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Broadbent's team sixth annual Labour Week-end President: S. FAULKNOR, Telephone 50-385. beat E. J. Denys' side by I to 2. six-rouud Open Srviss tournament Hon. Secretary: J. M. SHURLEY, 7 Elizabeth Street, Wellington C.4. Scores: close on October 6, and the club R. M. Broadbent 2, E. J. Denys 0. prefers earlier entries if possible. VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME 'W. E. Moore j, L. H. Margetts !. The club will, however, accePt L. J. Moorhouse 1], E. J. Dalton *. late entries from those unable to N. L. MacBeth 1, G. Danga 0. make an earlier decision to take Kay 1, Miss A. Wellard-King 0. part. This annual open tourney DOMINION ROAD CHESS CLUB D. Lorking 2, H. Blake 0. is a most progressive move and E. B. Miles 1, F. R. Best 1. deserves the support of aII players possible participate. il{ who lind it to 225 Dominion Road (Walters Road Corner), PALMERSTON NORTH [l OTAGO Auckland The twenty members of the C.C. include An inter-school match was held Palmerston North at the rooms of the Otago C.C. on TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS 7 P.M. to 11 P.M' two who are so far ahead of most others that the club championship August 14 between the Otago H. DOUGLAS loses some attractiveness. Boys' High School and King's Hon. Secretary: T. H. PHILLPS President: H. of its High School. The match was (business hours) Phone 64-788 Tom Lepviikmann lost by half a B.H.S. names flrst: Phone 34-130 point to Alex Wassilief in 1952 drawn. Otago after being unbeaten for many D. C. M. Mclaren 0, A. I. Camp- years. Arlidge gave them both bell 1; R. B. Barraclough 0, B. V. J. Ariderson 1, F. N. CHESS CLUB ti a fright, but otherwise there was Burn 1; OTAGO no real competition. Bourke 0; O. M. Sakies 1, J, DUNEDIN Somerville 0; H. M. Sonntag 0, L. 130 STUART STREET, This year the club decided to Lorking 1; M. J. Prior 0, J. run handicap in conjunction . AND SATURDAY, ?.30 P.M. a Campbel 1; J. H. Campbell 1, A. WEDNESDAY with its aII play all event by Harrison 0; R. B. Read 0, D. giving the lower graded players H. L. ABBOTT McFarlane 1; J. Armstrong 1, G. President: the opportunity to score extra Goodman 0; K. Hollebon 1, A. points. The two top players scored Secretary: J. F. LANG, Te]. 10-706 (Office), 20-881 (Private) James 0; R. Smith 0, G. A. ,W. 1 for a win; Arlidge 2 for a win Kidd 1; G. White 1, L. Anderson 0. WELCOME against the two top men and 1 Six wins each. VISITORS ARE ALWAYS CORDIALLY ll against the rest. In the third group were three players who CENTRAL DISTRICTS LEAGUE would score B points by a win from The Central Districts Chess CHESS CLUB (lncorporoted) I Nos. 1 and 2, or 6 agairst Arlidge. League's competition for the AUCKLAND This system of valuing a win from Godtschalk Trophy is now in pro- Arcade, Street, Auckland a higher gl-oup was continued gress. This is an over the board Third Floor, His Majesty's Queen down the list. A prize was offered President: MRS. J' L' SAYERS match for six players from each of Telephone 30-360 of a year'S subscription to the N.Z. the competing clubs. CHESSPLAYER.. The club secre- OPEN AFTERNOONS, MONDAY TO tr'RIDAY tary, J. M. Roche, walked away The Palmerston North Chess CLUB NIGHTS: MONDAY AND THURSDAY with the prize. He beat two of Club acts as host to the country the third group and won several clubs to enable them to meet with VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME games in his own class. a minimum of tiavel. The scoring to date is: HonorarY SecretarY: A- BARNETT GISBORNE Pahiatua beat Maharara and lost to Palmerston North and Marton. The Gisborne C.C. is having a good season. Fourteen members Levin beat Marton. NEW ZEALAND CHESSPLAYER entered for the club championship, Marton drew with Palmerston Printed and Published bY a round robin. At present F. N. North. 256 DOMINION ROAD, AUCKLAND S.2 Day has 7 points from eight games, The Palmerston North club does AETCRAFT PBESS LTD., D. Cranswick 7 from eleven, J. not enter its three top boards a Cranswick 6|- from eleven, J. H. against Marton or Pahiatua, but Walker (holder) 5 from five, J. reserves the right to use its full NEW ZEAI,AND'S NATIONAI, CHESS MAGAZINE Holdsworth 5 from six. strength against Levin this year. Become q Regulor Subscriber!! N.Z. CHESSPLAYER, OCTOBEB, 1953 Page 129 a I Pubtisheil Monthly on the lst :: Copy Closes 15th of the Month Next, the Civic C.C. rejoined Correspondence for Eilitor, Problem Editor, or Secretary respectively to the Wellington Chess League. BLEDISLOE CUP the N.Z. CHESSPLAYER, 256 Dominion Road, Auckland S.2 Then, for the first time in about LITTLE BETWEEN AUCKLAND 75 years, a second nomination was made for the Association AND CANTERBURY presidency, an election thereby close play forced, and the Civic club At of on September president 19 in the Bledisloe Cup telegraphic heaten on the votes of match between the Canterbury delegates. and Auckland Chess Clubs the The reaction of the Civic Club score was 4tu-3tu in Auckland's