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TELEGR.API.I CH ESSThe delayed flnal of the 1953
Bledisloe Cup series was playedbetween Wellington and Otago onMarch 27.
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Wellington had White at theodd boards. Dr. Bennett was theWellington captain, Dr. Gardnerthe Otago captain.
Scoring (Otago names lirst in allcases):-
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N.Z. CHESSPLAYER, MAY, 1954
A temporary sacrifice to freeBlack's position, but it isunsound.11 BxN P-K,F4
It was only after sending thismove that Black realised that12 B-N5 would enable White toretain the sacriflced piece. Deepgloom prevailed in the neighbour-hood of board one at this stage.lls this rieht? After 12 B-Ns,Q-K1; 13 B-B2, P-Bs thewhite Q Bishop is out on a limband apparently can be won by ..P-KRS, etc. The truth may bethat White cannot retain his piece,but to get it back Black mustseriously damage his castledposition-and there should besome penalty if his terrth w:sunsound, as it seems it is.-Ed.l12 N_KN5?
White had missed it ! Theusual smile returned to the faccof the Otago champion.
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P_KN3B-N 2P-Q 3N-B 3o-oP-K 4N_N 1
QN_Q2NxKP?
R. A. Rasa +, J. D. Steele l.J, F. Lang v. A. W. Gyles.R. S. Watt 0, Dr. Bennett 1.J. R. Cusack 1, Z. Frankel 0.W. Lang 1, K. Beyer i.W. G. Stenhouse 0, R. S. Kent
1.R. W. Lungley v. Lazovic.R. J. Glass v. V. Lushcott.H. E. Hewitt 1, J. L. Hardy 0.A. C. Twose 1, H. J. Fuller 0.R. E. Wiiliamson 0, V. Artemiev
1.12 I. H:ryes +, R. A. Godtschalk !'.13 W. A. Poole v. C. G. Flood.14 Dr. R. Gardner i, A. Summers
l.15 J. T. Porter v. Devnes.16 J. .L Marlow v. Taylor.17 B. C. Cusack 0, Dartnell 1.
18 A. S. Campbell 1, L. A. Kurta 0.19 L. Wheeler 1, Stringer 0.20 J. S. M. Lawson 0, Jansen l.
To date: Otago 7, Wellington 7.
There was an amusing incidentin the top board game, saYs Dr.R. Gardner in his Dunedin" Evening Star " chess column.
Game No. 589KING'S INDIAN DEF'ENCEJ. D. Steele R. A. Rasa
r P-Q4 N-KB3
N,Z. CHESSPLAYER, MAY, 1954
,3 P_834 PxP5 R_KB16 KxR? N-838 BxI(RP
19 r(-N I20 QxB
N_B 3PxBN-B 4RxEchP_I( R 3Q_B 3BxI(RFBxBL.q2Q_N 2
agr,eerl
21 N-KN5
Homilton OpenEarly entries for thc May Open
Tournament at Hamilton are: S. B.Jerring (Waihi), E. J. Byrnes(Paeroa), L. J. Kiley (Wanganui),V. Lushcott (Wellington), M.Ponimoni and J. W. Ross (bothCivic, Wellington).
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SOME INTERESTING PLAY FROMHASTINGS
Gome of GomesAt the Hastings Christmas
Tourney, won jointly byC. H. O'D. Alexander and D.Bronstein, the feature wasundoubtedly the game betweenthese two. It ran to nothing lessthan 120 moves, was adjournedsix times, and took about 15hours to play! The Press hasnever before devoted suchpublicity to a chess game. Thegame itself is not spectacular, butAlexander HAD to win it toensure flrst place, and its mairrinterest therefore lies in itsdemonstration of a terriflc wiII towin by the British star. The endgame Queen and pawns v. Queenand pawns is the most laborious.Most notable of all, perhaps, theopening was the Staunton Gambit:that Black should win whenBronstein was directing the whitemen gives the game a real fairystory touch. Notes by O. Sarapu.
