CHESS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3898, 27 November 1928, Page 75

CHESS.

Conducted by

L. D. COOMBS.

Solutions of problems, original compositions, games, and analyses Invited for this column. All correspondence should be addressed to the Chess Editor, Otago Witness Offlce, Dunedin.

PROBLEM No. 219.

By

L. Pleasants,

Wanganui.

Composed especially for the Otago Witness. Black (Six Pieces).

White (Nine Pieces). B|Ktlps|psQl|4r2R|lpl k4|3PpB2|lP6|R3K!Bl. White to play and mate in two moves. PROBLEM No. 220. By O. Wurzburg. Black (Eight Pieces)..

White (Eleven Pieces). Gktl|B4p2|KßP2P2|RßQs| IP2kKt2|lrps| 3 q Kt 1 P kt [ 8. White to play and mate in three moves. SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. Problem No. 214 (Pleasants). —R to K 5. Correct solutions received from J. J. Marlow, T. J. Walsh, E. A. Le Petit (Invercargill), and Dr Church. Problem No. 215 (O’Keefe). —1 Kt to B 5, Kto K 3 ; 2. Rto Q 1, etc. If 1. ~K to K 5 ; 2. R to B 4, ch, etc. Correct solutions received from E. A. Ls Petit and Dr Church". END GAME, No. 15. By F. 11. G. OSTMABS. Black (Ten Pieces).

White (Nine Pieces).

White to play and draw.

Solution to End Game, No. 13 (Mouterde). 1. Q to B 4, ch K to B 4 (or A) 2. Q to K 5, ch K to Kt 3 (or B) 3. Q to Kt 8, ch K to R 4 4. Q takes P, ch K to Kt 5 5. Q to Kt 7, ch K to K 6 6. B to B 4, ch K to Kt 7 7. Q to K 5, ch K to Kt 8 8. B to Q 3, ch K to R 7 9. Q to Q 5, ch K to Kt 7 10. Q to Q 4, ch K to R 7 11. B to B 4, ch K to Kt 8 12. Q to Kt 1, ch A. 1 K to Q 4 2. Q takes P, ch K to Q 5 3. Q to B 6, ch K to Q 4 4. B to B 6, ch K to B 5 5. Q to B 4, ch K to Kt 6 6. B to Q 5, ch K to Kt 7 7. Q to Q 4, ch K to Kt 8 8. Q to Kt 1, ch B. 2 K to Kt 5 3. Q to Q 6, ch K to Kt 6 4. B to B 4, ch K to Kt 7 5. Q to Q 4, ch Correct solution received from E. A. Le Petit, whose attention is drawn to a variation in the main line of play from move 7.

GAMES.

TOURNAMENT AT BUDAPEST. The latest news from Europe is that an international tournament was held recently at the Siesta Sanatorium, Budapest. The scores at the end of the fourth round were as follows: —Capablanca, 3; Kmoch and Marshall, each 2J; Balia, Spielmann, A. Steiner and Dr Vajda, each 2; H. Steiner (of New York and no relation of the Budapest Steiners), 1J ; Havasi and Merenyi, each 1. Game in the first round. (Queen’s Pawn Opening.) White. Black. Capablanca. Havasi. 1. P to Q 4 P to Q 4 2. P to Q B 4 P to K 3 3. Kt to K B 3 P takes P (a) 4. P to K 4 P to Q B 4 5. B takes P P takes P 6. Kt takes P Kt to K B 3 7. Kt to Q B 8 P to Q R 3 8. Castles B to B 4 9. B to K 3 Q Kt to Q 2 (b) 10. B takes K P (c) P takes B

11. Kt takes P Q to R 4 (d) 12. Kt takes P, ch K to B 2 13. Kt U B 5 Kt to K 4 14. Q to Kt 3, ch K to Kt 3 15. QRto B sq (e) Bto B sq 10. Kt to K 2 • p to R 4 (f) 17. K R to Q sq R to K Kt sq 18. Kt to B 4, ch K to R 2 19. B to Kt 6 Q to Kt 4 20. R to B 7, ch K to R sq (a) 21. Q takes Q p takes Q 22. R to Q 8 R takes P 23. R (Q 8) x Q B Kt to B 5 24. P to R 3 Kt takes B 25. R takes B Kt (B 3) to Q 2 (h) 26. R to B 7 R takes P 27. Kt to Q 5 Resigns (i)

