CHESS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3995, 7 October 1930, Page 63

CHESS.

Conducted by

L. D. COOMBS.

Solutions of problems, original compositions, games, and analyses invited for this column jtll correspondence should bo nihlrcsscd to the Chess Editor, Otago Witness Office. Dunedin

PROBLEM No. 413.

By W. Pauly. Black (Four Pieces).

White (Six Pieces)

|4K3|3R4|plks|P3R3| kt 7 I kt P 1 P 4 ] 8. White to play and mate in two moves.

PROBLEM No. 414.

By A. C. White (after K. A. L. Kubbe' Black (Four Pieces).

White (Six Pieces). B|3Klp2|4P3|R7|3plk2| 3Pp3|4P3|6Rl. ■White to play and mate in three moves.

SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. Problem No. 409.—Q to R 1. Solution received from E. A. Le Petit (Invercargill). Problem No. 410 (Pauly).— 1. R to R 5 Kt to K 3 2. Q R to Q B 5, etc. If 1. . .Kt to K 7; 2. K to R 1, etc. If 1. . .Kt takes P; 2. K takes Kt, etc. Solution received from E. A. Le Petit.

'END GAME No. 112. By W. T. Pierce. Black (Two Pieces).

W’hite (Four Pieces). 4P3]B|2Blr3|lP2k 8 | 2 K 5 | 8.

White to play and win.

SOLUTION TO END GAME No. 110. (Daniel.)

1. R takes P B to B 7 2. K to R 8 P to R 7 3. R to K 1 (a) B to Kt 8 4. R to K 5 P to R 8 (R) 5. R to Q R 5 B to R 7 6. R to R 7, ch K to B 3 7. R to R 6, ch V (a) If 3. R to K 5 ?, P to R 8 (R) ; 4. R to B 5, ch, K to Kt 3 ; 5. R to B 8, R to R 8. ch ; 6. K to Kt 8, B to Kt 6, ch, and Black wins.

GAMES. A game from the Scarborough Congress:— (French Defence.) 'White. Black. C. Ahues. A. Rubinstein. 1. P to K 4 P to K 3 2. P to Q 4 P to Q 4 3. P takes P P takes P 4. B to Q 3 B to Q 3 5. Kt to K 2 Kt to K 2 (a) 6. Castles Castles 7. Kt to Kt 3 Kt to Q 2 (b) 8. Kt to B 3 P to Q B 3 9. Q Kt to K 2 Q to B 2 10. P to K B 4 X P to K B 4 11. P to Kt 3 Kt to B 3 12. P to B 4 Q to Q sq (c) 13. P to Q R 3 (d) B to K 3 14. K to R sq Kt to K 5 15. Q to K sq K to R sq 16. Kt to Kt sq Kt to Kt sq 17. Kt to B 3 Kt (Kt sq) to B 3 18. Kt to K 5 Kt takes Kt, ch 19. Q takes Kt Kt to K 5 20. Q to K sq R to B 3 21. B to K 3 (c) P takes P (f) 22. P takes P Q to K 2 23. B to B sq R to K sq 24. R to B 3 R (B 3) to B sq 25. R to R 3 K to Kt sq 26. R to B 3 R to Q sq 27. B to Kt 2 P to K Kt 3 (g) 28. R to Q B sq Kt to B 3 (h) 29. R to K 3 R (B sq) to K sq 30. B to Kt sq B takes Kt 31. R takes B Q to K B 2 32. Q to B 3 (i) R to K B sq 33. B to R 2 (j) Kt to K 5 34. R takes Kt P takes R 35. P to Q 5 Resigns ■ (a) Kt to K B 3 is, we think, better. (b) Here Q Kt to B 3, threatening Kt to Kt 5, is better.

(c) P to B 4 was the correct move. (d) We understand that this move was played with a view to the possibility of bringing the Queen’s Rook over to the King's side via R 2.

(e) If 21. B takes Kt, B P takes B; 22. P to K B 5. then 22. . .B takes Kt (not B takes B P because of B to Kt 5, and not R takes P because of R takes R). (f) If 21. . .R to R 3, then 22. B takes Kt, Q P takes B ; 23. P to K Kt 4. The text move has the disadvantage of improving White’s position in the centre. (g) This produces a weakness on the diagonal from his K R sq to Q R 8, and of this weakness "White takes advantage (see move 32).

(h) Not B takes R P, because of B takes B followed by B takes Kt. (1) Threatening 33. P to Q 5, P takes P; 34. P takes P, followed, if B takes P, by R takes R, ch ; if Kt takes P, by R takes Kt ; or, If R takes P, by R takes R. (j) Now W’hite threatens 34. P to Q 5, P t s, kes p '• 35 - P takes P, B takes P; 36 R takes D. It takes R; 37. Q takes Kt, Q takes Q ; 38. B takes R, ch, and wins.

