CHESS.

New Zealand Mail, 20 August 1902, Page 49 (Supplement)

CHESS.

AH for «N°ei Zealand 5 Mail." Lambton quay. Wellington. eduesdayj August 20 , 1902 ** # ev«y e ’Kesdaf*Tnd ‘rrida/evejat 730 at No 21b, Willis street. Visitors a're cordially welcomed. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM No. 2333. fe )l Bto B 6 IK takes B r o n to B 7 mate , _ , , , (b) Bto B 6 1 B takes B (cb) ' 2 Rto Q 4 (dis ch) mate (c) 1 B to B 6 1 B to K 5 { > o Kt to Q 4 (dbl ch) mate (kl)l B to B 6 1 Any other ■2 Kt to Kt 5 mate PROBLEM No. 2334. Bv Ludwig Wurm. (From the '‘Bohemia/ ) Black.

White. White to play and mate in two moves. Position—2 Q 5; Ips p; 1P 5 P; 3 X Kt P k 1; 6 P 1; 7 p; 7 P; 8. WIRELESS CHESS.

The first wireless chess contest was held in mid-ocean on June 10, 1302, between passengers on board the Campania and the Philadelphia, the two vessels being about 70 miles apart. The game lasted about five hours. It had to be adjourn?J, says the “New Orleans Tiines-Demoerat," when the Campania was able to make wireless connection with the Lueauia. The position at the adjournment was :u favour of the player on board the Campania. The score was as follows. Irregular opening, the player on beard the Philadelphia having the White piicisand the move: White. Black. 1 P to K 4 1 P to Q 3 2 P to K B 4 2 P to Q Kt 3 3 Kt to Q B 4 3 P to K Kt 3 4 B to B 4 4 P to K 3 5 P to Q 4 5 B to Q Kt 2 6 P to Q 5 6 P to K 4 7 Kt to B 3 7 B to. Kt 2 8 Q to Q 3 8 Iv P takes P 9 B takes P 9 Kt to Q 2 10 B to Q Kt 5 10 Q to K 2 11 B to Iv Kt 3 11 P to Q R 3 12 B*to B 6 12 B takes B 13 P takes B 13 Kt to Q B 4 14 Q to K 3 14 B takes Kt ch 15 Q takes B 15 Q takes P ch 16 K to Q 2 16 Q to Q 4 ch 17 K to Q B 1 17 P to K B 3 18 R to Iv 1 ch 18 Ivt to Iv 3 19 Q to Iv 3 19 Iv to B 2 20 Q to Kt 3 20 6 takes Q 21 It P takes Q 21 Ivt to Iv 2 And the game was adjourned. NOTES. Simpson’s Divan, the famous resort in London of chess players, has been sold to tne \\ estminster City Council for ,£54.000. A match of fourteen games is being placed between Janowski ana Schlechter at/Carlsbad. Schlechtei-has won the first four games right off.

In connection with the World’s Fair at St Louis, U.S.A., next year, there is to he held the Seventh American Chess Congress, lo further this object, a strong committee lias been formed, and 2500d01. already raised localiy. The committee lave put forth an urgent appeal to the chess players of the world to make the mcla taking a success; and one argument hey use is that “America has no Royal patrons, Sir G. Newueses, or Baron Roths oil 1’ S 0 ' v , e !imst depend on the liber-ai,y-aispo se (i amateurs and other generus persons to help the Congress along.”