was its refusal to proceed with its favour. The final score is likely Congress arrangements. It handed to be extremely closc. the flxture back to the ASsociation, which has since asked for fresh L. J. Darwin was Canterbury FOUNDED 1947 BY F. G. McSHERRY offers. It was the Civic club's captain, Ortvin Sarapu Auckland refusal to proceed something captain, and A. G. Rowland the Editor and Problem Editor, A, L. Fletcher, Associates: O. Sarapu, New quite new in New Zealand- that umpire in Auckland for the Zealand Champion, joint Australasian Champion 1952; R. G. Waile, focused attention on the -whole Canterbury club. N.Z. International Master. Australian Correspondent: M. D. Broun. business. The rate of play appeared rather It ma5. be onlY a guess that the faster than usual, though there Official Organ N.Z. Chess Association, N.Z. Correspondence Chess Civic club's dropping of its Con- were boards weII below the Association, and Central Districts Chess League. gress was related to the unheard average number of moves, due in of forcing of an election for the at least one case to undue slow- Subscription: 12 Consecutive Issues 22l- :: Single Copies 2/- Association presidency, but in any ness at an Auckland board. Distributing Agents: Gordon and Gotch (N.2.) Ltd. case there must be many players About half-way through the in the country who would like match the Auckland player at some enlightenment. board two was disqualifled by the Volume 6-No. 37 OCTOBER, 1953 These questions might be the umpire for a breach of the rules. flrst to spring to mind: Canterbury won the toss and (1) Exactly why was a ncmina- chose White at the odd-numbered tion made in opposition to an boards. COIJLD THER.E BE SOMETHING WRONG olicial who by hitherto unbroken custom would have . Tearns (Auckland names flrst), AT HEADQUARTER.S ? been the next with scores in cases ."vhere garnes N.Z.C.A. president? were completed:- Any New Zealand chess player feud of some sort, makes it the (2) Had the apparent president- who has taken an interest in the business of any player whose club elect of the N.Z.C.A. been some 1 O. Sarapu v. W. E. Moore. work of the New Zealand Chess or league is affiliated to the Nerv other person, would a second 2 A. E. Turner 0, L. J. Darwin 1. Association wil] be aware that for Zealand Chess Association. nomination still have been made? 3 M. Velikic v. L. T. Moorhouse. some time the headquarters of There can hardly be a dispute (3) Would it occasion sulprjse 4 D. Wagstaff v. R. M. Broadbent. the Association, in Wellington, has case. if it were stated some men good 5 A. L. Fletcher v. E. J. Denys. about the bare facts of the of 6 F. Foulds been functioning in an atmosphere sense viewed the incident as A. ;-, J. H. V[oolley ]. friendly, The Civic Chess Club, of Wel- 7 R. E. Baeyertz v. R. LoveII- that has not always been lington, at the time not being something very like an insult to an atmosphere of the kind which I the Civic Chess Club? Smith. affiliated to the Wellington Chess B G. E. Trundle 1, v. E. Dalton 0. could not be expected consistently thing sha1l to produce the best results for League, applied for, and was One we make clear: 9 T. Bollee v. R. J. Colthart. given on the voting, permission to This magazine is broaching the 10 B. H. P. Marsick v. H. J. King. chess. Club members who read whole matter above for one reason Association Bulletins (minutes of conduct the 1953-4 annual New 11 Mrs. E. L. Short 1, default 0. Zealand Championship Congress. and one reason only, namely, that 12 G. Mills-Palmer v. B. Kay. meetings) cannot have failed to it thinks only the best is good notice that at times personalities Since the last century it has loeen 13 R. F'. Cuthbert 1, R. Coates 0. the invariable custom that the enough for New Zealand chess. 14 N. Cruden 1, I\{iss A. Wellard- are freely indulged in at meetings president body staging the of the Association. of the It has no interest whatever King 0. Congress is nominated as presi- in personalities or personal issues 15 A. G. Rogers 0, O. C. Chandler As long as incidents at N.Z.C.A. dent of the New Zealand Chess in chess matters and has no 1. personal meetings sprang from Association for that year and in favourites. 16 Mrs. J. L. Sayers v. R. S. animosities and had no particular due course elected unopposed. It would be most unfortunate if Abbott. repercussions outside the meetings, Therefore at the time the Civic players began to get the idea that 77 J. J. Hurley 0, E. J. Harrison- the situation, while regrettable, club's application was granted, New Zealand Chess Association Wilkie 1. could be ignored. earlier this year, no one would full meetings are attended by 18 B. Griffiths v. G. Parkins. Unfortunately, a recent develop- have doubted that its president persons who would help chess best 19 R. M. Craig v. Mrs. J. J. ment in this history, apparently was the president-elect of the by their permanent absence from Craddock. the continuation of an existing N.Z.C.A. those meetings. 20 F. W. Keam v. J. Preston.

