CHESS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17837, 4 May 1926, Page 13

CHESS.

(By

W. S. KING.)

Ttems of interest are invited and the editor will be pleased to answer questions concerning any branch of the game of chess. Short games havingpoints of merit will be welcomed for publication. Solutions of a problem should be eertr within a week of appearance of the diagram. PROBLEM NO. By P. ten Carte. Second prize T’psala Chess Society, Sweden. Black (seven men).

W*hite (eight men). 2 b 4 B; 1 p 3 p IB3;1P3RP1; 4 lc 3 K; 3 p 4; 2 kt 3 r P 2; 8; 4 R 3. White.so play and mate in two moves. SOLUTION. PROBLEM NO. 255. By A. Ellerman. two moves. Key move, R Q 7. TO CORRESPONDENTS. H. T. Whittingbam.—- Many thanks for “ Budget ” contributions, which are Interesting and informative. M AR SH A LI/ S INGEN t; I TV. The accompanying game was played in the Moscow international tournament. It is a fine illustration of the ingenuity and resourcefulness of Frank Marshall, the American master, who In this instance secures a draw in an apparently hopeless game:— • Four Knights’ Game. White—Marshall. Black—E. .Grunfeld. ll’ K 4 IP K 4 2 Kt K B 3 2 Kt O B 3 3 Kt B 3 3 Kt B 3 4 B Kt 5 4 Kt Q 5 (a) 5 B to B 4 (b) 5 B B 4 6 P Q » 6 P Q 3 . 7 Kt Q R 4 (c) 7 B Kt S (d) S Kt x B 8 Kt x Kt ch 9 P x Kt (e) 9 R P x Kt 10 R K Kt 1 3 0 Castles 11 B Tv Kt 5 11 B K 3 12 Q Q 2 12 K HI 13 B —r- R 4 (f) 13 Kt X p: 34 B P x Kt 3 3 Q x R 15 Q B 3 15 Q x R P (g) 16 Castles 3 6 B x 13 3 7 Q x B 17 w U 3 ch IS Iv Kt 1 IS Q K 3 (h) 19 Q x P 19 Q x P ch 20 K B 1 20 Q R S ch 23 K Q 2 21 Q x P 22 R x P (i) 22 Q R B 1 23 It x P ch 23 K x R 24 R R 1 ch 24 K 25 R —* Kt 1 ch 25 K R 8 26 R R 1 qh 26 K Kt 3 Drawn (j). (a) Generally known as Rubinstein’s defence, but the Rev G. A. Maedonnell adopted it at the London congress, 1883. lb) Kt x Kt, Kt x P, Castles, B B 4, and B R 4 have all been suggested and adopted, but so far no real refutation of 4 . . . Kt Q 6 has appeared. (c) B K Kt 5 and B K 3 were tried at the New York tournev, 3 915. (d) At Mannheim, 1914, Flennberg tried 7 . . . P Q Kt 4 against Post, but lost. <e) Marshall wants, the open file for attacking purposes, but Q x Kt is a sounder move. if) An oversight. K£) If R IT 1, B x B, while if

15 ... F x B: 16 P x B. and White’s’ K B P is in trouble, so Marshall decides to give up every tiling for a counter attack. (h) How can Whit'd now hope to save the game? (I) Marvellous. If now 22 ... K \ R; 23 It Kt 1 ch, followed by 24 q K 7 wins. (j) To come out to R 4 or Kt 1 with the K would lose the game. CHESS CHAT. At the Moscow tournament, of 210 games, 74 were won by White. 5 7 by Black and 79 games were drawn. The victory of Bogoljubov at tin Moscow tournament was greeted by his Compatriots with the greatest enthusiasm. Crowds followed him in the streets, and everywhere he was received with ovations.—Capablanoa. In an article on “ hyper-modern ’’ chess in L’ltalia Mcacchistica Mr Salviol! points out and illustrates by examples how much it. resembles the style prevalent in I.3so—particularly in England. The “ liyper-inodern ” game he regards simply as bluff. The Individual championship of Cambridge University lias been avow by A. R. B. Thomas (St John's), with }’. S. Ijilner-Barry (Trinity) in the second place only half n point behind. Tin- | latter player, it may bo noted, won the prize in the Boys’ Congress at Hastings in 1923. the year the British Federation. as nn experiment, conferred 1 on the winner the title of “boy chant- ! pion.” |