CHESS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 255, 28 October 1939, Page 3

CHESS

GAMES AND SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS PROBLEM No. “67 By G. E. Carpenter. (Black Five Piece- )

(White Ten Pieces.) 1 Q6J8128512K Kt 4 I 6 Kt 1 lpßklP2|lPlrßlktl' 1 R 3 kt 2. ' White to play and mate in two (2) moves. PROBLEM No. 7GB By Ben S. Wash. (Rlaek Seven Pi erne;

(White Six Pieces.) )kt2IBIKS I 2p 3 b p | 2 Kt k 4 i Pplplß2| 8 j 4 Q 3 1 8. I White to play and mate in three (3) moves. i SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS Problem No. 765.—Q to Kt 4. Problem No. 766.-K takes K P. threaleniHEt 2, K takes P ch etc If i !° B •I'-. 01 ’-; 2 -,. K ln B 7-' ch., etc.' If . I? . s Kl - cl '- : 2 - K lakes Q P ■! ' r T 1f ,, 1 ■, R,O R 4 -' 2. Kt lo Kt - h I Q takes P; 2 Kl In k- it n .’ f 1 ■■ Q lakes Kt. ch.; K takes Q. ch . etc. LAMES. EL’WE BEATS FLOHR. ’ When Euwii met Flohr in the small tournament played in Amsterdam early this summer, the lesult was an exciting exhibition of ’ combination play cn Euwe’s part. Flohr, ex- • perimenting with a variation he adopted in ; his match with Euwe in 1932. found himself with a restricted position. Gradually Euwe built up a tremendous attack. Flohr wa. - forced lo give up material to stave off defeat, - but lo no avail. “Queen's Gambit Declined.” White. Bla.-k. Euwe. Flohr. - 1. Tto Q 4 P to Q 4 2. P to Q B 4 I* to Q B 3 3. Kt to K B 3 Kt B 3 4. Kt to B 3 I' to K Kt 3 1 5. B to B 4 B to Kt 2 > t>. P to K 3 Gan ties 7. Q to Kt 3 I’ takes P < S. B takes P OK' to Q 2 ; !>. Kt to K Q to K 10. B to K 2 Kt takt. i Kt ’ 11. B takes K' Q t<- Q 12. Castles K R Q !<• Kt 3 _ 13. Q to R 3 R i- K ml 14. Q R to B B to B ’ 15. Kt to R 4 Q to Q Hi. K R to Q Kt Id Q 4 17. 1 ’ I o K 4 I' t o K 3 15. Q to K B 3 Kt t>> Kt 3 " 19. Kt. to B 5 Kt to Q : / 20. Kt takes Kt B takes Kt § 21. B to B ti Q to R 4 22. R lo B 5 Q take' P ib) 23. R to K R 5 P to K 4 ic) . 24. P takes P -B to K 3 25. Q to B 4 Q takes I’ 26. B t.o B B to K 2 1 27. Qto R 4 i il> B lo O B 4 : 2’-. Rto 11 6 J’ to R 4 29. R to Q B takes P. eh. 80. Q take- B Q takes Q, ch. • 31. K takes Q P to R 5 , 32. B to K 2 R o R 4 ’e) P to Kt t R take P ’ ,34. B takes R B to B 5 1 35. R «Q 31 to K R 3 B takes B 36. B to B 6 R to K 3 . 37. P to K 5 H takes I’ ’ 3S. R take-; P R lakes B, ch. 39. P lakes R Re.-'gns. (a) Flohr considers that this was his big i mistake, and feels that 1".. . . . P to Q R 4. threatening Q to Kt 3. would be much better, (bi if 22. . . B takee R: 23. P takes R. and White plays Q to K 3 and R 6, with threatened mate. (cl Tf> prevent 24. Q to K R 3. (d) Landau points ovc the refinement 27. R to Kt, .and if Q takes R; 28. Q to R 6, or if Q to Q 5; 2r. R to Kt 4. Q to B 6; 29. Q to R 4. and Black is worse off than in the actual play. (el White threatens '33. P to Kt 4, followed by 34. R takes P. etc. i ELISKASES FIRST AT VIENNA. Eliskascs, former Austrian expert, and now the strongest master in Greater Germany, won ' a small tournament in Vienna this .June. H. Muller, whom he defeated in the game below, • was second. The variation adopted by Eliskases is described by Fine in the latest. "Modern Chess Openings" as "more dangerous for Black, but aluo more enterprising.'’ Fine goes on to say: "The most recent tests have all been in Black’s favou r.” X' imzo-Tnd’a n 1 >eiunee” White. Blink. Muller. Eli.-kases. ' 1. P to Q 4 Kt tc K B 3 -2. P to Q B 4 P l<> K 3 S 3. Kt to Q B 3 R Io Kt 5 4. Q to R 2 Kt to B 3 ‘ 5. Kt to B 3 P to Q .3 •' 6. P to Q R 3 B takes Kt. ch. , 7. Q takes B < aslles 8. P to Q Ki 4 R to l< 9. B to Kt 2 P to K 4 10. P takes P Kt takes K P 11. Q to R 2 I' lo Q R 4 tai 12. P to K 3 I’ takes P 13. P lakes P K takes R. ch. 14. R lakes R P to R 4 15. Kt. taken Kt P lakes Kt 16. P to Kt 5 B to B 4 ih) < 17. Q to B kt to K 5 18. B to B 3 R t o K t 5 19. B to K 2 (c) Q to R 5 20. P io K Kt 3 Q to R 4 21. R takes B Q takes B 22. C.astles Q to B 6 23. Q’ to R 2 P to R 4 (d) 24. T to R 4 I’ to Kt 4 ‘ 25. P takes 1’ P to Fl 5 26. P takes T Q tn Kt 5. ch. 27. K to R 2 Q takes P. ch. 28. K to Kt 2 Q takes Kt T, ch. t Resigns. (a) White's Q side, which should bo his strength, seems to be a point of weakness, and throws doubt on White's underlying plan. (b) The bombshell! White should ha-e guarded agaipst the threat of Q lo R 4. ch., with R to K 2. tc) Not 19. P lo B 3. because of 19. . . Q tn R 5, ch. ; 2') P to Kt 3. Kt takes Kt e r, etc. f (d) This has been criticised as premature. , The correct line is given as 23. . . .Rto Q : 24. B to R 5, R to Q 3 ; 25. R to K, P to Q r Kt 3 ; 26. BtoR3.P to R 4. If in reply to to the text, Black replies 24. B to R 5, there might follow R to K 3 : 25. Q to Q, Q takcQ. 26. R takes Q, and Black would have good winning chances in the ending, because of the weakness of White's Q B P.