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Southland Times, Issue 21897, 24 December 1932, Page 15

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CONDUCTED BY MELVILLE MILLS. Attempt tho end, and never stand In doubt; ...... Nothing’s so hard but search will find It out. „ . . —Herrick. PROBLEM No. 589. By W. J. Wood (Swansea). Black (8 pieces).

White (9 pieces). 4031 4K2p| BIKtPP3| 3k2pl| kt4P2| 483| 2p2Ppl| lktlr4| White to play and mate in three. PROBLEM No. 590. By Brian Harley. White (eleven pieces): K on QR6: Q on QRS; R’s on QKt6 and QB4; B’s on QBB and KB8; Kt’s on QKt4 ahd QKtB; P’s on Q 3, Q 5 and K 3. Black (seven pieces): K on K 4; Q on KB6; R on KR2; Kt’s on KKt3 and KKtfi; P’s on QR7 and KB2. White to play and mate in two. PROBLEM No. 591. By C. S. Kipping. White (ten pieces): K on K 8; Q on KB2; R’s on QR4 and KBB. B’s on QB3 and QB8; Kt’s on KB7 and KKt4; P’s on K 4 and KKt5. Black (nine pieces): K on KKt5; Q on KKt6; R’s on QKt5 and K 6; B on QR6; Kt on KRC; P’s on QKt2, Q 4 and QR4. White to play and mate in two. ALEKHINE’S DEFENCE. The first player to hold Alekhine in the Pasadena tournament was Samuel Factor of Chicago. After five consecutive victories, the champion of rhe world had the narrow escape below. After an eventful, up-and-down game, he drifted into an ending a P down. The fact that it was a R ending, ever difficult to win, - saved him, though, we have no doubt, had he been in his opponent’s place, the victory would have been forthcoming.

Factor Alekhine White Black 1 P-K4 Kt-KB 3 2 Kt-QB 3 P-Q4 3 PxP KtxP 4 P-Q4 Kt-QB 3 5 B-QKt5 KtxKt 6 BxKtch Pxß 7 PxKt Q-Q4 8 Q-B3 B-B4 9 QxQ PxQ 10 B-B4 P-B4 11 K-Q2 R-B 12 Kt-K2 P-B3 13 KR-K P-Kt4 14 B-Q6(a) P-B5(b) 15 QR-Kt P-KR4 16 Kt-Kt3 B-Q2 17 R-Kt7 P-R3 18 B-B7 R-R2 19 R-R7 P-R5 20 Kt-B P-K3 21 B-R5 R-B3 22 R-QKt B-Q3 23 KR-Kt 7 R-K2 24 B-Ktl Bxß

I Factor Alekhine White Black 25 Pxß P-B6ch 26 K-Q3 R-B ' | 27 P-R4 P-K4 28 Kt-K3 K-Q 29 RxP (c) B-B4ch 30 Ktxß RxR 31 Kt-Q6(d) RxP 32 Ktxß RxPch 33 KxP . KxKt 34 RxP RxP 35 R-B5 R-Bsch 36 K-Kt3 R-Kts 37 P-Kt3 PxP 38 RPxP K-B2 39 RxKP K-Q3 40 R-K8 R-QBS 41 R-K3 R-B 42 P-KB4(e) PxP 43 PxP R-B 44 R-KB3 K-K3 45 K-B3 R-Bch 46 K-Q3 K-B4 47 P-B3 R-B5 48 R-B Drawn(f)

(a) With this move White wins back the initiative. (b) We should prefer 14 . . . PxP; 15 KtxP, B-Q2. If 14 .. . Pxß; 15 Kt-Kt3ch wins back the B with an improved position. (c) Up to this point, especially from his thirteenth move, White has played exceedingly well. A stronger line is 29 P-83, aiming at P-Kt4, when KtxQP becomes possible. The position is quite critical, but White has the greater mobility. (d) The exchanges give Black drawing chances. The best chance to win lies in 31 P-Kts (e) This doesn’t look right. White should first manoeuvre his Kto the centre. The win, if possible, needs the attacking and defensive powers of the K. (f) Black draws not with 48 . . . RxP; 49 Rxßch, KxR; 50 K-Q4, winning, but with R-K5, 85, K 5, etc. SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. No. 580 by Brian Harley (3 move). Key: B-Kt7. Three Queen sacrifices with model mates, but notice how the move of Black’s Queen's Knight leads him to trouble: Principal lines: B. W. B. W. Kt-Q5 • QxßP(ch) KxQ B-K7 KKt-else Q-Rs(ch) KxQ B-QB3 P-B5 Q-R3(ch) KxQ B-K7 Correct solutions —E.A.L. (In'gill). "Eroe” (Limehills), W.McF. (Timaru). No. 581 by C. M. Fox (2 move). Key: K-KBI Castling is impossible. If Black’s King entered by QR6 before the P on R2 went to R 3 the White King must have moved to let Black’s Rook in. If White played P(R2) x QKt3, P-QKt2 to let Black’s Rook in the White King must have moved to let the Black King in. Correct solution from E.A.L. (In'gill); “Eroe” (Limehills); W.McF. (Timaru); “Quixote” (In’gill); “Chester” (Christchurch); R.L. (Ashburton). No. 582 by H. H. Davis (2 move). Key: Q-KKIB. Correct solutions from—E.A.L. (In’gill); Eroe (Limehills); W.McF. (Timaru); “Quixote” (In’gill); Novice (In’gill); R.L. (Ashburton); "Chester” (Christchurch).