CHESS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1190, 21 December 1894, Page 8

CHESS

All communications for this department must be addressed to the Chess Editor, Mr C. W. Benbow. 21/12/94 The Wellington Chess Club meets every Tuesday and Friday evening at 7.30 in Room No. 5, Exchange Buildings, Lambton Quay. Visitors are cordially welcomed.

SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. No 1578 (James Sexton). 1 Q to Kt 3 1 Any move 2 Mates accordingly. Solved by H.B. F.A.L.K. and J.N.H; (Wellington) ; Te Ika a Maui ; T.E. (Picton) ; M.R. (Taranaki); J.S. (Rowan); r;P. (Gisborne) “ A very fair production (8) A.L.T. (Wanganui); and 'Horace (Patea). There is some instructive and interesting play in this problem (8). No 1567 (Dr Hatherly). 1 B to Kt sq 1 Q x B 2 R to K 5 dble ch 2 K moves 3 Mates accordingly Solved by H.B. F.A.L.K. (Wellington) ; Te Ika a Maui; M.R: (Taranaki); R.P. (Gisborne) “A peculiarly arranged problem, and rather simple of solution (8);” and H.D. (Bulls). The key-move is one of the first to strike the solver, but one or two of the variations are neat enough (8).

PROBLEM No. 1588. By Dr Hatherly (Wanganui). Black.

White. White to play and mate in two moves

PROBLEM No. 1589. By H. Keidanski (Berlin). Dedicated to the participators in the Leipzig

Congress. Black.

White. White to play and mate in three moves

CHESS IN AMERICA. The Master Tournament of the City Chess Club (New York) commenced on 21st October, at the Union Square Hotel. After the fourth round, October 27th, the scores road : • Name. Played. Won. Steinitz 4 3£ Delmar 3 2 Showalter 3 2 Albin 4 2% Hanham 4 2 Hymes 3 If Pillsbury 3 If Halpern 4 If Rocamora 3 1 Jasnagrodsky 3 f Baird 1 0

The following splendid game occurred in round IY. The notes are abbreviated from Steinitz in the New York Sun : Zukertort’s Opening. White Black. (Herr Albin.) (Mr J. W. Showalter.) 1 Kt to K B 3 1 P to Q 4 2 P to Q 4 2 Kt to K B 3 3PtoK3 3 P to K 3 4 B to Q 3 4 P to Q Kt 3 5 Kt to K 5 5 B to Kt 2 6 Castles 6 B to Q 3 7 P to K E 4 7 Q Kt to Q 2 8 Kt to Q 2 8 Castles 9 R to B 3 9 Kt to K 5 10 R to R 3 10 P to K B 4 Black might have obtained an advantage by Pto Kt 3, followed soon by P to K B 3. 11 Q Kt to B 3 11 Q Kt to B 3 12 B to Q 2 12 Q to K sq 13 Q to K 2 13 Kt x B

14 Q x Kt 14 P to B 4 15 P to B 3 15 P to B 5 16 B to B 2 16 Kt to K 5 17 Q to K 2 17 P to Q Kt 4 18 K to R sq 18 P to Q R 4 19 R to K Kt sq 19BxKt The exchange merely opens an attacking line for White’s Queen and is inferior to P to Kt 5 at once. 20 Kt x B 20 P to Kt 5 21 P to Kt 4 21 R to R 3 22 Bx Kt 22 BP x B - 23 P to Kt 5 23 B to B sq Overlooking White's most beautiful combination.. Rto B 4 would have prevented the sacrifice, as the Q could not afterward reach R 5 24 R x P ! 24 K x R 25 PtoKt 6 ch‘ . - 25 KtoKt sq - If K to R 3, 26 R to Kt 5 wins. 26 Q to R 5 ; 29 R to B 4 27 Q to It 7 ch - 27 K to B sq 28 Qtoß Bch - < 28 Kto K 2 29 Q x P oh 29 K to Q 3 30 Kt to B 7 ch - We believe Q to R 7 would have won more surely, for if then R to B sq, 31 P to Kt 7, R to Kt sq.; 32 Kt to Kt 4, threatening Kt to B6orKt to R 6. , ; . 30 K to B 3 31 Kt to K 5 Ch 31 R x Kt ... This sacrifice was unnecessary. Kto Kt 3 was safe enough and threatened,- moreover. R to R 2. 32 B P x R 32 B to Q 2 • 33 R to K B sq 33 R to R s<j 34 Rto B 7 ' 34 RtoQ sq 35 K to Kt 2 35 P x P 36 P x P 3 i B to B sq 37 P to Q R 4 37 Q to R sq Black’s game is paralysed in all directions. 38 Q x Q - 38 R x Q. 39 P to Kt 7 39 R to Kfrsq 40 P to K R 4 40 B to Q 2 41 K to Kt 3 41 B to K sq 42 R to K 7 42 K to Kt 3 43 Kto B 4 43 B x P . - 44 P to R 5 44 B to K sq 45 P to R 6 45 Resigns lhr. 2 hr. 45m.