Page 130 N,Z. CHESSPLAYER, OCTOBEE, 1953 N,Z, OHESSPLAYER, OCTOBER, 1958 Page l3l F. P. HUTCHINGS WINS THE B-N 2 N_I(B 3 h. E. Baeyertz was the judge in CONSISTENT 4 N*KEB B_I{ 2 the .best game competition- (12 5 P*QB4 o-o entries) and was als6 the donor NATIONAL SCHOOLBOY CHAMPIONSHIP 6 o-o P_Q 3 of a cup as a trophy for the same. 72345678 a N_B 3 Q_K T I{e awarded the cup to N. B. 8 R_N I. P_K 4 Cruden for his win against V. A. 1 F. P. Hutchings (N. Plymouth B.H.S.) 1111111 7 9 PxP PxP Rowland. 2 N. B. Cruden (Avondale Col., Auck.) 0 -+ 11111 5l r0 N-Q 5 B_Q T 3 J. R. Phillips (Wesley Inter', Auck.) 0 tr- 1+ 111 5 11 N-N 5 P_B 3 R. B. Hosking (New Plymouth B.H.S.) 0 00-1011 12 NxNch RxN tn" ar"nuilGess League is 4 ol likely to discuss 5 C. L Berry (Christchurch West) . .. .. 0 oi o-1lo 13 P-I( 4 P_I( R 3 the advistbility of recommending that the annual 6 F. N. Bourke (I{ing's H.S., Dunedin) 0 0010-01 2 14 N-B 3 P-B 5 scloolboy pfovincial . 0 2 15 NxP champion- ? D. Lorking (Christchurch West) ... . 00001-1 PxP slips should place B K, M. Steele (John McGlashan Co1lege, 16 RPxP B-82 take during the 1 May holidays, and the National Dunedin) ..... '. 0 000100 17 N-N 4 R_K 3 championship 18 P-B 5 ExP during the August Frank P. Hutchings, of the New There is some co-oPeration b-v 19 holidays as at present. The main game, BxR QxB idea players Plymouth Boys' High School, the loser in this but this is 20 P-B 3 is that in the principal F. P. QxR tournarnent made a clean score for an excel- the kind of play that took 21 3 ch I(_B 1 ? would have mbre time top. Q-N to prepare for their Ient victory in the 1953 New Hutchings to the 22 NxP! Q-N 3 trip, and theri: ChampionshiP, would be no fairly hectid rush from Zealand Schoolboy No. 536 23 Q-N 8 ch I(-K 2 played at Christchurch 'West High Game 24 B-N5ch! one tourney almost direct to DECLINED QxB another-a School from September 7 to 11. QUEEN'S GAMBIT 25 Q-B 7 ch r(-Q 1 consideration in view has amassed some of the ages of the players. The Frank now tF. P. Hutchings C. L. Berry 26 R-Q 1ch N_Q 2 participants playing experience. Last year he 27 Q-N 8 ch K_K 2 in the National event r P-Q4 P_Q 4 cannot be known until pro- was second in the South Auckland 3 28 Q-B ? ch K_Q 1 the 2 P-QB4 P-K vincial tournaments are over. open Swiss championship tourneY B 3 29 Q-B 8 mate good record 3 N-Q B3 N_I{ and before that had a 4 B_N5 B-I{ 2 * He was second * in schoolboy'chess. 5 P_K3 P_B 3 to R. B. Hosking in the recent 6 PxP NxP PROYINCIAL Conterbury Wellington provincial SchoolboY TITLES 7 BxB QxB ^.The 1953 Canterbury Schoolboy Championship, but in the main 8 N_B3 o-o Aucklond Championship was won by C. i. event left his schoolmate behind 9 R_B1 N-Q 2 Berry, D. Lorking was second. with the others. AII players are in tie broken 10 NxN KPxN order in the list of Aucklancl * Auckland boys N. B. Cruden and 11. Q-N 3 R_N 1 Schoolboy Championship players: J. R. Phillips stood out as superior 12 B-Q 3 P_I( R 3 Wellington Hutchings. Both are 13 R_Q 1 to all but 0-O R. e Welling_ members of the Dominion Road 14 R-B 3 Q_Q 3 ton club's N 3 oy Chari- Chess Club. J.R.P., the 15 KR_B1 P_I( pion runner-up 11-year-old pocket edition wiz., 16 Q-B 4 P-R 3 was will do better with a little more 17 P-QN4 P_QN4 experrence, 18 Q-R 5 B_N 2 * The Director of Play at Christ- 19 N-Q2! N_83 Otogo-Southlond 'W. H. 20 P_KB3 R_I( 1 church was E. Moore. T. play-off game Phillips (father of J.R.) was O.C. 21 N-N 3 R_I( 2 A between Steele teapot and a great help generallY. 22 N-B 5 N_Q 2 and Bourke was drawn, so the J. Darwin took charge of two 23 NxB RxN Iocal championship airct the L. 1 Marlow sessions. 24 RxP Q_N Cup will b-e held jointly 25 R-B 8 ch It_N 2 by them. Mr. C. A. Noble, headmaster of 26 Q-Q8! Resigns Christchurch West High School, * presented the prizes, including the E. Sayers ( .. B Brooker Memorial Trophy to the A bright game in which the E. Solomon r) 2i winner, and gave a very good r,vinner misses a mate in one right M. Cieagh e) 2rt short address urging the boYs to at the end, but it couldn't helP B. Russell e) 2 remember that their enjoYment waiting for him. J. Houchin .. 