CHESS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3885, 28 August 1928, Page 75

CHESS.

Conducted by

F. W. CLAYTON.

Solutions of problems, games, and analyses insited for this column. All correspondence should be addressed to the Chess Editor. Otago Witness Office, Dunedin.

PROBLEM No. 192. By Mr E. D. M'Queen, Corryong, Victorii Black (Ten Pieces).

White (Seven Pieces). B|B|lpKtQp2b|2p4p|7B IPlPkpPl|l Kt 1 kt 1 kt 2 4 K 3. White to play and mate in two moves. PROBLEM No. 193. By Frank Healey. Black (Six Pieces).

White (Seven Pieces). 2Kts|3kt4|4p 3 | P 3 k kt K p I R2p4|B|6B 1 [ 4 B Kt 2. White to play and mate in three moves. SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. Problem No. 188.—K to K 5. Problem No. 189. —R to K 5. Solutions have been received from H. V. Cunliffe for problems Nos. 180 and 181 ; from E. A. Le Petit for Nos. 18G, 187, 188, and 189 ; and from Dr Church for Nos. 188 and 189. END GAME. By W. and M. Platoff, Riga. Black.

White. k7|B|B3P3|B|lKsb|Bl 4 Kt 2 p | 8. White plays and draws. GAMES. BOGOLJUBOW v. EUWE. The seventh game from the match in Holland : Queen’s Pawn Opening. White. Black. E. D. Bogoljubow. M. Euwe. 1. P to Q 4 Kt to K B 3 2. Kt to K B 3 P to «K Kt 3 3. P to Q B 4 B to Kt 2 4. P to K Kt 3 P to B 3 5. B to Kt 2 P to Q 4 G. Castles . Castles 7. P to Q Kt 3 Kt to K 5 8. B to Kt 2 P takes B P 9. Q to B 2 Kt to Q 3 (a) 10. P takes P B to B 4 11. Q to B sq Kt to R 3" (b) 12. Q Kt to Q 2 Q to B sq 13. R to K sq Kt to K 5 14. Kt to Kt 3 B to R 6 15. B to R sq (c) Q to K 3 16. Q to B 4 Q R to Q sq 17. Kt to K 5 Kt to B 3 18. Q R to Q sq Q to B 4 19. Q to K 3 (d) K Kt to Q 2 20. Kt to Q 3 K R to K sq 21. Q to B sq Kt to B sq 22. P to K 4 Q to B sq 23. P to Q 5 (e) p takes P 24. K P takes P B to Kt 5 25. R to Q 2 P to K 3 26. B takes B K takes B 27. Q to Kt 2, ch P to B 3 28. R to Q B sq P to Kt 3 29. Kt to Q 4 P takes P 30. P takes P Q to Q 2 31. Q to R 3 (F) R to Q B sq 32. R takes R Q takes R 33. R to 8.2 Q to Kt 2 34. P to Q 6 R to K 5 35. P to R 3 Kt to B 4 36. P takes B Kt takes Kt 37. R to B 7, ch Resigns. (a) Here 9...8 to K B 4 would have made a very pretty little quarrel, but either way Black cannot hold the pawn. It is arguable that 8. ...P takes B P was therefore loss of time, and that any developing move was better at that point. The knight ■was well posted at K 5, another argument for not withdrawing its support. (b) A move that is occasionally played in the defence, but it never seems to turn out well, for in such a position as this it has to go to B 2 on its next turn to move. 11. .. Q Kt to Q 2 and then playing it to K B 3 after the other knight had gone to K 5, would have given Black a much better position.

