CHESS

Southland Times, Issue 22499, 8 December 1934, Page 23

CHESS

CONDUCTED BY MELVILLE MILLS. Attempt the end, and never stand in doubt; , .. Nothing so hard but search will find it out.

PROBLEM No. 665.

By T. and J. W BLACK (Eight I

WHITE (Seven Pieces). 4kt3 I IR2PIPI I 3pKlPl I p2R4 I 6ktl ] 1 Kt 7 | lp6 I blk3Bl |. White to play and mate in three moves. PROBLEM No. 666. By F. F. L. Alexander. BLACK (Nine Pieces).

WHITE (Ten Pieces). K 7 | !Qp4R I kt2pk2Kt | 6PP I 4qPpl lp2RlPl | skt2 | lßsb |. White to play and mate in two moves.

PROBLEM No. 667. By W. Jacobs (New York). 681 I 8 1 sQpl I lplpp3 | r3q3 1 3p4 | IBlKzbl | 7kt |. White to play and mate in three moves. PROBLEM No. 668. By S. Krishnamurti (Madras). White to play and mate in two moves. END-GAME No. AB9. From Actual Play. (BLACK.)

(WHITE.) Black to play, and White then to mate in three.

SOLUTION TO PROBLEMS. No. 653 by T. and J. Warton (3 move): Held over. No. 654 by R. C. Lyncss (2 move): Key QI. A Pawn-Valve Theme, with the Pickaninny Theme, four variations by a Pawn, added. Kt—Rl is defeated by QP=Kt. Correct solutions —E.A.L. (In gill), W. McF. (Timaru), "Quixote" (In gill), "Novice" (In’glll). “Tryer" (In gill), R-L. (Ashburton), "Chester” (Ch.ch.). No. 655 by S. S. Lewmann (3 move): Key (X—QB4. A thoughtful problem on the antiGoethart Theme. Details: If B. W. B. W. R—K3 PxR PxP Q x KP p K 3 P—Q6 Kt X B Q x Kt else P—Q7 P—K4 P-KtB=Kt etc. Correct solutions from —E.A.L. (In'gill), W. McF. (Timaru), "Quixote" (In gill). No. 656 by L. Ttihan Baronowski (2 move). Key: Kt x KP. , Correct solutions from —E.A.L. (In gill), W. McF. (Timaru), “Quixote" (In gill), "Tryer" (In’glll), "Novice" (In'gill), R-L--(Ashburton), "Chester" (Ch.ch.), ZZZ (In gill WTEK’S END-gXmE. No. ABB—l R—BBch, K—R2; 2 Q—Kt6ch, B x Q; 3 P x Bch, K x P; 4 B—K3 mate. QUEEN’S GAMBIT. From the Barcelona Tourney. White Black I White • Black Tartakower Rey Tartakower Rey 1. p_ r Q4 P—Q4 12. Kt—Q6ch B x Kt 2. p—QB 4 P—K3 13. Q X KB R—QI 3. Kt-KB 3 Kt-KB 3 14. Q—R3 Kt—Qs(h) 4. Kt—B3 15. Q—Kt2(l) B—B4 P—B4(a) 5. BP x P 16. B—Q2 Kt X P(b) Kt—B7ch(l) 6. P—KKt3(c) 17. K—QI Kt—R6 P x P 7. Kt X P(d) 18. Q—Kt4(k) Q—Q4 Kt x Kt 8. P x Kt P—K4 19. R—Kt2 Q x R 9. Kt—Kts(e) 20. Resigns (1) Q—R4 10. Q—Qs(f) Kt—B3 11. R—QKTI(g) B—K3 (a) A variation of the Tarrasch Defence. (b) Better than KP x P, which yields Black an isolated QP. (c) P—K4 leads to a lot of exchanges and about equality. (d) Stronger is Kt x Kt, Q x Kt, 8 Q x P. (e) To get some compensation for his weak QBP, should Black exchange Q’s: i.e.. Q x Qch, 10 K x Q, Kt—R3 or K—QI, 11 B—K3, a "worrit" in a small way. (f) Waste of time that is probably fatal. R—QKtl at once was wanted. , , . (g) Finding B—Q2, on which he had relied, to be unsound by B—K3, 12 Kt—Q6 ch, B x Kt, 13 Q X KB, R—QI, 14 P—QB4, H x Q and wins a piece. (h) Altogether charming. Q —Q4, parried by P—B3, was much inferior. (i) Naturally, Q x Q, Kt—B7 mate. (j) Again the best. (k) Tartakower in the toils. Kt —B 5 was one threat. „ ' (I) A very fine game by Dr. Rey, the Spanish champion. FALKBEER GAMBIT. From the British Championship Tourney. White Black. White Black H. W.A. H. W.A. Golombek Fairhurst Golombek Fairhurst 1. P—K4 P—K4 20. P—QKt4(e) 2. P—KB4 P—Q4 P—QB4 3. Kt—Kß3 QPxP 21. P x P B x P 4. Kt x P 22. P—Bs(f) B—R6 Kt—Qß3(a) 23. QR—Ktl B—Q3 5. B—Kts B—o2 24. B X KtP(g) 6. B x Kt B x B KR—Ktl 7. Kt x B P x Kt 25. P—B6 B—K4 8. Q—K2 Kt—B3 26. R—Bs. KR—KI 9. Kt—B3 B—B4 27. P—B4 R—Q7 10. Q—B4(b) Q—Q5 28. P-Kt4(h) 11. Q x Q BxQ R x Ktch(i) 12. Kt—K2 B—B4 29. K x R Kt—B6ch 13. P—QKt3 30. K—Q3 Kt X R Castles Q 31. P—KR4 14. B—Kt2 Kt—R6(D Kt—Kts(c) 32. P—R5 Kt—KtB 15. P—KR3 Kt—B7 33. P—Kts Kt—M 16. R—KBI 34. P—Kt6 RP X P P—K6(d) I 35. RPxP P x P 17. P x P Kt—Ks 36. R x B(k) R x R 18. B—Q4 B—Ktsch 37. P—B7 R—KB4 19. P—B3 B—K2 I 38. P=Qch Resigns (a) Resulting exchanges leave Black without much compensation for bad Q side P’s. The move recommended here is B—Q3. (b) Good: it forces, more or less, the exchange of Q’s. Instead, Kt x P would give Black chances by Castles. (c) He must try to hamper White's development. „ (d) KR—KI, 17 R x Kt B x Rch, 18 K x B, R x P, 19 R—QBI appears to turn in favour of White. , , (e) Mr Fairhurst’s main threat being B—Rsch, K—QI, P—QB4. (f) Timely, for R—B4, and with an eye for B x KtP. (g) This capture, and the P—B6 corollary, shut out the White B, and give Black a sporting chance. If B x RP, P—B4, also with chances. (h) A deliberate sacrifice, I suppose. (i) R x P, obtaining a passed QRP, turn out better for Black, who would still threaten R x Ktch. , (j) Black, in a critical position, proceeds

to mark time, possibly being short of that third dimension of chess. He should try to get his Kt back to play by Kt—B6 (32 R x B, R x R, 33 K x Kt, R X Pch. 34 K moves R—KKt6). (k) Mr Golombek deserves his success in this ding-dong struggle. The Black Kt is caught in the finish.