(a) This gives White too much freedom in the centre. Better is Kt to K B 3. (B) Not good. Better would have been Q to K 2. (c) This promising sacrifice was made by Capablanca in a very similar position against Bogoljubow (Moscow tournament, 1925). (D) If 11. . .Q to Kt 3, then 12. Kt takes B, Kt takes Kt ; 13. Kt to R 4, K Kt to Q 2 or K Kt takes K P ; 14. Kt takes Kt, Kt takes Kt; 15. Qto R 5, ch. (E) Threatening 16. B takes B, Q takes B ; 17. Kt to Q 5 followed by 18. Kt (Q 5) to K 7, ch. If now 15...8 takes Kt, then 16. P takes B, ch, K takes P ; 17. Kt to K 2. (f) If 16. . . B takes Kt, then 17. Kt to B 4, ch, followed by P takes B. (a) If 20. ..B to Kt 2, then 21. QtoKt 3 followed, if 21... Q takes B, by 22. R takes B, ch, or, if 21. . .Kt to K sq, by 22. Q to Kt 5, Q takes B ; 23. Q takes P, ch, Q to R 3, 24. R takes B, ch, and wins. (n) If 25... R takes R, then 26. Kt to Kt 6, ch, and mate next move by either R to Kt 7 or Kt to R 6. (i) Kt takes Kt was threatened. If 27. . . Kt takes Kt, then 28. R (Q B 7) takes Kt and wins. TOURNAMENT AT BERLIN. An international tournament was also held at Berlin. The scores at the end of the fourth round were as follows :—Helling, K. Richter, and Samisch. each 3; Ahues and Bogoljubow, each 2J ; Grunfeld, Kostich, and List, each 2; P. Johner and L. Stei- er, each 14 ; von Holzhausen and Rotenstein, each J. Berlin chess enthusiasts are to be envied, for in less than a week after the conclusion of this tournament a second—this time a doubic-round contest—will start. This second tournament has been promoted by the proprietor of the Berliner Tageblatt. Ths following masters will compete:—Capablanca, Marshall, Niemzowitsch, Reti, Rubinstein, Spielmann, Dr Tarrasch, and Dr Tartakower. Game in the second round ; (French Defence.) White. Black. Bogoljubow. Samisch. 1. P to K 4 P to K 3 2. P to Q 4 P to Q 4 3. Kt to Q B 3 Kt to K B 3 4. B to Kt 5 p takes P 5. Kt takes P B to K 2 6. B takes Kt (a) p takes B 7. Kt to K B 3 P to K B 4 8. Kt to B 3 P to Q B 3 9. B to Q 3 Kt to Q 2 10. Q to K 2 R to K Kt sq 11. Castles (KR) (b) K to B sq (c) 12. K R to K sq B to Q 3 13. Kt to Q sq Kt to B 3 14. Q to Q 2 (D) P to B 4 15. P takes P B takes P 16. Q to B 3 (E) P to Kt 3 17. Q to Q 2 B to Kt 2 18. Q to R 6, ch R to Kt 2 19. B to K 2 Kt to Kt 5 20. Q to R 5 Q to B 2 (f) 21. PtoK R 3 (G) Kt takes P Resigns (h) (a) in this position Kt to Q B 3 has been played to avoid exchanges. 7. B to Q 3 loses a pawn, but after 7 . . . Kt takes K-•_ 5. B takes B, Kt takes P ; 9. B takes Q, Kt takes Q; 10. B takes B P, Kt. takes P ; j.l. B to K 2, Kt to R 5 ; 12. B to Q 6 White has some compensation in positional advantage. (B) Very risky play. P to K Kt 3 followed by Castles (Q R) would have been better. (c) If 11. . .B to Q 3 at once, then 12. B takes P. (D) If 14. Kt to K 3, then 14... Kt to Q 4 (threatening R takes P, ch), and after 15. Kt takes Kt, B P takes Kt Black has a very good game. (B) Wasting two moves. Q to R 6, ch, should have been played at once. (F) Threatening R to Q sq followed by R takes Kt and either Kt takes B P or B takes P, ch. (g) This loses at once, but White had a very bad game in any case. (H) For, if 22. Kt.takes Kt, then 22... Q to Kt 6 and wins. NOTES. A Fine Record.—Samiscli’s record in recent international tournaments is even better than previously stated. He has played through four in succession—at Giessen. Trentsehin-Teplitz, Dortmund, and Brunn—without the loss of a single game. A Memorable Week.—The Melbourne Chess Club had a special chess week from October 29 to November 3. The " week ” was opened at mid-day, October 29, by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne (Sir Stephen Morell) in the presence of a large gathering. In a few happily chosen words he explained that the object of the organisers was to popularise the greatest of games, and wished them every success in this laudable task. During the week lectures, simultaneous game displays, lightning tourneys, and other chess entertainments were given. Another feature was a chess exhibition, where all sorts of chess sets, photographs, and articles of historical chess interest were exhibited. The result of the British Counties and District correspondence chess championship is as follows:—Equal first, Middlesex and Surrey, 19J points; third, Hampshire, 19; fourth, Lancashire, 18J ; fifth, Yorkshire, 16; equal sixth. Cheshire and Warwickshire, 15; equal ninth, Cornwall, Durham, and Somerset, 14J;- equal twelfth, Sussex and Hertfordshire. 13J; equal fourteenth, Glasgow County, South Wales, and Worcestershire, 13 ; seventeenth, Cumberland, 111 ; eighteenth, Devon, 10J. Messrs A. W. Gyles and F. K. Kelling, having tied for the championship of the Wellington Chess Club, must now play off to decide the winner. The senior championship of the Otago Chess Club is still in doubt, Messrs Ba'k, Cohen, and Coombs being level and leading at the present time.