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Otago Witness, Issue 1465, 13 December 1879, Page 20

DRAUGHT & CHEES

CHESS PROBLEM. BUCK.

, ' " „ JWHXXE.j ....}'' ' Whit* topUyandmaUtatbxoomoveii. - i ' , ~r 7TT • .' „ ■■( . CHESS BY CORRESPONDENCE. . • '."' ' ' i«^m the Melbourac iJeader." ' !',. • i JAn interesting match by cbrMgwndOT^.'whieh.WM .commenced, on.tho'Srd. July, IBOT. Km just bee? concluded betWein Mr Charlie* of Adelaide, an<lMr Ben : bdw.'orWellinijtoa, New Zealand. -It counted ol three mxow, ouried on slavataiieonßly, and whlchi strorga taray!-au:ended eimuHaneously,. the! result .neinK» d* vm .match; «h player acoriDg a gttno, mjto thirdbeing drawn. Another nvrtohoß toe ßamoteraoß , has sine© heen CMnmenctd. ,We. wiblieh belttw s the gime won by Mr Benbow, whose pUy, had it occurred ot er the beard; would hire provedhiinto be a practitioner ot the first rank.* Borne didudtion must, however.be. made from thlr artlmate on *x»unt of ,the lor unlimited analysis afforded by correipondencegame*:—. .'. „ . * - '• » • I Warn.' "- '<> *" .Black. -' • • ; H.Charliok. ... ■' <J. Benbow. • > ' ' < '1 P'toQ4 ""• ■'''' ' PtbKß4 ,- ' ,2PtoQB4 KttoJ£B3u • : ' B?KttoQ<BS. , BtoK3 o . i'",4PtoOtS(a) PtoQBS ,;„„ >6BtoKKt2 pt0< 12L..,% I j '6PtoQ"BS(&V PtoQKtS(c)" ~~ EEJHFKt?tOA©-R.4 A "• ''') 1 tftKt TtjO.Q 2 r ■BpiPsSwfV' * _. *Vw kIp m .: : ; JHmS.t*k^» Rtjg) ; : BPt»keaß !l^ W^toKt z ' ' "v ' Castles ■" WQRtoQßfcq) <JtoQB , 20KttoKt6(i) x2lKtoQß6(j) E£°§ H A* 22 Xt takes KP „. •-, ,Qtoßtf(ch) 28KtoKtfsqV ' PtakeaKt--26 Qto<Jß3 BtoQ4(l) 26RtoK7 Rto^ 2 « 27RtftkesR X takes R ' 58 RtoQ Xt (tq) Qto B (rq) 29QtoK5 R takes P 30HtoKt,8 ' QtoQ2 31 PtoKBS . PtoK6 82 P takes P (m) B to X 5 P3 QtoKß4(ch) ■ Qtoß4 84 R to Q Xt 7 (cb) X to Xt 8 36Kt0»2 Bto s 6 l n )^ 86PtoKKt4 R takes P(ch) 87 KtoKtS , QtoQ4 88QtoQ4 Black mates in three moves. (a) WepreierßtoKß4 ft) An ill-considered move, which immediately gets White into trouble ; PtoQ Xt 8 was the correct play. (c) The proper reply, glvirjg Black a decided superiority. • ... (d) 6 to Xt 8 would have saved the pawn for the time, though White would still have been left with an inferior game. • (c) Blaok now forces » pawn very ingeniously, and obUinsaWa great advantage in position. , (f) White is naturally anxious to bring out his Xt In order to castle, and he evidently dare not play it to B 3on account of : the reply Xt to K5. The present move, however, greatly increases his difficulties, and It sewns to us he should have played as followa :— 16QRtoB(sq) , „QtoQ3. I6Kttoßß KttoKS' I7Qt6Kt2 ' l Castles 18 Castles, with a much better game than he obtains by the line cf play adopted. ■ - > (gr) Evidently compulsoiy. . ■ , ■ . ■ . (h) BUck has now practically a won game. : (i) Quite fatal, an the Et cannot now be' saved. Xt ' to Xt (tq) wai imperative, bad as it was. (/) He has nothing better. - ■ - (*l He of course oare not take theß P on occount of BtoKt 2, followed by PtoK 6. . (0 Bfcck has played the whole game with great skill, and new leaves White without the slightest resource. . («i) Of course had he taken with queen, he would have.been mated in two movei. : - -. ' (n( All this ia finely played by Black./ . .■ ; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Correct Solutions of the problem (which appeared in the issue of the Bth ult,, received from T. H. (Ashburtoa), B. M<i>. (Chriatchurch), and T. M'L.pavercagUl). " SOLUTION., White. , Black. Bl Xt toQ Xt 7 ' X takes Por (a) 2 R takes ß (oh) KtoK(sq)Kß |8 Xt mates . Q B (sq) or B 3 (a) BtoKB(sq) , S Xt to Q B 5 Any where 8 P" Queens "matißg Correct ablutions of the problem which appeared on tha 16 ult., also received from B. M'P (Christchurch), J. H. (Timaru), and " King. Theodore (Oore). - - SOLUTION. • . White. - ■ Black.; 1 BtoKB ■'-„ Ktoß6orß SBtoKRS . r X moves (ff) • &Bnuta), v ;i; i Ja ; There are other yirUtiQiis but thereaaiiia the eaote. & Kiagphoodore, Gore.— Tour bUier wdutiona will be notlciauiduecoijr»e.3Bß__» ; j^^ - ,^. ' ' '