PROBLEM 852.

Otago Witness, Issue 1927, 29 January 1891, Page 33

PROBLEM 852.

By Ph. Klett.

(From the Oitizeu.)

[WhitbJ White: KonKs, Q on Q B sq, R on X Big, Xt on X Xt 4, B on Q 3. Ps on X B 3. X 6, X Kfc 5 and 6. Black: KonKR 4, Bon X S5, Ps on X Kfc 3 and KB 4.

White m»t*« in two rnovw.

Chess in Sydney. (From Sydney Mail.)

A well-contested and lively match gtune, played last year at the School of Arts, between Messrß Eidley end Jacobseu :—

Ruy Lopez.

White. Black. (W. Eidley.) (J, Jacobsen.) IPtoK4 PtoK4 2 KKttoß3 QKttoß3 3 B to Xt 4 Xt to B 3 4 P to Q 3 PtoQ3 6Pto X E da B to K 2-6 6 Oastles Castles 7 Xt to E 2 • Xt to Q 5 c 8 B to E 4 P to Q Xt 4 9 B to Xt 3 Xt tks B 10 R P tks Xt Pto Q 4 11 P tks P B to Xt 2-d 12 PtoQB 4 PtoQ B 3 13 P tks B P B tk»P 148t0K3 QtoQ3 15 Q Xt to B 3-e P to Xt 5 16 Xt to Xt 2 KEto Qsq 17 P to Q 4 P tks P 18 B tks P Xt to X 6 19 Ptoß 3/ Xt to Xt 6 20 Xt tks Xt Q tks Xt 21 Btoß 2 g Qto B 5 22 Q to X 2 B to Q 3 23 P to Xt 3 Q to Xt 4 24 KtoE sq KtoK sq 25 Q to B 2 Q to X B 4 26 X to Xt 2 E to X 3 27 E to E sq E to E 3 28 Xt to Xt 4 EtoKt 3 29 Q to Q 3 P to B 4 30 R to R 5 I R to X B sq-A 31 Xt to X 5 B tks Xt 33 E tks B Q to Xt 4 33 X to R 2 X to Q sq 34 QtoK3 v QtksQ 35 B tks Q B tks P 36 Rto X B sq Bto X 5 37 B tks P E to Q 7 oh-* 38 B to B 2 R to Q 8 39 Bto K8 oh Kto B 2 40 R tks B X to B 3 41 BtoQ 4eh KtoKt 4 42 PtoE 4eh Resigns.

notbs. a White has a penchant for this and his seventh move. We like better to see the employed men brought into action.

b Here Steinitz, Zukertort, and other fine practitioners play P to X Xt 3, followed by B to Xt 2.

c Possibly 7 P to Q 4 at once were better. The capture of B next move brings the adverse Q B into immediate play. d Weak, not only because it loses a good P, bat 'also for the reason that it removes [the Q B from the command of its strongest diagonal. c More potent would have been 15 Q to X 2, to permit the E to ocoupv the Q's square. f toaving a " hole " at X Xt 3. 19 Qlo B 2 is more promising.

g Neatest and best; attack and defence now become entertaining.

h Black has forced the pace in good style; here, however, R to X sq offers more chance of sustaining the position, and prevents for the moment White's reply, which exchanges off a beautiful bishop. i Black omits to see that his opponent now ingeniously annexes the other B. .