CHEES NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15230, 5 May 1923, Page 18 (Supplement)

CHEES NOTES.

(By "Queen.") PROBLEM 294. By T. and A. Warton. Black 10 men. White 7 men. 8 Ipp b3prlp ip3klß IP3P2 White to play and mate in two moves. Key move: R Q B 5.' PROBLEM 295. By Major J. .T. O'Keere and W. J. Smith, Sydney.

Black, 10 men. White 9 men. 3QIRBI il)6- qpp3 pi 7K 1 B kt 1 Kt P 2 8. White to play and mate' in two moves.

THE DUTCH DEFENCE. A game played by correspondence in the third tournament arranged by the Manchester Weekly Times:— White— Black — H. W. Shardlow. J. P. Duncan. 1. P Q 4 1. P K B 4 2. Kt KB 3 ( 2. Kt K B 3 3. B Kt 5 3. P K 3 4. P K 3. 4. B K 2 5. Q Kt Q 2 5. P Q Kt 3. 6. B Q 3 6. B Kt 2 7. Castles. 7. Castles 8. P Q B 4 8. Kt K 5 9. B x B • 9. Q x B . 10. Q B 2 10. Kt x Kt 11. Kt x Kt 11. Kt B 3 12. P Q R 3 12 R B 3 13. Kt B 3 13. Q R -r- K B sq 14. P K 4 (b) 14. P x P 15. B x P 15. R x Kt (c) 16. P x R (d) 16. Kt x P 17. Q Q 2 17. B x B 18. Q K 3 (e)18. Kt x P ch White resigns (f) (a) White has two entirely different lines of play open to him. Either he may quietly develop his game as in the text, or he may play boldly P K 4, trying to reap advantage from the possibility of a check at K R 5. In the latter case the play generally continues 2 . . . P x P; 3 Kt Q B 3, Kt KK B 3; 4 B K Kt 5. (b) This looks quite all right, but leads )o terrible disaster. (c) The unexpected move that upsets White's game. (d) No better is 16 B x R, for then 16 . . . Kt x P; 17 Q Q 3, Kt x B ch, and White dare not continue with 18 P x Kt, Q Kt 4 ch; 19 K R 1, B x P ch, etc. (e) If 18 B x P. Kt B 6 ch wins the Q. If 18 Q x Kt, Q Kt 4 ch; 19 K R sq, B x P mate. (f) For after K moves, Black plays 0 R 5, and White's game is utterly hopeless.