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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10753, 26 April 1913, Page 12

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Solutiouß of problems, gams contributions unci information and news concerning: the royal pastime will be v;elcorned. Communications should reach the " Star" Office by Thursday of each ■sreok.

The Canterbury Chess Club meets in the Y.M.C.A. Building every Tuesday and Friday evening. Visiting- chess players are invited to attend.

PROBLEM No.- 15. (By D. Booth, -Jun.) First prize, half-yearly tournament oi tL " Football Field." Blaok (15 men).

White (10 men). 2 R 1 R b 2,-f ,p 1 P p 1, p 2 k 4, r b 184, p3P2p, KSQlrl, lPpKt p 1 q B, kt 3 kt 3. "White to play and mate in. two moves. A splendid problem in. all respects; is well worth careful study. A TELE&RAPHIC GAME. ilrO following interesting and hard-fought game was played, at Board No. 8 in the tplegra.!">hiii T eiiess» /ns-tcli between the Canterbury and "vveuington Chess Clubs: Ruy Lopez. White. Black. (A. G. Fell. Wei.) (W. Frasar, Cant.) IP -i IP-K4 2Kt—KB32 Kt Q B 3 3 P. Kt 5 3 P Q 3 4 r B 3 IP QR3 sß—Ris Kt B 3 6,P—Q3 B B Q 2 7P—R3 7 P R 3 8 Castles 8 B K 2 9 R K sq 9 Castles 10 Kt-118-B2 ■ 11 Kt Q R 2 12 Kt Bsq 12 P B 4 13 Kt Kt 3 13 t) K sq 14 P Q 4 14 Kt B 3 .15 Kt x P 15 B x Kt 16 P x B 16 Q B 2 17 P- Q 5 17 Kt R 2 18 B Q 2 13 Kt R 2 3!) Q Bsq 1!) B B 3 20 R K 4 20 K 21 P - R 4 21 B Q sq 22 R Kt 4 22 B B 3 23 Kt Kt 5 (e) 2.1 Q K 2 24 Kt x Kt 24 K x Kt 25 R—Kt G 2."> Ps R • 26 P x P 01l 2") K Kt sq 27 B B 5 '.'7 B x P 23 B K 6 ch 23 K R sq 29 P Kt 3 23 B Kt 4 30 B x B 30 R B 3 31 P - B 4 31 Ps P 32 P x P 32 P x B 33 P B ,i 33 R x B 34 Q P x R 34 P lvt 5 35 Q Ksq 35 Q Kt t 36 Q K 4 36 R K sq 37 R Bsq 37 Kt Baq 33 R B 4 RS Kt K 2 39 R x P 39 Q B i? ch 40 K Kt 2 40 O x P ch 41 K R 3 41 QxP eh 42 R Kt 3 4-2 Q B 3 43 Q R sa 43 Kt I P 44 K Kt2disci 41 Kt R 3 45 Q B ?q 45 Q x Q ch 46 Tv x Q 46 R x P 47 R B:} 47 K B 3 4S Resigns NOTES BY MR ERASER. (a) White sacrifices rook for pawn. The resulting attack is ve.ry si rone. (b) Black wastes a move. 2G . . . K R sq at once is better. A weak move, losing the bishop. Better would have been open the bishop's file ancl give Black a good attack. ;cl) Whifp now icjains the piece he jrava up previously. (o) Black now begins to stem the ohiia-ught, and with this and the fluwrdm;r move lie upsets Vriiitn'ft attack and s&ins. a piece. (f) A strong move, preventing White from attacking by Vay of the rook's file.

(") The knisht now filters the jama after a. long spell of inaction. (h) ..Lite's fatal move. The game is now in Bla-ck's hands. 119 - P - B G would, 1 think, have given. Yvliite a winning chance. Note by the Editor. —This is a capital genie fc.r the student, by reason of the enterprise shown by. both player?— Whit?, in the initial attack and Black in the excellent series of defensive moves later in the "White was unfortunate in npt scoring a will. Sparkling 1 chess of the kind played i? very pleasing to lovers of the royal pastime. LOCAL NOTES. There is often an impression among the general'public that, only practiced players are welcome to become members of chess clubs. This*notion, we feel sure, prevents many from joining for fear that, thev would prove an unwelcome addition to the club. The reverse of this is the case. Older members, as a rule, are only too willing to devote a portion of their time to help the young student to tnake headway in the game. Several players of the Canterbury Chess Club have notified to the writer of these notes that they are t'ullv prepared to take in hand any bofiimier.s who cave to join the club, and will sparo no wains to initiate tliem into such 01