Game No. 590DUTCH DEFENCE
Staunton GambitD. Bronstein Alexander
r P-Q4 P-r(B4Alexander's new specialty. He
also scored against grandmasterTolush wjth the same opening.2 P-r( 4
The Staunton Gambit. Botvin-nik avoids it by playing . . . P-K3,and . . P-KB4 only after Whitehas played 2 P-QB4. The DutchDefence has been forgotten for afew years; possibly now due toAlexander, it will come bacli intograndmaster practice.
the tourney and proves in thisgame that Black is able to holdthe sacriflced pawn. Unfortu-nately, this pawn sacriflce byBronstein turns out to be thereason why he loses this game!
4... PxP5 NxF
Possession of a free game andadvantage in development hasbeen considered much morevaluable than the pawn Blaek hasgained. As Black has to move twopawns at least before he candevelop his Bishops White'sadvantage must increase indevelopment.5... P-r(N36 B_I(84 B_Nz7 Q-Q 2 ()-oIt seems that Black just Castles
into White's comming attack.Actually it is not so dangerous forBlack, as he can pick up somedevelopment, if White continuesas Bronstein does in this game:I B-R6 P-Q4!Best. White wasted a move by
B-KB4-R6. Black takes thechance to develop his Queen'sside quickly. The extra pawnbecoming backward and weak isthe only drawback.9 BxB I(xB
Alexander has managed to catchup in development and is inpossession of an extra pawn, butas his pawn is not much of anadvantage to him yet, the gameshould be pretty balanced as longas White stops the advanceP-K4.
17... N-Qz18 N_B 3
White has lost 2 moves with hisKnight, and Black is able to makehis extra pawn, from being weak,into a strong pawn by . . . P-K4.18... R-B4
Again controls the importantK4 square. It is surprising thatBronstein lost so much time indevelopment and did so littleabout the obvious threateningP-K4 advance.19 E-K 3
To late to play Q-K2 whichwould stop P-K4, as with P-I(N4, forcing the Rook to give upthe control of K4, White wouldhave five pieces attacking the vitalsquare against Black's four.Now, Black has flve piecescontrolling K4 against White's 4.This circumstance allows Black toadvance his KP. But this is notall the solution to the problem.With P-K4, the black QP willtrave no pawn protection andbecomes weak, as white has QNand Q attacking it. Alexanderdecides to give it up to and collectthe white KRP for it. Therefore,if Bronstein on his 17th movehad played P-KR3 or P-KR4,the advance P-I(4 wouldcost Alexander a pawn now.
Archives," this pawn sacriflce isthe best for White. With 4 B-I{N5 V/hite could recapture thegambit pawn, as it 4. . . P-Q4?5BxN, I(PxB 6Q-R5ch andQ x QP. It seems that Alexanderhad prepared this opening before
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PxPN_KB3
This is the position Alexanderhad to visualise before he decidedon 19 ... P-K4. Black is a pawnup (the gambit pawn!) and thereis no perpetual check availablefor White. The long ending whichfollows, needs few notes. Blackmust look out not to get intopositions where White couldcheck and rvin his pawn back, orhave a pcrpetual check.25 Q-Q 7 ch K-R 326 P-R 3 Q-Q 327 Q-B 8
Exchange of Queens is equiva-lent to the loss of a piece forWhite. The only hope for a drawis the presence of the Queens.27... N-Ql28 P-r( N 4 r(-N 229 P_N 3 P_B 3
Bronstein had offered a drawthree times so far but it was eachtime declined. Alexander wasobviously readv to go into a"marathon." Who wouldn't playon against Bronstein a soundpawn up-Bronstein, the manwho drew the match for theWorld Championship withBotvinnikl30 P-N 5 Q-I( 231 Q-N 4 N-B 232 N-I(4 QxRP
It seems that Bronstein intime trouble has blundered anotherpawn away. His 30 P-Nb musthave been a mistake.33 Q-r( 6 Q-R 434 N-Q6 NxN35 Q-B 6 ch I(-N I36 QxN Q-K8chs7 K-R 2 Q-I( 1
Black must play very carefullyto avoid perpetual check. Thewhite I{NP blocks Black's King-side pawns and gives strongsquares on I(86 and KRG for thewhite Queen. Rlack must get rid
14 I(-N I15 R-K 216 KR-K117 N-r{ 5 ?
This turns out to be a time-losing move. P-KR4 or P-QRBto have an escape square forICng, and stop N-QN5, shouldgive White good drawing chances.
