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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11217, 24 October 1914, Page 16

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Solutions of problems, game contributions and information nnd news concerning tie roya pastime will be welcomed. Gomn lll ® 1 nations should reach the " Star Office y Thursdnv of each w°ek. , , The Canterbury Chess Club meets in , tno Y.MCA. Bui'dinga on Tuesday and Friday evenings of each week. Visiting players are cordially invited to attend. SOLUTION. Problem No. 87, by P. Healey, London. Position (Fonivth notvtion): 1 k4 kt 1, - p R 4. 2 B 1 k 1 P 1, R 6 Kt, 2 p 5. B 1 b 5. 2QI kt 3. lb 6. Whits to play and niato in two moves. Key, R—Q 3. SOLVERS. Correct, colutinn of Problem No. 87 recMvpd from Lyttelfcm; V.K.L., Rp.*»iora; P.A.L.K., Wellington; Bi p hon, A'bburton*. Tprt.in«, Kainnoi; Roy, Oulverd'n; B'rek Kni"ht. Chris'church; Mirror Jfnts, Stjr-vfen; Mac. T.<rivnM; R.J., Wooleton; S., Tima.ru; and T.J., Papanui. PROBLEM No. 09. By A. Mosc'.y, Brisbane.

White (seven men). /8, kt 3 p 3, 1 Kt 1 Kt 3 K, 6 R 1, 8 k 4, 7 Q, b 1 B 5, q kt B r 2 b 1. White to play and mate in two moves. BRITISH CHESS CONGRESS. Tho following is tho score of the game played between Messrs J. H. B.ackburne mid -W. S. Viner (Ausiralasian champion) at the British Chess Championship Tournament held recently at Chester. The notes ajre from the "Observer Budget": Scotch Opening. IP K 4 IP K 4 2 Kt iv B 3 2 Kt Q B 3 3P—Q4 3 i 1 i P 4KtxP4 B B 4 6B—K3 5 Q B 3 6P-QB3 6K Kt K 3 7 Kt - B 2 (a) 7 B - Kt 3 (b) BQKt—K 3 8 B x B oKtxßa P Q R 3 10 B Q 3 10 P Q 3 11 Castles 11 B Q 2 12 P - K B 4 32 Castles K R 13 Q B 2 13 Q R 8 14 Q K K sq 14 Q.R K sq 15P-K Kt sq (c) 15 Kt Qsq 16 Q Kt 2 1G Q R 5 17 Q Kt B 2 17 Kt Kt 3 18 R B 3 18 Kt K 3 19QR —KBsa(d) 19 Kt - B 4 20 Kt B 5 20 Q Qsq (c) 21 Q K 2 21 Kt KR 5 22 R K :-i 22 Kt x Kt, 23 Kt P x Kt 23 Kt x B 21 Q x Kt 24 Q B 3 25 R Kt 3 25 B Kt 4 26 P B 4 26 B B 3 27 R Ksq 27 QxKt P 28 Kt Q 4 23 Qx R P (f) 29 Q QB 3 (g) 23 P- B 3 30 R Rsq 30 QxR oh 31 Q x Q 31 R x P 32 Kt K 6 32 R B 2 33 Q QB sq S3 P QKt 4 34 P x P 34 B x P 35 R QB 3 35 P B 3 36 R s P (h) Black resigns. (a) A variation to which Blackburno has always been partial. (b) Obviously loss of time, as he oxchanges the B next move.

(e) Going straight at the enemy's position in the manner of the old guard.

(d)'lf 19 P—B 5, then, of course, Kt 8 0, or if 19 Kt Q4,Kt xP. (e) Threatening B x Kt, and Kt (f) The capture cf the Kt P was risky; the capture of the R P suicidal. Q—Kt 3 was t'lie only move. Even then the Q is very fax from tho threatened king. (e) A settler, winning the Black queen, or mating iv three by 30 Rx P ch. Kx R; 31 Kt K 6 double chj, K mate. (h) A neat finish, for if B x R, 37 Q s B. CANTERBURY CHESS CLUB. It has been decided to hold a summer tourney at status odds, to commence on Tuesday, October 27. The entrance fee is 2s 6d. The chief condition of the match is that fixed dates will be posted up, on winch the contestants should "play one _ another. Tuesdays will be the regulation nights of play for the tourney. Should a competitor not meet his opponent on the Tuesday appointed for his match, and should he not play the game before the following Tuesday, his opponent, if present on the appointed Tuesday, shall score a win. It has been found necessary to fix definite evenings for games owing to tlie unsatisfactory situation reached in several tournaments recently, when .some players have failed to play half their games. A recess will take place in the summer tourney to allow competitors to get away for the Christmas holidays. No games will be compulsory bet-ween December 15 and the first Tuesday in February, 1915. The following players have so far entered for the summer tourney:—Messrs H. Kennedy and F. 11. Cumberworth V), V,. T -r M-><* -n T.

