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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16907, 5 December 1922, Page 5

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rßj w. S. TTRQ.) Utai >t interest n-« invited and thm ♦ditor will b® pleased to answer « nest ions concerning *ny branch of tbe chess. Short games barmr point of merit will be welcomed for ti-ans of a problem should be sent in with in * week ef appearauce of the PROBLEM No. 84. By A. Bile moan. Buenos Ayres. . Black (fourteen men).

White (ten men.) let 4 r 1, 4 Ei 2 U. 2 P p Kt 3, It 1 b k 4. 1 P l B p p 1 p. 1 P 4 Q 1, a Kt f l p l kt 1, 4 v h K R. White to play and mate in two moves. A GAME WORTH STUDYING. Played between B. Kostick f Serbian champion) and 1\ D. Yates (England):—

ta) A standard position in the Queen ? Gambit, Declined. White ha.s now a. chance of three continuations—lt Q B sq bury'a move). B Q 3 and Q B 2 (the latest proposal). (b; Tn Pillsbury's day the usual reply was P - Q Kt 3, but Pillsbury's repeated vrlns against this move have thrown it into disrepute. (c) At Petrograd in 1914 Capahlanca plaved against Rubinstein 10 - - . P Q Kt'i; 33 B Q 3. P Q R 3: 12 Kt • - K 5. B Kt 2. but White has the best or it. (d) A surprise move; B t's B is the natural reply. But tho text is good; White's pawns are doubled, but be gels full compensation in the relative mobility of his pieces. is) Probably desirous of keeping tfic square K B 3 open s or his B. (f) Keeping tho B bearing on Black's K P and K B P. (g) If in reply 17 . . . Pt DC P;IBQxP. and we begin to see why White played 1-4 B Kt 3 rather than 14 B Q 3. (h) There is now some fine play by the White Kts. He now threatens Kt Q 7, ami also Kt x K BP begins to look like a future possibility. (i) White threatened Kt x B, winning the exchange. (j) If 24 ... Q x Kt; 25 Q x B! It x Q; 26 R x R ch. c* x It; 27 Kt R 7 ch •wins. (k) The passed pawn becomes threatening. (l) Forcing the win but Black tries an ingenious resource. (pi) * Threatening mate by Q K 8 efi ae well as the B. (n) A beautiful saving clause-

Queen's Gambit Declined. "White —Ko?tick. Black—Yates. 1 P - Q l .1 Kt — KB ;; ‘1 Kt — KB 3 2 P - Q“t 3 P — B 1 3 I* — K 8 1 Kt - QB o -l QKt — Q 2 5 B — lvt 5 o B — K 2 6 P — K 3 «'* Castles a) 7 R — QB sq 7 P — R 3 <b) S Q — B 2 S It — K t fi 0 B - Q 3 1* V x P !0 G- x I* 10 Kt — Q 4 (c) 11 B - B 4 (di 31 lvt x B 12 P x Kt 12 Kt — B eq (e) 33 Castles 13 P — QKt 1 14 B — Kt 3 (£) 14 P — QK d 14 B — Kt 3 (f> 13 B — K 3 13 P — QR 4 16 Q — Kt 3 16 KB — Q sci 17 QR — Kt sq 17 P— B 5 (gj 18 Kt x P 18 P x KP 19 B — QB sq ly Kt — K 5 'hi 20 P x P 20 V x T 21 Q — Q 3 il Kt - a 3 '-32 B — Kt •> (j) 22 Kt — UB 6 23. B i R '28 Kt x R 2* B — Kt 2 (j) ’! R x B 25 B x Kt 25 Kt'-— K 8 2(5 Q — B 5 26 Kt — B 3 27 Kt — Q 5 27 P — Q 5 Ik) 33 Q x Kt 38 Kt x Kt 33 It — K sci 29 <1 — R 7 Hi 30 Q — Q Kt 1 iji 30 Q x B Si. K — B 82 31 Q - B 8 111) 32 Q * Q 33 Q to P 3 33 I 1 — R o !S P I a .11 K — B sq 34 B — Q SCI 35 K — K 2 K — B s<j 36 K — Q a 37 R — QKt sci 37 K — B 4 38 . B — K 3 38 R — QKt 1 39 K — Ksq 39 P — R 6 40 K — <3 2 4 K x P ■11 P - E 1 oh 41 K — B 4 42 P i P 42 P — B 7 43 R 2- QR sq 43 R — QR sq 44 K — B 3 44 R — R 6 4o K —- Kt 3 45 R — KB 5 46 P — B 3 46 Resigns.