CHESS

Southland Times, Issue 20939, 23 November 1929, Page 19

CHESS

CONDUCTED BY J. K. CAMPBELL. All correspondence in connection with this column should be addressed to the Chess Editor, Southland Times, Invercargill. Attempt the end, and never stand In doubt: Nothing's so hard but search will find It out.. —Herrick. The Southland Chess Club meets for play at their room, first floor, Alexandra Buildings, Don Street, at 2 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays. A cordial invitation is extended to visitors. Secretary: Mr A. LePetit, 165 Earn Street, Invercargill. PROBLEM No. 123. BLACK (Four Pieces).

WHITE (Seven Pieces). White to play and mate in two moves. 8 | 8 | 4kt2B | IRSKtIb | 8 | 2k2PIR | lKt6 | lktlK4 | PROBLEM No. 124. BLACK (Five Pieces).

WHITE (Four Pieces). White to play and mate in three moves. 6ktl | 6QB | 3K4 | 8 | 7k | 7p | 2p4P | 2kts | Problem Solutions. Problem No. 119 by Sam Loyd Q—Rl. Problem No. 120 by M. Havel, Kt—Kt7. Black White K—Kt6 B—Kt7 etc. K x B Q—B2ch etc. Correct Solutions Received. For both problems:—E.A.L. (Inv.), S.S.M. (Dunedin), Dr. Church (Portobello). For No. 119 only:—J. J. Marlow (Musselburgh). The Chess Editor Says Goodbye.

I have an unpleasant duty to perform this wee!:, and that is, to say goodbye to you all. I am about to pull up my tent pegs and take my departure from these parts; therefore I must relinquish my position as Editor of this column. I can assure you I do not do this without a pang of regret, for it has been a real pleasure for me to work for, and with you, from week to week. In severing my connection with the column I feel that I am cutting adrift from an old and valued friend. However, such things will happen in life and we must take them in our stride.

Nbw it would be most ungrateful on my part if I did not acknowledge and thank you for the splendid support and encouragement which you, dear readers, solvers and composers, have so generously extended to me throughout my term of office as chess Editor, and so I take this opportunity to do so. The Editor-in-chief informs me he is making arrangements for the continuation of the column, so you will be none the worse off for my departure. If you support the efforts of my successor as handsomely as you have supported mine, the continued success of the column is assured, and I am sure you will be’ no less generous to him than you have been to me. Before another isshe of this column is published I shall have taken my departure for '-Westport, where I expect my future home to be. So, GOODBYE. News and Notes. I think the time has arrived when the N.Z. Chess Association should reconsider the conditions attached to the championship of New Zealand. The present champion, Mr J. A. Erskine, although a .New Zealander by birth, has been a resident of Australia for many years, and according to the latest information, we are to have at least three other Australians competing for the title this year. This is not as it should be. It stands to reason that the champion of New Zealand should be a bona fide resident of New Zealand. The absurdity of the present position is apparent from the fact that the winner of the championship is not allowed to take the trophy out of the. country, although he may take the title across the Tasman sea. I think it is an entirely reasonable contention that the champion of any country should be a bona fide resident of that country. As matters at present the championship cannot be said to be a New Zealand championship at all. It is to all intents and purposes an Australasian one. Of course the parrot cry of parochialism may be raised against such ideas, but that sort of thing cuts no ice. It goes without saying that it is in the interests of chess that the two countries should meet in friendly rivalry, but this can be arranged apart altogether from the championship in question. For instance an Australasian championship could be inaugurated for which only bona fide residents of both countries would be eligible; but if we are to have a New Zealand championship let it be a New Zealand one and not the nondescript affair it is at present. Z GAME No. 121. Queen's Gambit. From the Carlsbad Tourney. WHITE. BLACK. Capablanca. Yates. 1. P—Q4 Kt—Kß3 2. P—QB4 P—K3 3. Kt—Qß3 P—Q4 4. B—Kts B—K2 5. P—K3 Castles 6. Kt—B3 QKt—Q2 7. R—Bl P—B3 8. B—Q3 Px P 9. B x BP , P—QKt4(a) 10. B—Q3 P—QR 3 11. Castles P—B4 12. P—QR 4 P—Bs 13. B—Ktl o—Kt3 14. P—K4 P—R3 15. B—K3 Kt—Kts(b) 16. B—B4 B—Kt2(c) 17. P—K5 P—B4 18. P—R3(d) R—B2? 19. P—Q5! P—Kts 20. P—R5! Q x RP 21. P x P , KR—Bl 22. Qx Kt B x Kt 23. P x B • P x Kt 24. Q x B P x P 25. R x P QR—KI 26. Q- —B 5 Resigns (e)