CHESS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1206, 12 April 1895, Page 28

CHESS

All communications for thi3 department must be addressed to the Chess Editor, Mr C. W. Benbow. 11/4/95 *#* The Wellington Chess Club meets every Tuesday- and Friday evening at 7.30 in Boom No. 11, Exchange Buildings, Lambton Quay. Visitors are cordially welcomed. J.L.P (Te Arai). —Your ingenious attempt to solve Problem No. 1611 by 1 Q to Q B 7, is 'defeated by Black's reply of 1 P to Q R 3. Have another look at Problem No. 1613 ; Black has a good defence to 1 B x Kt. J.W.M. (Dunedin). —We apologise for the delay to which you call attention. SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. No. 1610 (Max Meyer). 1 Q to B 6 1 Any move 2 Mates accordingly. Solved by F.A.L.K. and H.B. (Wellington); Te Ika a Maui ; J.L.P. (Te Arai) " A finely arranged position (9£); T.E. (Picton) ; H.D. (Bulls); A.B.C. (Greytown) ; and A.L.T. (Wanganui). There is.some neat and interesting play in this problem (8£). No. 1611 (V. Marin). 1 B to E 2 1 R x Kt 2 Q to B 2 ch 2 P x Q 3 P to Kt 4 mate Solved by F.A.L.K. (Wellington); Te Ika a Maui; A.L.T. (Wanganui); and_ 11. D. (Bulls). The vanation given above is excep- i tionally fine, and the problem altogether is i much above the average (9£). PROBLEM No. 1620. By C. T. Van Ham (Gorredijk). , From the Times Weekly Edition. Black.

White. White to play and mate in two moves

PROBLEM No. 1621. By Charles E. Noltenius (New York). Per favor of Dr Hatherly. Black.

;> White. White to nlay and mate in three moves

CHESS IN ENGLAND. | The fine game we give below was played in the chief tournament of the third annual congress of the Craigside (Llandudno) Hydro, in the first week of the year. The winners were H Jacobs (London), with a clean score of six games (J6B 8s), W. H. Gunston (Cambridge) and Rev J. Owen (Liverpool) four. P. Bynd (Dublin), holder of the N. Wales Challenge Cup for '93 and !94, had to retire through indisposition. -In the Handicap the winners were Messrs Gunston, Jacobs, Bellingham and Wilmot. ■'"' ' . Queen's Pawn Opening. White Black. (Mr W. H. Gunston.) (Mr G. Bellingham.) 1 PtoQ4 1 PtoQ4 2 Kt to KB 3 2KttoKB3 3PtoK3 3P.toK3 4PtoQKt3 4PtoQKt3 sßto Kt 2 " sßto Kt 2 6QKttoQ2 6QKttoQ2 7 B to Q 3 7 B to Q 3 BPto B 4 BPtoB4 9EtoQßsq 9EtoQßsq " The sineerest form of flattery " may be carried too far, against an alert opponent. Black might have done better, perhaps, by taking the initiative in exchanging pawns here. lOBPxP IOKPx? 11 Castles 11 Castles 13 B to B 5 J 12 K to B 2 To prevent Px P followed by QB x Kt. • 13 Kt toKS 13QtoK2 His best conr«e was probably B to Ji. sq, followed by Kt to B sq. 14 P to B 4 14 B to Q sq Leaving the K B P unprotected. The B has to eome back presently. • 15QKttoB3 15BtoQ-Bsq 16 Kt to Kt 5 16 E to B sq lgQtoQ3 17 P to Kit 3 P to Kt 3 was essential, but Black s K side •would still have been badly exposed to attack. The finish is excellent. 18BtoE7ch 18 K to Esq 19 Kt (Kt 5) xP ch 19 Ex Kt 20 Kt to Kt 6 ch 20 K x B 21 Kt x Q dis ch And Black resigns. — Baltimore News. NEW ZEALAND CHESS CONGEESS. An interesting game between Mr B. J. Barnes, of the Wellington Working Mens Club, and Mr A. Lelievre, of Hastings. The notes in brackets are by Mr Hookham, the others are by the chess editor of The Leader. Evan's Gambit Declined. White Black (Mr E. J. Barnes, - (Mr Lelievre, Wellington.) Hastings.) 1 P to K 4 1 P tb K 4 2 Kt to K B 3 2 Kt to Q B 3 3 B to B 4 3.13 to B 4 4PtoQKt4 4Bto Kt 3

