CHESS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1797, 15 August 1906, Page 51

CHESS.

All communications for this department should be addressed to the Chess Editor, “New Zealand Mail,’’ Lambton quay, Wellington. Wednesday, August 15, ISO 6. The "Wellington Chess Club meets Tuesday and Saturday evening at 7.30 at No. 88, Manners street. Visitors are cordially invited. The South Wellington Chess and Draughts Club meets on Thursdays in the i|ooms behind St. Thomas’s Church, Riddiford street, Newtown. Secretaries of New Zealand clubs are invited to send in reports and information, and we shall be glad to give preference to local games, problems, or interesting positions. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM NO. 46. (1) Key Move.—P—R 4 Continuations — Black. White. A. K-K 4 or B 4 Kt-Q 7 (ch) K moves lit mates at B 0 or Q 8 B. Kt x B P-Q 4 Any move Q mates C. P—Q 5 Kt—Q 8 (ch) K moves Kt mates accordingly. (1) Misprinted in last issue as No. 26. PROBLEM 47. (By F. Binder.) Black (six pieces.)

White (eight pieces.) White to play and mate in three moves. GAMES. From Cliarousek's MS. collection: (Bishop’s Opening.) White. Black. Chatoueek G. Mayer. 1. P-K 4 1. P—K 4 2. B—B 4 2. Kt—K B 3 3. P—Q 3 3. B—B 4 4. Kt—Q B 3 4. Kt—B 3 5. B—K Kt 5 5. B—Kt 5 6. Kt—K 2 6. P—Q 3 7. Castles 7. B —K 3 8. Kt—Q 5 8. B x Kt 9. Bx B 9. Q—Q 2 10. P—Q B 3 10- B—B 4 11. P—Q Kt 4 11. B— Kt 3 12. P—Q R 4 12. P—Q R 4 13. P—Kt 5 13. Kt-Q sci 14. B x Kt 14. P x B 15. Kt—Kt 3 15. P-B 3 16. P x P 16. P x P 17. B-R 2 17. Kt—K 3 18. R-Kt sq 18. B-R 2 19. Kt—R 5 19. Q—K 2 20 Q —B 3 20. Castles Q R 21. B—B 4 21. Kt—B 2 22. Kt x P 22. Resigns After 4. Kt—Q B 3 the opening merges into the Vienna Game, Black getting into difficulties by losing a move with 5...8—Kt 5, this piece remaining in a useless position after White’s 8. Kt Q 5. Consequently he should have pluyed m answer to White’s 6. Kt —K2, 6... Kt Q 5, and change off the two Knights for Knight and Bishop. Even niter 7. Castles he could still have played 7...8 x Kt and proceed, as in the text, without so utterly disorganised a game. White resigned because 23. Q B 5 (ch) wa© threatened, which could have been only momentarily defended with the hopeless P—Q 4.

A brilliant game in the second stage of the Masters* Tournament, played 19 th June, 1906, at Ostend. We are indebted for the 6core and notes to the "Yorkshire Post.” (Queen*e Pawn Game.) White. Black. A. Burn. P. J. Marshall. 1. (P-Q 4) 1. (P-Q 4) 2. Kt—K B 3 2. P—Q B 4 8. P—B 3 3. P—K 3 4. B—B 4 4. Kt—Q B 3 5. P—K 3 5. Kt—B 3 6. Q Kt—Q 2 6. B—Q 3 7. B-Kt 3 The course of play proved that this move results in loss of time to White. 7. 7. Castles 8. B—Q 3 8. Br-K eq 9. Kt-fe 5 9. B i Kt ID, P i B 10. Kt-Q 2 it. P-K B 4 lf«> hurt hardly a good defence for the % p t which proves that 9, Kt—K 5, was WfOUg. Black now obtains the advantt/t a Pawn. fi: 11. P—B 5 f. B 0 12. Q-Kt 3 : Jpg 9 M Q x Kt P # %=4 m u. q x b p Mr fi M, P-B 4 TfeSsr (WM il&b t#ok Uk# a good move. m W&tw MfO pmm \mtul for ft# Miws: e wm iik&wim ml~ ffsaWioV M & fw& iv M W iiasafo Id

leave the Queen out of play after gaining an off-side Pawn early in the opening. The beet is to bring her back at once. 16. P x P (e.p.) 16. Kt x P 17. B—K R 4 17. R-B sq 18. B x Kt 18. R x B 19. Kt—B 3 19. Q—R 6 20. B x P (ch) A fine effort, for which AVliite deceives every credit. 20. 20. K x B 21. Kt-Kt 5 (ch) 21. K-Kt sq 22. Q—R 5 22. Kt—K 4 23. Q-R 7 (ch) 23. K—B sq 24. Q-R 8 (ch) 24. K-K 2 25. Q x P (ch) 25. K-Q 3 Likewise a fine defensive resource. For the moment White cannot capture either Ror Kt. If Black had played Kt—B 2 instead. AVliite would have won by 26, Kt—R 7. Sufficient material to win (lie game. 26. K—Kt 3 26. Kt—Q 2 27. P—IC 4 27. K-B 3 28. P—IC 5 28. Q—li sq The fight has grown extremely interesting. Neither R—B 4 nor li —B sq would result favourably, on aeconnt of 29. Kt xP, with 31, Kt—Q 4 (ch), to follow. Q —B sq was no doubt Black s best defence. 29. P x R 29. Q x P 30. Q—Kt 8 Here White misses his best chance, lie should have exchanged Queens, remaining with the exchange to the good, and then advanced with his R P. 30. 30. Kt—B 4 AVith this move Black initiates an extremely daring winning combination, which ho carries to a successful issue in very fine style. 31. Q—K 8 (ch) 31. B—Q 2 32. Qx R 32. P—IC 4 33. Kt— li 3 33. Q—Kt 3 (ch) 34. K—B 2 34. JCt—Q 6 (ch) 35. IC—B sq 3>. Kt x R 36. Kt —B 2 36. Q —B 7 37. P—Kt 3 37. Kt—Q 6 33. Q x li P 38. P-Q 5 ;. Kt xKt 33. B—R 6 (ch) 40. K—K sq 40. Px Kt Resigns. •V gamelet from Ostend, played 12ih June, 1906, in the stage of the Mastei o’ Ton inan>. en t. (Queen’s Gambit Declined.) White ’ Black. Bernstein. Marco. ]. ( p—q 4) 1. (P—Q U 2 (p—Q B 4) 2, (P—K 3) 3. Kt—Q B 3 3. P-Q B 4 4. B P x P 4. K P x P 5 p s p 5. JCt —IC B 3 6. B—lC 3 6. Kt—R 3 7. Kt—R 4 7. B—Q 2 8. p—O R 3 8. B—K 2 9. P-Q Kt 4 9. Kt—B 2 10. Kt-K B 3 10. Kt—lC 5 11. B—Q 4 IB Castles 12. P—K 3 12. P—Q R 4 13. Kt-Kt 6 13. R—K 2 14. Kt x B 14. Q x Kt 15. P—B 6 15. Qx P 16. li —B sq Rcrugns.