CHESS NOTES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 44, Issue 13605, 1 August 1918, Page 3

CHESS NOTES.

(By "Pawn.")

! The game appended below appeared in a recent issue of the JSf.Z. Times, being freely annotated, as will bo noticed, yet strange to say apparently both players and the "annoiator seem to have missed v neater and quicker finish i which was offering: — ' GAME NO. 4. / Hungarian Defence. ' A neat queen sacrifice finish that ooi curred in the last championship tourney ' of tho Auckland Chess Club. ■ White, Mr IST. P. Stewart; Black, Rev. I ' H. B. Wingfiold. , IPtoK 4....P to X.4 I 2 Xt to KB 3 Xt to QB 3 :j B to B 4 B to X 2 (a) I4Pto B3 Xt to B 3 5.Q to X 2 P to Q 3 I (i P to Q 4:...8 to Xt 5 7 P to q 5 Xt to gil 4 S B to Xt 5 eh (b) P to B 3 9 P tks P....P tks P ' i 10 B to E 4 B to Q 2(c) ; 11 Pto QKt 4 Xt to Xt 2 ! 12 QKt to Q 2 Pto B 4 ' , I 13 B to Xt 3....P to QR ?. 14 B to Xt 2.... Castles 15 Castles X Xt to KE 4 16 XI! to X 1(d)... .Xt to B 5 17 Q to X 3 B to KKt 4 IS Xt tks 8....Q tks Xt 19 P to Xt 3 B to R 6 20 Xt to B 3....Q to R 4 21 KE to Q l(e) B to Xt 5 22 Xt to X 1 Xt to X 7 ch(f) 23 X to R 1....X to R 1 24 R to Q 2 P to B 4 25 P tks P....R tks P, 26 B to Q 5 QR to KB 1 27 Xt tO'Q 3....P to B s(g) 28 B tks Xt And Black announced mato in four movos (h). (a) Sinco 1542, when tho move was played in a famous correspondence match between Paris' and Pesth ,this form of defence has been known as the I Hungarian. It is considered sound, I but leads to dull play. I (b) Black's Xt at Q R 4 is awkward- : ly placed, and wo prefer B to Q 3, threatening its safety, by P to Q Xt 4. j (c) To meet White's threat, P to Q ( Xt 4, followed by B tks P eh. i (d) R to Q 1 would commence an attack on Black's weak spot, the queon's pawn. ~. (c) If 21 P tks Xt Black mates in two moves; and if tho Xt is not taten it threatens to win the exchange by Xt to Xt 7. (f) Preferring to play for a mate to winning material by B tks R. > (g) The mate in four by Q tks P eh could have been played at once. This would also be tho case had White piny, ed 27 B tks Kt. (h) by 28 ... 0 tks P eh; 29 K. tks Q, R to R 4 eh; 30 X to Xt 2, B to R 6 eh; 31 X moves, B to B 8 mate. Commenting on the game and notes, Mr G. A. Jones (the well known Congress player), of the Masterton Club, says:— "The sacrifice of queen could have been made by Black at move 26, after announcing mate in 5. White's 26th move was weak, the B blocking tho retreat of his K. A much finer finish is the outcome of Q x P (eh), two moves early. In the delay, too, Black ran the risk of having his attack blocked by a sound move by White. The play at the end would have been as follows: — 26 , Q x P (eh); 27 X x Q, R— E4 (eh); 28 K—Kt 7, B—E6 (eh); 29 K—B3 (if 29 K—E 1 or 2, B—BB, mate), Kt—Ktß eh; 30 K—K4, B—B4, mate." Students of the game will find great interest in this variation coming from so expert an exponent as Mr Jones, to whom we express our indebtedness for his valuable notes. We give the position after Black's 26th move for those who care to oxamino its possibilities:— Black —13 men.

White —13 men. White to move. Although White's game is weak all through, yet had he appreciated the impending danger at move 25, and if .instead of — I (26) B—Q5, White had played — (26) P—KE4, then if (26) .... B—B6, check. (7) Xt x B, R x Kt. (28) Q x Kt. then White in our opinion hag the better game. CHESS CHAT. Staunton's advice to the boaster:— "Think what a lot of games Philidor must have lost before he became cham. pion.' ' Mr Anton Mario Lanza in preparing a work on chess and living chess play- : ers, which is to be of a biographical and anecdotal character. With this object in view he seeks the co-operation of chessists to furnish him with particulars ; of birth, domicile, successes in tourneys, 1 and such other information as may seem jto be interesting. Address (pro tern, on account of military service), 86, via Bara, Palermo, Italy. Morphy never missed the opportunity of advancing the KBP when supported '■ by the rook. ! When receiving odda, always aim to bring your pieces into action as quickly as possible, and place them in the most attacking positions; defensive moves are not commandable. Janowski, the French champion, who recently defeated Jaffe, is now playing a match of seven games up with Oscar Chajes, the New York State champion. The' first, second and fourth games were drawn, and the third was woa by Chajes.