2 (Avondale had cost the organisers much Game No. 53? J. Field College) 2 and to put back into chess M. Newby (Avondale Coltege) 1 work DEFENCE some of what they had got from it. DUTCH D. MacKenzie (AvondAle ColI.) 1 'W. E. Moore has donated a best {F, P. Hutchings R. B. Hosking There was a large number of game prize, a year's subscription I P-Q 4 P-r( 3 prizes apart from the C. p. Belton to the " Chessplayer," 2 P_KN3 P_KB4 Cup to the winner. N.Z. Pase 132 N.Z. CHESSPLAYEB, OCTOBEE, 1953 CHESSPI,AYER, OC'IOBER, 1953 Page 133 qD P*K 7 ch N-o a CUP COMMONWEALTH GREEK GIFT ,2 BLACKBURN RxN P_KN 3 Palmerston North won its flrst PROGRAMME Black seems to be doing rather 24 R-Q 7 ch K_N 2 25 (Q) round. Blackburn CuP telegraPhic growing pro- weII when all of a sudden-bang ! P-K 8 ch K_R 3 by To add to the 26 B_N 8 Plymouth gramme national and But it might have been different BxR st number of of local, if Black had not accepted the RxPch K_N 4 29 international events in which Bucharest 28 7 ch board was the clear Queen. Championship, Q-K Resigns Scores were Canadians are interested, 1953. * (Palmerston North flrst):- need of doing something special within the orbit of the Common- Game No. 538 1 W. Wassilief ], E' S' Ruther- wealth units seems called for; and furd -1. some progress has already been PETROFF DEFENCE 2 T. Lepviikmann i, K. R. made in several directions since Austin j. the end of the war. As, for :fBerend Batoczky 3 V. Arlidge i-, R. B. Hosking 1. instance, the radio team match I P-K 4 P-I( 4 4 T. Stack 1, J. Chumko 0. Canada-Australia, 1947, and three , N_KB3 N_I(B3 5 H. I. Christensen 1, H. Wolfe 0. similar ones between Australia J B-84 NxP 6 F. Gatley 1, T. Somerton 0. and Great Britain; the goodwill 4 o-o P-Q 4 ? W. L. Beaumont *, T. OkeY rr-. exhibition tour of Canada by R. G. 5 Q-Kl P-r(B3 B L. Burton i, C. Anchor 1-. Wade, champion of New Zealand, 6 B_N3 B_I{N5 :l:Gavrila Bondoc I J. R. Griggs -1, H. CoPPen i. in 1947; the informal individual P-Q 4 B-r{ 2 I Eagle Dr. P. Allen 1951, 8 PxP BxN P-K4 P_K 4 10 H. ], i. tourney held at Oxford, with 2 N_I(B 3 11 M. T. Roche 1, G. StaPleton 0. six Commonwealth units repre- I PxB N-N4 N_QB3 t0 3 B_N5 P_QR3 12 J. L. Beere 0, P. Stedman 1. sented; mass airmail correspon- BxN PxB 4 B_R4 dence matches Canada v. South 11 N_B 3 P_B 3 N_83 t2 5 0-o B_K 2 Africa, Australia v. Great Britain, QR-Q1 N-Qz 6 R-r( I and Australia v. India. 13 P-QR3 Q-82 P_QN4 THE SOUTH AUCKLAND 14 P_I( 4 7 B_N3 P_Q 3 The greatest enthusiasm for a 6 N_K CHALLENGE SHIELI) 15 3 8 P_83 o-o Commonwealth programme has, Q-K O-O 9 P_I(R3 N_QR4 A further round in the matches naturally enough, developed in 16 BxP R-B5 l? I( R_I( 1 N_N 3 r0 B-B 2 P_B 4 for the South Auckland Challenge the more isolated units, and most 11 P-Q 4 plaYed when a team 18 B_N3 R-KRs Q_B 2 Shield was of the initiative and publicity has 12 QN-Q2 B_Q 2 of eight from Hamilton journeYgd so far come from Australia, New ,r3 at the Batoczky N-Bl I( R_B 1 to Morrinsville, PIaYing Zealand and South Africa. 14 N-I( 3 QR_N1 home of J. H. HoPkins. Hamilton Canada, having close ties with 15 names PxKP PxP won 4+-3+. Hamilton the United States of America, and 16 N-Q 5 NxN flrst:- being not too remote from Euro- oa', 17 PxN B_Q 3 J. H. Boyd 1, J. H. IIoPkins 0. pean centres, has nevertheless it + 18 N-N 5 P_R 3 W. L. Mclver i-, G. Gifford i. given hearty support, and stands 19 Q-R 5 B_I( 1 N. A. Palmer 1, Mrs. Milburn 0. ready to do more. % tAl,/z 20 N-K 4 B_B 1 1. participa- Mrs. Bearsley 0, A. Woolford Great Britain, whose .//.7l 2l N-B 6 ch PxN 1, A. I(emP 0. tion and keen co-operation are 22 4 ch 'W.J. lM. Bamford :2. Q-N B_N 2 E. Trott 0, G. R,osser 1. vital, has shown only lukewarm % '/////// 23 BxP I(_B I C. Button 1, W. Martens 0' interest up to date. Britain has 24 QxBch r(-I( 2 C. Robinson 0, C. A. Wills 1. participated in some events, but ,,ruA 25 Q-B I ch K_Q 1 has not taken the lead as antici- "",ru, 26 P-Q 6 Q_R 2 pated, as the largest and strongest t 27 P-Q ? I(xP playing Commonwealth unit, in 28 B-B 5 ch K_B 3 AUCKLAND I,EAGUE VISITS fully developing the programme 29 BxR RxB SOUTH AUCKLAND and helping to set up real com- Berend 30 QR-Q1 Q_B 2 petitions continuing and -3r At Morrinsvile on SePtember 12 on a Q-RI Q-r( 2 the Auckland Chess League had expanding basis of regularlY 19 QxP ! QxP ch 32 B-B 8 Q_B 2 the South scheduled events, such as has 20 I{-B I N-B 5 33 QxPch K_N 2 its annual match with in the programme Auckland Provincial League at 24 been established 21 R-K3 BxQ 34 RxP N_B 3 boards. PlaY was in the Odd- of the International Chess This is what White wanted. 35 RxP Resigns won bY Federation (F.I.D.E.). Black fellows' HaIl. Auckland stage that the could have tried 21 . . Q- O. SaraPu It appears at this R6 ch; , 151 to Bl. At board I initiative in laying a solid founda- 22 K-K7, N-N7 ch; 23 btoke through Dr. W. Reindler's K-Q2 (if 23 K-K2, N-Bb ch and OWHY NOT ? ? ? good style. tion will have to come from the goes Caro I{ann Defence in Commonwealth units, draws unless White to the Take a Subscription The day was enjoyed bY all. Next overseas Queen flIe), R-Ql ch. This would vear tlie South Aucklanders will working closely together. have given chances of surviving, to the D. M. LeDain, Montreal. Lome to Auckland for the match. -From and even winning.-Ed. 