CHESS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3029, 3 April 1912, Page 67

CHESS.

Conducted by F. J. Mouat. Thß OTAGO Chess CLUB meets for play at the rooms, Liverpool street. Dutiedln, every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. Visiting die plavers are cordially Invited to the club on these evenings.

PROBLEM 3788. By J. D. Williams. (From Liverpool Courier)

5K2; 2p2Plb; 2rp4; Kt3p3; lBlk3r; B6Rj lktP3Ql; lq2Ktlbl. White to play and mate in two moves. PROBLEM 3789. By Db H. von Gotschall. (From Liverpool Courier.)

601: B2p2pr; lp4Pl; lpKtPlpKtl; 3klP2j IP6; 2pß2Kkt; 8. White to play and mate in three moves. SOLUTIONS TO P HON LUMP Problem 3786. Key move: P-B 7. Problem 3787. Key move: Q-R 1. GAMES. In tho masters' gambit tournament at Aba/.zia, B. Spielmann (White) defeated E. Cohen (Black) in the following game: BOSENTRETER GAMBIT.

This interesting position occurred in an *' Allgnier Gambit," played between Leonhard t and Flamberg, at the gambit tourney in progress at Abazzia. Leonhardt. here played 11 K-R 1 (?) and finally lost the game. Herr E. Colin, however, showed after that Leonhardt ought to have won by playing here the strong and forcible move 14 P-Q C! as below:

White to play and win. Thus—l 4 P-Q G! Px P; 15 K x Kt. B x tt; 16 Q x P ch. K-Kt 2; 17 P-H 5! and Black cannot save the game.

OTAGO CLUB. The main features of the report to be submitted at the twenty-sixth annual general meeting of the Otago Chess Club are as fellow: —The committee has pleasure in. stating that the numerical strength has been fairly well maintained during the past year. Three club contests took place during the season —viz., senior championship, junior championship, and handicap tournament. The following are the prize winners: Senior championship, It. A. Cleland; junior championship, J. A. Boreham ; handicap tournament L. D. Coombs fust, 11. Armstrong second, J. Dunlop third respectively. An opening m&ioh for nil chess players was held on May 3 between sides chosen by the president and vice-president, the president's sido winning by IbJ, garner to There was a good attendance of members and visitors. Two matches were played against Dunedin Athenaeum and Mechanics' Institute. The latter won the first match by Hi games to 10£, and the Otago Club won the second by 10a games to 7i. During the year File annual telegraph matches were played with O-amaru a/id Timaru. Otago won against Oamaru with 65 games to s|, and Tost against Timaru by 4i games to 7£. The-

club had the misfortune to lose by removal from Dunodin during the year old and valued members in the persons of the Rev. A. T. Chod, .vski, Messrs H. E. Melitus. J. Dunlop, and A. R. Barclay, the two lastnamed being last year's senior and junior champion respectively. Through his removal, the club lost an energetic secretary in Mr J. Dunlop, whoso office has since been efficiently discharged by Mr A. V. Fraer. Mr Fraer's unremitting attention to his secretarial duties calls for special commendation. The club also lost through death an old and esteemed player in Mr J. Houghton.

CIIESS ITEMS. Up to date £770 has been raised as a testimonial to Mr J. H. Blackburne, the veteran English master, who has been a chess player for 50 yoar3. The death is recorded of Mr G. A. Schoeh, formerly of the Wellington Working Men's Chess Club. Deceased supported a proposal some years ago to establish the silk culture in New Zealand. The election of office-bearers at the second annual meeting of tho Kilbirnie (Wellington) C'hess Club resulted as follows: —President, i).r Do Batour; vice-president, Dr Newman; hon. secretary and treasurer, Mr J. Besueur ; committee—Messrs Purelias, Ward, Featonby, Willis, and Heginbotbam. The report submitted mentioned that Mr S. Gyles (class 3) had won the annual handicap tourliey, Mr D Purelias (class 1) being the runner-up. Tho Daily Chronicle remarks that Sir John Henniker Heaton has not only Imperial postage services to his credit" He was tho pioneer of tea on the terrace of the Housa of Commons, and he popularised the game of chess among the members. He organised the greatest chess oaole match in the world —that between Washington and Westminster. A telegraph lino was run into each House, and tho moves wore signalled by cable. Just as America looked like being beaten came the message—"Wo don't think this fair; we will play you poker."

White. Black. Wuite. Black. 1 P-K t P-K 4 10 B-Kt 5 ch K Q 1 2 P-KB4 PxP 11 O-O KK.t-R3 3 KKt-B3 P-KKt4 12 QxP K-Kt I ch 4 P-Q 4 PQ4 !3 K-R 1 B-Rfi 6 PxP P-Kto 14 QxQc'i KxQ 6 Q K 2 ch Q-K. 2 15 R x B R x R 7 Kt-K5 P-B« 16 B-Kt 5 ch R-B .3 8 PxP 9 Q x P PxP P-KB 3 17 Kt-QLS 3 Resigns