CHESS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17342, 15 July 1924, Page 11

CHESS.

BY w. & m«. Item* of Interest invited ana tfee editor will he pleased to am«w®r questions concerninr any branch of the game of chess. .short game* hxvlnar points of merit will be weleossed ?<w puoiication. Solutiona of a problem should be sent in within a week o>J? appearance of the diagram. PROBLEM No. 165. By J. van Dijk. " Loudon Field.” Black (seven men).

White (five men). S, 3 Xt 4,4, Kt 1 p 1, 5 k r 1, K 1 Q S q 1, 4 p 2 B, 2 kt 5, b 7. White to play and mate in two mores. BORIS KOSTICH'S TOUR. The following is the solitary game lost by Mr Boris Kostioh in hia final simultaneous display against the eighteen lead-. ing players of Victoria:— Sicilian Defence. White—Kostich. Black—C. G. Watson. . IP —K 4 IP —Q 33 4 2Kt—KB32 Kt Q B 3 3P—Q4 3 P X P 4 Kt x P 4 Kt X B 8 6Kt—QB3 6 P Q 3 GB—K26 P K Kt 3 78—K37 B Kt 2 8 Kt Kt 3(a) 8 Castles 9 P B 3 (b) 9 Kt K 1 10 Q Q 2 10 P B 4 It P x P 11 B x P 12 Castles K 12 Kt B 3 18 QR- Q 1 18 Q R B 1 (e) 14 B Q 3 14 B x B 15 Q x B 15 Kt K 4 16 Q K 2 16 Kt B 51 17 B B 1 17 Q .Kt 8 ch 18 K II 1 18 P K 4 19 Kt Q 5 19 Kt x Kt 20 B x Kt 20 Q B 3 21 K R Q 1 21 P Kt 3 (d) 22 P B 3 22 Q R o 23 Kt Q 2 (e) 23 Kt K 6! •24 P Q Kt 3 21 Q B 3! 25 It x Q F 25 Q x R 28 Q x Kt 2G P K 5 (f) 27 P Q B 4 27 P x P 23 P x P 28 Q R K 1 29 Q Kt 1 29 P u K 7 (E) 30 Kt K 4 30 R x P ch! 31 Q x It 31 Q x R ch 32 Q Kt 1 32 Q x P ch 83 Q Kt 2 83 Q Q 8 ch White resigns (h). (a) Played to prevent Black freeing his game by P Q 4. (b) Better s-eeme P K B> 3, followed by Q Q 2, or Castles followed by P B 4. (o) The open file and the command of White's Q B 4 later on prove very useful. (d) Prevents White exchanging off the troublesome Kt by Kt R 5. (e) Thiß does not turn out well. In spite of its poor appearance. Kt R 1 would have been better. White invites »Black to play to win the exchange, but the pinning of the Kt in the resulting position. if) Black takes immediate advantage of the Kt being pinned. The text threatens White’s Q B P. (g) Black has now a winning game. (h) A splendidly played game by the Victorian champion. CHESS CHAT. A new world's record in blindfold cliess was created in New York on April 27 by the Russian master, A. Alekhine, who pfuyrtl no fewer than tweniy-six games simultaneously without sight of the boards. After about twelve hours’ play he had won sixteen, drawn five and lost five. The statement that Capablanca is acting an adviser to the Cuban rebels has caused gre«t Gicoatiefaction. Already four revolutions have had to 7jo postponed while he was thinking out the next move.— London “ Punch."’ The tournament for the championship of Berlin cr.ded on March 21 in a tie between C. Ahues and R. Teichmann, who both scored 6A points in 8 games.