CHESS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1191, 28 December 1894, Page 28

CHESS

All communications for this department must bo addressed to the Chess Editor, Mr C. W. Beubow. 28/12/94 * # * The "Wellington Chess Club meets everj Tuesday and Friday evening at 7.30 in Room No. 5, Exchanga Buildings, Lambton Quay. Visitors are cordially welcomed. G.P. (Manaia). —Letter and enclosure duly received and handed to the secretary of the association.

SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. No. 1580 (A. Waterhouse). 1 Kt to Q 8 1 Any move 2 Mates accordingly. Solved by H. 8., F.A.L.K. and J.N.H. (Wellington); T.E. (Picton) ; O.P.Q. (Foxton), " Very instructive and interesting (8£); M.R. (Taranaki); Felix (Auckland); R.P. (Gisborne). "A good key loading to pretty variations (8)"; Te Ika a Maui; and H.D. (Bulls). A capital production for a young composer (8). No. 1581 (J. N. Babson). IQtoE % C 1 K to B 3 2BxP 2 Ariymove 3 Mates accordingly Solved by H.B and F.A.L.K. (Wellington) ; A.L.T. (Wanganui); Te Ika a Maui; M.R. (Taranaki); and R.P. (Gisborne), "I was fortunate enough "* to hit on the key-move without much trouble; > at the same time I think the position is a fairly difficult one (8$)." A neat -enough little problem (8). The following: additional solution has been pointed out by F.A.L.K. (Wellington); Te Ika a Maui ; and M.R. (Taranaki): — lQtoB4 IKtoQ.3 2Btoßß 2KtoK4 3 Q to K 6 mate

PROBLEM No. 1590. By A G. Fellows (Wolverhampton). First prize in'the Firat Problem Tourney of the Birmingham Weekly Mercury. Black. '

White. White to play and mate in two moves

PROBLEM Np. 1589. By Mrs W. J.Baird (Brighton). From the Rossendale Free Press. Black.

White. White to play and mate in three moves

CHESS BY COEEESPONDENCE. Mr Steiriitz has been lately playing a match of two games by correspondence, with the Liverpool Chess Club, both of which games have been scored by him. We have pleasure in submitting the first game to the notice of our readers. The notes are from the Baltimore Ne^vs.

Euy Lopez. White." Black. (Liverpool C.C.) . (Mr W: Steinitz.) , IPtoK4 • IP to K-4". 2 Xt to K B 3 2 Kt to-Q B 3 3 B to Kt 5 3 P to Q 3 4 B to Q 4 4 B to Q 2 5KttoQB3 SKKttoK2 SPxP 6PxP 7BtoKKt5 7 P to K B 3 8 B to K 3 8 Kt to B sq 9 Kt to KB4 ':.-.■ i Initiating a very ingenious attack, Iraugnt with peri] to both ptoKKt3 10 Castles 10 Kt to Q 3 11 P to K B 4 11 B to E 3 Gaining time for castling. 12 K to Esq 121 P^ B 13KtxKt J?S^? a 2To 148t085 14Et082 15Pt085 15PtoKt4 16KttoKt6 t : The sacrifice appears to be sound, it at oncePxKt; 17 P xP, E to K 2 1; :IHlx E Q x B ; 17 Kt x P, followed by Kt to Q 5 with a strong attack. 16 B to Kt 2 17 Kt to Q B 3 . . The intention is to release the K Jlnignt eventually via K 7. Again if P x Kt; 18 P x P, B to K 2 ; 19 Q to K 5, B to E sq; 20 Kt to Q 5 and wins. _, n This is an error which might have cost Black the game. 18 B to tf 3 18 E to K sq 19 Kt to Q 5 19 E to Q 2 20 Q to E 5 For, as has been demonstrated by JJr L>. N. Powlow of Moscow, in the St. Petersburg "Nowoje Wremja," White could have won the exchange as follows : 20 K Kt to K 7 ch, Kt x Kt; 21 B x Kt (best, if 21 Kt x Kb ch, K to E sq : 22 Q moves, E x Kt, or 22 Kt to Q 5, P to B 5), E x B (if Q to B sq ; 22 B x P); 22 Kt x E ch, QxKt; 23 Q to Q 5 ch, followed by Q x E. Br Powlow thinks Black's ,18th move weak, and that after Kt to Q 5 instead, if 19 Kt to

Qs,Pto B 4; 20 PtoKR4, Bto K sq. White's knight would \ e left in difficulties. 20RxKt Black finishes matters in really splendid fashion. 21 P x R 21 Kt to Q 5 22 Kt to K 7 ch 22 Q x Kt 23 Q x Kt P 23 Q to Q 2 24 Q to Q 2 24 B to B 2 25 P to Q B 4 25 Kt x P 26 P to Q Kt 4 26 Kt to Q 3 And Liverpool resigned the game.

