CHESS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1200, 1 March 1895, Page 29

CHESS

All communications for this department must be addressed to the Chess Editor, Mr C. W. Benbow. 22/2/95 * # * The Wellington Chess Club meets every Tuesday and Friday evening at 7.30 in Boom No. 11, Exchange Buildings, Larnbton Quay. Visitors are cordially welcomed. F.A'.L.K. (Wellington): We are much obliged for problem, which you will notice appeal's below. H.B.J. (Savu Savit West, Fiji) : It hag given us great pleasure to get a letter from you, and we hope to be frequently so favoured, The solution you send to No, 1581 is one of two it admits of. The composer's intention Was, however, 1 Qto R 7, etc, You are also correct With respect to Problem No. 15§4. " Not so hard to find key-move." In. Problem Nd; iSSfS your attempted Solution by i Q x B P is defeated by i P to K Kt 3* etc.

SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. No. 1598 (G. E. Heywood). 1 P x P 1 Any move 2 Mates accordingly. Solved by E.S. (Wellington); A.L.T. (Wanganui ; R.P. (Gisborne), " Very fine indeed (9); H.D. (Bulls) ; M.R. (Taranaki) ; Horace (Patea); and A.B.C. (Greytown), " A really good two-mover (8£). The White pawn at K E (t should be a White Queen. No. 1599 (Thomas Sexton). 1 Q to R 7 1 K to B 4 2 Q to K Bi 1 oh 2 Any move 3 Mates accordingly. ( Solved by Te Ika a Maui, " In the variation 1 Pto Q 5 ; 2 Q to B 5 (a pretty waiting move), P to Q 6, and the Kt can mate in two places 5 which is somewhat of a drawback " ; F.A.L.K. (Welling-ton) ; H.D. (Bulls); T.S. (Wood Ville) ; Felix .(Auckland); and R.P. (Gisborne), " There is soine exceptionally pretty play in this problem (8|)." Mr Sexton deserves much credit for this problem (8£). PROBLEM No. 160§. By DrHatherly (Watiganui), Black. » " ' iMirrtu nirraii ■ ■ ■ ■ -* f

* White. White to play and mate in two moves

PROBLEM No. 1609. By F.A.L.K. (Wellington) Black.

White. White to play and mate in three moves

NEW ZEALAND CHESS CONGRESS. An interesting game between Mr J. Edwards, of Dunedin, and Mr W". F. Barraud, of Wellington. Two Knight's Defence. White. Black. (Mr Edwards) (Mr Barraud) IP to K 4 1 PtoK4 2 K Kt to B 3 2 Q Kt to B 3 3 B to B 4 3 Kt to B 3 An interesting defence, and one which always leads to an interesting game. 4KKttoKts 4PtoQ4 5 P x P 5 Q Kt to R 4 6 B to Kt 5 ch 6 P to B 3 7PxP 7 PxP BBtoK2 BPtoKR3 9 Kt to K B 3 9 B to Q 3 »i-E to K 5 is the move generally played here ; though the one adopted is also to be found in the '* books." 10PtoQ4 IOPxP He might also have proceeded with 10 P to K 5 ; 11 K Kt to Q 2, Q to B2 ; 12 Q Kt to 83. P to K 6, etc. 11 Kt x P 11 Castles K B 12 Kt to Q B 3 12 E to K sq 13 Castles K R ' 13 Q to B 2 14 P to K R 3 14 Q R to Kt sq 15 B to B 3 B to Q 3 looks more to the purpose. 15 B to R 3 16RtoKsq 168t0K4 Black's two last moves have been good, and he now takes up the attack and well maintain it. 17Ktto K 4 x ■ , White has a very difficult game to conduct, and it is not easy to see what is best to be done ; but under all the circumstances perhaps his safest course would have been 17 B to K 2, B x B ; 18 R x B, Q Rto Q sq ; 19 R to Q 2,' etc. P 17 Kt x Kt 18 R x Kt 18 Q R to Q sq 19 B to K 3 At the first glance it seems as if White could escape from all his troubles by 19 Q to K sq, but the reply of 19 R x Kt upsets everything. 19 P to Q B 4 20 P to Q Kt 4 20 P x Kt ,21BxP 21KttoQB3 22 P to B 3 22 Kt x B 23PxKt 23BtoQKt2 ■24 R to Q B sq 24 Q to Kt sq 2SRtoKt4 25 B to Q B sq 26 K to R 4 26 B to K B 3 27 R to R 5

White is in desperate straits, this loses a pawn and gets Black's pieces into a powerful position. 27 B x P 28 Q to Kt 3 28 Q to Kt 3 29 E to K B sq 29 B x P ch 30 K to E sq 30 E to K 8 31 E x B 31 B x E 32 Q to B 4 32 B to K 3 33 Q to B 5 33 B x Q Kt P 31 Q x Q 34 P x Q 35 E to Q Kt 5 35 B to Q B 4 36 P to Q E 4 36 B to Q 2 Eesigns Black has played well right through from his fifteenth move and deservedly scores the game.

