CHESS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24254, 23 March 1940, Page 3

CHESS

Conducted by ft. McDermid. Solutions of problems, original compositions, games, and analyses invited for this column. All correspondence should be addressed to Mr R. McDermid. Otago Daily Times Office Dunedin

PROBLEM No. 827 By T. Taverner. (Black six pieces.)

(White ten pieces.) B|3p4|lktpl P p 2 | b 2 k 4 | 4R3[SK2|KtIPP3Q|4RIBB. White to play and mate in two (2) moves.

PROBLEM No. 828 By W. Henneberger. (Black four pieces.)

(White nine pieces.) 7 K|B|3p3Kt|4kßßl| lKt3pp2|2Ps|sPPP|B. White to play and mate in three (3) moves.

SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS, Problem No. 825.—R to KR 7. Solution received from J. A. Cunningham (Mornington), W. A. Mirams (Dunedin), A. Ellis (Roslyn), J. J. M. (Musselburgh), E. A. L. (Invercargill), N. S. Traves (Timaru). Problem No. 826.—K to B 7. If 1. P to B 3; 2. P to B 5, dls. ch., etc. If 1. . P to B 4; 2. Q to Kt 2, ch., etc. If 1. . . K to K 5; 2. Q to B 3, etc. Solution received from J. A. Cunningham, W. A. Mirams, A. Ellis, E. A. L., N. S. Traves. • ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS J. R. G. (Kurow).—Am looking forward to hearing from you later. J. W. McM. (Stratford).—Will write you re your solution, which is not correct. GAMES The game below, played recently in Holland, shows how lightly . a master values the loss of the exchange if he can win two or three Pawns.

" Indian Defence." White. Black. Bergsma. Euwe. 1. P to Q 4 Kt to K B 3 2. P to Q B 4 P to K 3 3. Kt to K B 3 P to Q Kt 3 4. B to Kt 5 B to.Kt 2 5. P to K 3 P toKR3 6. B takes Kt Q takes B 7. B to K 2 B to Kt 5, ch. 8. Q Kt to Q 2 P to B 4 9. Castles P takes P 10. P takes P Castles 11. P to Q R 3 B to K 2 12. B to Q 3 T P to Q 4 13. Kt to K 5 Kt to B 3 14. Kt to Q 7 Q takes P 15. Kt to B 3 Q takes Kt P 16. Kt takes R K takes Kt 17. P takes P P takes P 18. Q to R 4 Kt to R 4 19. Q to K B 4 Q to B 3 20. Q takes Q B takes Q 21. Q R to B Kt to B 5 22. P to Q R 4 Q R to B 23. K R to K R to B 4 24. P to R 3 P to Kt 3 25. R to K 2 R to Q R 4 26. B takes Kt P takes B 27. Kt to Q 2 R takes P 28. Kt takes P B to R 3 29. K R to B 2 B to Q 5 30. Kt to Q 2 R to R 6 31. R to B 7 B to Q 6 32. Kt to B 3 B to B 3 33. R to Kt 7 B to K 5 34. RtoKt 8, ch, KtoKt 2 35. Kt to Q 2 B to Kt 4 36. R to K B to Q 4 37. Kt to K 4 B to K B 5 38. R to K 8 B to B 3 39. R to K 7 K to B 40. Kt to Kt 3 B takes Kt 41. P takes B R takes P 42. R takes R P R takes P, ch. 43. K to B R to K R 7 44. K R to K 7 B to Q 4 45. K R to Q 7 B to B 5, ch. 46. K to Kt R takes P Resigns.

Here is one of Capablanca's Buenos Aires victories. Capablanca (playing for Cuba) gave Mikenas (playing for Lithuania) no chance to recover from a slight opening inaccuracy.

" Nimzo-Indian Defence." White. Black. Capablanca. Mikenas. 1. P to Q 4 KttoKß3 2. P to Q B 4 P to K 3 3. Kt to Q B 3 B to Kt 5 4. Q to B 2 Kt to B 3 5. Kt to B 3 P to Q 4 (a) 6. P to Q R 3 B takes Kt, ch, 7. Q takes B P to Q R 4 8. P to Q Kt 3 Castles 9. B to Kt 5 P to R 3 10. B takes Kt Q takes B 11. P to K 3 B to Q 2 12. B to Q 3 K R to B 13. Castles K R P to R 5 14. P to Q Kt 4 P takes P 15. B takes P Kt to R 2 16. Kt to K 5 B to K 17. P to B 4 P to Q Kt 3 18. Q to Q 3 R to Q 19. P to B 5 P to Q Kt 4 20. P takes P P takes B 21. R takes Q P takes Q 22. P takes P, ch. B takes P 23. R takes B Kt to Kt 4 24. R to B 2 R to Q 4 25. Kt takes P R to K 26. R to B 3 Resigns.

(a) Experimental, but it leads to an awkward position, in which Black is unable to develop his Q side effectively.

A quick win by Paul Keres at thr Buenos Aires tournament. White handled the opening badly, and soon finds himself in trouble.

" Two Knights' Defence." White. Black. Luckis. Keres. 1. P to K 4 P to K 4 2. Kt to K B 3 Kt to Q B 3 3. B to B 4 Kt to B 3 4. Kt to Kt 5 P to Q 4 5. P takes P Kt to Q R 4 6. P to Q 3 P to K R 3 7. Kt to KB 3 Pto K. 5 8. Q to K 2 Kt takes B 9. P takes Kt B to Q B 4 10. K Kt to Q 2 Castles 11. Kt to Kt 3 B to K Kt 5 12. Q to B B to Kt 5, ell 13. Kt to B 3 P to B 3 14. P to K R 3 B to K R 4 15. P to Kt 4 B to Kt 3 16. P takes P P takes P 17. B to Q 2 P to K 6 18. P takes P B takes Kt 19. P takes B B takes P 20. Kt to Q 4 Kt to K 5 21. P to K R 4 P to Q B 4 22. Kt to B 3 Kt to Kt 6 23. Q to Kt 2 Kt takes R 24. Q takes Kt B to K 5 Resigns.

Vote The Keres-Euwe match resulted in a win for the former by 7J to 6J. It is reported that there were several extraordinary games during the contest. In view of the winner's reputation this was to be expected.