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l game these I troies to last monihts in Aiedrcz Universsi" ORTViN SARAPU COACHES alticles after White's 13th move. " White's last move in the Present " Ajedrez Universal " is a chess Nearly everyone would PlaY this game prevents . . P-Q3 (while newspaper, pages 14" x 10", the 7: natural move, but would everYone N-BO is on) and at the same time flrst 32-page issue of which was know which advantages White prepares a Kingsider, as White's published in Buenos Aires on May TH E CENTRE thereby gains? centre is safe from everY kind of 30 last. In 32 pages of that size 11 PxP counter-play. It is dangerous to a lot of material can be given and the new paper has plenty of all Bv ORTVIN SARAPU mentioned, Black is forced stalt a Kingsider or Queensider As when your centre can be attacked. sorts of chess except a problem to give up his grip in the centre, section. There are many photos, The following examPle is verY B-N3; 12 NxP wins [Remember this and act accord- similar to our game in last for if .. ingly and you wiil be a hard man mostly Argentinian and other gives a pawn and, worse, retains the South American personalities. month's article. Black again grip the centre. to beat.-Ed.l in the centre White on Two novel features are a page a free hand to White N_Q 3 and loses time in develoPment' 12 PxP B-Ns 16 of children's chess (including a 13 N-BB BxN? I 17 b-N +: I{_R 1 flrst lesson, illustrated, on the It is remarkable that an advan- 18 R_K3! often lose time, rudiments) and a page of women's tage in the centre is so This move does not are development. The but makes White's centre stronger. chess. Technical features connected with 1 plentiful. The game scores are loss of control over centre squares The QNP wiII take Part in central quick now easy to read, but the strain on our often affects the normal control. Besides this, White to permit our The . . Spanish is too much development of the Pieces. has the two Bishops. Instead, giving notable better side, on the other hand, can P-Q4, to break White's centre, more detail of this develop with threats. will give White a winning attack paper. We can't even flnd the by 14 P-K5, N-K5; 15 NxN (a to the defender. name of the directors. Anyway, Copenhagen, 1947: bravo " Ajedrez lJniversal ! sacriflce l), B x R; 16 B-Nb I 18 P-KB3 " Game No. 5t[0 19 R-r( R 3 RUY LOPEZ Petersen Threatening RxPch and mate Chess :iO. Sarapu A. Petersen next move. World ,!unior 5 1 P-I{ 4 19 N-B Chompionship , P_K 4 .,,m N_KB3 N_QB3 Prevents it, but what follows Copenhagen, Denmark, JuIy 3 B-Ns P-QR3 ,,ffii is still tragedy for Black. to 23, was the venue for the 1953 4 B_R 4 N-B 3 World Junior Championship. 5 B-I{ 2 o-o Petersen Twenty players took part and 6 R-Kl P-QN4 ()-o % they came from the Argentine, a B-N 3 Britain, Finland, 8 P_QR4 % Iran, Great lts\ .% France, Holland, Israel, Iceland, To avoid the Marshall Attack, q) Italy, Yugoslavia, Canada, the B P-83, P-Q4!? ,m Saar, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, I R-Nl t Sweden, the United States, West I PxP PxP Germany, Austria and Denmark. is Two groups of ten players had White's Queer-r's Rook Sarapu developed because it has an oPen preliminary tournaments and the file-very economical. top four in each group comprised 14 PxB N-Kz fl the fleld for the flnal, in which 10 P_B3 B_84?? the Sonneborn-Berger system had This seems the decisive error: On .. P-Q4 here, 15 B-I-

Page 136 N.Z. oHESSPLAYEB, OCTOBEB, 1953 N.Z. CHESSPLAYEB, OCTOBER" 1953 Page 137 AUCKLAND REMUERA C. C. BIG CH ESS ezEcH ! When the Auckland Chess Club First game from the six-game No rational motive is apparent second string senior team met the ST. LUKE'S PRESBYTERIAN match to break a tie in the U.S.S.R. for White's last four moves here; Dominion Road club's team in an CHURCH HALL Championship: all that is clear is he ends with Auckland League inter-club match rather too many pieces en prise. Game No. 542 early in September the Auckland Remuera Road, near Bassett Road Game No. 543 team got what may have been a QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED mild surprise when the suburban SICILIAN DEFENCE WEDNESDAYS to 10.30 M. Taimanov +M.M.Botvinnik stalwarts won by 4 to 2. The -.7.30 Potucek {Hofmann goocL game at board II. had some- 1P-Q4 N_I(B 3 1P-K4 P-QB4 thing to do with this result. Secretary-Treasurer: 2 P-QB4 P_B 3 2 N-KB3 P-Q.3 Ir 3 N-QB3 P_Q 4 3 P-Q4 Game No. 541-EVANS GAMBIT {. A. C. BARNES, 38 Koraha St., P_I( 3 PxP t; 4 N_83 4 NxP N-I{BB I Remuera. Tel. 42-820 (business). W. BeIIo :fB. C. Menzies 5 P_K3 QN_Q2 5 N-QB3 P-QR3 rl 1 4 6 Q-82 B-Q 3 P-r( P-I( 4 7 6 P-B 4 Q-82 2 N_I(B3 N_QB 3 B-Qz o-o 7 B-Q3 N-83 8 0-o-o P_B 4 3 B_84 B_B 4 Onehungo Chess Club KP xP 8 N/4-r{ 2 P-I( 3 4 P-QN4 BxP I BPxP I O-O P-Q 4 10 r(-N 1 P_QR3 5 P_B3 B_R 4 10 N_N P-I( R, 4 Corner Manukau and Mt. Albert 11 P_B 5 3 6 P-Q4 2 B-B I 11 PxP PxP Q-r( 12 P_KN4 N-N 3 7 0-o B-N 3 Roads, Royal Oak, Auckland 12 B_B 5 P_R 5 8 PxP NxP 13 P-r( R 3 R_I{ 1 13 NxP NxN 9 NxN 14 B-N 2 B-N 5 14 QxN TUESDAYS-7.3O 15 5 QxN N-I{Z 10 3 N_B 3 to 11 p.m. N-K BxN 15 Resigns Q-N 16 5 11 BxPch r(-Q 1 QxB N_I( 1? 