CHESS NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15272, 23 June 1923, Page 19 (Supplement)

CHESS NOTES.

(By "Queen.”) ! PROBLEM 303. Black 9 men. White il men. Irbs—B3p3 1 q i Kt 3 K 2P2—irib2kt 1 White <to play and mate in two moves. Correct solution: B Q Kt 3. Correct solvers: A.E. McD., Kaipaki, and J. 8., Waihou.

PROBLEM 302. Correct solution: T. 8., Waihou. Other solver: J. M., Maungatawhiri

PROBLEM 304. By T. R. 'Dawson, Huddersfield

White 7 men. Black 5 men. 5H2—K3b 2 b 1 Q 6 1p 1 6p Kt 3p4 B2Ki

g White to play and mate in two moves.

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DEOUNED, The following pretty game was won recently by Mr W. Winter, champion of the Metropolitan Chess Club, London, who is now on military duty in the North of England:—. White Black

moves. (a) P■ — K 4 is probably better. (b) Falling into a variation of a well-known trap.

(c) Apparently best in the circumstances.

(d) If Q R 4 or Q Kt sq or P K 3, White wins the Q by B x Kt ch, followed by Kt B 6 ch. If Q B 2, then B B 4.

(e) A useless chock; better Q B 4 at once.

(W. Winter). (Amateur). 1 P _ Q 4 1 P — Q 4 2 P — Q B 4 2 Kt •— K B 3 3 P x P 3 Kt x P 4 P — K 4 4 Kt — K B 3 5 Kt — Q B 3 5 Kt — B 3 (a) 6 Kt — B 3 G B — Kt 5 7 P — Q 5 7 Kt — K 5 (b) 8 Kt x Kt! 8 B x Q 9 B — Kt 5 ch 9 P — B 3 10 P x P 10 B — Kt 5 (0) 11 Kt X B 11 P X P 12 B x P ch 12 Kt — Q 2 13 Kt — K 5 13 Q — Kt 3 (d) 14 Kt -Q5 14 Q — R 4 ch (e) 15 B — Q 2 15 Q — B 4 16 B x Kt ch 16 Kt — B sq 17 R — Q B sq 17 Q - Q 5 18 B — R 5, forcing mate in two