CHESS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1847, 31 July 1907, Page 25

CHESS.

11l communications For this department should be addressed to the Laew '.Editor, "New Zealand Mail. Lambton quay, Wellington. Wednesday, July 31, 1907. The Wellington Chess Club meets ev«ry Tuesday and Saturday evenings at 7.du at No. 88. Manners street. Visitors are cordially invited. The South Welling! on Chess and Draughts Club meets on the rooms behind St. Thomas s Chu • 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, proolems, or interesting positions. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM NO. 95. Key Move— P—K 8, becomes B. Continuation— Black. White. 2 ■ P—lit 8 becomes Kt (mate) PROBLEM NO. £B. (By N. Maximow.) (“St. Petersburg Zeitung.”) Black.

White. 6 plus 7 equal 13. White to play and mate in two moves. GAMES. Played 25th May, 1907, at Ostend, in the Championship Tournament. (“Four Knights' Game.”) White. Black. Dr Tarrasch. * D. Janowski. 1 (F-K 4) 1 (P—K 4) 2 (Kt-K B 3) 2 Uvt-Q B 3) 3 Kt-B 3) 3 (Kt-B 3) 4 B—Kt 5 * B—Kt 5 5 Castles 5 Castles 6 P—O 3 6 P—Q 3 7 B-Kt 5 7 Kt—xv 2 8 Kt-K R 4 8 P-B 3 9 B-Q B 4 9 B-Kt 5 10 P—B 3 • 10 B-K 3 11 B x Kt H P x B 12 B x B 12 P x B 13 p—B 4 13 Kt—Kt 3 14 Kt x Kt 14 P x Kt 15 Q-Kt 4 15 Q-K sq 16 P-B 5 16 P x P 17 P x P 17 B x Kt 18 P x B 18 K-Kt 2 19 E—B 3 19 R-R sq 20 P x P 20 Q-K 2 21 P—K R 4 21 P—Q 4 . 22 Q R—K Bsq 22 Q E—li Bsq 23 P—R 5 23 R—R 3 24 Q R—K B 2 Si K R—R sq 25 .Q-B 5 25 Q—Q 3 26 P-Kt 4 26 Q-K 2 27 P-Kt 5 27 P x P 28 Q x R (ch) 23 R x Q 29 R x R 29 Q x R 30 P—R 6 (ch) 30 Kx R P 31 R x Q 31 K x P 32 K—Kt 2 32 P-K 5 33 P x P 33 P x P 34 E—Kt 3 _ 34 Resigns. Played 17th May, 1997, at Ostend, in the Championship Tournament. (‘'•'Vienna Opening.”) White. Black. Tchigorin. , Janowsky. 1 (P—K 4) 1 (P—K 4) 2 (Kt—Q B 3) 2 B-B 4 3 B—B 4 3 Kt—Q B 3 - 4 P—Q 3 4 P—Q 3 • 5 B-K *3 5 13—Kt 3 6 Kt—Q 5 T 6 Kt-B 3 ’. 6 Kt—B 3is regarded as an indifferent inove. Janowsky, however, is of a different opinion. ;" 7 B—K Kt 5 7 B-K 3 1 BKtx Kt (ch) . 8 P xKt 9 B—R 4 9B x B 10 P x B 1° K—K Kt sq Also of doubtful value. 11 Q-R 5 11 Q—K 2 12 Kt-K 2 12 OxR P, Castles; 13, Q—B 4 (ch), would have given White a marked advantage. 1 12 Q —K 3 13 Q x R P Just a move , too late. Now Black is not only out of danger, but he has probably a winning advantage. ■jjfi./' . . ■l3 Kt—K 2- . , An excellent move. The remainder of ; the game bears the stamp..of Janowsky's 7,. .lisual elegant treatment of positions oonytaining' latent possibilities* . . r '

14 Q-R 5 14 Ivt—Kt 3 15 B-Kt 3 15 Q x P 16 Kt-B 3 16 B-R 4 17 Q—B 3 17 Bx Kt (ch) 18 P x B 18 Castles 19 Q—Q 3 19 Q—B 3 20 CastKi Q R 20 Kt—K 2 21 R—Q 2 21 Q—R 5 22 K—Kt 2 22 P—Q 4 Decisive. The Rook comes into play with fatal effect. 23 Iv Rr—Q sq 23 R-Q 3 24 P x P 24 R —ivt 3 (ch) Resigns. -“Field.” The ninth game of the Lasker-Marshall Ohammonship Match. Though the result of the ninth game was another draw, good judges of play will be interested in the end-game. It boars evidence of better form than had bpm d iso laved hitherto by Marshall in the cud-game stages, (“Queen’s Gambit Declined.”) White. Black. F. J. Marshall. E. Lasker. 1 p—(i 4 1 P—Q 4 2 P—Q B 4 2 P—K 33 Kt—Q B 3 3 P—Q B 4 4BPxP 4 K P x P 0 Kt—B 3 5P x P C Q x P 6 Kt —K B 3 7 P—K 4 7 Kt-B 3 8 H— Q Kt 5 8 P xP - 9 B x Kt (ch) 9 P x B 10 Q x Q (ch) 10 K x Q .1 Kt-K Kt 5 11 B-K 3 ,i2 Castles !2 B—Q Kt 5 13 Q Kt x P 13 Kt x Kt 14 Kt x Kt 14 B-Q 4 15 B—Q 2 15 R— QKt sq X 6 U iv— Q sq io K—lt sq 17 Ivt—B 3 17 B—B 5 18 K R—Jv sq 18 it— Qsq 19 B —B 4 19 R —Kt 2 .!,) R X E (ch) 20 Iv x R 21 R—Q sq (ch) 21 R —Q 2 ft) R x R (ch) 22 K x R 23 P—O R 3 23 B-Q 3 24 B—K 3 24 P-Q R 3 25 B—O. 4 25 P-B 3 id Kt—K 4 28 B-Q B 2 27 P-B 3 27 K-K 3 23 K—B 2 23 Iv—Q 4 29 B—K 3 29 B-K 4 3.) Kt-B 3 (ch) 31 K—K 3 31 Kt—R 4 31 P—K R 4 Played with a view to capturing White’s Iv RP, for if then P—K Kt 3 follows, Black can liberate his Bishop by P—R 5. 32 P-Q Kt 3 32 B-Q 4 33 Kt —B 5 (ch) 33 K—B 4 84 Kt x P 31 B x Kt P 35 Kt —B 5 35 B —Q B 5 33 P—Q R 4 36 B x P White has very cleverly gained a passed pawn. By taking this pawn Black had evidently * made up bis mind that his only chance iay in running the risk of utilising his surplus pawns against the piece, as otherwise ho would have played i>—Q 3. 37 P—Kt 3 37 P—R 5 33 B—B 4 33 P—Kt 4 39 K—Kt 2 By this ingenious manoeuvre White forced the exchange of Bishops, and with Black’s K B off the board the advance of the O R P was easier to effect. If Black took the Bishop, White would play 49 P—Kt 4 (ch) before taking the Bishop. 33 39 B x P <:.() B x B 40 P X B 41 Kx P 41 K—K 4 42 P—R 5 42 P—B 4 4,3 P—R 6 43 Bx P 11 Kt x B 44 K-Q 5 45 Kt-B 7 45 K-K 4 46 P—B 4 (ch) Drawn.