CHESS NOTES

Waikato Times, Volume 96, Issue 15033, 2 September 1922, Page 19 (Supplement)

CHESS NOTES

CBy “Queen.) I again insert problem 247, as through a printer’s error, a black pawn .was omitted. \ I therefore must apologise to the solvers if they tried in find tile answer and failed through our mistake. PROBLEM 247. Black ten men. White nine men.4KQ 2, b 11 i, —B, lPlplrlp Kt 3, b G B, —2 q i R 3 —. White to play and mate in two moves. N.Z. CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP. The result 'of negotiations between the captains in the Auckland v. Wellington match is a win for the northern team by 0 4 to 54. The Auckland v. Canterbury match concluded on Saturday last, Auckland scoring a decisive victory, 6J to 24. Three games are unfinished, of which one, Grierson v. Friberg, is claimed as a win for Auckland, one for Canterbury, and the remaining game is probably drawn. MASTER PLAY. The present game is a fine example of with what wonderful accuracy small mistakes are taken Ihe fullest advantage of when occurring in the games of the world’s greatest masters. The present example is taken from the great New York Congress of 1889: —• Ginoco Piano.

(a) The Ginoco Pianissimo, of which Mason was an expert.' (b) Stcinitz preferred B x B, followed by Kt R4, but few of the other masters agreed with him. (c) This position occurs in both the tourney games between Blackburne and Zukertert, at Vienna,. 1882, and London, 1888, and-the latter replied Kt Kt 2 in both cases. (d) Seemingly premature; Castles is more natural. (c) Unnecessary. Black could castle at once.;, (f) Creating at “hole’’ at Q 4, where the Black Kt finds good employment later on. (g) Prevents Kt B 5, but allows (h) On the way to Q 5: B R 6. It is hard to decide which is the more objectionable. (i) A great error of judgment. He ought to have filled the gap at K Kt. 2 with his Q Kt, in order to be enabled to play Q R KB sq., and keep possession of the K B file. (j) The present position is given on page 169 of Mason’s “Principles of Chess” (without the names of the players) as a fine and-instructive example of combination play. The student should study the manner in which Black forces* home his advantage. (k) The only way to defend the Kt. (l) Winding up with a master coup of extraordinary depth and beauty.

(m) For, wherever the Q R moves, Black answers 30 . . . R x R ch; and after 31 R x R, Kt Q 7 ch; 32 Q x Kt, Q x Q. Or if 30 R xR, R x R ch; 31 R B 2, Kt Q 1 ch and wins. The whole game is a splendid example of Mr Gunsberg’s strategical skill in even positions.

White Black. (James Mason). (I. Gunsbcrg).. 1 P — K 4 1 P — K 4 2 Kt - -KB3 2 Kt — Q B 3 3 B — B 4 3 B — B 4 4 P — 0 3 (a) 4 P • — 03 5 B — K 3 5 B — Kt 3 (b) 6 P — B 3 6 Kt — B' 3 7 Q Kt — Q 2 7 Q — K 2 (c) 8 P — Q R 4 W) - 8 B ■ — K 3 9 B — Q Kt 5 9 B x B 10 P x B - 10 P ■ — Q R 3 (e) 11 B x Kt 11 P x B 12 P — Q Kt 4 12 Castles K 13 Castles 13 Kt — Kt 5 14 Q — K 2 14 P • -KB 4 15 P x 1 P 15 B x P 16 P — IC 4 16 B — Q 2 17 Kt - - B 4 17 Kt — B 3 18 Kt - - Iv 3 18 P — Kt 3 19 P — B 4 (f) 19 Kt — R 4 20 P — Kt 3 fg) 20 B — R 6 21 R — B 2 21 Kt — Kt 2 (h) 22 Q — Kt 2 22 Kt — K 3 23 R — K sq (0 23 R — B 2 24 Q R — K 2 24 Q R-KB sq 25 Kt - - K sq 25 Kt — 03 (j) 26 R — Q 2 20 Q — Kt 4 27 Kt (K3)—Kt 2 27 B x Kt ' 28 K x B 28 0 — K 6 29 K — B sq (10 29 Kt — Kt 6 (1) White resigns ( im).