NEW ZEALAND CHESS CONGRESS. The forthcoming Congress takes place ifl Wellington this year, and will commence in the Wellington Chess Club room on Wednesday, December 26th, and frdm all wo cart learn it bids fair to be a complete success. The local committee are giving a good deal of attention to the details of the gathering so that everything may go smoothly and to the satisfaction of the competitors. So far as we can learn at the time of writing the competitors will be : —Dunedin, Messrs Edwards and R. A, Cleland; Christchurch, Mr H. Hookham and another; Wellington, Messrs and Barraud.andMackay; Wellington Working Men’s. Chess. Club, Messrs Barnes and.. Wood; Manaia, Mr G. Pearce-; Wanganur,-— ©rHatherly, and possibly the Hon John Bryce;; Colyton, Mr Pleasants. It is also hoped that Mr Lelievre will be able to represent the Hastings Chess Club, and Mr Smith the Nelson Chess Club, while there is also a, probability that Mr Cooks may play as an additional Wellington representative. ■■■■•T.i-di-v.-.-.r - It is a matter of regret that Mr Mouat, of Dunedin, Messrs Ollivier and Eyre, of Christchurch, and Mr A. I. Littlejohn, of Wellington, will be unable to take part in the meeting. Nothing has been heard from Auckland as yet as to whether it will be represented at the Congress or not. We are sorry that the players of the northern capital take such little interest in these annual assemblies.

The prizes will be of the value of: Ist, .£2O ; 2nd, J 61 0; 3rd, «£5. There will be also a special prize of <£2 2s for the most brilliant game played in the Congress, and a further one of 10s 6d, but for what it will be given has not yet been decided, All entries must be received by the secretary to the New Zealand Chess Association (Mr Skeet, Wellington) on or before to-morrow, the 22nd inst. . At one time it was thought that it might be desirable to have a junior as well as a senior tournament, but after full consideration the committee have decided not'to attempt both. 1 WELLINGTON CHESS CLUB. Following are the scares’ in the Championship tourney of the above club up till Friday night last:—

Championship Tourney.

NOTES. A collection of 300 games played and annotated by Dr Tarrasch is annouuced to appear very shortly. < '

The Rev G. A. Mac Donnell announces that his new book, which bears the attractive title of ‘‘The Knights and Kings of Chess,” is now ready. The work contains biographical sketches of Blackburne, Mackenzie, Steinitz, Zukertort, &c., with a portrait of the author by Arthur Hacker, A.R. A. It may be obtained for 5s from I. M. Brown, 19, Bagby street, Leeds, England. It has often been claimed for the chess player that he lives to a good old age. The British Chess Magazine gives us some interesting details : —“Years ago someone said to the Rev G. A. Mac Donnell: ‘ Why, your vicepresident is seventy years old.’ ‘ I beg your pardon,’ said Mr Mac Donnell, ‘ you are quite wrong ; he is only seventy years young.’ For many years the club have never been without their white-haired champions. There was Mr Murton, fresh as a daisy at ninety; then there was Mr Horwitz, genial and garrulous at seventy-eight, and never so happy as when prattling about ‘ fresh end-games and problems new,’ even at that advanced age. But amongst them all, the club have never had a ‘ grander old man ’ than Mr Gastineau. At seventy-seven he is almost as frisky as a kitten, and he is certainly as upright as a dart. His eye is bright, his face beaming, his step elastic, his intellect clear, his vigour almost youthful. Who would not be a chess player and have such a description written of one’s old age ?” . Colyton. —A chess club has been formed here, and we are glad to know that two-of the members are ladies. .

British Chess Code. —The British Chess Company has just issued a small handbook,

price sixpence, “ The British Chess Code, 1894D5.” The contents are divided in six parts appropriately to the, subject-treated of, with an Appendix, which forius no' part of the Chess Code, but which contains many valuable suggestions which have been made by ohessists while examining and .criticising the Code;itself. Now that the'cheSs. season has started in good earnest, it is felt that some uniform Code should be used by chess-players generally, and to assist in supply"‘this want the British Chess Company state that Chess clubs adopting the British .Chess--Code may. obtain any number of copies of . 111., ‘ Buies for playing the game of -chess over the, board between tvvo players,'’ i:fafis,,by apply-' [ ing to the British Chess Cpmpany.t Stroudj Along tixriefhas’ been spent, in gathering together the suggestions from chess-players all over the world, with the ini’" tention that,<with their the. Code . should .becoqjo as possible; -On pages' 4 and 5 arc given the names, of these coadjutors; and on pagejjraxe to be - found;the names 'of' important ’"chchs viw9ociatipns;,-snd-clubs which havo-assured the prorpbte.ri of the Code that it will' be adopted bythenp Great, labour and time have been expended in endeavouring to attain : the object of fixing the laws of. the - ganfe as at present played; to express 'them clearly .and - , unmistakably, to arrange them in a logical manner j an,d to give such explanations of the' elements arid teehrii- , . calities of the game as are necessary for the full comprehension of those . laws; and the i labour has been' well done, and a great service < rendered to the'chess'cause.

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