If here 69 Q x RP, Black wouldsimply go over with his King andcollect the KNP and return tosafety to the Queenside.69 ... Q-B 4?0 Q-Q 7 ch I(-I{ 471 QxEP K-B472 Q-Q7ch KxP
At last Alexander has got apassed pawn and he is still twopawns up. The next stage of thisgigantic trattle starts where BlackwiII try to advance his passedpawn. It is not so easy, as thereare plenty of checks.73 Q-Q 2 ch K-B 374 Q-Q 8 ch I(-B 275 Q-B ? ch Q-I( 276 Q-B 4 ch K-N 27? Q-Q 4 oh Q-B 378 Q-K.4 r(-B 2?9 K-N 2 Q_Q 380 Q-B 3 ch Q-B 381 Q-K 4 P-N 482 Q-R 7 ch K-I( 383 Q-I( 4 ch K-:Q 384 Q-Q 3 ch I(-B 285 Q-R 7 ch K-N 386 r(-B 2 Q-B 587 Q-K 7 Q-B 7 ch
Not Q x Q?? stalemate, Bron-stein tries every trick.102 I(-N 2 K-Q 4103 Q-Q 2 ch I(-K 5104 Q-N 5 Q-B 4105 Q-B 4 r(-B 6
"Desperado." His last chance,as every loser has, is play .forstalemate.106 Q-R l ch I(-I{ 7107 Q-N 2 ch K-K I108 P-B 4 P-N 5109 Q-N I ch E-K 7110 Q-N 2 ch //K-I( 6111 I(-N3 / Q-QGch112 K-R4 QxP113 Q-N 3 ch KrQ 7114 Q-B 2 ch K-B 6115 Q-I( 3 ch I(-N 7116 Q-I{ 5 ch Q-B 6ll7 Q-N 5 P-r( N 6118 Q-N 4 P-N 7 !1le Q-N 5 Q-B 8120 QxBP Q-B7ch!
Not Q x Q??, stalemate again.Bronstein resigned.
*Wode Triumphs-' ond FoilsHere is the game R. G. Wade
took from Soviet grandmaster A.Tolush at the Hastings ChristmasTourney. The notes are by Wadeas they appeared in the "B.C.M."
Game No. 591
NIMZO-INDIAN DEFENCE
{R. G. Wade A. Tolush1P-Q4 N-KBS'2 P-QB4 P-r{33 N-QB3 B-N54 Q-B 2 P-845 PxP N-83
N.Z. CHESSPLAYER, MAY, 1954
Pirc and Keres have been recom-mending 5 ., Castles; 6 N-83,N-R3.
6 N-83 NxP? B-QzA spur of the mom ent idea. I
decided not to play P-QR3 andP-QN4, as in time Black's P-QR4 has often shown that thesepawns can be weaknesses.
7 ... P-QN38 N-QN5 BxBch9 NxBI considered that it was essential
to stop Black getting the use ofmy K4 for his pieces.
L.. P-Q 410 P-QN4Based on the possibilitY of
N-87 ch, if 10 . . ., N(B4)-K5;11 P x P. The text move relegatesBlack's I(night to an inferior post.
10... N-R31r P-K 4The Knight's pawn is safe for
the moment in view of theanswer 72 Q-R4. ThereforeWhite avoids 11 P-QR3, B-N2,when Black may be able to holdup the development of white'sKing's Bishop and Rook. Afterthe move played, if Black hadcontinued 11 ., PxKP; I r,vasconsidering 12 R-Ql or 11 . . .,NxKP; 12 NxN, PxN; 13
19 BxN R--B6White has given uP his well-
placed Knight for Black's badlY-piaced one. The Pawn thatiiinched the bargain turns out tobe a "hot" one.20 B-Q 3
If 20 P-B3, P-QN4 ch winsBlack a piece. Now if 20 .. .,
RxP; 2lRxR,QxR;22N-B4, Q x P; 23 R-Nl is afairly safe draw.20 ... Q-822t P-B 4 R-Q I22 r{ R-Q 1 P-r( N 4The most double-edged move
that I can recollect having hadplayed against me.23 PxP QxN2<t PxN I(-RlIf 24 ..., Q x BP; 25 P-K5,
Q-N4; 26 B--K4. It 24 ...,Q-Qs ch; 25 K-R1, Il x B; 26Q-N4 ch, K-B1; 27 Q-N7 ch'K-I(l; 28 Q-NB ch, I(-Q2; 29Q x BP ch, I{-B3; 30 QR-B1ch, with compensation for themissing piece.25 QR-BlBetter than 25 B-P2, R-KNI.