Hawkins, R, Lovell-Smith, W. Joyce, H. Gourlev (c.iibs 4:. iv. A. Joseph (class 5), C. H. Black, A. C. Twyford (class 6). In preparation for the_ summer tourney and for the various other events of the present club year, all members of the club have been rec]ass:fied. The general tendency of the new classification is to increase the handicap received by members in the lower chsscs. This has been done by practically putting down a class nil members below class one. This should result in memb^T s : in the lower classes getting a much Ir'sher percentage of wins, and will, no doubt, ensure a continued interest in the tourney throughout i + s course.

Additional lnddor cl-nllo-nces are: H. Gonrlpy T. Hawkins fmrnntt eipbt. and W. H. Messenger challenges A. C. Twyfnrd for rung six teen. The mntrh, H. Konnodv v. F H. Oumberwor 1 h. is not vet fi" Mvxl. The contrbutio.ns for the Championship Congress, received or promised, amount so far to £l4 5s 6d. This i. c the. result almost entirely of voluntary contributions, as the ennvassinpj s 01) ]y starting; its onerations. The most recent donnt : ivp:—R. A. Jos°nh -P's 3s. Hon H. F Wi.<rrnm £2 2s. W. Bowron £1 Is. T T-Tawkin?. TO (Id. H. T,. Chrystall 10r 6d, A. C. Twvford 10s 6d. CHESS CHAT. The "British Chess Magazine" for September contains a short account of the British Chess Federation Congress, which was held in the Town Hall, Chester. August 10 to 22. Theoriginal entry list of 112 players for all the competitions was reduced by about fifty on account of the war. Eleven players finally entered for the British championship, including in their numbor the present champion, F. D. Yates, the veteran player, J. H. Blackburno, I. Gunsberg, and the Australian champion W. G. Viner. The contest resolved itself into a struggle for supremacy between Messrs Yates and Blackburno. The two leaders were equal when they met in the final round; this proved an interesting game, Yates sacrificing a pawn for the attack, which, however, Blackburne succeeded in meeting, \ates having some difficulty in securing a draw. The tie will be decided at a date to bo fixed by the Federation Executive. Mr Viner's score was five points out of ten games, his position was seventh in the list. His three losses were to Blnckburne, Yates, and Dr Schumer. The "Australasian" quotes the foL-

lowing from a letter received in Mol- ] bourne from Mr Gundersen, the chess j editor of tliafc journal, who was travel- ! ling in Germany on tho outbreak of war:—"Had a terrible time getting hero (from Muinheim, Germany)—two meals and ten hours' .sleep in a week. Will fiend you somo of my experiences soon." This makes it plain that Mr Gundersen carno oufc of Germany via Norway, as it was thought ho would. The Victorian ex-champion was to leave England on Septemcbr 20, and should arrive in Melbourne about tho end of this month. The death is announced of Mr F. J. Volckniann, a prominent member of the Sydney School of Arts Chess Club, and tlie chess editor of the Sydney "Sunday Times." He hacl long suffered from many physical infirmities, notwithstanding he was an active worker in the cause of chess, and was well liked in Svdney chess circles. We learn with . regret the news of Carl Kockelkorn's death, one of the pioneers of the German school P™ b " lem conmosition. Heir KockeUoin. who a fow months ago, celebrated his seventieth birthday, was for over fifty ye™s associated with J. Kolita in composing problems and laying the fundamental stones to. the ''German School," especially by collection "Das Tndrcbo Pioblem. His loss will be felt by the whole fraternity of problem lovers. A music and chess joke was cricked after a mating of the Liverpool a d Gh-gow Chess Clubs recently. The T ivprnool pi avers wore defeated, but Iffnr dii!ner thev were asked to suigl fl'J " Mr' Ve'lhyita. on their behalf tW "they could nob siuo- they could only crow, and for this'the occasion did not seem exactly suitable," The usual course is to sing an oiTOonent into a state of temporary insanity, and then crow when he gives away the game by making a bad m Mr' Amos Burn, ch-ss -ocVtor of " The Fi«ld." represented'his journal at J He Mn.nnlipim tournament. As; war an.it commenced before the common wasBurn succeeded in getting our. of Germany. Mr Burn is ail elderly man, but 'as he can count many sincera friends amongst German che-w devotees there little doubt lie would be well cared for until lie could get out of the country.