sPto Kts 5 Kt toR4 6 B to K 2 (6 Kt x P, formerly also played, is now considered inferior on account of 6 Q to Kit 4.) 6 P to Q 3 7 P to B 3 7 Kt to K B 3 BPtoQ3 BPtoKR3 9 B to Kt 2 9 Castles 10 Q Kt to Q 2 10 P to B 4 11 P to Q 4 (Premature, and resulting in embarrassment | for White. As will be seen, the opponent immediately acquires an attack, which he maintains, more or less, all through the game.) P to B 4 seems to us much better, blocking Black's game hopelessly. HBPxP 12 P x P 12 P x P 13 Kt x P 13 R to K sq 14 P to B 3 NSjj. (A disagreeable necessity.) , *f» 14PtoQ4 15 P to K 5 (White shows fine judgment, we think, in the sacrifice of this pawn, which enables him to get his King into safe quarters.) 15 R x P 16 Castles 16 R to K sq 17 K to R sq 17 Q to Q 3 (Threatening to win a piece by 18 Q to K 4.) 18 P to B 4 Rather R to B sq; the reply Q to* K 4 would be unavailing on account of the retort Ptoß4. ••'... ....

18 Kt to K 5 19 P to B 5 (A bold move, and, we believe, a sound one.) 19 Q to Kt 5 20 Kt (Q 2) to Kt 3 20 Kt x Kt 21 P x Kt (The pawn is perforce doubled. Of course taking with the Kt loses the exchange. 21 B x Kt 22 B xB 22PtoQR3 23 Q to Q 3 B to R sis much better, giving White a threatening attack ; should Black reply 20 Q to Q 7, then 21 B x P ch ! with a winning game. 23 Q to Q 7 24 Q R to Q sq 24 Q x B 35 Q x Q 25 Kt to Kb 6 ch 26 P x Kt 26 R x Q 27 R to B 4 27 P to B 3 Why not P x P, and if White replied with R to Kt 4, then B x P, &c. 28 B to B 5 28 P bo Q Kt 3 (28 Bto Q 2 appears preferable. If then 29 PxP,RxP,3ORx P, Btoß 3, &c. Or, if 29RxP, BxP.) 29 B x P 29 B to Kt 2 « 30PxP 30RxP 31Rt082 31RxR 32BxR 32 E.to 16 7 33 K to Kt sq 33 R to Kt 7 In the present position the game should have resulted in a draw: 34 Rto Q 3 3t Pto R 4 - 358t0Q4 35RtoKt8ch 36Kt082 36 B to It 3 37 R to Q B 3 37 R to Q 8 38 K to K 3 38 R to K 8 ch 39KtoQ2 39RtoK5 (The manner in which Black plays to force his pawn forward is decidedly ingenious.) 40 B to R 7 40 P to Q 5 41 R to B 6 41 B to B 8 42RtoK6

(White should push on his passed pawn at once. The situation at this moment is in his favour. The opponent's king is out of play, his own well posted.) 42 R to Kt 5 43 B to Kt 8 43 B x P 44 P to Kt 4 44 B to K 5 45 P to Kt 5 45 B x P 46 R to K 7 46 P to Q 6 (46 R to K 5 was, we think, the right move here.) 47PtoKt6 (For 47 B to B 4 would have given White some good chances. If, in reply, 47 Pto Kt 4, 48 P to R 5, his passed pawn would march to Queen; if 47 R x B, 48 P x R, Black must sacrifice his last piece to stop the march. 47 K'toßsq looks best, but even then White had some fairly good continuations.) B to B 4 would undoubtedly have won; if 47 K to B sq, 48 R to Q B 7 wins. 47 RtoKts White's game cannot now be saved. 48KtoK8ch 48 K to B 2 49RtoKB8ch 49KtoK2 50 B to B 4 50 R to Kt 7 ch 51KtoBsq 51RxP I A curious oversight. He should have played R to Kt 8 ch, and then have taken the R, winning at once. 52 R to Q R sq 52 R to Kt 8 ch 53 K to Q 2 53 R to Kt 7 ch 54 K to B sq 54 R to B 7 ch 55KtoQsq 55 K to B 2 Why this time losing move, when he could have won at once by B to Kt 5 ch, &c. 56 R to R 7 ch . This and the next moves are bad ; he could at least have prolonged the game indefinitely by B to Q 2. 56 K to Kt 3 57RtoKt7 57BtoKt5ch 58 K to K sq 58 R to K 7 ch 59 K to B sq 59 B to R 6 ch 60KtoKtsq 60 P to Q 7 Resigns NOTES. The match between Messrs Esling and Wallace —which is being looked forward to with |so much interest—is unavoidedly delayed in consequence of Mr Esling having had to J undertake temporarily some extra official : duties ; the public is assured, however, that there will be no unnecessary delay in commencing the match. The final contest in the Metropolitan League Competition (London) was between the Mbtropolitan and City of Loudon Chess Clubs, the first named achieving a decisive victory by 14£ to s£, a result for so young a club to bo proud of. Mr Gunsberg in his chess column says : " Probably no other club in the world would have accomplished so much." The match between Messrs Mieses and Janowski has terminated in a draw with the score we gave last week, viz., 6 wins each and 2 draws.