The Chess Board.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 20, 15 May 1912, Page 11

The Chess Board.

J!! eoai man ieat ions to be adurcsaed to •CAesa," Bex 253, AucAlaad. T»e ducl-tead CAesr Club wreU o» Ucud-ry Thursday, a»ii Saturday <t<*' taps, at Xo. 24, His i-tajesty's Arcade, Queen-street (2ad floor). The TJf.CA. CAess Club meet* on Frisco evenings. The Hamilton Chess C'ui meets in tAe P_Mic Library, HaailtOH, eccrg Friday evening, at 7.39. H-:-n. Secretaries of Chess Clubs are incited to furnish items of Club neas. Vnpubiisked games, containing special features, notes of critical positions occurring in actual play, and original f-roWcut i icitk diagram and analysis) ere altcays acceptable. Froblera No. 14S. By G. HeatEcvte. B-..- k 3 niece- .

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STT SLASHING g .. sa f | - M J 1 between 7’l _ enbsug (whit« . .i?.. Dr. S. • • .. ■ - . ' . in -urstaice. fr- th.■-»? >-f the inner ia the j or-krif-. Ost*- does not hear auvtiiiug ' erg ■ He ..••■: I ■t ■kholm tournament 1906, eoming- sit -wetith in a field of twelve. Then for two years he did not figure in . international tournament. In 1909 he competed at Gothenburg and Stoehohn, but 1 ' . being last ... both events. Since then we find no mention of him. He -cerns to be an uncertain quantity, for c.i.i i lay a very fine game ea c - QUEEN'S PAWN OPENING. Dutch Defence. 1. P—Q4 P—KB4 2. P—K4 PxP .?. Kt—Qß3 .. ......... K" —KB3 4. P—B3 T—B4 5. P—Q.5 P—K4 6. PxP.e.p P—Q4 7. PxP P—Q5 S. P—K5 Kt—Q4 9. Kt—K4 BxP 10. Kt—Kß3 Kt—Qß-3 11. E—Q3 B—Kt 5 If. B—K2: while would set the better game by KKt—Kt-5. 12. KtxP 13. Kt.xKt . BxQ \ .. ■ I . •• • C.A.) 14. B—KtSeh . K—K2 15. B—Kt-oeh K—K3 li Kt— B 3: then l«;. Kt.vKt. Q—Bl; 17. Kt—Kt4eh, K—Q3; 1-8. QKxB. w th the iidvaiitage. 16 BxQ . . . KxKt 17 Kt— K;5 B—K4 18 QR—KI . . Kt—K-i 19 B—B7 t i.» B—Q3 2» B—R5 Threatening RxKt « h'. PxR; B-B3 ..h>, K—Q»: R-B5 uh>. e; .. 20 QR—KBI 21«RiKt »rhl PvR 22 B—B3 (Ci) .". K—Q4 23 BxP ThreaU- mat* Isrlr. pptQi'. 3 4. lßjA2' . 413.. PPI-3PP, SRKI.) 23 ’ BvP If. RxP. teh); then KxR. B—R'; P—B4 hi, K—Q3; Kt—K4 ( hi, and »,«. > 24 RxR 25 KBvR R—KKtI 28 KtxP :. R*B 27 Kt—B«> feh) K—K4 28 Ktxß R—KB3

