CHESS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1130, 27 October 1893, Page 11

CHESS

All communications for this department kttst d« addressed to the Chess Editor, Mr C. W. Bxnbow. 27/10/93 •»* T«« Wellington Chess Gl'ib meets every Tuesday and Friday evening at 730 in ' Boom No 5, Exchange Buildings, Limb ton Quay;- Visitors are cordially welcomed. %*„Tb» Karori Chess Club meets every Tuesday-and Saturday evening at 7.30 «Utlack,ia< the Karori schoolhouse. Visitors are invited. B.T. (Lewiiham). —Many thanks for newspaper, jWe will send you slips regularly. T.L B. (Warrington).—Your continued goodness is warmly appreciated. O.P. Jonr. (Colvton).— We find that we have omittad to acknowledge your last welcome letter. . - v SOLUTTONS TO PROBLEMS. ' ' v ,No 1458 (P. H. Guest.) 1 Kt to Kt 6 1 Any move 2 Mates accordingly Solved by M.F, H. 8., J.P., and J.N.H. J Wellington); O.P. Jr. (Colyton) ' Though the wy-move is a little easy, it is a capital problem'; A.L.T. (Wan,eanui); Horace (Patea); T.E. (Picton); A.B.C. (Greytown); Felix (Auckland); and B.D. (Bulls). A composition with many good points in it (8$). ' {'No 1459 (DrS. Gold) ( lBtoQeV IBxB 2KttoQs(ch) 2K to R 4 3 P to K 4 mate '■ The variations are easy to. follow. Solved by M.P. (Wellington); O.P. Junr. (Colyton) 'A very pretty problem': T.E. (Picton); ALT. (Wanganui); and Felix (Auckland). Very neat and interesting, as all Vt Gold's, problems are (8). The solutions to the three problems from the Evening News and Post Problem Tourney of June, 1893, published by us are :-Q to R 7 (oh); Q to KB sq ; and Kt to K2. The respective composers are Mr P. D. Derraott, Mr P. H; Williams, and Mr A. G. Putz. The following are the prizs winners as awarded by the solvers : First; Mr H. H. Davis.—White : -K on Q B 5 ; QonQ B 4 ; BonQ 6: BonKB 5; Kt on KR 6. Black :-K on K 4 ; R on Q sq ; Bon Q Bsq ;Kton K 7; PonK 83. Second, Mr J.. Nield.—White :—K on K R 7:Qoh(J B 6; RonQ 3: Bon KR 2; Kt on Q 4 : P on KKt 2. Black :-K on K 5; BonQ 7; Bon QRsq;P on KKt 3. Third, Mr W.T. Hurley.—White :-K on Q 7 ; Q on Q R 3; B on K sq ; B on K B sq ; Kt on Q 6 ; PonK 82. Black :—K on Q 5 ; RonQ4; Bo fl QR4; Kt on KKt 4 ; Pon QB6. White matiw in 2 movss.

PROBLEM No 1468. By J. N. 'Bauson (Minneapolis), From Black and White. Black

Whitk.

White to play and mate in two moves

PROBLEM No 1469. By Herr A. Bayersdorfert (Munich).

This problem was given to the solvers in the recent solution tourney at the seventh anniversary festival of the Acade nin Chess Club, of Munich. The priz*) for the first solution was won by the renowned l>r Tarrasch, who con« quered it in ten minute* from the diagram.

Black.

White. White to play and mate in three moves.

CHAMPIONSHIP OF AUSTEALIA

We learn by cable message that the match between Messrs Wallace and Crane has ended, and that the first named is winner by 74 games to 3k and 5 draws. Mr Wallace has done remarkably well against hi* strong opponent,' and deseives every credit for carrying off the championship of Australia at so young an age. The following was the eleventh game in the contest, and the notes to it are from the Melbourne Leader.

