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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 53, 4 March 1939, Page 13

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GAMES AND SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS PROBLEM No. 695 By E. N. Frankenstein. (Black Five Pieces.)

(White Nine Pieces.) □581181818|4 Kt 3 I 1 p Kt k 1 p 2 lßlPlktlß|K2blß2. White to play and mate in two (2) moves PROBLEM No. 696 By C. Planck (Black Ten Pieces.)

(White Seven Pieces.) 6Kkt|Bl3p 2 p p | 3 p 4 I plßkKt2p'P4Qbl|sp2| 4B R 2 White to play and mate in three (3) moves SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS Problem 693.—P to B 6. Problem No. 694.—Kt to K B 5. If 1 . . P takes Kt; 2. K takes P. If 1. . . P to Q 5; 2. B takes P. If 1. . . P to K 6; 2. Kt takes K P. If 1. . . B to Kt 4; 2. Kt to Q 4. If 1. . . B to Q 5; 2. Kt takes B. Flse 2. Kt to K 3 r \MES. hi their fi encounter. at Holland. Fine defeated Reshevsky. The battle centred around an advanced K P, and Fine took advantage of Reshevsky's inaccurate midgame play. ■‘Queen’s Pawn” Game. White. Biack, Reshevsky. Fine. 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. P to K Kt 3 P takes P 5. Q to R 4. ch. Q Kt to Q 2 6. B to Kt 2 P to Q R 3 7. Kt to B 3 B to K 2 8. Kt to K 5 Rto Kt 9. Q takes BP P to Q Kt 4 10. Q to Kt 3 Kt takes Kt 11. P takes Kt (al Kt to Q 2 12. B to B 4 P to Q B 4 13. Castles K R Q to B 2 14. P to Q R 4 Castles 15. P takes P I’ takes r 16. Kt to K I B to Kt 2 17. R to R 7 « to - 18. K R to It R to R 19. R takes R B take- K 20. R takes R, ch. B take l } 21. Q to Q 3 B to Q B 3 22. Kt to Kt 5 B takes Kt 23. Q B takes B Q to Kt 2 24. P to B 3 P to R 3 Bto K 7 I* to , B » A. Q to B 3 Kt taxes I 27. B to B 5 Kt to Q 2 28. B to Q I F to K . 4 , 29. B take.-. P F to Kt 5 30. Q to Q 4 Kt takes B 31. Q takes Kt I’ to B 6 32. PtoKt 3 Q Kt 3, ch. 33. K to B P to B 7 31. Q to Kt 2 Q to B 4 35. Q to B B t° y 4 36. P to B 4 B takes B. ch. 37. K takes B Q to Q 4. ch. Resigns. , al Thi P later proves indtensible. and B. finally wine it on his twenty-sixth move.—Christian Science Monitor. CSKLIN CHAMPIONSHIP. White. Black. Hi. h 1... 1. P to Q 4 K Kt to 15 « 2. P to Q B 4 F to K 3 3. Q Kt to B 3 B to Kt .» 4 P to Q R 3 B takes Kt, ch. .< P takes B F to Q Kt 3 P to B 4 i 5 usually played here. 6. P to K B to Kt 2 7. P t«> B 3 F to Q 3 8. B to y 3 <1 Kt to Q 2 •1. Kt to K J Castta. in. P to K 4 P to K 4 11. Kt to Kt 3 « K I 12. Castles. Rt to B 1 13. Kt to B 5 I’ I" Kt 3 14. Kt to It 6. ch. K to Kt 2 13. P lo B 4 P lakes U P If K takes Kt. White recovers the piece with P take, P. ch.. K to Kt 2; P takes Kt. ch., etc. ir.. P to K B 3 B takes P Not . . Kt takes P. B take? Kt. and if Black takes the Bishop he loses his Queen. 17. B to Kt 5 Q Kt to Q 2 18. Kt to Kt 4 Q to B 1 111. B to 11 6. ch. K to R 1 20. P takes P Kt takes Kt 21. Q takes Kt P to K B 4 22. B takes B A fine Q offer. If the Q is taken it is mate in three. 22 R takes B 23. P to Kt 7. ch. K to Kt 1 24. Q takes I’ Q to K 1 25. Q takes Kt and wins —Australasian.