CHESS NOTES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 45, Issue 13795, 27 March 1919, Page 3

CHESS NOTES.

(By "Pawn. ,, )

It is Toadily evident that there must bo many people of varied types of mind finding "interest, not to Bay solace, in these times in chess —and there ia sOnio phaso of tho game to appeal to everyone who takes the trouble to" master its first forbidding appearance. Primarily it is tho combative spirit in human nature to which the gamo owes its increasing popularity. The mimic combat, the setting of wit against wit, is the pervadin. "feature of all its forms; two opponents, one against tho othor (in tho case of problems, end .games, and puzzles, it i a the composer versus the solver.) Thus the careful, thorough student and the volatile, light-hearted skittler, aro catored for. The couetructivo genius sets tho task for tho mathematical bent to solve. The trickster finds scope tp catch tho unwary. Tho artist with a beautiful, yet clever, end-game study delights tho logical, clear-reasoning mind which detects the saving clause ho 1 has ingeniously introduced, whilst tho j strategist has full scope to tost hie theories in Kriegspicl or war chess. j Tho definite result achieved by the combat of two minds must mako somo appoal to everyone, and in this respect chess claims the attention of every thinking 'person. In. ordinary argument neither side wins: it is a beating of tho air, but tho logic, of tho chessboard ; there is no gainsaying. Each side duly ' sets forth its views upon the problem of distribution of force to achieve an agreed object. Ono side is wrong and has to admit it; perhaps, therefore, it ia not too- banal to suggest that tho mero admission of error by an opponent is ono of the charms of the game, hitherto un- , expressed. By a. LOYD. Black,

White. Place two White rooka and ono Whito knight on tho board ho as to mato tho Black king where it stands, without tho use of any other pieces. CHESS SPABKSA gamo played at Brigton, Sussex, in 1815, by the lato Captain Kennedy, giving tho oddn o£ a knight. (Romovo White.« X Kt.) White. Black. 1. r—K-i T—Ki 2. B— Bi X Kt—B3 :t. P—o4 KtxP 4. PIP KtxP I r>. Castles Xt x Q 6. B X Peh K~K2 7. B—Kt 5 Mate Mr A. Bonar Law is a, ehe« a flavor (and a very good one); i therefore. w» must Huppose that j either tho p;amo is really a j more dangerous and selfish pursuit than ■ we had imagined—-or that Mr Law's allusion to it at 800 tie on December 3rd I was mis-reported. Anyhow, ho is alleg- } ed in ono at least of tho newspaper re- ; ports to have, said that ''one of tho ro- ; suits of tho war must be to mako it j plain that men who deliberately, im m ! a game of chcHH, plunged tho world into J h conflict for the sake of gain to t.horn; selves, Bhould always be held guilty of bloodshed. '•' 1 The appended ga.me from tho 12th i round o.t tho Miinhatt.'i.a Atastors' Tour-

i nament is an example at onw of tho t correct play which stood Kostich in ! such good stead in tho contest, and of ;* i ,t:h-o lapse by Marshall in the oomluot of White's Game in the Queen's Gambit Declined. Clearly -Marshall's form on this occasion was "too bad to bo true. ,, I Queen's Gambit Declined, j White. BhH'k. ' K. .1. Marshall B. Kostich. ! 1 I'—Q4 .1 i'—<i*. •2 i.'— q.M t: p-qn:; :\ -Kx—qWA - 1 Kt—h:i 4 Kt— n:\ ■* (2— Kt;j r. I'--.k:: 5 B—Kt. r> g v— ku;; c> BxKt, 7 Qxß 7 I'— l<.: , . s H~tj:: m Q Kt—c^a H Casth-s 9 B—Kl , in Q— Xt:; '10 Castles .11 I , —]i"» 11 Q -Q^i- : [-2 P —Xt I 12 Kt--Ks((. ; i:; l'—K-t. , i'xi' . .UKtxi' -I"' QKt—B.-J I jr. k—Kt sq. Jr. Xt xKt i Itj BxKf. l' ; Q^ 1 " ! 17 Q— Ktl 17 X— q-U j is—ll —Kt2 1H Q—Kt* ! T.i Q— U> .X— Qsq I 'j(i [•—];.} 20 t,i~—\i:i \2i [•—ir. 2i i v xP I -12 UxV 22 :R—Q7 j •_':; Q—K sq 2:: H — K.i j2\ I , -Xt '■'< ~'l B x J* i o.j q]{ x i' U;-) B—Ji7ch, I 'Jβ X— Hsq 2« Xt s B !27 K—l>Li 27 !^-K4 J L'S BxJYh 27 q±U i 29 Resigns BRITISH Vj>: , TOKγ CONGKKSS. (rreat Britain is planning to nrrajig« :i A'ii'tory Chess 'Jongres-s to bo held in Kngland\luring August, .19.19. Tho proposal includes a. <-hief tournament o\H>n to the of the Unitivi .States, British Empire, and Allied and neutral nations, also minor contests. The congress will la&t about a fortnight. J. If. lilackburne. Amos Bum, 11. I<J. Atkins a.nd F. l>. Yates are mentioned .■is tho leading exports taking part. Craig Adams Johnston, a. six-yxjar-old boy, drew his game with champion Marshall at IHica recently.