25 ... Q-Q 5 chTolush suggested 25 ..., RxP.
26 I(-B II could not be certain amidst the
turmoil going on within ffi€,surrounded by tensed sPectatorsand spurred on by a fast-tickingclock, whether 26 K-R1 wasgood. CertainlY 26 .. ., Q x Bfalls foul of 27 Q-N4, e.g. 27 ...,R-I(N1; 28 R x R, Q x R(B6);29 Q x R ch. Black has 26 ...,RxR; 27 Rx R, QxBP.26... RxtsEvery spectator must have
asked why not 26 .. ., Q x BPch. After 2l K-K1 White'sposition is extremely difficult.2? P_Ks E_KNIThis completes the somersault.
27 Q-KBS ch first isnecessary.28 B-B 4
Now White has the decisiveconcentration coming on the King'swlng.
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R-Q1.11 ...12 P-QR313 LQ314 ()-o15 NxBP16 N-r( 5Gradually extending the
influence of White's minor Pieces.After 16 ..., R x Q; 17 N x Q,R-Q?; 18 NxNch, PxN; 19KR-Q1 lVhite's advantage isbased on the bad Position ofBlack's Knight and the weaknessof Black's Queen's Rook's pawn.16... Q-I(217 Q-r( 2 B-R 1
18 NxRPMadness.'rvVhites should
consolidate his grip with 18P-B3 and bringing Rooks to theopen files.18... QxN
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K x R; 31 Q-N4 ch, I{-81; 32Q-N? ch, I(-Kl; 33 Q-NB ch,K-Q2; 34 B-N5 ch.29... B-I(81If 29 ..., R-Ql; 30 B-82,x R ch; 31 B x Q, R-R8; 32
K-K1.30 R-N? BxB31 RxPch Resigns
*As satisfactory as Wade's win
above was, he had an even morenotable game in round one whenhe drerv his game with Sovietgrandmaster David Bronstein, oneof the flnest players in the world.In this game the draw was agreedwhen Bronstein had onlY threeminutes left for 12 moves andWade had seven minutes for 13moves, so a degree of tournamentcaution was involved in thedecision. The "B.C.M." speaks of"W'ade's wonderful pIaY againstthe Russians"-and New Zea-landers may well wonder whyafter two triumphs in the flrstthree rounds Wade ended withonly three points from the ninerounds, this including a draw withC. H. O'D. Alexander as well!
Cecil Purdy in "Chess World"supplies an answer: "Because he[rvVade] was bringing out dailYbulletins of the tourney!When will this foolish Young manlearn that in powerful events ofthis sort, conservation of energyis worth points? Euwe, at 53,has not learned it yet, so perhaPsWade will never learn, andcontinue to disappoint hissupporters by achieving resultsunworthy of his intrinsicstrength."
It seems to us that there isnothing to show Wade does notknow he is damaging his tourneyprospects by being a chessjournalist during the play. Histrouble iS that he needs anincome to get along-he's funnythat way, needs three meals aday, and all that. Surely Wadehas "Iearned" before this. Purdyis rubbing it in a bit: he fails to
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make it clear that it is Wade'smisfortune, rather than choice,that he has to turn an honestpenny. Of course, Purdy isabsolutely right in claiming thatin bringing out daily bulletins, atourney competitor must droppoints-'uhat would apply to anyplayer, unless he was much aheadof the fleld in class.
In his game with Bronstein,Wade on moves 16 and 17 usedthe overloading of White's Queento push a passed pa.rvn to QN6.When the draw was agreed, bothsides had weaknesses in theirgames. It was a great momentfor Bob Wade!
from the young champion ofIceland, who apparently nevercounts material, but position only.Wade, on the other hand, with hisgames against Bronstein andTolush behind him, seems tounder-estimate this youngopponent.
LThis is Sarapu's view; ours isgiven in oLrr own introduction tothe Bronstein game-Ed.l Notesby Ortvin Sarapu.
