CHESS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1404, 26 January 1899, Page 16

CHESS.

All cfimmuticfiticne for this department must be addresfeed to tho thoBS Editor, Mr C VV: Hi nb’.w. 26/1/99. Tlio Wellington Cheee Club meets s, very Tuesday and Friday evening at 7.30 in boom *'■ o. 11, Exohaige Buildings, Lambton Quay. Visitors are cordially welcomed. SOLUTiOiNS TO PROBLEMS. I-'o. 1308 (li. B. Jackßon.) i R to R tq 1 P lo ICt 6 s 2 Any move o Mates accordingly ‘ olved by H. 8., and E.A.L.K. (Welli< yton) “ I quite tgrte with Mr Blackburn’s n marks in bis correspondence to 41.8 J in tb *• r anterbury Times ”of the 14th ultimo; 4 • l’X (Auckland); T.E. (Picton) ; A B.C. (G ey'own); and H.D. (Bulls). “A little nr. ro attention to details would greatly improve this composer’s problems (7).

No 1999 (Dr S. Gold). J Q to Kt 5 1 P to Q 6 2 klita B sch 2 Any move 3 Mates accordingly bolved by I'.vliK. (Wellington). “The po ition is somewhat' ramped, but the play rs very petty; Felix (Auckland); K.P. (Oii-boine). " i\< tw’tb.landing the peculiar arrangement <f the B'ack fawns it is a probl.ru of great merit (8£) and Horace (Paten). Difficult and good (S£). The two-move problem tourney in connection with the “Kentish Mercury” lias just concluded, and the prizes have been awarded as follows: Ist Prize—Paul Ivanovitch Marakolin, N'oiinsk, 100 points. 2nd and 3rd Prize —P. F. Blake, Manchester, 97 and 96 points. 4th Prize—A. F. Mackenzie, Kingston, Jamaica, 93 points. sth Prize—E. Pradignat, Saujou, France, 90 points. 6th Prize—P. G. L. Fothergill, Twickenham, 88 points. 7th Prize —P. Siedensclinur, Mecklenburg, 87 points. Btli Prize—S. S. Blackburne, New Zealand, 86 points. 9th Prize—Max J. Meyer, Jersey, 82 points. 10th Prize—P. G. L. Fothergill, Twickenham, 79 points. 11th Prize—Valentin Marin, Madrid, 78 points. 12th Prize—J. W. Looyen, Utrecht, 77 points. We have pleasure in submitting the first prize position herewith, and others will appear later on. Problem No. 2007. By Paul Marakoulin (Nolinsk, Russia). First Prize in tbe “ Kentish Mercury ” Prolem Tourney. Black.

White. White to play and mate in two moves

Problem No. 2008. By F. A. L. Kuskop (Wellington). Black.

White.

White to play and mate in three moves.

JANOWSKI v. SHOW ALTER. Tire match between these experts was commenced at the Manhattan Chess Club on Friday, 18ih November. The conditions under which the contest is being carried on are: A match of*7 games up; the play to be prolonged to a contestof 10 games up in case at any time the score should stand at six all; in this event, should both players attain a score of 9 each, the match to be called a draw. Mr Gustave Koehler acts as second for Mr Janowski, Major J. Moore Hanham for Mr Showalter, Protessor Isaac L. Rice being designated as referee. The stakes of 750 dollars a-side are held by Mr R. Beramji, treasurer of the Manhattan Chess Club, as stakeholder fcfr the contestants. The playors adopted a

somewhat novel time limit; for the first hour 15 moves are required of each player, then 25 moves must be made in the next two hours, after which the 15 move time limit is resumed. Play is to take place every other day, unless pretermitted at the request of either player under the rules, from 1.30 p.m. to midnight, with an adjournment of two and a half hours. At the end of the seventh game the score stood: —Janowski, 3; Showalter, 2; drawn, 2. The following are the first and third games in the match. The notes to the first are from the " Times Democrat." Queen's Gambit declined. White Black

A favourite continuation of Showalter's, I adopted by him, in a slightly differing form (of the variation of th 12th and 14tii games of his match with Lipschutz in 1895-96.

10 Kt to K 5 seems stronger, if less immediately aggressive.

Not 13. Kt x Kt, ch, probably because after 13. . . . P x Kt; 14. BR4, B K Kt 5, menacing P K 5.

The object of which is to get this Kt to Q B 4. 20 K, to QB sq '0 Kt to Q 2 21 22PtoQKfc4 Very risky play, lo say the least, against such an adversary hut his game is in a very disorganised state, anyhow. 22 Kt-io Q2 23 Pto Kt 4 2fl P to Q R 4 ! 24 P to Q Kt, 5 24 Ki to B 4 25 RtoKtnq This speedily turn<? out badly; 25. Q K 2, followed duly by Kt Q 2, was apparently his only course to prolong matters.

S2 P to K 4 :-2 ltto B 6 Anfl Whito Kesi>*nß. TO THE CHESS EDITOR. Sir, —Mr Lasker has been giving a successful simultaneous performance at Birmingham. He has also been playing at Plymouth, Falmouth, Basingstoke, Cheltenham, and other places. Mr Blaekburne has been winning fresh laurels at Glasgow, Newcastle, and other towns too numerous to remember. MrLasker has announced his intention of competing in the London Tournament of next year. Mr P. H. Williams, 36. Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London, N.W., would be much obliged if any of the readers of the "New Zealand Mail" would send him copies of any threemove problems they may have, in which not more than ten pieces are employed. I muchregret to have announce the death of the Rev A. B. Skipworth, a well known and very popular chess player. He has been known for year 3 as an enthusiastic supporter of chess, as a player, chesß editor, and especially in connection with the Counties Chess Association. —I urn, etc., Hensing. December 2, 1898.

Mr SLowalter. Mr Janowski 1 P to Q 4 1 P to Q 4 2 H to Q B 4 2 P to K 3 8 Kt to Q B 3 3 Kt to K B 3 4 Kt to B 3 4 B to K 2 5 B to K B 4 5 Castles 6 P to K 3 6 P to Q B 4 7 P x B P 7 BxP 8 Q to B 2

9 P to O B. 3 10 B to Kt 5 8 Kt to B 3 9 11 to K eq

10 P to Q 5 11 Castles 11 PtoK4 12 Ktto E5 13 BtoK 13 V to K 4

14 K to Kt cq 15 KtxBch 11 Q to R 4 P 17 Bx Kt 18 PtoH3 13 R to Q B eq 14 « to K 2 15 Q x Kt 16 PtoKR3 17 QxB 18 PtoR3 19 BtoQ3 19 Kt to Kt eq

25 Kfc x B 26 Q x Kt 26 RiP! 27 K x B 27 R x H 2« Q x H 2« Q x Kt Q to Q 5 29 Qto Q6ch 30 K t < R 2 30 H to Q B Rq ! 31 K to Q Kt sq The extinguish! CO U i... !■ A 3i P to B 5 ! r.o i> *« o «