-J. S. 2,'.»2'. '. 47< PPP3PK 582.) 29 Kt—Kt3 . . K—B7 Not R.xß because of 30 KtxK. tifl P—K7; 31 Kt—Q2. and wins. (If ® K moves, then 31 KtxP is go-xl enough —l<". A.) 30 B—l}3 P—R: ; 31 P—R4 R— It 32 P— Kt 3 R—B Threatening to win tis Kt ;C. A.) 33 Kt—K2 - ii K—Kt' 34 K— Ktl R—Hi 35 B—K4 R— B. 36 Kt—B3 P—Kt-i ■7 B—B3 ... K—Hi 3S Kt-y. 5 . h .. K—K l x t* KtxKP .... . .. Resigns The- fid-kriit adds. -Ett iHy.k-'t wa-sc-ert parti ! ' >A very flue game.) Tie Cautious Player. Mr. F. Ds. Yates, i ist am tou - of Great Britain, writes - ' \ - klj Post" as follows: — are many points f vies effr t : • gann ' n rial outbsHs of the ;4ayer. One that was ; _ ! Io our notiee r entlj i ted to the that ga '. • ■ . • • an excess of auti i in Um f the votarj _ " . . . . .. ... ... ... . everyday This fallacy -.- - : ■ held •. ~ . -■ ■ . ■ ' ' . t ■ _ ■ ' first - er t ...t mes t< mind sijggestethat ■ of men ar iti -. Char aeterissies are brought to the surface ia the atrstraetion over ta< vhess board, s players may be I th the pos<.j s •_. - than their fellows. Whether the player be c-autijas or rash in his management of the pieces, there is no need for a detailed examination of the game played to find a elu-? to his character. The littie mannerisms when avK-at to move a pie;-? clear’y sho.v roatideHce or trepidation, a challenging • Mind ehanee, or the certainty of thorough ealeulation. There is ao little .-musemeni in observing the autiotis player. It is nearly always ,» e.ise of ’’ e t..-- ;- ■ ; ..... . every advantage he may gain with suspicion. The pawn offered as bait to ■. atch the piece, is rarely a sufti.ie.it temptation: no. his mind vacillates between "I may" and “I nia-t not." and ike . pp- rtunity slips away, li he had been I*— • autio that t .- trap wae fa dty, 1 it -• i _ th trap ami not eonsidering. he fails into greater disadv.int.ige. The habit of considering earefully is one of the first essentials of -troug play, and ti.is necessarilv leads to the exercise of a certain amount o’ caution. But as counter attack is one of the chief weapons in defence, so the infinite stope afforded for invention more than eon? - terbalan.es any tendency towards -?.fet,' play. In the kind of •. hess philosophy one often hears applie*! to ordinary affairs, attention is drawn <o the sjmilari'y be- ; .- . .. ... ; • onfiist over the board. The importance • inventiveness is rarely mentioned in this eonnes-tion. yet we should select i' .<s the faculty m<x brought out by a keen «tr iggle. and playing a far mor.important part in the final decision between the two opioneats than caution. All grades of players approach the games {<> same extent in a cautious spirit. The beginner is nor -ure .f avoiding an early blunder, and so losing before the interest in the game ;e properly awakened. The moderate player fea.s '.e may be en'.rappel in - .ne -mbination he has not fathomed. In the strong p’ayer the mental process is arried i step further. The -ele tion of the right move depends now more upon j idgineut. His knowledge of p~.-lti.in piay in-tin’-tively lea.fi> him to think of the right move almost at once. Apparently he may spend ten minutes on considering the move, but in most eases it is the rir«t move thought of. The greater part of the time taken has been employed ia cheeking or guard.ng agaio>t -urpri>e. Tills hae some appearance of excessive caution, but. then, efie~s is a logical game, repairing accuracy as the found* tion of ingenuity.

AnrkUvd Chess Club. The opening oi the season took rtwe at the <ln broom. H M. Areade. last Saturday evening. when another "lightning’ Xandiap tourney wa< held. It •*.’! be remeuii*resl that a rimdar event took place last year, but on that occasion the time limit was ten -eeonds per move. Finding that the :.1 e was rather hot. the committee resolved to increase the limit this time to lusecs. ami to give a warning all when UN... had expired. Fhere wen 21 entr - rhe pairing of the player- and allotment of handicaps occupied * considerable time. I'he Rev. 11. B. Wingfield. the president of the ■ tub, made t -short speech, - hhe welcomed the visitors, and explained the arrangement-. Play commenced about -5.30 p.m. In the first round only ten competed. the names teeing drawn from a • at. This left five winners, together with the eleven who stood out on the first round, to compete in the second round, thus assuring that there would be no further byes, all drawn games being de- • idei by let. On exceeding his time imt r . .» player was warned. If this — 1 tirm ■ vas warned At I ■ ■ ' ' ■ ture oi his game. Umpires, where - slide, were a | ■ at the second round there were not - to o round, -■> they I to supervise t . - - r ’ were two - I thes won y M-.A. W. o. Du. s -. A. Wilson, in the order named. 1 ere were me exciting lings 1 arrangements were tinder the l of Mr. A. E. Laylai I, secretary, and everything passed thout bitch. Mr. E. J. Miles kindly lent a ship’s ■ : ■ meter, ahi. a greatly facilitated the e.tiiiug of time. Play terminated about 11 p.m.. so trial everyone a.- al-,-: to rea- .. Lome in peace and eomtert. The Students’ Corner. Fi>E INEXPERIENCED 1 LAYERS. EXERr !'E N<? I’. Position: —White: King at KR7. Pawns at KBS and KR< . Bia k. K.ng at KB2, Knight at K-5. Forsyth Notation: S. WIK. TP. 5P2. 453. S. S. S. Black to plav. What result? Phis position o tried . . actual play, and will repay study.

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