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(By W. S. KING). Items of interest fta-rftecl and the editor will be plteased to answer questions concerning any branch of the game of chess. Bhort games having points of merit will be welcomed for publication. Solutions of a problem should be sent within a week of appearPROBLEM No. 377. By T. Faulds, Adelaide. Black (eight men).

Whitte (ten men). 3 kb 2R;2Rlktlpl;BplKt 7k• *8• V 1 P kt 1 r P 2 ; 5 B 1 Q: White to play and mate in two moves. SOLUTION. Problem No. 376, by A. Moseley, two moves. Key move, Kt K 6. TO CORRESPONDENTS. E.G.W. (Christchurch), J.H. (Christ* tiorrcoi' bishop (Ashburton). —SoluA NIMZOWITSCH MASTERPIECE. Nimzowitscfi and Bogoljubow are two aspirants for the world’s chess championship. The following fine game between these masters will, therefore, interest players. Thte game was one in the match arranged and played a few years ago between these masters, Bogoljubow winning the contest by three wins to one. French Defence. White—Nimzowitsch.B.lack —Bogoljubow. IP K 4 IP K 3 2PQ42 P Q 4 3P—K5(a) 3 P Q B 4 4 Kt —K B 3 (a) 4 Kt —Q B 3 SPxP 5 B x P 6B Q 3 6 P B3(b) 7 Q K 2 (c) 7 P x P 8 Kt x P 8 Kt x Kt 9 Q x Kt 9 Kt B 3 10 B Kt 5 Ph (d) 10 K B 2 11 Castles (e) 11 Q Kt 3 12 Kt B 3 12 B x P eh (f) 13 IC R 1 (g) 13 R K B 1 (h) 14 Q K 2 14 B Q 5 15 Kt R 4 15 Q B 2 16 Q B B 4! 36P K 4 17 B Kt 3 17 P Q R>3 (i) rS B Q 3 18 Q Q 2 (j) 19 B x K P!! 19 Q X Kt (k) 20 R B 4 20 B Kt 5 21 Q x B 21 B x B 22 R x Kt ch 22 Resigns. (a) These two moves constitute Nimzowitsch's variation of the French Defence. He invites 4 . . . P x P; 5 Q x P, Kt Q B 3; 6Q KB 4. (b) Various moves have been tried here—Kt K 2 (Alechine), P B 4 (Lasker). Q B 2 (Marco), Kt (Spielman), all of which seem preferable to the text. (c> Lipke against Burn, at Vienna, 1898, played 7B KB4, PxP; 8 Kt x P, Kt B 3, which is not quite as good. (d) An awkward move for Black, since if 10 ... B Q 2; 11 Q x P ch!! (e) Black threatened B x P oh, and if K x B, Kt Kt 5, winning the Q. (f) If 12 ... P Q 5; 13 Kt R 4. (g) Not 13 R x B. Q x R oh, and Black wins the exchange. Now White gets an open file for his rook. (h) In order to artificially castle; but he never gets time for K— Kt 1!! He is kept quite occupied. „ _ . <i> "tN?\Jiite threatened P B 3, followed by B x K P. • , .. . (j) An attempt at counter-attack that goes sadly astray. (k) If B x B; 20 Kt Kt 6. CHESS CHAT. Provisional entries for the Dominion Chess Congress close with the secretary at Wellington on Thursday of this week. At the last meeting of the New Zealand Chess Association a vote of thanks was accorded to Mr Charles Blackburne, president of the Gisborne Chess Club, for his kind offer to donate a trophy for competition by the minor clubs of the North Island. The association will be glad to receive suggestions regarding the best way of arranging this telegraphic contest. The coming tourney will once more provide the Dominion with a chess champion, the title having been vacant since t.h'e lamented death of Mr A. W. O. Davies on January 16 last. This was the first occasion of a New Zealand chess champion dying while holding the title. The Congress will open at 10 a.m. on Boxing Day, in the Education Board Building, Mercer Street. Wellington (next Free Public Library). J. R. Capablanca points out that on E. D. Bogoljubow’s record, since 1914. against Dr Lasker, Dr Alekhine and himself, ther*e is no warrant for Bogoljubow’s challenge for the world title, the figures being; Against Lasker be has won one and lost three; against Alekhine he has won one and lost five, and against Capablanca he has lost five right off. _____________________