A Sparkler from Simpson's Divan.

Otago Witness, Issue 1900, 3 July 1890, Page 33

A Sparkler from Simpson's Divan.

(Remove White'a Q Kt.) White. Black. F. J. Lee. Amateur. IPtoK4 PtoK4 2 B to B 4 Q Xt to B 3 3 Xt to B 3 B to B 4 4PtoQ Xt 4 B tks Xt P An Evans it is 5Pt083 Btoß4 6 Castles P to Q 3 7 P to Q 4 P tks P 8 P tks P B to Xt 3 9 P to X R 3 An old ninth, still useful at the odds. Xt to R 4 10 B to Q 3 Xt to X 2 11 X to R Bq fastli's 12 P to X 5 F to Q 4 Good for another game. Here B to X B 4 suited. 13 B to R 3 R to X sq HKttoKtS PtoKR3 15 Q to R 5 B to X 3 16 F to B 4 Q to Q 2 17 F to Xt 4 Xt to B 5 18 P to B 6 P tks Xt 19PtksB PtoKt3 20 P tks P eh X to Xt 2 All beautifully designed. 21 P tks R becora-K tks Xt ing a Xt eh Had White's concluding strategy been within Black's ken. this capture would have been made with the queen. I^t our readers now abstain from looking at the further score of the game till they hare tried to discover what brilliant finish did Mr Lee adopt. 22 R to B 7 eh X tks R 23 QtoH 7eh Kto X 3 Escaping the disaster of Saylla (X to B sq) but encountering that of iharybdis. White can now force mate in three moves, thus 24 Bto B 5 eh, P tks B best: 25 P tks P eh, KKt tks P; 26 Qto Xt 6, mate. 24 1) tks X Xt—Superfluous and permitting protraction. Qtbsß Ignoring the superiority of R to X B?q 25 B to B 5 eh P tks B 26 Q tki P eh, mate.