STEINITZ v. LASKER

Subjoined is the 16th game in the late match between these masters, with notes by Herr Gunsberg : Queen's Gambit Declined. (Mr W. Steinitz). (Herr Lasker). IPtoQ4 IPtoQ4 2 P to Q B 4 2PtoK3 3KttoQB3 3KttoKB3 4BtoKts A featureless line of play. 4 B to K 2 sKtto KB 3 . sQKtto Q 2 ' 6 P to K 3 6 Castles 7 P to B 5 Premature. 7KttoKs Bold play. Where is the White Bishop now? 8 Kt x Kt 8 P x Kt 9BxB • 9QxB 10 Kt to Q 2 10 Kt to K B 3 11 Kt to B 4 . 11 P to Q Kt 3 12 P to Q Kt 4 12 Kt to Q 4 13 Q to Q Kt sq 13 P to K B 4 14 Kt to K 5 14 P to Q E 4 The iisual result of playing Pto B 5 too early. 15 Kt to B 6 15 Q to K Kt 4 16 P to K E 4 16 Q to B 3 17PxKtP 17Pt085 Very fine play indeed. 18QxP 18 P x K P 19 P to B 3 19 B to Kt 2 ; BlftCk'a moves have a wonderfully telling effect. 20PtoKt5 20 BxKt 21 P x B 21 P x P 22 B to Q 3 22 Q to E 3 23 P to Kt 3 23 QBtoß sq 24 E to Q B sq 24 E to Q B 2 25 Castles 25 K E to Q sq 26 P to B 4 26 Q to Kt 3 The result of giving up a Pawn by this fine sacrifice has been most accurately judged by BiftcskV 27QxQ ■ 27PxQ 28BxP - 28KttoK2 29 B to K 4 29 B x Q P 30 B t 0.83 30 Kt to B 4 Another fine move, showing remarkable judgment. 31 K E to K sq 31 K to B 2 He protects the K P in order to be able to take the K Kt P. 32 E to Kt sq 32 Kt x Kt P 33ExKtP 33Ktt084 34 E to Kt 7 34, E x E 35 P x E 35 E to Kt 5 36 E. to Q B sq The-" Melbourne Leader points out that White could now have drawn the game as fellows : 368t0K4 36KttoQ3 the only move to save the game, as White threatens E to Q Kt sq. 37 E x P 37 Kt x P Again compulsory, as if Kt x B, White wins by E to Q Kt 3. 38 B x Kt 38 E x B 39 K to B 2, and draws. 36 Kt to Q 5 37 K to Kt 2 ,■ 37 E to Kt 7 ch This fine move must have been foreseen and relied on by Black when exchanging Eooks. 38 K to Kt 3 38 E x Kt P! 39 B x E 39 Kt to K 7 40 K to B 3 40 Kt x E 41 K x P 41 Kt x P 42KtoQ4 42 K to B 3 43 K to B 5 Ordinary mortals would have played K to B 4. --..... 43 Kt to B 6 44 K to B 4 44 Kt to K 7 45 K to Kt 5 45 Kt x P 46 K "x P 46 Kt to Kt 3 47 P to R 5 47 Kt to B 5 48 B to B 3 v4B K to B 4 49 K to Kt 4 49 P to K 4 50 K to B 3 50 P to K 5 51 B to Q sq 51 P to K 6 52 B to B 3 52 K to Kt 4 53 K to B 2 53 K to R 5 54 K to Q sq 54 K to Kt 6 This proved one of the finest end-games in a match rich in this respect. 55 Resigns

NOTES. Owing to a printer's error, the two extracts from the " Life of Sir Richard Burton " published last week have been mixed together and made to appear as one. The first extract ends with the words" all night," The other one begins with the words " With all this," &c. Paris has won of St. Petersburg, and now challenges Nuremberg to a two-game correspondent match by wire for a stake of d£2oo a side. Dr Tarrasch is a member of the Nuremberg Club. A match of seven up and stakes eight hundred francs a side was to begin on January 2nd, between Janowski, of Paris, and Mieses, of Leipzig. It has been discovered—just too late —that the problem to which the first prize was recently awarded in the St. James' Budget tourney is a republication, it having competed in the British Chess Magazine tourney of 1892. The number of problems before the world is now so great that it must be extremely difficult, if not impossible, for anyone, except the composer himself, to feel certainty in the matter of originality And even the composer may—and often does—copy himself and others unconsciously. Of Steinitz, the Rev Mr Macdonnell says : " He sees too much, and takes too many moves into consideration ; hence it is that in important contests he is apt to waste his time and fatigue bis brains in deciding which course to adopt." In connection with Brighton we notice that the wise counsels of the great lady problemist, Mrs Baird, have borne fruit in the training of her. daughter Lilian. The mother wisely forbids chess practice to her child except in the holidays, lest it should interfere with her studies. At a'large and important gathering of parents, pupils, and professional artists, at the academy attended by Lilian, we find her foremost on the prize-list, she became the recipient of four first and three second prizes for distinguished ability. In the list she is

described as " the infant chess problemist/ Miss Lilian will do well to keep her important studies in the forefront for some years to come.