N.Z. CHESSPLAYEE, MAY, 1954
Game No. 593KING'S INDIAN DEFENCER. G. \Yade fF. Olafsson
1F-Q4 N-r(B32 P-QB4 P-KN33 N-QB3 LN 24 P-r( 4 0-O5 B_K3This indicates, that Wade is
trying to get out of "the Books."The usual continuation here is5 N-83.5 "' P-Qs6 P_KR 3
UsuaIIy in the Saemish systemin the I(ing's Indian Defence,where White also develops hisQB to I(3, White stops . . . N-Nsby P-K83, protecting his KP atthe same time.6... P-r(47 r-QsClosing the centre indicates that
White is prepared to start a wingattack on the King's side. Pawncentres simiar to this have shownthat the advance P-Q5 is ratherin Black's favour, as Black hasgood chances to undermineWhite's flxed pawns by P-I(84or P-Q83. Nimzovitch haspointed out that every blockedpa\Mn centre has a "germ" tobecome weaker and weakerduring a properly handled game.
7... QN-Qz8 B-Q3 N-R49 P_I(N3If here P-KN4, N-B5; and
BxN, PxB would only giveBlack the better chances as hisKB line is then opened andBlacl< has a strong square on I(4.Now it becomes clear that White'sP-KR3 was a wasted move anddoesn't lit with White plan ofI(ingside attack.9 ... N-B 4
10 B-B 2 P_R 4This routine move was actually
not necessary for Black, asWhite is not prepared to advanceon the Queen's side by P-QN4.Better, therefore, B-Q2.11 Q-K? L,q?12 0-O-O P-R 5
This pawn later becomes verystrong, but it doesn't help to open
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Wade-sets a tlap, if now 14 . . .
B x P? 15 N-KN5 B-Q2 16N x KRP! K x N; 17 P-I(N4 andWhite has a terrible attack rollingon the open KR and KN flles.14... P-R615 P_N 3 N_R 316 Q-Q 2 R-r{ I
Avoiding the exchange ofBlack's KB which is a good piecefor defence.1? N_I{ R 4
The trouble with White's attackis, that he cannot play advantage-ously P-KN4, because ofN-Bs. With this move Wadewants to drive the black Knightaway with his King B the nextmove.17... N-Ns18 B--Q I N-I( B 319 P-I( N 4
At last White is able to adVanceon the lfingside, but now hisKing N is in way of the KRP,which would open the KR flIeafter P-R4-R5 and P x P.19... P-B3!
It is fantastic how the youngIcelander breaks up the centrewith a sacriflce of a full piece ona square which is most protectedby White!20 P-N 5
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,q, brilliant and surelYunexpected sacriflce.21 NxN
If 21 K PxN, PxP and Blackis threatening . , . P-Q5, as after22P xP, Black has so manythreats. For examPle 22NxQP, or 22.. . P-KS. 22. ..N x QP seems even stronger, asafter 23QxN QxNch 24B'-82,R-QBf, White is comPletelY lost.2l ... NxN22 KPxN PxP23 QxP P-N4!!
Black could Pick, as he is at Presentor a Pll\ rn. Buta goocl BishoP
against a poor Rook?24 B-B& ,.: P-K 5 !
Stops 25QxR and gpens-theline fbr his King B. Notice howWhite's Rooks are far awaY Jromthe play--and completely useless.
25 BxP R,-Rg26 Q-N 7
Wade seeks relief withexchanges as he is now a fuIIKnight up, but what a PoorKnight!26 ... BxB! !
Now Black is a Rook down andthere are onlY four black PiecesIeft. but ell these Pieces aremobile against the white King.2? QxR/4 PxP28 P-N 4 B-N 7 ch29 K-Nl P-Q4!30 QxQP
Wade suggested Iater that 30
Q-84 would be better.30... R-Q3!
Another sacrifice, this time thepoint is simple. We leave it to thereader to flnd out.
d0 B-B I B-Q 6 chWhite resigns. There is mate in
three to follow.This game was awarded the
brillianey prize.
New PlymouthI'he club had enioyed a
successful year, said thepresident of the New PlYmouth-Chess CIub, S. Anchor, at theannual meeting. Last Year'smembership Lrad increased to arecord total.