2 3 12 N-Q Z 2 Q-B N_Q Q_K Ho-n.,Fecretary: W. T. PERCIVAL, 18 2 13 B-R 3 P_Q 3 B-Q P_QR4 2 Forbes Street, Onehunga. 19 3 14 P-I( 5 R_B 1 B-I( I P_B Gisborne Chess Club 20 N-B 3 B-Q 2 15 B-B 4 N_N 5 KAHUTIA BOWLING 21 B_R 5 PAVILION 16 PxP Q_K 4 R-QB1 17 PxPch KxP 22 q-K? B-N4 Cobden Street 18 P-N 3 RxP 23 B-B 3 N_R 5 Tuesdays & Thursdays, ?,30-10.30 PAPATOETOE 5 2 19 RxR 6 C.C. 24 P-N B_Q Q-r( 25 PxP B-B 4 ch o 20 B-Q 6 ch I(xB Landscape Road, Papatoetoe 21 N-I( 4 ch QxN 26 r(-R 1 B_Q 6 VISITORS ARE ALWAYS 22 R-Q I ch I(_B 2 27 Q-Q r NxB CORDIALLY WELCOME 23 B-Q 5 BxRch THURSDAYS-7 to 11 p.m. 28 PxN PxP o 24 r(-B 1 N-K 6 ch 29 N-r{ 1 B_I{ 5 25 30 BxB NxB ANNUAL OPEN TOURNAMENT KxB NxBch Secretary (Telephone 646 S)- LABOUR WEEK-ENI) 26 QxN Q-B 4 ch 31 R-B 2 I{_R, 1 32 2 N 1 27 B-B 3 Q-B 4 ch R. V. CLOSEY, Hillside Road, N-N R-I( Hon. Secretary: LL. MEREDITH 28 Resigns Papatoetoe. 33 N-B 4 Q-Q 2 70 Wi Pere Street, Gisborne 34 P-B 3 N_N 4 Telephone 3777 35 R-QN2 P_N 4 By Comins Mansfield 36 R-K 1 QR_K1 A NOTABLE PROBLEM " Chess," September, 1g52 37 P_KR4 N_K 3 WANT TO BUY A 38 NxN RxN GOLD MINE ? This problem gained for British 39 P-K 4 R/N 1-r( 1 problem expert Comins Mansfleld the 40 R/2-K2 .P_N 5 Nos. I to 23 of the Brian Harley Award, being selected as 41 Q-Q 2 Q_K 2 NEW ZEALAND CHESSPI.,AYEB the best two-mover composed by a J}N\ 42 ( P-I(5 NPxP subject of the British Empire ancl 43 SIXPENCE EACH ! published QxP Q_N 5 in Great Britain during 1952. 44 Q-N 2 PxP judges were Messrs. Boswell, Minimum Order 6 Copies tle E. 45 QxQ PxQ Name your Numbers W. E. Caine and J. Stewart. There were 46 RxP RxR 34 problems submitted. All three 47 RxR judges placed RxR Still a few full sets left, but they the winning problem high 48 PxR P_Q 5 won't last long at the price. Many in their lists. W. E. Caine remarked: 49 P-r( 6 K_N 2 illustrations and articles in our " Aspiring composers will learn a great 50 P-B 4 I(_B 3 earlier quarto issues. deal by a careful study of this beautiful 51 P-B 5 P_Q 6 problem with its flne open setting.,, 52 r(-N 2 P_E 4 THE N.Z. CHESSPLAYER Resigns Key P-B 5. Mate in two (10 v. B) 53 256 Dominion Roatl, Aucklanrl S.2

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I I MOVE AND WIN Scoring AUGUST SOLUTIONS G, Severinsen .... 77 29 106 MOVE AND WIN No.25: 1 .. R-NBch;2 K- I(. R. Austin . .. .. 73 ,q t02 Correspondence for this set to be F. A. Hirst ...... 69 24 93 in our hands not later than 15th of R2, R-R8ch; 3IlxR, N-N6ch; .. 65 29 94 following month. Please do not use same sheet q.e.d. K. P. Knox ... . for other material. 4 PxN, QxPch; 5 KxQ, .... 63 29 92 Ormos v. Batoczky. H. E. Hewitt No. Dr. J. F. Filmer .. 63 29 91 37-PauI Keres No. B8-A. Selesnev No. 26: 1 .. R-B4, winning the Dr. N. E. H. Fulton 67 24 91 Queen, the Rook-or the King. J. A. C. Barnes .. 63 25 oo oo No.27:1RxPch, RxR; 2 Q- A. T. Scott ...... 59 24 BB ch, K-N2; 3 Q-NB ch, K- J. W. CoIIins .... 47 27 74 % R3; 4 P-N5 ch, Resigns. O. V. W. Graham ... 51 20 7t l Barda v. J. Foltys, Marienbad L. Esterman ...., 35 24 59 il ,% 7952. F. P. Hutchings . . 59 59 B. H. P. Marsick .. 33 24 57 No. 28: White mates in four at A. H. N. Taylor .. 35 5 40 lr most: 1 Q-N6!!, R-N1; 2 QxRP ch,KxQ; 3R-R3mate. If 1.. F. M. Auburn .... 14 t4 l" i BPxQ; 2 NxPch, PxN; 3 R- * l,i R3ch, Q-R5; 4 RxQ mate. In No. 30, K. P. Knox blew out From a blindfold simultaneous any win for White in the main display, Spain, 1942, Dr. Alekhine line above by 7 RxBch? His v. A. Supico. K- White moves and 10 points. demonstration: 7 RxBch?, wins. White moves and draws. 6 points, No. 29: 1 P-N7, R-86 ch; B3; B R-B7 ch, I(-Q4; I R-Bb ch, No. 39--A. Selesnev 2 K-NB, R-Q6; 3 I{-RB, R x P; ch, K-K3; 10 R-B6 K-Q2; No. 40-Author unknown 4 P-N8 (N) ch, and wins the 11 R-87 ch (if 11 R-Q6 ch, K- ending. Not 4 P-NB (Q), R-Q1; 82 wins for Black), I(-K3, with 5 Q x R, stalemate. Alternatively: perpetual check. Or if 10 R- 2 .. R-QN6; 3 P-QB (N), R- K5 ch, K-Q2; 11 R-K7 ch, I(- K6; 4I{-R8, R-K1; 5 PINB (R) 83, perpetual check. and wins. Not 3 P-QB (Q), Rx Consequently, solvers who had t% P ch; 4 K moves, R-Nl ch, and 7 R x B ch in winning lines (and stalemate follows. Study by J. one other solver) drop 5 points. (ffi_, Fritz, Prague (second prize B.C.F. The composer of No. 30 made Tourney No. 70). the line sending the black King principal Here, i+ No. 30: to QR7 the one. t :A any solver's opinion is as good as ,r,7//.1.. ?//.1 1 R-R 8 ch I(-N 2 the next one, but only three "/2.,. 