CHESS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17571, 23 June 1925, Page 13

CHESS.

(By

W. S. KING.)

Items of interest are invited and the editor will bo pleaaed to answer question* will bo welcomed for publication. Solutions of a problem should be sent within u week of appearance of the diagram. PROBLEM NO. 21!. By V,*. Higgs. Victoria. Black (nine men).

White (nine men-. R 2 K 1, 3 Kt p 2 B, r ( b 2, ' p 4 i U ’ U 1 Kt 1 K ’ ~ 1J 5 ’ 0 P 111 1. White to play and mate* in two KO.STICH —-CRAKANTHORP GAME, i One of the serious games played bv ! Boris Kostioh on his return to Australia from New Zealand was the accompanying. a special sitting with fe\ Cralcanthorp, the ex-champion of NewSouth Wales. Tt Is an excellent example of Kostieh’s style, and will prove well worthy of close study. The game and notes, by Kosticli. appeared in Kr.fan's Chess Bulletin •- Neuesle ficha-ch-Nachrlchton," 1925. Vol. 2. Aprfl-June». I am indebted to Mr F. K. Kelling, of Wellington, who himself translated and transcribed the notes and &• ore from the journal mentioned, foe the opportunity of presenting- this excellent Contra -Counter Game. Whit e —C ra kan t horp. Bln c k—K os tic h. 1 P K 1 IP o • 2 P x P 2 cj x V H p fc _z" , ? t B 3 4 ::: g J 1 5 r. t* x P v * c >2 Kt r--6 r, Q 3 «; Kt. - - <.j u 3 7 n - - Q K*. 5 7 B - Q 2 S Q -- K 2 8 Castles (Q R) r* Kt -- B 3 •• K Kt ■ - K 2 10 Castles ’ J B Kt. i- u ) II B x Kr. I? Kt x n 1 2 P Q H 2 1 2 Kt - - Q 5 n Q K 4 i .l o p. X Ki;v¥:uCCk, n,> IB 1 0 P x P e.p. (d) ) « P. x P 17 o R Q i 7 q - - n •; 1 S K Kt 2 IS I< II B I <e) !? « n 7e * 5 rl St -- k® <*, fi !*-?£«• 11 kI Cb q “ I - 1 IJLio slb-r;"’ | r , .23 R x P ° * Black wins. i Votes bv Boris Kos.tu h. With this move black .* -.btet; the I

P, followed by Kt x P oh. <>•) The best move at this juncture. Tt compels White to play p x p cn pass. —opening the way to K R 1 for lae black Q. (<1) Forced, for if Q Q S black would j>lay K 11 B 1 with " discov(e) K It K 5 would only lead to purposeless exchanges, when a;; the text move drives energetically ar.d quickly at white’s weakness on IC B (f) The onlv way to prevent Kt K B P, etc. In reply to B B 4 black would have played P—K Kt 4! Nov.', however, white has a lost, end-game. (g) Black would also win against other replies. For instance: 22 P Kt 5, B >: P; 23 B x P, R Kt 5 eh; 24 K R 3, It x B; 25 R Q 2, Kt K 6! 20 R K 1, R B G eh; 27 K R -5, R Kt 5 eh; 2 8 K II 5, R R(> ch mate. Or 22 P R 3, K R Q 1; 23 B P- 1, R x II; 24 Kt x It (to prevent black gaining a p bv Kt X P). R K 3 : 25 p. K Kt x B ch; 26 I* x Kt, It Q 1: 2 7 Kt oh; 23 R P> 2, R x R oh; 30 K x U, K Q 2, and this pawn ending is now a forced win for black <B. p r> p K 2 p p, S. s. G P 1, P 1 P 1 P 2 P. 5 K 2, ir, White to move). CHESS CHAT. Writing from Wellington under date June 1C Mr P. K. Kelling says: A letter is just to hand fr.-m Kosfh h. dt.b d Chail ( Ind a lay 1 1 t < • - a ho. iu 'his doing -in Sout-i :.r.d B.nr- 1 •- Yi a He I aJs • time in India—far better than he dreamt of when the idea of this *; tour Australia “*L« ter on* he is French. Indo-Chr . r: * ' '' ' ' . . , japai ids letter with a few references to New Zealand chess, and ! to Gyles for again r.Jssing Jtr-t f ./'• and th j champ ••but comes out f--r the seventh time alrcaJ-.- onlv sc<.*ond.’’ I.at> r • . '•> s a }: -Tout - . very interesting, and you ccrg-ir.lv deserved the two -quids' (Lriiilan<-y prize) for the neat finish.” He conh -al-tb-t \ - - -ularl M< ’‘A and Trathen. r*s far as the South Inland is concerned, and adding " m:n that I for the moment Just oon t roT have “no patience with the individual who i 3 merely h p'ay.-r. merely , . n i s:. > • i ■ \ . should the player ko out of Ids way to tei* • very »n<i that he knows nothing of problems, glorying in his i:/:to—*:.• •- 7 Whv should the out-ami ••-•ut p-.-..; ist <■ . superciliously tell us that ••• ”r. -v-r vu."V : . , ' i ■ . that • : • of Fairy < ' ■ ran . nsmbe . ti no when he viewed tt with suspicion . nd dislike.—Edwin Gurdiiivi*. in -Clives