , , Solved by H.B. (Wellington) ; T.E o?>ctotj); M.R. (Taranaki); Felix (Auckland); A.b.b. (Greytovvn North); and Horace (Patea). A eat *.e& ingenious (S). No 1279 (Dr Gold). 1 Kt to Q Kt 4 1 K to K 3 2 Kt to B S 2 Anv move 3 Mates accordingly. , . Solved by T.E. (Picton) ; Horace (Patea) ; M.R. (Tarauaki) ; H.D. (Bulls). The play of the Knight, is neat enough (8).

PROBLEM No 1286. By Herr K. Evlin (Vienna). T’nird prize in the Piccolo Scacchisto Problem Taurney. Bbaok

YV HITE. White to play and mate in two moves.

PROBLEM No 1287. By F. K. Baling (Melbourne.) From the Sydney Mail. Black.

White. White to play and mate in three move*

CHESS IN GERMAN'S". From the New York Sun.

Among the games played by the late Adolf Anderssen there are two gem 3 which never fail to excite the admiration of the connoisseur and the amateur alike. Both games were played against strong opponents. The first one was one of Ariderssen’s last inspirations, while the second was conducted by the German master when on the summit of hi? strength. Both game 3 are little known in this country, if ever they were published here : Bishop’s Gambit. White. Black. (Herr IP. lliemann.) (Herr A. Anderssen.) IPto K 4 IPto K 4 i 2 P to KB 4 2PxP 3 B to B 4 3 Q to JR, 5 (ch) 4 K to B sq 4PtoQ4 5 B x P 5 Kfc to J\. B 3 ' A deviation from the usual and better defence P to'K Kt 4, 6 Kt to Q B 3 7 P to K 5 Kt to B 3 would be preferable to this prematnro advance

6 8 to Q Kt 5

7 B x Kt

8 IP x Kfc Tf C) P x B. Black obtains a good pramo as follows : —8 QPx B. Kfc xB; 9Q x Kfc, Pto K Kt 4 ; 10 Kfc to B 3, Q to R 4 ; 11 P to K 6, P x P ; 12 Q x Kfc P, Q x Q ; 13 Kfc x Q, P to K 4

8 13 x 33 P 9 Kt to B 3 9 Q to 13, 4 10 Q to K 2 (oh) 3 0 K to Q. sq 11 Q to B 4 11 R to K sq A genuine Anderssen trap. ... 12 B x JB P 12 Q x Kt (ch) iaPxQ 13 B to R 6 (ch) Black mates in three moves.

King’s Gambit Declined. White. Black. (Herr A. Andersseu.) (Herr E t Scballopp.) 1 P'to K 4 2 P to K B 4 2 P to Q 4 3 Ivt to KB 3 1 , , A good move which avoids Falkbeer s counter attack

3QPxF 4KtxP rS tO T& 3 5 B to 33 4 SBxKt GPxB6 Q to Q 5 70t0K2 7 Q x K P Black is a pawn ahead, but White is by far better developed. S P to Q 4 A well invested Pawn,

RQxQP 9 Kt to B 3 9 Kt to K B 3 10 B to K 3 10Qt°Qsq„ 11 Castles 11 P to K R 3 If 11 Castles, then 12 B to K Kt 5, with an overwhelming attack. „ 0 12 B to B 5 12 Q Kt to Q 2 He has no means of averting defeat but tne move chosen leads to a short and edifying conelusion. _ . 13 Q x P (ch) 13 Resigns