(c) Naturally White does not exchange to let the queen down to R 6, and Black’s position was now such that almost any move lost time to no great purpose. He would have done no harm by playing 15... Kt to B 2 here, for it was practically idle at R 3- With 16. Q to B 4 White gained a distinct positional advantage, as Black has to save the knight, besides preventing 18. P to Q 5. (d) The exchange of queens would relieve the pressure, and, as this was avoided, Black could have tried 19... Kt to Kt 5; 20. Kt takes Kt, B takes Kt; 21. B to K 4, Q to Q 2 ; though there is still the knight at R 3 doing nothing, and White has the better pav. r n position. "With the queen so subject to attack at B 4 at least it was no worse to try the suggested method. (e) A continuation White could not prevent, and the control of the centre goes with it. If Black played 25...8 takes B; 26. Q takes B, with Kt to Q 4 afterwards, forcing Black to play Pto Q Kt 3. The moves in a different sequence, as the result of 28. R to Q B sq, but the effect was the same. (f) Black might have recognised the inevitable here, and played 31... Kt to Kt ; ?> 2 ’. I 5 t t 0 B 6 > R to B sq ; 33. Kt takes Kt R takes Kt; 34. R (Q 2) to B 2, R J? l L B ~ q ’ 35- R takes R, and White wins the Q R p with a check, after the other rooks are exchanged. No doubt Black saw t“’ B possibility, which accounts for his thirty-first move, and there was also 32. Q takes Kt, R takes R, ch ; 33. Kt takes R, R toKB> ch '• and wins the queen. After 34. P to Q 6 the exchange must be won, or B takes R wins the piece, or White gets the -rook to B 7, all equally deadly alternaBlack’s defence in this game was distmctlv faulty in the earlier stages. J ’ A - PREWITT v. SIR G. A. THOMAS. Played in the third round of the premier tournament at Cheltenham: Queen’s Pawn Opening. White. Black. J. A. Drewitt. Sir G. A. Thomas. o’ E 4 Kt to K B 3 9, B 4 P to K 3 3 ’ 3 B to Kt 5 4 ’ Q „ 2 P to Q Kt 3 5’ B 3 B to Kt 2 R • B takes QKt 8 R MOI? Kt to K 5 (A) q S S? 69 Pto Q 3 io' o Q 3 Kt to Q 2 10. Castles P to K B 4 io' Q 2 Kt takes B D 5 ak ® s Kt Q to Kt 4 (n) ia' r 4 Castles 14. B to Kt sq P to B 5 it' RlnV 3 Q to B 3 R to K sq p to K 4 is k . es P - Kt takes P Kt takes Kt q takes Kt 19. QtoKt 3 (c) Ktoß sq 20. Q to Kt 5 Q to B 3 21. Q to K R 5 Q R to K sq 22. R to K R 3 P to K R 3 23. Q to K 2 R to K 4 ot’ E !° Q Kt 4 K R to K sq (D) 23. P to B 3 B to B sq 26. P to Kt 4 B to K 3 27. R to Q B sq B to B 2 28. Q to K B 2 p to K Kt 4 29. P to B 5 q p takes P 30. P takes P p takes P 31. R takes BP R takes R (e) 32. Q takes R K to Kt 2 33. B to B 2 Q to Q Kt 3 Resigns.

(a) To which the exchange was the preliminary, and it gives Black a freer game altogether. Granted that after 10... P to K B 4, white has opportunities of attacking the king’s side, yet the defence should be adequate. (b) Tie exchange was nicely timed, and White’s reply was the best, giving him time for 14. B - to Kt sq, threatening 15. R to K Kt 3. In the exchanges that followed the point was that White was trying to get the queen to Q 7, and all the while there was just the move to prevent this. (c) Threatening 20. P to B 5 discovered ch, and now White's king’s side attack begins in earnest. There was a neat trap if 22. P to K 5, threatening 23. Q takes R P mate, for Black played 22. . ,P to K R 3 ; 23. p takes Q, R takes R, mate. It was this threat that forced the queen back to K 2, with perhaps 24. Q to Q 3 in his mind. (b) And Black can also bring the queen to bear on the isolated pawn, but White makes the fatal mistake in protecting it with 25. P to B 3, giving Black the opportunity to play for putting the rook “in prison,” and this opportunity was promptly seized. 26. PtoKt 4 was forced, and then 26...8 to K 3 and 27...8 to B 2 left the rook no escape. 27. Q to K B 2 was easily met, and then there was only the advance of the queen’s side pawns. (E) Quite sound, as now 32. . . K to Kt 2 holds the K R P, and Black is threatening 33. . .Q to R 8 ; 34. Q to B sq, B takes P ; or there was 33.. .R to Q sq, or the move actually played. It so happens that White exceeded the time limit at this point, having marked his score sheet at the thirtyfirst move for the two hours instead of at the thirty-fourth, but it made no difference. He was playing a piece down for the rest of the game, and resignation was only a matter of time. NOTES. ♦ The next Ne Zealand Chess Congress is to be held at Wellington, play commencing on or about Boxing Day. “ Club ” or “ private ” ent.les will be received, but the intention is that an Elimination Board consisting of Messrs W. Mackay, W. E. Mason, and R. J. Barnes (three ex-champions of New Zealand) will have power to reject any entry. Each private entry is to be accompanied by the applicant’s chess-playing record. The fee for such entry is to be £2 2s, but £1 Is will be refunded if the entrant wins half, or more, of his games. Mr Lee, a member of the Wellington Chess Club, has recently bean a guest at the Otago Chess Club.