CHESS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1248, 30 January 1896, Page 42

CHESS

All communications for this department must be addressed to the Chess Editor, Mr C. W. Benbow. 30/1/96 *#* The Wellington Chess Club meets every Tuesday and Friday evening- at 7.30 in Room No. 11, Exchange Buildings, Lambton Quay. Visitors are cordially welcomed. H.B.J. (Fiji).—We are glad to receive your welcome letters and enclosures, and we reciprocate your kind wiahes. * # * Further correct solutions to the following problems have been received from H.B.J. (Fiji) :—No. 1666, " This I liked very much " ; No. 1667, " A clever key ; it was some time before I found it"; No. 1670, " Very simple and not up to this clever composer's standard ; solved in five minutes " ; No. 1673, "The variations and mates are very pretty; good key"; No. 1676, "I thought the composer's last twomover the best"; No. 1679, " This waa a little harder to solve than the composer's two-mover with the same pieces"; No. 1680, " There is a good deal in this problem ; the mates are interesting and not easy to solve"; No. 1682, "A good key-move. The variation K to K 5 is very neat" ; No. 1684, " I was rather disappointed in this. I have solved two-movers out of the N. Z. Mail which never got a prize, that I think far better than this. The threatened check of the Black Kt leads the solver straight to the key-move, seeing how the King i s blocked in " ; 1686, " This composer's problems are always a pleasure to solve."

SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. No. 1694 (James Sexton). 1 Q to R 4 1 Any move 2 Mates accordingly. Solved by H. 8., J.N.H. andFA.L.K. (Weilington) : Telka a Maui " A neat production " ; M.R. (Taranaki) ; Felix (Auckland); H.D. (Bulls); R.P. (Gisborne), "A pleasing and interesting problem (8) "; Horace (Patea) ; and T.E. (Picton). There is a good initial move and the results of it are instructive (8). No. 1695 (J. Moller). 1 Kt to Kt 6 1 Kt x Kt 2 Q to B 5 ch 2 Kt x Q 3 B to B 6 mate. The other variations are worth studying. Solved by F.A.L.K. (Wellington) ; Te Ika a Maui, " The variations are very pretty ; the only drawback being the key-move, which deprives the Black King of his only move " ; M.R. (Taranaki) ; Felix (Auckland) I T.E. (Picton); andR.P. (Gisborne), "A beautiful masterpiece (9£)." The main variation is exceptionally fine (9). PROBLEM No. 1704. By Henry B. Jackson (Fiji). Black.

White. White to play and mate in two moves. PROBLEM No. 1705. By M. Eherenstein (Buda-Pesth). ;rst prize three-mover in the Problem Tourney of the Sakk-Szemle, of Buda-Pesth. Black.

White. White to play and mate in three moves. NEW ZEALAND CHESS CONGRESS. An instructive game between Mr W. Mackay and Mr J. Mouat. The notes are by Mr Hookham. Ruy Lopez. White Black (Mr W. Mackay, (Mr J. Mouat, Wellington.) Dunedin.) 1 P to K 4 1 P to K 4 2 Kt to K B 3 2 Kt to Q B 3 3 B to Kt 5 3 P to Q R 3 4 B to R 4 4 Kt to B 3 5 P to Q 3 5 P to Q Kt 4 6 B to Kt 3 6 B to B 4 7Pt083 7PtoQ4 BPtoQ4 BPxQP 9 P to K 5 9 Kt to K 5 10 Castles Unless we are mistaken 10 P x P was the proper course. The text move should lose a Pawn. 10 B to Kt 2 But Black's continuation to win was 10 P x HBtoKtS }2gttoß3 12KttoK2 13 Kt x Kt 13 P x Kt }Js**°^ t 5 148t0Q4 15 R to K eq 15 Castles 16BxB 16QxB 17 R x P 17 Q to R 5 looks best. 17 Kt to Kt 3 Does not 17 P to R 3 win a piece P 18 Q to Kt 4 18 P to K B 3 19 Px P 19 P x P 20 Q to K 6 ch 20 Q x Q 21 Kt x Q A difficult game well played on both sides now follows. 21 K R to K sq 22 P to Q 5 22 P tc \K B 4 23 R to K eg _^23jy^Jo_&sa,,— ■■

25 B to K 3 24 R to Q 3 25 Q R to Q sq 25 B x B 26 P x B 26 P to B 3 27 Kt to B 7 27 R to K 5 28 Kt x R P 28 P x P 29 Kt to B 5 29 R to Q B 5 30 Kt to Q 3 30 R to B 7 31 R to K B sq 31 R to K 7 32 R x P 32 R x P 33 R to Q 2 33 R to K 5 34 Kt to B 5 34 R to K 4 35 R to B 3

We prefer 35 R x R, Kt x R : 3G Kt to K 4, &c. (Chess Ed. N.Z.M.) 35 P to Q 5 36 Kt to Kt 3 36 R (K 4) to Q 4 37 R (B 3) to Q 3 37 Kt to B 5 38 R x P 38 R x R 39 Kt x R 39 Kt to K 3 4') Kt to B 3 40 R to Kt 3 41 P to Q Kt 4 41 K to Kt 2 42 R to Q 5 42 P to R 3 43 Kt to Q 4 43 Kt x Kt 44 R x Kt 44 R to R 3 45PtoKR3 45RxP 46 R to Q 5 46 R to Kt 7 47 R x P 47 K to Kt 3 48 R to Kt 8 48 K to Kt 4 49 R to Kt 8 ch 49 K to R 5 50 R to Kt 4 ch 50 K to R 4 51 R to Q B 4 51 R to Q 7 52 P to Kt 5 52 R to Kt 7 53 R to B 5 ch 53 K to R 5 54 R to B 6 54 P to R 4 / 55 P to Kt 6 55 K to Kt 6 , 56 R to Kt 0 ch 56 K to R 5 57 K to R 2 57 R x P ch A fine stroke and designedly brought about. Of course White must take the Rook, for if 58 K to R sq, Black wins. An interesting ending to an interesting game. Drawn.

