CHESS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 100, 30 April 1938, Page 5

CHESS

GAMES AND SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS

PROBLEM No. 607

By Dr F. M. de Moreas. (Black Thirteen Pieces.)

a; (White Ten Pieces.) 311p2Kt311 B b 2 Kt p p I plktlp2rlß b Q 1 kt k 1 r I pSRI|K2P3P|3B4. White to play and mate in two (2) moves.

PROBLEM No. 608 By E. E. Westbury. (Black Nine Pieces.)

(White Teu Pieces.)

3rb2bl|pPsp|2Plßp2 3kßlpl|B|KlpßlP2| 3 R 3 Q I 8.

White to play and mate in three (3) moves. The above two problems are the last for our present solving competitions. The results will be given next week.

SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS Problem No. 605.—R to Q B 3. Problem No. 606.—1. Q to Kt 6, P takes Kt; 2. B to Q 3, etc. If 1. . . others: 2. P to Kt, etc,. Games The following game was played in .he Kemeri tournament:— White. Black. S. Reshevsky. V. Petrov. 1. P to Q 4 Kt to K B 3 2. P to Q B 4 P to K 3 3. Kt to K B 3 P to Q 4 4. Kt to B 3 Q Kt to Q 2 5 P to K 3 P to B 3 fi. B to Q 3 P takes P ". B takes BP P to Q Kt 4 8. B to Q 3 lai P to Q R 3 9. P to K 4 (b) P to B 4 10. P to K .*> ! P takes P I (c) 11. Kt takes Kt P Id) Kt takes P (e) 12. Kt takes Kt. I P takes Kt 13. a to B 3 If) B to Kt 5. eh 14. K to K 2 <g) R to Q Kt 1 15. Q to Kt 3 th) Q to Q 4 If. Kt to B 6 (i) Q taken Kt IT. Q takes R Castles 18. P to B 3 B to Kt 2 19. Q to K 5 Kt to Q 4 20. B to Q 2 tj) Q to B 4 IK) 21. B to K B 4 tl) Kt takes B. eh 22. Q takes Kt P to K 4 <m) 23. Q to B 5 P to Kt 3 24. 0 to B S P to K 5 1 25. r takes P B takes P 26. B takes B Rto K 1 27. K R to Q B 1 R takes B. ch 28. K to B 2 (n) Q to B 1 29. Q to B 3 Q to K 2 30. R to B 7 Q to K 3 3.1. R to B 2 R to K 6 Q to B 4 R to K 4 ■>3. K to Kt 1 P to Q 6 34. R to B 8, eh K to Kt 2 "• S , ta, S s B I takM R 2 to B 4. ch R to Kt 4 -?■ £ ? 4 Q to Q B 4. ch “ 9 - Kto R 1 Resigns. _ lf . 8 - ® to Kt 3. Black continues with P to Kt 5, followed by B to Q R

b) By 9. Castles White plays an ordinary “Queen's Gambit Accepted" variation. The text forms what is known as the ‘Meran’ variation , ( 5.’ Jest It 10. ..Kt to Q 4; 11. Kt J 5 ’ threa tening Kt takes K P Id) Blumenfeld’s attack. P takes Kt; 12 - p takes p■’ 7 4 n 4 t> o 3 ’ P takes p ’ B takea ■P, 14. Q to K 2! which is to White's advantage.— Bogoijubow v. Thomas, Baden-Baden, 1925.

(f) the alternative, 13. B takes P ch, permits exchanges, and givds no appreciable advantage to White. The text was introduced by Stahlberg in his match with Spielmann in 1933 bpielmann himself has also tried 13 Q^t 6 !! Qto Q 4!; 14 ' QtoK2, R to

B to Q 2, Q to R 4. tn) rhe position is getting very coinplicated. If 15. Kt to B 6, B to

t7 (i A V , 16 ' Kt takes B P. K takes Kt; 17. Q takes R, B to Kt 2, with a good game for Black.

20 ' Q takes Q p . p to K 4, followed by P to B 4, and Kt to B 5, with line prospects.

(k) Threatening to discover check and win the Queen. 1) The Bishop could have gone here on the previous move.

(m) Black now breaks through tn) If 28, K to B 3, Q to Q 4 ' <o) A sad mistake, possibly played under time pressure. With B to Q 7 threatening B to K 6. winning the Queen, Black should have won If in reply, 36. K to R 1, B to K 6; 37’. Q to B .3, P to Kt 5; 38. Q to B 6 Q takes Q; 39. R takes Q, B to B 4 etc The Australasian. The following game was .. . ' ■. - vcirnament at Zandvoort: ' “Queen's Gambit Accepted.’’ , , Black. A Lih.nth.l, j. Hemming. 1. P to Q 4 P to Q 4 2. P to Q B 4 P to Q 3 3. Kt to Q B 3. p f a k e s P (a) 4. P to K 4 P to Q B 4 f» P to Q 5 P to Q R 3 «. P to Q R 4 Kt to K B 3 7 B taken P p to K 4 «• P to R 4 B to Q 3 9. Kt to B 3 Q Kt to Q 2 Castles Castle* 11. P to B 5 (b) Qtoßl 12. B to K Kt 5 Kt to Kt 3 ’ 13. B takes Kt Kt takes B (c) J 4. Kt to KKt 5 Pto R 3 (d) 15. Q to R 5 R to K 1 16. B takes Kt P Resigns (e) fa) Not to be rccouimended at this juncture. (b> Shu' diT off ihp Q side pieces, prepaid • ' f<. --.ii rHack on the Black

(c) If 13. . P takes Kt; 11. Kt to Q 2. <d)lf 14. . . P takes Kt; 15. Kt lakes R. P, Q takes Kt; 16. Q to R 5, ch., K to Kt 1; 17, Q to Kt 4, ch.. K to P. 2; 18, R to B 3, and 19. R to B 3, mate. (e) If 16. . . K takes B; 17. P to B 6, ch., K moves; 18, Q takes R P, etc. If 16. . . P takes KI; 17. Q to R 8, mate. World’s Championship The latest information says that Alekhine has received a cable message from Uruguay, stating that the money necessary for the return match with Capablanca has been deposited in a bank in Montevideo. Chess in Russia The fourth Moscow International Chess Tournament has been hxed provisionally for next February. Anticipated participants include Euwe, Capablanca. Lasker. Keres, Reshevsky, Fine and Flohr, together with Botvinnik, Levenfish. and four or more other Russian masters