A game played in the ninth round of the Hamburg Tournament :—

(Queen’s Pawn Opening.) White. Black. A' Thomas- M. Duchamp. (British Empire). (Erance). 1. P to Q 4 Kt to K B 3 2. P to Q B 4 P to K 3 3. Kt to Q B 3 B to Kt 5 4. P to K 3 P to Q Kt 3 5. Kt to B 3 Kt to K- 5 6. Q to B 2 B to Kt 2 ». B to Q 3 P to K B 4 8. Castles b takes Kt takes B ' Castles to Q 2 Kt takes Kt (a) 11. B takes Kt Q to R 5 J2. P to B 3 P to Q 3 J-;- PtoKt 3 -- Qto R 6 14. P to K 4 Kt to Q 2 10. Q R to K sq p takes P 16. B takes P (b) B takes B 17. Q takes B P to K 4 18. Qto B 6 . QRto B sq 19. P to B 4 p takes Q P 20. P takes P Kt to B 3 21. R to K 7 K R to K sq 22. K R to K sq K to B sq 20. R takes BP Q R takes R 24. Q takes R R takes R, ch 25. B takes R Q to K 3 (c) 26. B to B 2 Kt to Kt 5 27. Q to Kt 8, ch K to B 2 28. Q takes R P, ch K to Kt 3 29. Q takes Q Kt P Q takes P 30. Q takes Q P, ch Kt to B 3 31. P to Q R 3 (d) Q to B 8, ch 32. Kto Kt 2 ' Q to Q Kt 8 33. Q to B 6 K to R 4 34. P to R 3 K to Kt 3 35. P to Q R 4 P to R 3 36. P to R 5 K to R 2 37. P to R 6 Q to R 7 38. Q to Kt 7 Kt to Q 4 39. P to R 7 Kt to K 6, ch 40. K to B 3 Kt to Q 8 41. Q to Kt 4, ch P to Kt 3 42. Q to Kt 7, ch Resigns (a) Probably best, as there was little point in losing a move with the Knight, and it gave time for 11. . .Q to R 5, though this was very easily met. If 14. . .P takes P ; 15. B takes P, and Black must exchange Bishops, or shut his own Bishop in. (d) White had used the time gained to bring the other Rook along, and this made all the difference, for Black had to play 17. . .P to K 4 : or lose a Pawn. And to let the Rook in at K 7 was not good, indicating that 20. . .R to B 2 was the better move.

(c) This was the only way to hold the position for a while, as White could not allow 26. . .Q to K 6, ch, and 26. . ,Q to K 2 would have made it more difficult for W’hite, much as the extra Pawn counted in such an ending. As played, 26. . .Kt to Kt 5 allowed White to -capture all the Pawns on the. Queen’s side, making the end much more certain.

(d) And now Black could do little, for 33. Q to B 6 held the checking diagonal with time to get the Q R P along. Once this reached Q R 6, with the Queen at Kt 7, Black might as well have resigned, for he could not expect W’hite to allow 41. . . Q takes B, ch. Of course, if 41. . .K to R sq or Kt sq ; 42. P R 8 becomes a Queen, ch, and Elack could only delay this for a movQ.

A game played in the fourth round of the Nice Tournament:— (English Opening.) White. Black. J. J. Araiza. G. Maroczy. 1. P to Q B 4 Kt to K B 3 2. Kt to K B 3 P to Q B 4 3. Kt to B 3 Kt to B 3 4. P to K Kt 3 p to K Kt 3 5. B to Kt 2 B to Kt 2 6. Castles Castles 7. P to Q 3 P to Q 3 8. P to K R 3 P to Q R 3 9. B to K 3 B to Q 2 10. Q to Q 2 R to Kt sq 11. B to R 6 -p to Q Kt 4 12. B takes B K takes B 13. PtoQ Kt 3 . Kt to Q 5 14. Kt to K R 4 Kt to Kt sq 10. K to R 2 p to K B 4 16. Kt to Q 5 p to K 4 17. P to B 4 Kt to K B 3 18. P takes KI? q p takes P 19. P to K 3 Kt to B 3 20. Q to Kt 2 K R to K sq 21. R to B 2 B to B sq 22. K R to K B sq Kt takes Kt 23. B takes Kt Kt to Kt 5 24. Q to K 2 Kt takes B 20. P takes Kt P to K 5 (a) 26. Q to Kt 2, eh K to Kt sq 27. P to Q 4 Q takes Q P 28. P takes P Q takes B P 29. P to K Kt 4 Q to K 2 30. P takes P Q takes Kt 31. P takes P ■ p takes P 32. R to B 7 Q takes R P, ch 33. K to Kt sq Q to R 3 34. R (B sq) to B 4 B to Kt 5 35. R takes B K takes It 36. Q to K B 2, ch K to Kt sq 37. Q to Kt 3 R to Kt 3 Resigns (a) Excellently judged, for if here 25. . . .Q takes P; 26. P to K 4, and White breaks up the position on that side. After the text move, however, if 26. P takes P. R takes P ; 27. R to B 4, Q takes P, and Black has full control of the position. 27. P to Q 4 practically had to be played, but whether or not White overlooked 32. . ,Q takes R P, ch, hardly matters, as the game could not be saved. 34. . .B to Kt 5 threatened 35. . .B to B 6, with a mate in a few moves afterwards, so the exchange had to be lost. NOTES. Centenaries in 1930.—The British Chess Magazine, in directing attention to what a wonderful year 1930 is for centenaries— Bird, Freeborough, Campbell, E. B. Cook, the Rev. Skipworth, and the Rev G. A. Mac Donnell were all born in 1830—revives the story of Stelnitz playing Mac Donnell at the Dundee congress, and mistaking him for his great namesake, the rival of La Bourdonnais, and going over to a friend making the remark: '* He is -stronger now than he was when he played La Bourdonnais.” Mac Donnell was soon informer! of this, and wittily replied That other MacDonnell has been living on my reputation ever since he died. 1 ”

■ Liege Tourney.—The competitors in the Liege tourney are Ahues. Becker. Colle, Nimzowitsch, Pleci, Przpiorka, Rubinstein, Soultaubeiff. Tartakover, Sir George Thomas, Vidmar, and W’eenink.