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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 190, 13 August 1938, Page 13

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GAMES AND SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS PROBLEM No- 63? By T. Taverner (Elack Ten Pieces.)

SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS Problem No. 635 (by S. Loyd).—R to R 8. Problem No. 636 (composer unknown).— I. R to R 2. P takes P; 2. R (Kt 4 to Kt 2). etc. If 1. . . P to Kt 4 ; 2. R (R 2) to K Kt 2, etc. QAMES. The following is a fine game by the Latvian champion, V. Petrov: White. Black. J. Stahl berg. V. Petrov. 1. P to Q 4 P to K 3 2. P to Q 4 P to Q 4 3. Kt to Q B .3 Kt to K B 3 4. B to Kt :> P takes P ta) 5. Kt takes P <b) B to K 2 6. B takefi Kt ! B takes B 7. Kt to B 3 Kt to Q 2 8. B to Q 3 P to B 4 9. P to B 3 lc) P takes P 10. Kt takes B. ch Kt takes Kt 11. Kt takes P (d) Castles 12. Castles. P to K 4 (e) 1-3. Kt to Kt 5 (f) P to Q R 3 14. Kt to y 6 B to Kt 5 ! (g) 15. Pt to B 3 (h) ]» to K .3 16. R to B 2 Kt to C 4 17. Kt to K 4 Kt to B 18. B to B 2 y to Kt 3 19. Kt to Kt 5 (i) B to B 5 (j) 20. y to K 1 P to R 3 21. Q to K 4 Kt to K 7, ch. 22. K to R 1 P to Kt 3 23. Kt to R 3 Kt to B 5 ! I 24. Kt takes Kt P takes Kt (k) 25. R to Q 2 y takes P 26. Q R to y I Q takes B P 27. y takes BP K to Kt 2 28. B to K 4 Q R to Q 1 (I) 29. B takes y Kt P (in) R takes R 30. Q takes R y takes y 31. R takes y R to y Kt 1 32. R to y 7 (n) B takes P (o) 33. K to Kt 1 B to K 3 34. R to y B 7 P to Q R 4 35. B to B 6 R to Kt 8, ch. 36. K to B 2 R to QBS White resigns (p)

(a) It is very hard for White to do better than draw against this variation. (g) Or 5. takes Kt, P takes B ; 6. Kt takes P, P to K B 4 ; 7. Kt. to Q B 3. (c) Not content to draw by 9. P takes P, Kt takes P. (d) Again refusing an easy draw by 11. B to Kt 5, ch., B to Q 2 ; 12. B takes B, ch., Q takes B ; 13. Q takes P, etc. (e) Black has now overcome the difficulties of the opening. (f) This and the next move are pretty, but get White into difficulties.

takes Kt: 15. B takes I', ch., K takes B ; 16. Q takes Q ! '. By the text Black seriously weakens White's defences of his King. (h) The alternative, 15. Q to Q 2 : Q to Q 2. followed by Q R to Q 1, does not look good for White. (i) An attempt to get out of his troubles by complicating matters. (j) Threatening to win material by Kt to K 7, ch. (k) Not 24. . . Q takes R. for then 25. Kt takes P ! (l) Because of the threatened mate at K 1 White cannot twice capture on Q 8. (m) Fatal. P to K R 4 making an escape for the K was now necessary. (n) If ) B to K 4. P to K B 4 ; .33 B to B 2, R to Kt 7 ! (o) Pressed for time. Black overlooks .32. . . B to K 3; 34, R to B 2, B to Q 4 winning a piece. (p) Black's Q R P marches on undisturbed. —The Australasian. Kashdan won the 1938 championship of the Manhattan Chess Club by a narrow margin. The game below shows how he disposed of Denker, one of the club's stronger players:— White. Black. Denker. Kashdan. 1. P to Q 4 Kt to K B 3 2. P to Q B 4 P to K 3 3. Kt to Q B .3 P to Q 4 4. Kt to B 3 Q Kt to Q 2 5. B to Kt 5 P to B 3 6. P to K 3 B to K 2 7. Q to B 2 Castles 8. B to Q 3 P takes P 9. B takes P Kt to Q 4 10. B takes JB Q takes B 11. Castles K R Kt takes Rt 12. Q takes Kt P to Q Kt 3 13. P to K 4 B to Kt 2 14. Q R to Q K R to K 15. K R to K Q R to B 16. B to Kt 3 Kt to B 3 17. Q to K 3 P to B 4 (a) 18. P takes P R takes P 19. R takes R, ch. Q takes R 20. Q to P. 4 Q to B 2 21. R to Q P to K R 3 22. Q takes Q R takes Q 23. P to K 5 B takes Kt 24. P takes B Kt to R 4 25. K to Kt 2 P to K Kt 4 26. P to K R 4 R to B 4 27. P takes P P takes P 28. R to Q 8. ch. K to Kt 2 29. R to K R 8 Kt to B 5, ch. 30. K to Kt 3 R takes P 31. R takes P R to K 8 32. R to Kt 7 R to K R 8 33. B to B 2 K to B 3 34. R takes P R to R 6. ch. and Black announced mate in four (b) (a) Black has delayed making this liberating move, but White has been able to take no really aggressive step, and even finds that he has advanced his K P to danger. (b) 35. K to Kt 4, R to R 7, etc.—The Christian Science Monitor.