2 RxR P-R? solvers, Messfs. Severinsen, Hirst 3 R-N8oh K-RB and Hewitt, sent the blaek I( to 4 R-R 8 ch I(-N 2 that point, most featuring the White moves and wins. 6 points. White moves and wins. 6 points. 5 R-R 7 ch I(-B 3 ? R-KR4 line as the end of the 6 R-B7ch K-Q4 road. Notwithstanding all this, No. 41-M. Havel. 1st Prize Czech No. 42-I-. Lazard 7 R-B 5 ch I(-K 5 some of the methodical analYsis Chess Federation, 1926 L'Eclaireur du Soir, 1928 8 R-I{.5 ch I(-Q 6 was impressive and would prove I RxPch tr{-B? beneflcial to the analysts' skill. 10 R-B 3 ch I{-N 8 I(. P. Knox, Dr. Filmer and J. 11 R-B I ch I(-B ? W. Collins got Q-N6 ! in No. 28. %t % 12 I(.-B'z,; winning. Most sent N-N6 ch, which, while If 7 .. I{-KS; B R-Ksch, K- not nearly so beautiful an opening, %i'"% 82; I R-K7 ch wins. amounts to the same thing bY transposition. ,r% % If 3.. K-BS; 4R-N6ch,K- On one item solvers' coverage Qa; 5 R-Q6 ch, K-B5; 6 R-Q4 ranged from two moves to two .rrru ch, K moves; 7 R-KR4 wins. pages ! Generally, adequate atten- %j If at any time the King accepts tion must be given to the essential the Rook, White of course checks points of a pbsition and in some % with the Bishop and promotes his cases less to side variations which pawn.-A very flne study by Dr. must be considered but the inclu- L. Lindner, Budapest (fourth sion of which does not necessarilY 'tVhite moves and wins, 6 points. White moves and wins, 6 points. prize B.C,F. Tourney No. 70). improve a written solution. ' Page 140 N.Z, CIIESSPLAYEB, OOTOBEB, 1953 N.Z. CHESSPLAYER, OCTOBER, 1953 Page 141 l Problem Editor: SOLVING LADDER A. FLETCHER I L. AUGUST I(EYS l C/o N.Z. Chessplayer, 256 PROBLEMS 282 N-N 1 L] Dominion Road, Auckiand Solutions to Problems to be in our hands by 15th of following month 283 K-K 2 284 N/Q4-N 5 No, 294-D. A. Smedley (Derby) No. 295-V. E. Rasmussen 285 Q-Q B I First publication Magasinet, 1953 286 B-B 1 287 N-K 6 N-N3, PxNch '"ru,'%r"ru Maximum points: 12 NxR, KxR * NxKP, KxR fl'/2. NxBP, RxR t_\..//////i "/ru "/,ru Progress Some of these defences don't I ,A exactly stare you in the face. ;EI. %&,%rE,ffi 1952 Champion: G. Severinsen (1) v//_ * "ru- I Past score, current score and "r'// ,rru 2ru,,rru grarrd totals to datc:- A couple of quotable bits from iI solvers:- % H. S. Torrance .. . 68 t2 B0 ll " can't F. A. Hirst 67 t2 7S H. Leslie Abbott: ". I , too %,w% L. Pleasants ...... 67 72 79 get the next 'ChessplaYer' E. 78 Soon, and my wife writes me off Dr. N. H. Fulton 66 12 problems are R. McDermid . .. 77 as a hermit until the Mate two (B 4) 65 12 in v. Mate in two (7 v. B) N. A. Palmer . .. 65 12 77 done." Dr. R. Gardner edits a gooct No. 296-N. Guttman. EI.M.. the No. 29'l-A: Mari, hon. A. T. Scott ..... 62 72 74 Dunedin's mention Dr. R. Gardner 61 12 73 weekly chess column in Christian Scient,e Monitor Good Companions, 1923 some G. Severinsen (1) 61 t2 73 " Evening Star." Recently H. E. Hewitt . .. question cropped up about the 63972 problem he had selected for the C. G. Flood .. .. . 59 7L t2 previous week's column. " I was 7_ J. J. Marlorv . .. . 61 10 7t %% . v... A. H. N. Taylor 58866 having a look at it while having '"%t lunch i.n a tearoom." writes Dr. A:'% E. Dalton 53 10 63 gent-quite t,rrMt,rm- D. H. Lea . .. Gardner. "An old 'ffirtT ... 55863 uP and . "ru, E. unknown f6 11s-qsme t M. Guest .. .. 54660 go the ,ffi A. N. Hignett . .. 47 72 59 said, 'Having a at problem? ' I said, 'Oh, yes,' and %*t 1 G. H. Hignett ... 43 B 5.1 he said, 'WelI, don't be in too '%% .I. T. Porter ..... 45 45 hurry to give it uP- %% ,rm H. L. Abbott . .... 32 12 44 much of a James Kyle ..... 30 t2 42 there IS a solution !' I thanked t on Dd politely, and carried A. C. Gagen . ... ,I dl him, I hope, W. E. Mulligan 26 10 36 on. It is surprising how many E. B. Miles . people not l

Paee 142 N.Z, CHESSPLAYEN,, OCTOBEE, 1953 N,Z. CHNSSPLAYER, OCTOBER, 1953 Page 143 long distances is already develop- INSTRUCTIVE DEFINITION NEW ZEALAND CORRESPONDENCE CHESS ing. When this service becomes " A chess problem is a work worldwide it will be possible to of art, and is no more intended ASSOCTATTON play as easily and conveniently to be of assistance to the with an opponent in Timbuktu as practical player than, for example, Secretary: SPENCEB SMITH, P.O. BO)( 28?, WANGANUI in Toronto. is an oil painting of assistance to . It is our belief, the bulletin a mechanical draughtsmsl."