CHESS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18469, 22 May 1928, Page 6

CHESS.

(By W. S. KING). Items of interest are invited and the editor will be pleased to answer questions concerning any branch of tbe game of chess. Short games having points of merit will bo welcomed for publication. Solutions of a problem should be sent within a week of appearance of the diagram. PROBLEM No. 347. SELF-PINNING BY BLACK. By J. C. Wainwright. Self-pinning by black is a frequent device In cross-check problems, and in cross-checks by discovery the checking piece may have several moves, leading to different mates, as in the following example, where one of them is determined by a self-pin. Black (seven men).

White (ten men). 4 Kt 3. 1 q 2 p 3, 1 P 2 r 3, 4 k # 1 R, 3 r b Kt 1 K, 6 P 2,8, B Q 1 kt 1 R 2. White to play and mate In two moves. SOLUTION. Problem No. 346, by R. Albert, two moves. Key move, K— B 7. GAME OF LIVING CHESS. The following game has been chosen for the display of living chess to be held at Lancaster Park next Monday, at 3 p.m., in connection with the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the city of Christchurch. The game was played in the annual congress of the New Zealand Chess Association, held in Christchurch during the last Christmas-New Year holiday season. The winner was tire late A. W. O. Davies, who won the championship, and the loser was E. H. Severne, of Nelson, one time president and captain of the Canterbury Chess Club. In the game with living men Mr Roy Lovell-Smith will represent the late Mr Davies and Mr W. S. King will represent Mr Severne:— Reti’s Opening. White—Davies. Black—Severne.

This gamfi 'ls ' of exceptional interest, and those who are versed in the moves and play of the royal game cannot fail to be pleased with it. Spectacular chess abounds, and there is plenty of move--ment and a sparkling finish. The living chess display is under the direction of Mr W. H. Joyce, who, as organiser, has been indefatigable in Ills efforts to secure the very best results. A fine feature will be tho playing by local

bands, with special music for the movement of the pieces. Following is the order of events:— 1. Opening March with bands, pieces to places. 2. Tribute to memory of late A. W. O. Davies, N.Z. chess champion. 3. The game. (Bands’ accompaniment, cue for each piece.) 4. Mephisto’s Bargain—return of captives. Band accompaniment. 5. March of Obeisance by vanquished. Band accompaniment. March of Magnanimity by victors. Band accompaniment. (Above omitted if time is short.) 6. Grand combined march round Oval, with bands, and, simultaneously, on chess board. Knight’s tour, by Mephisto. Pipers’ accompaniment. 7. Return from Grand March and final tableau. God Save the King.

1 Kt — K B 3 IP — Q 4 2 P — B 4 2 P — K 3 3 P — Q 4 3 Kt — K. B 3 4 Kt — B 3 4 Q Kt — Q 2 5 B — B 4 5 P — B 3 6 P — K3 6 B — K2 7 Q — B 2 7 Castles 8 B — Q 3 8PxP 9 B x P 9 Kt — Q 4 10 Q B — Kt 3 10 Q Kt — B 3 11 P — Q R 3 1J P — Q R 3 12 B — Q3 12 B — Q 3 13 H R 4 13 P R 3 14 P — K 4 14 K t — B 5 15 B — K 5 15 Kt x P ch 16 K — B square 16 Kt x B 17 Kt x Kt 17 Kt — Q 4 18 Kt x Kt 18 K P x Kt 19 Kt — B 5 19 B x Kt 20 B x B 20 B — K 2 21 P B 4 21 Q — Kt 3 22 R — Q sq 22 P — B 4 23 R — Kt sq 23 K R — Q sq 24 E — Q 2 24 Q — Kt 4 ch 25 B — Q 3 25 P — B 5 26 B — K 2 26 Q R — B sq 27 K — Kt 2 27 Q — B 3 28 Q — B 3 28 P — Q Kt 4 29 K R sq 29 R B 2 30 B — Q sq 30 P Q R 4 31 R (Q 2) — Kt 2 31 B — B sq 32 P — B 5 32 P — B 3 33 B — KG 33 P Kt 5 34 P X P 3 4 P x P 35 Q — K 3 35 K — R sq 36 B — R 5 36 B — Q 3 37 R X P 37 R x R 38 Q x P ch 38 R R 2 39 Q x P ch 39 R — Kt 2 40 Q x R mate