CHESS IN NEW ZEALAND. The following was the third game in the late match between Mr O. C, Pleasants, of Colyton, and Mr Thomas Sexton, of Ashurst. The latter, as our readers will remember, wag the victor: — Ruy Lopez. White Black. (Mr Pleasants.) (Mr Sexton.) 1 P to K 4 1 P to K 4 2KttoQB3 2KttoKB3 3 B to Kt 5 3 P to Q 3 * ' 4PtoQ4 .48.t0.Q2 _/ ; A defence to which Mr Steinitz is very par- , tial, and which was well tested in the late I match between himself and Herr Lasker. 5P x P At this point Herr Lasker played 5 Kt to B 3, and it seems better than the move in the text. 5 P x P-'. 6QtoK2 6KttoQs 7KtxKt 7PxKt 8 Castles 8 P to Q B 3 9 B to R 4 9 P to K Kt 3 lOßtoQsq 10BtoKt2 11 P to EC 5 11 PtoQKt4 12BtoKt3 12PtpQB4 The attack with the pawns on. the Queen's wing is being pressed with much vigour. 13Pto QB3 A regretable mistake which loses a piece for two pawus. Bto Q 5 would have provided for everything. 13Pt085 Black presses his advantage relentlessly. 14 B to B 2 14 P to Q 6 15 B x P 15 P x B 16 R x P 16 Q to B 2 17 B to B 4 17 B to K 3 18Kt,toR3 18PtoQR3 19 Q R to Q sq 19 Kt to K 2 20 Kt to B 3 20 Castles K R 21PtoQKt3 21QRtoKsq 22KttoQ 4 - ; This move is also weak and involves the loss of a pawn. 22Ktto Q 4 23KtxB 23PxKt 248t0Q2 24BxP 25RtoR3 25Rt084 26Qt6Kt4 26QtoR2 27 R to K B sq 27 Kt to B 3 28QtoK2 28Kt$oQ2 "- 29KtoRsq 29 Q to B 4 K 30 P to K Kt 4 30 R to B 2 31 P to KB 4 31 Q to B 3 ch 32R(R3)t083 White's game, is in a bad state, and he might safely have resigned here. 32 B x K B P 33 K to Kt sq 33 P to Kt 4 34PtoKE4 34P.t0R3 35PxP 35PxP 36Pt084 36RtoR2 37 R(B sq) to B 2 37 PtoK 4 . -> 38BxB t ,„ 38KtPxB 39QtoKsq 39RtoK# 40RtoR2 r ; " Mr Pleasants has not played up to' his'proper form in this game ; several of his moves show a lack of care in examination. 40RxR 41 Resigns.

WELLINGTON CHESS CLUB. , : Following are the scores in the Chrfmpionr ship tourney ..of the above club up till Friday night last: —

Championship Tourney.

~. NOTES, ; ,-. ;:. ~., According to the Standard, Eatdeleben is willing to play a match in. London with, any of. the English fir strrates } and to provide his own stakes. Herr with' whom a match would be interesting, is named as the only London player at present available. The Standard also reports that Herr Mieses is likely to play a match in Paris with M. Janowsky, and at the end of that contest to issue a challenge to the English players. The news from America is that a few weeks ago Steinitz issued another challenge to Las': ker, calling upon him to play a match in Montreal for the chess championship of the world, and naming Monday, October 15th, .as the date to which the challenge was to remain open. It is added that Tarrasch is con'teniplating a chess tour through America" and Europe, and that in the event of Lasker's declining, for the present, to meet 'Steinitz, Steinitz will challenge Tarrasch to play a .series of games in Montreal. Almost simultaneously the hews came from London that 1 (writing from the British Chess Club on September 26, in reply to Steinitz's letter of August lQth) Lasker repeated what he said in June % haqiely that he would be happy to play a 1 return match with Steinitz. He continued as follows : —"I did not mention any date'in my letter, but will do so now, and fix October Ist, 1895, for the beginning of the match. Chess and other engagements do not allow' me : to play sooner. If this does not suit you I am very sorry. I do not reply to your other,,in my opinion, irrelevant remarks. Besides I d° not claim to be a match for you in a newspaper fight; but" I am—until beaton : on ; -the ohequered board—the chess champion of the world." Lasker concludes by requesting Steinitz to address communications to. Mr ~De Visser, who will always know the champion's address. — Australasian. . ■.. The result of the chess match. between the Rangitikei and New Plymouth Clubs is a win for the former by one game,- - v . Fourteen entries have been .received If or the tournament of the New Zealand Ohess Association, which commenced on "Wednesday. In addition to the other prizes *fot

competition, there will be a special one of £2 23, the gift of Dr James, for the player, not himself .a prize-winner, who makes the . best score against the three first prizetakers. Dr James at first wished his donation to go to the winner of the most brilliantly played game, but was forestalled in that respect by Mr E. Samuell, of Te Aro. Another trophy will go to the player who mates his opponent in the smallest number of moves.

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