PROBLEM 893.

Otago Witness, Issue 1947, 18 June 1891, Page 33

PROBLEM 893.

End-game from the " Cyclopedia

of Card and Table Games." [Black.)

[WHtTM.]

White: Q on X B 7. X on X B 7; Black: Kon Xt 8, P on X B 7.

These two problems are hard nuts to crack and well worth the attention of our most advaoced correspondents. Young players will do well to wait for the solutions to be published and then study them well. White to move and may win. How can Black draw ?

New Zealand Chess Congress.

The following game was payed ou January 2&p the meeting of the- New Zealand Chest Congress, at Wellington s—

Buy Lopez.

White. Black. (Mr Oilivier). (MrKdwards). 1 P to X 4 P to X 4 2Ktto KB 3 Xt to QB 3 3 X Btto Q Xt 6 Xt to X B 3 4 Castles B to X 2 sßtoKsq PtoQ3 6 P to B 3 Castles 7 P to Q 4 B to Xt 5 8 Q to Q 3 P to B 3 98t084 PtoQKt4 10BtoB2 BtkaKt; 11 P tks B ' Xt to KB 4 12 P to X B 4 B to B 5 13 P to KB 5 Qtoß3 14 X to B cq B tks P 16 BtoK Btq Qto B 5 16 Q to B 3 Xt to Xt 6 oh 17 X to Xt 2 Xt tks B 18 Q tks B Q tks P oh 19 X tks Xt Q to B 8 oh 29 Q to Xt >q Q, tks Q oh 21 X tks Q r tks P 22 B to Xt 5 P to B 3 23 B]to Q 2 Q B to X sq 24 Xt to B 3 P t&B P 25 P tks P Xt to X 4 28 X to B 2 P to Xt 4 27 BtoK Bsq PtoK B 3 28 B tks P Xt to Xt 5 eh 29 X to B 3 Xt tks B oQßtoKt3oh Ktoß2 31 Xt to B 2 B to X 2 32 B to Q 5 X to Xt 3 33 Xt to X 3 KRtoKßtq 34 B to X 6 P to B 3 35 Btoß iq BtoK iq A 39 Xt to B sq B tka P 37 P tks B B tks P 38 Xt to Xt 3 X f> Xt 3 39 Xt to X 3 P to Q B 4 40 Xt to KKt sq Xt to B 2 41 Xt to X 2 Xt to X 4 oh 42 X to X 3 X to X sq 43 Xt to Xt 3 Xt to Xt 5 oh 44 X to B 3 Xt to B 3 »45Kttottiq BtoQB 46Ktt082 -PtoH4 47 P to B 3 H to Q Xt sq 48 Xt to Q 3 Xt to B 2 49 Xt to Xt 2 Xt to X 4 oh 50 X to X P to Q Xt 5 51 B P tks P B P tks P 62 X to Q 2 P tks.P oh 63 X tks P B to Xt 5 54 Xt to Q sq B tks P 55 Xt to KB 2 Bto X 7 66 Xt to B 3 P to Q 4 57 X to Xt 3 P to Q B 5 58 X to X 4 P to Q 5 69 E to B 3 B to X 6 60 Xt to B 2 P to B 6 61 B to B 5 X to B 6 62 B fckn P P to B 7 63 B tks Xt B to B 3 eh 64 X tks X P to Q 3 eh 65 B to Xt 2 Q to B 4 oh 66 X to B 2 Q tks Xt 67 X to B sq P to Xt 5 68 X to Xt sq P to Xt 6 69 X to B sq F to Xt 7 70 B to B sq Q to B 2 oh 71 X to Xt *q Q to Xt 3 oh 72 X to B sq Q to Xt 4 73 X to B 2 H Queens 74 B to Xt 2 Q to Q H 5 oh 75 B to B 3 Q to B 7 eh 70 X to X 2 Q mates.