CHESS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17012, 10 April 1923, Page 9

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W. S. KING.)

Items of interest are invited and tin? editor will h* pleasjsd to answer quettionr concerning- any branch of the game of chess. Short game- haring point of merit n-ilt be welcomed for publication. Solutions of a problem should he sent in within a week of appearance of the diagram. PROBI/EF No. 09. By A. Ellerraan. First Prize -Good Companion," January. 1029. '' Black (ten men).

2 b 1 K-t 3 p Q p2. t p 1 P 4 J I. k 2 K 1 B. P 3 V.t -2 Kt 2. 1* 1 q P P 3. kt 4 B 2,2 R.S b 1. White to play and mate in two moves. SOLUTION. Problem No. 98. by 33. Tcmpenham, two moves—-R K B 7. A BRILLIANCY PRIZE GAME. Retie win against Snoßko-Borowski in the London Congress:— Queen’s Gambit. 1 F Q 4 i p __ n :1 2P—QB4 2 P K 8 3Kt—QB33 Kt K B 3 4 B Kt 5 , 4 Q Kt Q 2 OP—K 3 5 B K 2 8 Kt -~ B 3 r, Castles T 0—827 P B 4 ft R Q ! P. P x Q P KPxP 0 P x P 10 B x P 10 P - K R. 3 11 B R 4 ii Kt Kt 3 (a) 12 B Q Kt 3 12 B Q 2 13 Castles 13 R B l U Q K 2! 14 P R 3 15 K E K 1 (b> 15 B Kt 5 XI Kt • K 5 ifi B x Kt. 17 P x B (c) 17 P -- Kt 4 IS B Kt 3 18 R x p .13 P K R 4 19 K Kt Q. 4 20 Q -- R 5 20 K Kt 2 21 B x Kt 21 P x B (d) 22 Kt x P (e) 22 R x Kt 28 B - K 5 oh 28 R B 3 24 P x P 24 V x P 23 Q x P eh 25 X B 2 2fi Q T 5 r. eb 23 K Kt 1 if) 27 X K 1 ig) 27 Q F B 8 (h) 28 R Kt 3 28 R K 1 29 R -- Kt 3 ch 29 B -- Kt 3 30 R x B 30 R x R, 81 Q R S eh 31 K B 2 82 Q x Q 32 Resign*-.

(a) Q R 4 is played by Capa-bla-nca, at Q 1 the Queen obstructs the development of the other pieces. (b) Threatens P Q 5. 15 K Kt -- Q 4 is answered by 16 Kt x Kt, Kt x Kt; 17 r. i Kt and win*. There is no good continuation for Black. (c) White threatens Kt Kt 4. (d) If 21 Kt x B; -22 P X P: P x P: 23 Kt. x B. etc. (e> Beginning of the final combination--after this Black':- moves are forced. (f) If 26 ... K Kt 2: 27 il Kt 1, B Kt t (best': 28 P. x R ch. Q x B; .29 R K 5 winning. (g mireatens Q Kt- 5 ch. followed by B x R. Q x B, Q x Q. It x Kt. winning. <b> If 27 . . . Kt - B 5: 28 Q Kt 5 eh. K B 2: 29 R x P and wins. IF 27 . . . B Kt 4: 28 R x B. P x R; 29 B x R, Q x B; 30 R K S eh wins. THE BUDAPEST DEFENCE. Mr Hemy Tate forwards the followingnote on the origin of the Budapest- defence ■or counter gambit) to the Melbourne - .Leader This opening was first mode public by •»>..-<> pi- Seskych Snchisttt.' The " lijdschrift van dor Nederlandschen Sbaaltbond ' handed on the torch, and subsequently the B.C.M. gave 'much promineuce to the debut. A note in the 8.C.M., mainly derived, from the " Caeopis Seskych Sachistu,” runs: ‘Thin defence is due to Sir Istan Abonyi. secretary of the Budapest Chess Club, and has been taken up by Breyrr and Bara?’, another local crack, bo that it is called the ‘Budapest defence.' The opening was exhaustively analysed by .-8. Mlotkowski in 1919. Mlotkowski states that S. R. Barrett, of Philadelphia, had played it in (about) 1904. undoubtedly due to the Budapest people; to Abonyi, in the first instance, and to Breyer. who won the small tournament at Budapest, 1916. in which- his playing of the gambit against JSsser made it famous. Later Mlotkowski, for his excellent analysis in the 8.C.M.. must receive a. share of /the honour of its establishment- as a feasible evasion of the conventional QP opening. Among other masters. Mieses and Vidmar have adopted nlaver as A. K. Rubinstein