New Plymouth had a deflnitewin in its correspondence matchwith the Eagle-Star Club, London,said Mr. Anchor. Two gamcs had tobe adjudicated but their resultcould not upset New PlYmouth'slead.
It was agreed to continue theperpetual handicap tournamentwithin tire cl'.rb in addition to thetwo championshiPs.
The club hoPes to arrange asecond visit to New PlYmouth bYOrtvin Sarapu, New Zealandchampion.
Officers elected were: Patron,Mr. E. C. Hayton; President, S.An chor; vice-Presidents, II.
tion, R. A. Godtschalk.
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AUCKLAND LEAGUE'S1 B. H. P. Marsick (.Wanganui)2 R. E. Baeyertz (Remuera)3 R. F. Cuthbert (Auckland)4 N. B. Cruden (Dominion Rd.)5 J. A. Davis (Auckland)6 C. J. Stuart (Onehunga)7 G. H. SiSIey (P.O., Auckand)8 J. R. Phillips (Dominion Rd.)I E. S. Caselli (Auckland)
10 L. O. Lindekrans (Civic)11 H. L. Emerson (Auckland)12 D. F. Wagstaff (Auckland)
B. H. P. Marsick, of theWanganui Chess Club, came backto his old stamping ground, therooms of the Auckland C.C., towin flrst place in the AucklandChess League's first Easter OpenTournament. It wasn't too bad aperformance at that. Marsick andR. E. Baeyertz, tlte latter in hisbest form, shared the lead, draw-ing their individual game, untilBaeyertz drew hal-f a point aheadin the fifth round. In the sixthand last round, needing only adraw to tie against anything, anda win for a certain tournevvictory, Baeyertz played. a shock"-ing Sicilian against N. B. Cruden(aged 16) and was Iaid low.Marsick, on the other hand,produced a good win with theMarshall against J. A. Davis'Ruy Lopez, and that wa-s that.
Baeyertz won the flrst sectionprize and Cruden the secondsectiorr prize.
R. E. Baeyertz has presented acup to the League as a trophyfor this event, which is expectedto become an annual one.
A, G. Rowland was Director ofPlay and teapot expert.
This game was later awardedthe best game prize, O. Sarapubeing the judge.
oTAGO C.C.At the Otago Chess Club's
annual meeting on April 3 thefollowing officers were elected:-Patron; Mr. J. J. Marlow, O.B.E.;president, H. E. Hewitt; vice-presidents, I. H. Penrose and J.
Mr. G. D. Wright retiresthe treasurership after apetiod of service.
fromlong
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Civic Club AnnuolMeeting
On APriI 9, Civic Club
-"-butt ^held tfreir Bth annual
surPrise for thewas the electionPatroness of Mrs'
e of the retiring
Woodford.
O. SARAPU GOES TOTE AWAMUTU
whi.le intent on winning a wonsamc against a Te Awamutuirember.- Several Hamilton C.C'
thew.
itors.At Easter, SaraPu went to
Naoier. where among other thingshe^intended to PlaY 12 blindfoldgames simultaneouslY.
MATCH SAR.dPU-WAGSTAFFIn an unofficial match at the
Auckland Chess CIub PlaYedrecently, Ortvin SaraPu has wonIour simes from D. F. Wagstaff'The tivo other games of the matchstand adjourned, but SaraPu saYsLoth are favourable to himself.
AT TH E PICTURESThese three games from D. M.
LeDain's Montreal column lookIike a prearranged movie pro-gramme if you are prepared touse your imagination. AII wonby Black, too.
NEWSREEL(Cavalry Parade)
From the North Texas Open,Dallas, 1953:
Game No. 595
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED
WORLD CHESS TITLE
cover.This match is taking a most
playersreport.
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Onehungo Chess CIubCorner Manukau and Mt. Albert
Roads, RoYal Oak, Auckland
TUESDAYS-7'30 to 11 P.m.
Hon. SecretarY: C. J. STUART,Private Phone 566-816.
Larry Remlinger, 11 years old,from Long Beach, California, whoscored 5+-4t, in the 1953 U.S.A.Junior Championship, is beinghailed as a second Reshevsky.In the following game from theJunior, Larry shows technicalknowledge and something more.Notes by D. M. LeDain.