English Opening. White. Black. (Mr A. E N. Wallace). (Mr W. Crane, junr). i IFtoQBI IP to K 3 2PtoK3 J , 2PtoQB4 3 Kt to Q B 3 3 Kt to K B 3 ? 4pto K;Kt 3 4 Kt toB3 58-toKil2 sPto Q 4 6KKttoK2 A weak move ; P to Q 4 is imperative. 6 Kt to K. 4 ! 7 P lo Q 3 7PxP BPtoQ4 B'KttoQfich 9 K to B sq 9 Q to Q 2 A strange move. Why not Px P, followed byßtoKtS? 10PtoQKt3 ' 10P xQ P , 11 Ktx P HBtoKt 5 12 Kt to.K 4 12KtxKt 13 B x Kt '<. 13 Kt xJB Good enough to win, but Kt tb B 4 is better, e.g.;— <- ''-'•'- 13 Kt to B 4 14 B tb B 3 14 P to K 4 15KttoB2 loQxQch 16BxQ 16BtoR6ch 17KtoK2 178t086 18Rto QKtsq 18PxP with an easy game lo win. 14BxKt 14PtoK4 15 R x P 15 P x Kt 16RxB 16PxP 17 Q x Q ch 17 B x Q 18 K x P 18 f x P A surprising blunder, which throws away the game ! Black's obvious move here is B to R 6 ch, which would have given Black a good prospect of a draw, e.g.:— 18BtoB6ch 19KtoK2 19PxP 20 Kx P 0 Castles (KB) 21Kt087 2lQßtoKsq 22 B tb B 3 22 P to Q R 3 23RtoR 7 23 R to K 3 If 24 P to K Kt 4 24 R to K Kt 3 If 25KtoKt 3 25 B xP 268x8 26PtoKR4 -. And Black has the advantage. 19 K x P 19 P to Q B 3 Giving up ihe pawn without a struggle ! F to QB 4 is obviously better, though nolhing can now save the game. 20 R to Kt 6 R to Q sq is stronger ; Black could not have replied with R to Q sq on account of R x B, <tc. 20 R to Q sq 21 B x P 21 P to B 4 Suicidal! He should have castled before advancing this. pawn. I 22 B to Q 5 22 B to Kt 4 This loses the bishop. 23 B to K sq ch 23 K to Q 2 If K to B sq, White wins by R to B 7. 24 R to B 5 24 B to Q 6 25RtoQsq 25 B to B 7 26 R to Q 2 26 B to Kt 8 27 B to K 4 dia ch 27 K to B 2 . 28 R x R 28 R x R 29 B x B 29 B to Q 7 ch 30 K to K 3 30 R x K R P 31 B x P 31 R to B 4 32 K to B 4 32 P to Kt 3 33 P to K Kt 4 33 Resigns NOTES. Herr Lasker —This gentleman has issued the following challenge to W. Steinitz : ' Manhattan Chess Club, Aug. 31, 1893. ' W. Steinitz, Esq. ' My Dear Sir:—From the notices in various newspapers you will have seen that it was my intention to challenge you for a set match of ten games up for the championship of the world. I now beg leave to ask you to play such a match with me under conditions which I beg to suggest to be as follows : ' First—Winner to be he who first scores tan wins.

1 Second—Time ' mit to he fifteen moves an hour. 1 Third—Minimum stake to be 3000 dollars a side ' Fourth —The match to commence not later than Jan. 1, 1891. 'Awaiting the honour of your esteemed reply. I remain, my dear sir, faithfully yours, ' EMANUEL LASKEB.' The chess editor of the Birmingham Weekly Mercury has evidently unbounded confidence in Herr Lasker, for he writes:— • Lasker is still prancing around, shaking his spear and throwing his gauntlets about. Caesar Steinitz, Esquire, still sits sulking in his tent thinking the thing over. We think he will not play. He can estimate Lasker, and he knows better than to play him a det match which would destroy his own record as the Unbeaten. Let Lasker play Tarrasch or Tschigorin. Steinitz is growing old, and should be left in peace. Lasker would beat Tschig< r ; n, but Tarrasch would run him closely. Tarrasch won't play. Lasker is ready enough.' Canterbury Chess Club.—ln the Champion Tourney Messrs Oliivier and Hookham are leading with 9 wins 2 losses and 8 wins 2 losses respectively. Mr W. Hunter comes next with 8 games won and 5 lost. In the Lower Tourney Mr C. M. Gray, with 19 won and 3 lost, and Mr H. Anderson, with 18$ won and 3i lost, are running a very close race for first position. Mr I. Spiller, with 15 wins and 4 losses occupies a good third place. Chess by Telegraph.—To-morrow evening a match by telegraph will be played between the Wanganui Chess and Draughts Club and the Manaia Chess Club. The result shall be laid before our readers in due coarse. WELLINGTON CHESS CLUB. The following is the record of the games played in the tourneys up to Friday night last : No. 1 Tourney.

The No 1 Tourney is now completed and Mr F. Kelling. with a handicap of 2$ games, and Mr H. Skeet, with a handicap of 4$ games tie for fiist and second places. The tie will be played off. The third position is filled by Mr A. Lelievre, who had a handicap of 2 games. We note that some of our contemporaries have referred to tbis tourney as a championship one. This is a mistake, as there can be no championship where odds are given. Handicap Tourney.

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