CHESS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1675, 6 April 1904, Page 57

CHESS.

(Conducted by A. W. O. Davies, of Wel- * lington.) When thou with study deep hast toy'.’d And over dulled thy hr at ne. Then use this game, which will refresh Th v wits and. it a gain e. —Saul’s ‘'Famous Game of Chess.”— 1614. Air communications for this department should be addressed to the Che s Editor, “New Zealand Mail,” Lambto-n quay, Wellington. Wednesday. April 6, 1904. Tlis Wellington Clio's Club meets every Tuesday and Friday evening at 7.30 at No. 21b. Willis street. Visitors are cordially welcomed. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM No. 2416. 1 Q—Kt 7 1 Any move 2 Mate accordingly. SOLUTION TO END STUDY. White. Blade. 1 P—B 7 1 R—K B (best) 2 R—Kt 3! 2 R. x R S P—Kt 7 eh 3 B y P Stable mate. PROBLEM No. 2117. (By F. Ruppert, Waldmunchen.) Black.

White. White to play and mate in two moves. " THE DANISH TERROR. Tho subjoined game, played by Herr Mioses ■in a simultaneous exhibition at the Manhattan Chess Club, will show amateurs that the best way to repel an attack is to circumvent it; it saves a deal of trouble and prevents the opponent getting the chance which ho is looking for. . White. Black. Mieses. De Visser. 1 P—K 4 1 P—lv 4 2 P-Q 4 2 P x P S P—Q B 3 3 P—Q 4 4KPxP 4 Q x P 5 P x P 5 0 Ki—B 3 6IC Kt—B 3 6 13—IC Kt 5 7 B—K 2 7 Castles S E—lv 3 8 Kt—B 3 9 Kt—B 3 9 Q—K R 4 10 Castles 10 B— Q 3 Black follows vp the opening in the natural manner required bv.the position; he has placed White on the defensive. We think White could have established a superior defence .if he had played P —K Kt 3. with Kt —Q Kt 5 to follow. 11 P—lv R 3 11 K E—lv sq In every attack there is a kind of crisis at which the attacking party would come eff second best if a retreat wa.s commenced. In this crisis a retreat of the Bishoi) would have- set the current of attack rolling the contrary wav. B x P . was also alluring, but tiro move cf R—lv sq is e; very long-headed one. What Black had in his mind can only he seen later on when lie played R x B. 12 P x B 12 Jv Kt x P 13 Kt—K R 4 13 P—B 4 14 B x Kt 14 P x B 15 P—lv Kt 3 15 Rx B • We sta v hero for a moment, first of all to admire Blaok’£ cleverness in foreseeing the possibility of E x B; secondly, to point out'that as White after all 'was compelled to play P—K Kt.,3, how much better it would have been to resort to . this move before danger had arrived. 16 P x R 16 B x P 17 Kt—lv 4 O. —B 2 at once would have been preferable-. 17 O x Kt. 18 O—lv 2 18 R—lv sq 19 Kt x B -t ■ ‘ .'■ u"; ■ If 19 Q —Kt 2, Rcx / Tvt' wius. -orfr;o9'>K‘x ICt ch 20 O—lvt 2 . i >iff2o;)O x P ch 21 Q—B 2 v i IV Q x P 22 Q x Q 22 Kt x Q 23 R—B 7 23 E—K 7 24 R x Kt P 24 R. x P 25 Rx R P 25 Kt—B 6ch 26 K— R sq 28 P—Kt 6 27 R-K Kt sq 27 P-Ivt 7 ch . Resigns.