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Salient: Victoria University Students' Newspaper. Vol. 24, No. 7. 1961.

Chess Jottings

page 12

Chess Jottings

We will try to encourage interest in the game among the more anthropoidal and unenlightened inhabitants of this academic community.

The winner of this week's game is Ross Barnett, last year's President of the V.U.W. Chess Club; the loser is Ted Frost, well-known Wellington journalist, and editor of "Chess News," New Zealand's national chess periodical. The game was played in the recent Wellington Club Summer Open Tourney, which was won jointly by Ken Steele, and John Howe, the latter being well known in some of the more questionable Varsity circles.

Last year, signs of a comeback appeared. At Canterbury a tournament team drawn from all grades put up some stirring performances. The eventual winners of the competition, Canterbury, heaved a mighty sigh of relief when They scraped home 3-1 against us. Also, towards the close of the season, the first team began cracking in the goals, while some of the tournament "Stars" displayed excellent form on promotion to higher teams.

Unfortunately the whole club receives little support on the spectator side. A few hardened supporters turn up week after week, and, as they admit, usually receive something to cheer about, but generally spectators are conspicuous by their absence.

A strong side visited Raumali South on Sunday, April 16, and beat the local "Hearts" 6-3. Scorers: P. Ellwood 2, C. Wall 2, B. Begley 4.

—B.W.B.

Caro-Kann Defence

White
A. R. Barnett
Black
E G. A. Frost
1 P-K4 P-QB3
2 P-Q4 P-Q4
3 N-QB3 P-K3
A weak move; shutting in the Queen's Bishop. Better, and usual, is 3 ... P x P.
4 N-B3 B-N5
5 P-KS N-K2
6 B-Q3 N-Q2
The opening is now really a French Defence, with the important difference that Black has played ... P - QB3, which means that he has to waste a move playing P - QB4, normally a neceasary move in the French.
7 0-0 P-QR3
So as to play ... P - QB4 without al- lowinq N - QNS. P - QR3, N - Q6ch. and N - KNS, with a strong attack for White.
8 N-K2 N-KN3
9 N-B4 Q-K2
10 P-B3 B-.R4
11 P-QN4 B-B2
12 R-Kl P-N3
13 N-R5 P-B3?
13 ... O - O was better, though White would still retain the better position.
14 PxP PxP?
Better again was 14 ... N x P, although White then gets a strong attack by 15 N - N5; but the move played meets with a surprise reply.
15 RxPf QxR
16 N-N7 ch K-.B2
17 NxQ KxN
18 N-R4! NxN
19 Q-N4 ch P-B4
20 QxN N-B3
21 B-KN5 B-Ql
Black, with his material deficit and backward development, is. of course, quite lost.
22 R-Kl ch K-B2
23 R-K5 R-R2
24 P-B3
So that, after Black's ... R - K2, he can play R x B without being mated by ... R - K8.
24 —— P-R3
25 Bxn BxB
26 Q-R5 ch K-N2
27 R-K8! RxR
28 QxR R-B2
29 P-N4
The quickest method of winning: Black must lose more material.
29 —— B-N4
30 Q-'Kd ch Resigns.
A well-played game by tne winner.