INTERNATIONAL CHESS CONGRESS. The following' game was played in the ninth round of the Hastings International Tournament, on August 16th, 1895, between Mr M. I. Tchigorin, of St. Petersburg, Russia, and Mr I. Gunsberg, of London, England. Evans' Gambit. White Black. (Mr M. I. Tchigorin.) (Mr I. Gunsberg.) 1 P to K 4 1 P to K 4 2 Kt to K B 3 2 Kt to Q B 3 3 B to B 4 3 B to B 4 4 P to Q Kt 4 4 B x Kt P 5 P to B 3 5 B to B 4 6 Castles 6 P to Q 3 7PtoQ4 7 P x P 8 P x P 8 B to Kt 3 9 Kt to B 3 9 B to Kt 5 10 B to Q Kt 5 10 K to B sq All is strictly " book " thus far. The text play is held to yield Black a somewhat cramped but withal safe defence. It was a favourite with Captain McKenzie. 11 B to K 3 With this and Black's reply (condemned by the Handbuch, which advises 11 B x Kt first), the game goes into the variation occurring in the telegraphic match between St. Petersburg and London, 1886-87

11 K Kt to K 2 12 P to Q R 4 12 P to Q R 4 12 PtoQR 3is preferable here. If, then, 13 B x Kt, P x B, followed by 14 P to Q 4 ! ; and if 13 B to K 2, P to Q 4, followed, if 15 P to K 5, by 14 Kt to K B 4!, with the advantage. 13 B to Q B 4 13 B to R 4 AVhite, of course, menaces 14 B x K B P, followed by 15 Kt to K Kt 5 ch, and IGQx B, etc. It is doubtful, we believe, whether the text play is so good a preventive as the alternate 13 Q to Q B sq. 14 K to R sq 14 Kt to Kt 5 15 P to Q 5 15 B x B This opening of the adverse K B's file looks rather questionable. 16 P x B 16 Kt to Kt 3 17 B to K 2 17 K to Kt sq 18 R to B sq 18 P to R 3 19 Kt to Q 4 19 B x B 20 Q x B 20 Kt to B 3 21 R to B 3 21 Kt to K 4 22 R to Kt 3 At this stage the advantage of the development is clearly with White, but Black has maintained the gambit pawn, and with his reply here seems in comparative safely. It is interesting to note how Tclrgorin shows the great master in the attack initiated from this point and carried to success despite an ingenious and almost as masterly defence. 22 K to R 2 23 R to B sq 23 Kt to Q B 4 24 Q to R 5 21 R to K Kt sq 25 Kt to B 5 ! " Threatening 26 RxKtPch!, Rx R; 27 Q x R P ch, K to Kt sq ; Q x R, mate. 25 Q to K B sq 26 R to R 3 Seemingly not for any sacrifice by Kt x Kt P or R P, as Black has safe defences to either, but with an eyo to P to K Kt 4 -for which, however, he gets no chance. 26 Kt (B 4) to Q 2 27 Kt to Kt 5 27 R to B sq 28 Q to K 2 28 R to K R sq 29 Kt (Kt 5) to Q 4 29 P to B 4 Apparently a miscalculation, leaving his Q P fatally weak. Perhaps he figured on White's replying 36 P x P, en pass., when, after 36 P x P, 37 Q to R 6, Kt to Q B 4 might have developed into a counter attack. 30 Kt to Kt 5 30 R to R sq 31 Kt (Kt 5) x Q P 31 R to R 3 ! 32 Kt to Kt 5 32 R to K Kt 3 33 R to R 4 33 Q to Q sq 34 E (R 4) to B 4 34 P to Kt o 35 Kt (B 5) to Q 6 35 R to B 3 36 Q to R 5 36 Kt to Kt 3 Black defends most ingeniously, if unsuccessfully ; but he fails to foresee the splendid combination now forming. 37 Kt x B P W Kt x R 38 P x Kt! 38 Q to Iv B sq 39Ktto Kts ch , Probably the finest link m the chain, it forces the Black K to perpetually occludo his own R to his inevitable destruction. 39KtoKtsq 40KttoK6 !?&*?*,? 41QtoR3! 41 Kt to B sq 42KttoQ6 1K§ to A 2 43PtoK5 ?ln X KT> 44PxR irik\ K Ao 45QtoKKt3 i?.£H°§ 46RtoKsq 46 Kt to B «q 47 P to B 5 47 Q to Q 2 48 PtoK 6 ! r . .- _ , __ 4 , . , A charming win ! If 48 Qto K 2in reply, then 49 Kt to B 8! QtoK sq (best) ; 50 P to B 6, QtoQ 2; 51 Pto B 7 ch, and mates m a move or two more. . 48 Resigns Now Orleans Times Democrat.