-P1. continues, that these matches C. Planck, quoted by D. J. Morgan Taylor 2.75, H. F. Pobar 2.74, G. O. between Commonwealth units, in his " Quotes and Queries," Hondicop Tourney Jones 2.63, Mrs. C. F. Haar 2.54, open to players of all grades, will " British Chess Magazine," JuIy, Finqlised Dr. R. Gardner 2.46, G. Gifford 2.4, prove to be the foundation of a 1953. F. N. Day 2.38, L. A. Town 2.33, successful Commonwealth pro- The 1952-53 Handicap Tourney W. F. Pondet 2.32, C. G. Lee 2.3, gramme which should eventuallY of the N.Z.C.C.A. had 71 players, include an individual Common- plus G. S. Bishop 2.18, G. A. Jones 2.1, another sixteen who did not ,T. D. Stichbury 2.08, E. B. Chisnall wealth Championship, both over CHESSPLAYER complete the eight games required 2.07, D. Blyth 2.07, L. C. W. the board and by correspondence; for qualiflcation. Bromley 2.03, Mrs. L. D. Mul- a radio teams championship; a EARLY There were eight plize-wjnners. lineaux 2.0, H. Stichbury 2.0, J. E. correspondence teams chamPion- The ship, to 10 a side in a round winner was If. Blair, who had Cater 1.57, W. C. Pottinger.W. 1.57, 8 ISSUES . eight games going and won all. H. E. Hewitt 7.45, robin; and the entry of a combined . . J. Sinclair (apart AII llnal averages include bonus 1.32. Commonwealth team from Numbers L to 23 points, Great Britain) in the biennial 0.2 in the case of the The remaining 16 winner, which increase in accord- \/ere:- team tournaments of the F.LD.E. ance with the number of games H. G. Percival 5.62, J. Davidson 5d EACH 5.6, J. J. Hurley 5.5, Gough S. African Team's Late Captain played. R. A. Court played 39 W. POST r.REE games and earned a bonus of 2.0. Smith 4.0, Miss F. Collinson 3.5, 'South African chess suffered a P. D. Tavlor 3.0, Mrs. W. M. great loss in the death of Bruno E. Minimum Order Slx Copies The fir'st eight were: Walker 3.0, V. W. Graham 2.75, Siegheim, al Johannesburg, in H. Blair ...... final average 6.57 L. Russell 2.66, Miss I{. Wilkinson November last, at the age of 77. Name Your Numbers C. J. Stuart 6.28 1.91, J. R. Newcombe 1.0, R. J. Mr. Siegheim rvas secretary of the R. A. Court 5.93 Paterson 0.62, L. R. Pinnegar 0.0, Chess Federation of Southern Plenty of Games, Articles Dr. J. F. Filmer 5.58 R. Ward 0.0, C. A. Scott 0.0, W. F. Africa and organised and cap- and Illustrations in our I. D. Hayes 5.52 Mulligan 0.0. tained the team which beat the early issues. A limited K. P. I{nox 5.4 Canadians in the airmail match quantity only is available. M. O'Connelt ..... 5.3? * recently flnalised. L. M. Kurta 5.36 a South Africo's Hondy Siegheim was born in Germany Ninth to seventy-flrst places and emigrated to South Africa in CHESSPLAYER the late 90's" The won the South THE N.Z. rvere taken as folloi,ts:- Win f rom Conodo 256 Dominion Boad A. C. Gagen flnal average 5.35, Africarr chess championship in '06 on Aucklantl P. D. Nicol 5.16, F. Warne 5.07, In Airrnoil Motch and '12 and was near the top A. M. Blomfleld 5.03, Mrs. J. J. many other occasicns. At the South Africa's substantial win turn of the century he spent some Craddock 5.0, R. I. Browne 4.76, over Canada by 491 to 32-!- points years J. T. Porter 4.62, Ll. Meredith 4.53, in Quebec City and New in the flrst correspondence match the Iatter city he made W. C. Corlett 4.5, C. Edwards 4.47, by airmail, although frankly not York. In V. J. Woodhouse 4.42, his mark in local competition and CIVIC CHESS CLUB D. G. Brunt expected by Canada, was well for a time was co-editor of the 4.4, J. F. McEwan 4.36, E. merited, says a Canadian bulletin Magazine." He 37 DIXON ST., WELLINGTON Harrison-Wilkie 4.35, J. L. Davis on the match. It is probable that " American Chess 4.3, Collins 4.23, A. visited Europe in the twenties and Every Friilay Night J. W. W. few if any of the team members in the Hastings Christmhs Con- Donald 4.08, P. E. Thomson 4.08, on either side had ever before gress for 7.30 to 11 R. 4.03, J. played of 1922 tied with Reti V. Taylor Captain correspondence chess with second place behind A. Rubinstein. Sadleir 4.0, R. V. Burton 3.95, J. an opponent so far away-thanks President: Sloan 3.86, Bearsley Siegheim edited various news- H. F. POBAR, Phone 55-960. Mrs. E. M. to the speed of airmail, which has paper columns in South Africa and 3.85, L. J. Kiley 3.7, W. Neilson 3.7, established a milestone in the about ten years ago retired from Secretary: T. J. Costello 3.63, J. C. Taylor 3.5, progressive history of providing serious competition, devoting his R. J. WOODFORD, J. Cox 3.45, A. N. Hignett 3.39, the universal game with universal efforts from then on to promoting 134 Mitchell St., Wellington F. Cooper 3.39, J. Shurley 3.35, V. contact. In this match every move and directing events. S.W.l. Phone 50-301. Lushkott 3.32, F. L. Collins 3.2, R. and its reply involved a trip of J. Thompson 3.2, Mrs. M. J. K. 16,000 miles, as all airmail Hoult 3.13, S. F. Banks 3.13, A. G. between the two countries was Rogers 3.13, A. W. Anderson 3.1, routed via Great Britain. A CHESS IN NEW ZEALAND MUST BENEFIT FROM THE EXISTENCE R. L Roberts 2.95, F. C. 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