CHESS

Southland Times, Issue 22008, 6 May 1933, Page 15

CHESS

CONDUCTED BY MELVILLE MILLS. Attempt the end, and never stand in doubt; Nothing’s so hard but search will find it out - , —Hernck. PROBLEM NO. 354. By Ruth Lindsay. Black (six pieces).

(White (six pieces). 8 | 3KKt3 | 6pl I lp4pl I 3Bklpl | 2P3pl | 4PIPI I 8 |. White plays and mates in three moves. PROBLEM NO. 355. By C. G. Watney. Black (eight pieces).

White (ten pieces). > 2ktlß3 | !Klpr3 I lplp4 I 2pklP2 | RrG | IP6 | 3KtIQKtB | 7B | White plays and mates in two moves. PROBLEM NO. 356. By G. Horeman. IR6 I 4K28 | SPIP | 2Ppk3 I 3rktktPl | p6r | P3R2B | !Q2Kt3,| White to play and mate in three moves. PROBLEM NO. 357. . By Brian Harley. 3KtQIRB I splp | 3PKtPIP I K3pk | R4P2 | 7kt | 4rlpp | 3Blbrq | White to play and mate in two moves. SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. No. 342 by C. Schulz (3 move). Key: B—Q5. A Nowotny and Grimshaw problem. Details: B. W. B. _ w - , r K 5 B —Q4 any Kt or B mates B—K7 Bx B any Kt mates else B x P or Kt-B7 short mates. Correct solutions from: E.A.L. (Inglll), W.McF. (Timaru), "Quixote" (Ingill.). No. 343 by K. S. Howard (2 move.) Key: Q—KB4. Dalton play. An unpin (R—K4) by Black which pins the key piece. There is also good double interference in Q and KCorrect solutions from: E.A.L. (Ingill.). W.McF. (Timaru), "Quixote (Ingill.). "Novice” (Ingill.), "Tryer” (Ingill.), R.L. (Ashburton), "Chester" (Chch.). No. 344 by A. K. Sheldon (3 move). Key: B—KBG th Q—QB3. Here we have line evacuation to provide for Kt x P. tne only move to defeat B x P as the key. Details: If B. W. B. W. K x P Q—QR5(d) K x P Q—K5 Kt x P Q—B3 K x P Q—K5 Bx P Q—QR2(ch) Kt x P Q—Q4 else Q—B3 K x P Q—R5 any Q-Q4orKa Correct solutions from: E.A.L. (Inglll) and W.McF. (Timaru). No. 345 bv S. S. Lcwmann (2 move). Key: Q—Q7.’ From the British Chess Magazine’s 1931 Tourney. A good key with excellent vanatlCorrect solutions from—E.A.L. (Ingill). W. McF. (Timaru). “Novice" (Ingill.), Quixote" (In’gill), R.L. (Ashburton), Tryer (Ingill), Chester (Chch.). END-GAME NO. Al2. Here is an artistic ending of unusual type. Although it is somewhat artificial, the conclusion is both striking and pleaslng' By H. Rinck. Black (3 pieces).