Game No. 597MAX LANGE ATTACI(
The above bears a strong familylikeness to the game Baeyertz v.Newick, filmed during the Auck-land C.L. Champ. 1948: 1 P-Q4,P-Q4; 2 P-Q84, B-B4; 3 N-QBS, N-KB3; 4 Q-N3, PxP;5 QxNP?, QN-Q2; 6 N-N5, R-B1; 7 B-B4, P-K4!; B PxP,B-N5ch; 9 N-B3, R-QNI; 10QxRP, N-KS; 11 Q-Q4, B-84; 12 Q-Q5, B x P ch; 13 K-Ql, P-QB3; 14 Q x P (BG), o-o;15 N-83, N x N ch; 16 K-81,NxKP; 17 Resigns.
Dr. N. E. H. Fulton 12 13 25H. E. Hewitt L2 13 25F. A. Hirst (1) rZ 13 25Mrs. M. Kane . .... . 12 13 25J. J. Marlow 12 13 25R. McDermid 12 13 25L. Pleasants 72 13 25A.T.Scott ........ 12 13 25G. Severinsen (1) 12 13 25A.N.Hignett ...... 10 13 23D. H. Lea 10 13 23A. H. N. Taylor l0 13 23JamesKyle ........ 10 12 22W. F. Mulligan B 13 2lN.A.Palmer ...... 10 11 2lrff.W.Fugler...... 6 f3 19R. J. Cates ........ 4 6 10Dr. R. Gardner 10 10Mrs. I(. Cook 0 - 0*F. R. Best 0 0
CORRESPONDENCETo the Editor
Dear Sir,-In the March issue Mr. Shurley
stated in his letter that I harl toresign as delegate for the NewZealand Correspondence ChessAssociation. The f acts of myresignation are as follows:
I was instructed that at thespecial meeting of the New Zea-Iand Chess Association held inNovember I was to vote that theminutes of the September meetingwere correct. The instructionswere given by persgns who werenot at that particular meeting. Ipersonally considered that theminutes were not correct andvoted accordingly in a " secretballot." I was approached by thechairman, who informed me thatthe scrutineer had reported thatI had voted against writteninstructions which had been sentby the N.Z.C.C.A. I refused tochange my vote and after con-sultation with the Associationsolicitor he offered me the choiceof amending my vote or: takingone personal vote. I againrefused to change my vote andI believe I was granted the onepersonal vote.
I have regretted the fact thatI did not challenge the vote, asin my opinion the procedure wasentirely out of order.
Objecting to the fact that theN.Z.C.C.A. had written a dupli-cate instruction to the N.Z.C.A.,and also to the fact of persons whowere not at a meeting instructing aperson who was as to the correct-ness or otherwise of the minutes,I immediately forwarded myresignation as their delegate. Imaintained and still maintain thatI was the only one entitled todecide how my vote was cast inmatters pertaining to the minutes.
Yours faithfully,V. J. WOODHOUSE
Silverstream, Wellington.
[As Mr. 'Woodhouse's remarksarose from another letter wepublish it, but no more letters onthe N.Z.C.A. affairs topic wiII bepublished on any account.-Ed.l
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Mate in two
341--A. A. PaulFirst Pr-rblication
Mate in two
N.Z. CHESSPLAYER, MAY, 1954
OVERSEAS SOLVERST. Wightman (Sydney)-March :
13 (total 25).*New solver. Welcome!
*HE'S REALLY ALIVE
"f stare earnesty at the boardfor hours. I try to tell my wifeI am studying the problem, butshe is just as positive that myefforts give me a distinctly cod-like appearance due to the glazedlook around my eyes."-H. E.Hewitt.
*Scoring: Two-movers: 2 points
for each key, 2 points for correctclaim of no solution, 2 points forcorrect claim of illegal position.Three-movers: 3 points eachsimilarly. All incorrect claims,minus 1 point.