the mysteries of the Roym! game as >vill j enable them to play with pleasure and I profit to themselves. It is hoped that ; any novice seeing this no lie*? v. ill not j hesitate to join if he feels he would care ; for a pleasurable manner of spending j trie lone winter evenings. as he will be j well catered for at the Canterbury! Club. i in connection with the previous note | it may interest players to learn that | several members of the club have offered to deliver short addresses to the younger and more inexperienced players on various phases of the game. Not very much can be dealt, with a-s regards the middle game as th© eombina- i tions and variations are too multitudinous to be reduced to fixed principles. It is in the openings and in the end game that more or less fixed principles can be laid down. 7t is very tantalising lor a beginner to emerge with a superior force m j the end game, and through lack of | knowledge to let a win slip through his j fingers. In the. same way a game is j of"oen really lost in the first- half-dozen j moves through a player entering upon ; an inferior variation of an opening. He has then to play with a considerable handicap for the remainder of the game. It will be the aim of the members giving the addresses to give beginners a few sound principles of play both for opening and ending their games, and to stimulate them to take further steps to improve their play for themselves. Probably two addresses will be delivered during May. In case any student should he m doubt as to a choice of books to learn from, the writer of these notes suggests the following as being thoroughly modern, exhibiting the best analysis, and at the -same time very bandy and cheap. As a general guide to the game, the Rev E. E. Cunninprtcn's " Modern Chess Primer." price one shilling, cannot be surpassed. It abounds in useful j information, containing chapters on I pawn plav, end games, openings, general hints to beginners, and a number of very easy and instructive notes in two and three moves. I' or the openings pure and simple. Modern Chess Openings," by Griffiths and White, price ~s 6d, contains in a small compass the best modern variations in each opening and is good alike for beginners and experienced players. As regards the end game. " End Games for Beginners. ' and " Selected End Games," published by the British Chess Company at one shilling each, furnish all that is needed for most average players. The committee of the Canterbury Club has in hand the classification of all playing members of the club. W hen completed, the list will be placed on the notice-board, and in future tournaments the handicaps will be allotted with reference to this classification. The places of members' names on the ladder will also he assigned in the first instance according to the class they occupy. It is hoped that challenges on the "ladder will commence in about two weeks' time.

This (Saturday) evening, immediately before the club match Married v. Single is commenced, a short general meeting will be held to consider the question of opening the club rooms on _ Saturday afternoons and evenings. It is believed that many members are in favour of doing this, and it would give many an opportunity of playing the gam© who would not find it convenient to attend at other times.

CHESS GHAT. Of th» two unfinished games in the recent telegraphic chess match between Canterbury and Wellington that between Messrs Brooker (Canterbury) and Chapman was awarded to Mr Brooker, and the other game—Messrs Hawkins (Canterbury) and Carman — was declared a draw. "Wellington thus won the match by sis and a half points to three and a half. In recording the result the Wellington "Evening Post " has the following, which will interest readers:— This is the best margin that the local players - have ever secured agamsi Christehurch players, as will be seen from the following list of results to date 1879 —A tie, each side scoring 4 wins and 4 draws. 188fj--Wf:liugtou won by • games to 3 and 2 draws. 1884 —Wellington won by 4 games to 3 and 3 draws. 18S7 —Canterbury wen by 8 games to 3 and 1 draw. 3832 —A tie, each side scoring: 7J points. 1891 —"Wellington won by 8| to 6i. 1913—Wellington won by 6j to Sh Summary.—Wellington Chess Club, 4 wins; Canterbury Chess Club,, 1 win; and two matches ended in a tieAs showing who were the '• lights of other days," we append the following interesting results of the first match, played in 1879: —■ Wellington. Christ-church. C. YT. Benbow ,1 R. Bray . . 0 Ott . . .0 H. Hookham . 1 H. Willis . . i Hunter . . i E. C. Hullett .0 P. F. Jaoobsea . 1 W. R. E. Brown . 1 J. C. Yeel . 0 W. F. Barraud . J Newman < $ Harwood . 0 Wood . ,1 E. R-ee.ves . . 1 D,tv . ,0 J. Ballance . . 1 Pan: , . 0 G. Didsbury . 0 Pec;: . . J Kirk ... J Lajie , i Davies . . J Ellis . i Total . . 6 Total . . 6 Most of these players have since joined the great majority," but Messrs Barraud and Willis are still active members of the Wellington Club, in the ISS3 match, Messrs Benbow and | Hookham drew their game at board 1, j Mr Barraud scoring from Mr Jacobsen |at board 2. In 1884, Mr Benbow won [ from Mr Jacobscn at board 1, and Mr j Hookhain from Mr Barraud at board 2. The Hon John Brvce scored for Wellington at board 3 at the .expense of Mr Moore, thus emulating the win. I of the Hon John Ballance in the 1871) j contest. Mr W. Brown, who scored for I u-; at hoard 6, was a member of the | firm M'Ewen, Brown and Kicto. and j is not (as sometimes supposed) identiI cul with the W. R. E. Brown. (Regisi trar-Cc'icrnl) who iignred with success lin the 1879 matcii. The 1887 fixture, which ended so disastrously for '!)" Wellingt.onians. witnessed a draw be- | tweon Messrs Hookham and Benbow i nt board 1. Mr Ollivier winning from |Mr Barraud at board 2. Of those who j made their first appeamnoe on this ! occasion may he mentioned the late Mr , A. I. Litfcleiohn, and Messrs Wilson. . Duret, Lambert. B. J. Barnes and G. j F. Fraucis. each of whom opened his | interprovincia.l account " with a rfc- | verse. The IFS7 match was also to [have been F. K. Kelling's; first " inj terprovincial," but indisposition kept him out of the fray.

The chess players of 11.M.5. New Znp.ln.iid have written, thanking the Wellington Club for conferring honorary membership on them during their stay in port. Pressure of other engagements has prevented the visitors from playing mate-lies with the local clllbs.

The Auckland Chess Club's annua! meeting was held recenilv, when a presentation wa* made io Mr Crier.sou in honour of his winning the Zea-