CHESS IN’ IRELAND. From the Bristol Mercury. The following line game is an excellent example of an unusual but formidable variation of the Evans Gambit. It was played in the great Irish correspondence tourney, between Mr S. C. Gunniug, of Coolrtown, and Mr S. Fitzpatrick, of Dublin. Evans’ Gambit. White. Black. _ (Mr Gunning.) (Mr Fitzpatrick.) 1 P to K 4 1 F to K 4 2 Ktto KB 3 2Ktto QB 3 3 B to B 4 3 B to B 4 4 P to Q Kt 4 4 B x Kt P 5 P to B 3 5 B to B 4 6 P to Q 4 7 CastDs 7 P to Q 3 8 p x P 8 B to Kt 3 9 P to Q E 4 . This is the insidious variant. Remaps Black’s best reply is 9 P to Q R 3. 9 B to Kt 5 10 K B to Kt 5 10 P to Q S 3 Better play 10 B x Kt followed by tne text move. _ _ 11 B x Kt (ch) 11 P x B 12 R to R 3 To avenge the the Knight if captured. 32 Kt to K 2 13 P to R 5 13 B to R 2 14 B to Kt 2 14 Castles 15 Qto Q 2 15 R to Kt sq 16 B to R sq 16 Kt to Kt 3 17 P to R 3 17 B to Q 2 18 Kt to B 3 38 P to Q B 4 19 Kt to Q 5 19 P to B 4 20 Pto K 5 . , . , White for his gambit Pawn has_ obtained a fine free board for attack. In addition Black s next move gives him the command of an opened king’s file. _ , T _ „ e 20 P to K B 5 More promising would be 20 B to K 3; 21 Kt to 84, Kt x Kt; 22 Q x Kt, RtoQ 4. 21 P x Q P 21 Fx P (Q 6) 22 R to K sq 22 P to B 5 Needing the B at Kt 4 to support it, 23 Kt to Kt 4 * 23 BtoKt 4 24 Q to B 2 24 R to Kt 2 25 P to K 4 __ The Pawn cannot be taken. If 2o Kt x r ; 26 Kt x Kt. Q x Kt; 27 R to R 3 and wins. Black now feels the want of B at Q 2. 25 Q R to K B 2 One square too far. 26 P to R 5 , 26 Kt to R sq He ought rather to have played 26 Kt to K 5. 27 P to Q 5 27 B to B 4 28 lT 26 B x Kt; 27 PxP,R xP ; 28 Qto Kt 2, and wins. 28 P x P 29 R to K 6 29 R to B 2 30 Q to B 3 30 Kt to Kt 3 31 K to R 2 31 B x Kt 32 Q x B 32 R to B K 4 Black fights well under the galling fare of White’s Bishop. __ , 33 Q to B 3 33 Kt to K 4 34 Kt x Kt 34 P x Kt 35 R x P (K 5) 35 Q to B 3 36 R x R 36 Q x R 37 Q to R 8 (ch) 37 K to B 2 38 Q to Kt 7 (ch) 3S K to K sq 39 R to K 2 (ch) 39 K to Q sq 40 Q to R S (ch) 40 K to Q 2 41 B to K 5 A finishing stroke. 41 R to Kt 2 42 O to R 8 42 Resigns If'42 QtoKt 8 (ch); then 43 Ktoß2, Bto R 5; 44 B x P, and Black has no further resource.

CHESS IN FRANCE. From the New Orleans Times-Democrat is taken the following lively skirmish, with a pretty and very curious mating finish, played at the Cafdde la Regence, Paris, on 3rd June, 1891, between IVtr O. A# IVlaurian, of new Orleans, and Mr C. W. May, an American amateur residing in Paris : (Allgaier-Thorold.) White. Black. . (Mr Maurian) (Mr May) 1 P to K 4 1 Pto K 4 2 P to K B 4 2 P takes P 3 IC Kt to B 3 3 P to K Kt 4 4Pto KR 4 4Pto Kt 4 < 5 Kt to Kt 5 5 P to K R 3 6 Kt takes T 6 K takes Kt 7 P to Q 4 7 P to Q 3 8 B takes P 8 Kt to Q B 3 Having entered upon the 7. P to Q 3 defence he should have gone on with the nominal continuation, 8. Bto K 2 ; 9. Bto K2. B takes P (ch) ; 10. P to K Kt 3, B to Kt 4 : 11. Castles, &c. ’ There is no time to spare as yat for the development on the Queen’s wing. 9 B to Q B 4 (ch) 9 K to Kt 2 10 Castles H> Q takes R P 11 Q to Q 3 11 Kt to B 3 12 PtoK 5 ! ~ ~ , , The correct move, evidently played with an eye to the pretty possibilities that result from having the White Pawn at King’s fifth. g 12 Kt to K R 4 Which looks singularly good at first blush, but—--13 BtoKKt 3 ! . , . fi’urns out singularly bad on account of this curious and seemingly unanswerable reply. 13 Q to K 2 If instead 13. Q to Kt 4, White mates in three by 14. R to B 7 (oh), K to Kt ; 15 R to Q 7 (dis. ch). P to Q 4 ; 16. B takes P mate! Of course the same mate ensues if 14. Q or Ivt ta.ve B. 14 BtoK R 4 ! . , . A markedly zealous prelate in pressing ms attention on Her Majesty ! 14 Q to K sq He might have saved the mate by giving his Queen for Bishop here by 14. QtoK 3, but that had been, as poor Captain Mackenzie was w „nt to eav, ‘but a plunge.of despair.’ 15 B to B 6 (ch) 15 Kt takes B 16 P takes Kt mate A highly elegant and remarkable curio us mate.

The late Louis Paulsen. —The _ Fiek. mentions as to Paulsen’s achievements in the theory of the game that there is not a page in our chessbooks where Paulsen’s name is not to be found. The whole modern structure of the defence of the Evans Gambit was built up Dy Paulsen. For twenty years the Muzio Gambi

was avoided because the attack was irresistible till Paulsen demolished it, and so turned the tables. He worked out the defence of the Kieseritzky Gambit ; and some of the best variations in the Vienna, Scotch, and the multitude of other openings belong to him. Paulsen was unassuming, courteous, and of a modesty of demeanour which _ gave the impression that he was unconscious of Ins marvellous ability- He was an amateur who played chess as a favourite pastime, auu publicly only during his holidays, his practice in this respect being something akin to that of Dr Taiasch. It is of interest to hear that Paulsen, finding that he had succumbed to Morphy through inferior theoreticarknovvledge, set to work in 1857, in his 25th year, to remedy the defect by studying assiduously the theory of the game.