N.Z. CHESSPLAYER, MAY, 1954
NEW ZEALAND CORRESPONDENCE CHESSASSOCIATION
Secretary: SPENCER SMITH, P'O' BOX 287' WANGANUI
R. W. PARK ISN.Z. CHAMPION
from 1l games (71 loss), R. W. Park,has won the New
sPondence chamPion-ship, 1953-54.
ttiis will be a ParticularlYoooular victory and a fittingitiinax (unless Bill keePs indoine it!) to a long camPaign'WhaTever' correspondence chess heolaved before 1941, in that Yearire
-was 4L-5L in the chamPion-shin and ended eighth. Next Yearwai similar, but when theY P-uthim down io T.T. 18 in 1943 heshowed his annoYance bY winning
*A Touching Pleo
the letter reads:i'I am at a loss to discover thename of anyone who PlaYs ,theancient game of chess in NewZealancl. - Does anyone 'down
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of voul chess clubs. As a matterof information I arn 24 Years oldand a student at the UniversitYof Washington School of Law."
"This is-foltowed bY a requestfrom the SecretarY for InternalAffairs that I bring this letter tothe notice of our members," saYsSpencer Smith.
"I request that anY interestedmember- writes direct to lVIr.Hohlbein and informs me ofhaving done so."
Aucklond Chess ClubOpens Seoson
and ten others.
About Nototion AndOther Things
That point about chess notationrnost often misunderstood appearsto be that which occurs when itib necessary to specify which oftwo similar pieces or pawns iscaptured by the man whosemove is being recorded.
This misunderstanding alwaysarises becauie one simple fact hasnot been assimilated-that thesquare on which a captured manstands is always designated (ifdesignation is needed) from thepoiat of view of the playermaking the move.
In this magazine the practice inthe past in such cases has been toindicate by an oblique stroke anda ffgure the rank on which thecaptured man stands, say, B x R,/4,when the same Bishop could alsotake a Rook at the Bishop's side'ssecond rank (B x R/2).
Take the following position:White: Bishop at K3.Black: Knights at QB4 and
I(B5.Now, suppose we insist that
one must indicate the squareoccupied by the captured l(nightin this case, and White playsB x N on the King's side, wehave:
BxN (84)Now, the chap who doesn't
know the rule will like as notthink that the Bishop has takenthe Knight at Black's E}4, and getinto a tangle because he thinksthe score is incorrect.
B x N (Ba) in the above positionsimply means the Bishop hasmoved to 84 (which no playerwould imagine meant QB5) andhas taken a Knight in so doing.Ow "/4" has the same effect. Itis essential to name the FILE onlywhen both pieces liable to capturestand on squares for which oneIetter would not do. For instance:
Ili/hite: Rook at K4.Black: Rooks at QNs and
KN5.Clearly R x R/4 is useless,
same for " /N4." As it rnight notbe clear which black Rook is the' King's piece, the only unam-biguous notation would be R x R(QN4) for i Queenside capture by'lVhite.I
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N.Z. CHESSPLAYER, MAY' 1954
Cqqtling, is a Klng MoveThere is only one way to castle
correctly. This is clear from thenew Laws of Chess (not yetdistributed in New Zealand, evenif it wasn't in the former code.The King MUST be moved first,then the appropriate Rook istransferred to the other side ofthe King. We once played amatch game in which we playedR-I(l, threatening disaster by adiscovered check. Castling wasthe o n 1y defence-and theopponent solemnly played R-I(81and then moved his Ifing toKNl!! After the game he got apep talk.
In our March issue ourcontributor A. E, Turnerdescribed as an "oddityt theprovision in the new Laws that"No piece except the Rook whencastling or the Knight can crossa square occupied by anotherpiece." Really it isn't "odd" atall, though the sentence does seemqueer at flrst sight. Next timeyou castle, watch your Rookcarefully and see for yourself,
Forsyth NotatlonA convenient "shorthand"
system of recording any positionis the Forsyth notation. Mostplayers will find it handy now andagain and a knowledge of how itworks, which is simplicity itself,will enable them to read it whenit is used in this magazine orelsewhere. The Forsyth consistsof a "picture" of the board asseen by White, using capitalletters for white pieces and pawns,small letters for the black, andffgures for black squares. Theend of a rank is marked by anoblique stroke, or if you haveplenty of room you can take aline for each rank.
. rnbqkbnrpppppppp32PPPPPPPPRNBQKBNR
is easily recognisable as theoriginal position. r3k2r/48lR3K2Ris the same with al] but the Rooksand Kings removed.
'We may make use of theForsyth some tin:e for "pottihg"positions to save diagram space ata pinch.
