CHESS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16582, 15 November 1921, Page 5

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W. S. KING.

I Items of interest are invited, and the ! editor will be pleased to answer questions | concerning: any branch of the game of | chess. Short games having point of merit will be welcomed for publication. Bolt:tiorss of a problem should be sent in within j I a week of appearance of the diagram. SOLUTION. I Problem No. 27. by H. Waddington. Position (Forsyth notation): 1 kt r q 4. R 7. lPppQlpl, Kpkßl pPl.l Kt P p 4, 2 Kt 5,8, 4 kt 3. White to play and mate in two moves. Key move. Q Q Kt 8. SOLVERS. Correct solution of Problem Nq. 27 received from White Knight. Opawa; H.. St Albans; Rook. Christchurch; Bishop. Ashburton ; and West Coaster. Greymouth. PROBLEM No. 23. By L. H. Cockburn. Black (thirteen men),

White (eight men). 8, 4 p Kt 2, 4 r 3, p Q 4 kt r, It 3 b p 1 p, 3plklP, 2p2 p R 1,2 B2 K b Kt. White to play and mate in two moves. BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. The following masterly Roy Lopez game was played between the first and second prize winners at tho British championship. The ending is especially pleasing and worthy of the occasion. White, F. D. Yates; Black, Sir G. A. Thomas:— IP—K4I T K 4 2 Kt KB 3 2 Kt Q B 3 38-Kts3 P Q R 3 48—R44 Kt R 3 5 Castles 5 B K 2 6R—KIG P Q Kt 4 7B—Kt3 7 P Q 3 BP—B3B Kt Q K 4 98—82 9 P B 4 10 P - Q 4 (a) 10 a B 2 11 Q Kt Q 2 11 Kt 12 Kt B sq 12 B P x P (b) 18 P x P 13 B Kt 5 14 P - Q 5 14 Kt Ci 5 15 B Q 3 (c) 15 Kt R 4 (d) 16 B K 3 (e) 16 Kt x Kt ch 17 P x Kt 17 B Q B sq 18 P Q R 4 18 R Q Kt sq 19 P x P 19 P x P 20 R R 7 (f) 20 Q Q sq 21 Kt Kt 3 21 Kt 22 B x Kt 22 P x B 23 Kt B 6 23 B R 5 (g) 24 O K 2 24 Castles (h) 25 Kt x B (i) 25 Q x Kt 25 B x P? 26 B R 6i 27 K R sq (j) 27 It x B 28 E-KKt 8Q (k) 28 R— B 4 (1) 29 P Kt 4 29 R B 6 / 30 Cl Kt -2 30 K E - Q B sq 81 P Kt 5 31 Q 82 Q - K 2 32 Q - Kt 3 (m) White resigns. (a) It is mat Capabtauca usou lo pxay B to 3, out has now tuscarueci it in favour of P q 4superior to uastiea. lilac*. plays Ueumteiy lor oouuter-atLacjA. me uegiuxier will perhaps be surprised to learn mat this is all *' dook.” A'no variation la one oi tne soundest tieieuoes to tno Buy Doyez. l.u> improving on a game Capabianca v. ChotimirsKi, .fetrograu, ial3, wuere the latter played tne mierior move uastieu. (e; inviting Black to opeu tne K Jxt nle. along which lie Hopes to inaae may wuu his rooks. Black accepts the invitation, and proves \v lute’s hopes to be wrongly based. (f) Generally speaking, the R would be very wen placed here. (g) Probably overlooked by White. Black now threatens B x P ch, and if K x B, Kt 3 ch, followed by <4 x R. White has no time to play Kt x P ch. (h> Rather late in the game, but Black perceiveß that he may safely let tho Q Kt P go, and there is little to fear from the open file. (i) Preparing to win the Q Kt P, but the plan is faulty. (j) In view of the threat Q, Kt 4 ch, (k) If 28 Q x R. Q x B P, and mate in (l) Or Q R A. (in) Finishing in style. Black threatens 33 . . . Q x R ch, followed by R B 8 ch. li 83 R x Q, R B 8 ch, and mate in two. If 33 R (R 7) R sq, R B 8; 34 Q R x R, R x R, and mate in a few moves.