White (4 pieces). White to play and win. LAST WEEK’S END-GAME. No. All—l KtxP. RxKt: 2 QxP. Q-B; 3 Kt-Kl, RxR; 4 RxR. Kt(B3)-Q4; 5 KtQG, B-R: 6 R-K, P-KKt3; 7 Ktxß. QxKt, 8 QxKt(K7) and wins. White threatened, after his third move. 4 Qxßch, QxQ: 5 BxQch, Kxß; 6 Kt-Q6ch. etc. The other variations are not too difficult. REY LOPEZ. A Kashdan win at Stockholm: Kashdan. Lundin. Kashdan. Lundin. White. Black. White. Black. 1 P-K4 P-K4 23 KPxP! Q-Kt2(e) 2 Kt-KB 3 Kt-QB 3 24 Q-K5 PxQP 3 B-Kts P-QR 3 25 QxQch KxQ 4 B-R4 B-B4(a) 2S Rxß PxKt 5 Castles P-QKt4(b) 27 RxKtP PxP 6 B-Kt3 P-Q3(c) 28 KxP 7 P-B3 Kt-B3 29 K-B3 -PtPJ 8 P-Q4 PxP 30 R-Ktch R-Kt3 9 PxP B-R2? 31 Rxßch KxR 10 B-Kts Castles 32 K-B4 11 B-Q5 B-Kt2 33 R-KtG 12 Kt-B3 P-R3 34 K-K3 K-Kt4 13 BxKt Qxß 35 RxP R-QKt5 14 R-B B-Kt3(d) 36 P-B4ch! K-R4(f) 15 KtxP PxKt 37 R-KB6 RxKtP 16 BxKt Bxß 38 P-Q6 R‘KtB(g) 17 Rxß Q-K3 39 RxßPch K-R5 18 Q-K2 RxP 40 R-Q5 R-Kt 19 P-Q5 Q-K2 41 P-Q7 R-Q 20 R-K P-Kt4 42 K-B3 P-R< 21 P-R3 P-B4 43 R-Q Resigns 22 P-K5 P-KKt5 (a) When White has the option of P-B3 and P-Q4, controlling the centre, the text is considered inferior. C (b) This move, often met in offhand or "coffee house” chess, is unduly compromising. as White demonstrates. KKt-B3 or K2 is indicated. „ (c) Already Black has a difficult game. Kt-B3 (not KKt-K2, 7 Kt-Kts!) may be slightly better. (d) At his ninth move Black might have retreated his B to Kt 3. Black is evidently not at all at home with the variation chosen. . . . QxQ; 24 RxQ, PxKt; 25 KR-82, and White’s centre pawns are worth more than the Black B. Black s most tenacious line would then be 25 . . .. R-Q; 26 PxP. BxP; 27 Rxß. RxQP. As it is. White gets a favourable ending a P (f) Obviously if RxP, 38 R-KKt6! and the passed pawns win. (E) If now 38 . . . R-Kt2; 39 RxPch. K-R5; 40 R-Q5, R-Q2; 41 K-B3 and White wins as in the actual game. OXFORD V. CAMBRIDGE. In the Oxford—Cambridge match this was one of the most interesting games: White. Black. White. Black. G P. A. F. G. P. A.F. Britton. Devonshire. Britton. Devonshire. (Oxford.) (Cam.) (Oxford.) (Cam.) 1 P-K4 P-K3 22 P-QR 4 Kt-B4 2 P-Q4 P*-Q4 23 P-R5 Kt-Q4 3 Kt-QB 3 B-Kts 24 R-Kt7 Q-K3 4 PxP PxP 25 QxRP Kt-B6 5 P-QR 3 BxKtch 26 R-Rl RxPl 6 Pxß Kt-K2 27 P-R3 Kt-K7ch 7 B-Q3 QKt-B3 28 K-R2 R-QBS 8 Kt-B3 B-B4 29 R-KtB Kt(K7)x 9 Castles Castles B 10 B-KKt5 P-B3 30 PxKt R-B7 11 B-KB4 Q-Q2 31 R-Kl R-K7 12 P-B4 Bxß 32 R(KtB)x QxR 13 Qxß QR-Q 1 „ „ „ Rch 14 KR-Q 1 PxP 33 RxR QxR 15 QxßPch Kt-Q4 34 Q-RBch K-B2 16 B-Kt3 Kt-K2 35 QxP Kt-K6 17 Q-Kt3 P-B3 36 Q-Q7ch K-Kt3 18 QR-Ktl P-QKt4 37 Kt-R4ch K-R3 19 P-B4 PxP 38 Kt-Bsch KtxKt 20 QxP KR-K 1 39 QxKt Q-R3 21 Q-R6 Kt-Kt3 40 Q—QBS And the pawn goes through. This game was technically won on move 25, but Mr Devonshire struggled hard. He might have tried 28. Kt(K7)xß. answering 29. Ktxß with Q-K4. which would draw. And on move 36, K-Bl was much better than K-Kt3.