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Salient: Victoria University Students' Newspaper. Vol. 24, No. 11. 1961

Chess Column

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Chess Column

This week's column leatures a game playad at Winter Tournamont Christhurch last year. It occurred in the liaich Caniorbury voraua Victoria. who ventually tied for first place.

M. Eabie (Victoria) (White) S. Lau (Cant.) (Black)
1 p-Q4 P-Q4
2 P-QB4 P-K3
3 N-QB3 N-KB3
4 N-B3 P-B3
Not usual. Botter is 4 B-N5.
5 P-K3
5 B N5 in more aggrosnlva.
S — Q-R4
Leads to a loss of tempo after 6 B-Q2. lelter is 5-B-NS.
6 B Q2 B-N5
7 P-QR3 B × N
If 7_B-K2 then N × P.
8 B × B Q-B2
9 B-Q3 NQ-B2
10 Q-B2 P-KR3
Wantes time.
11 R-QB1 P-QN3
To develop the Queen's Bishop.
12 0-0 0-0
13 P × P KP × P
If 13 BP × P then 14 B-N4 Q × Q 15 × Q R-Kl 16 R-B7 with a atrong post—
14 B-N4 R-Kl
Loans a pawn. Boot is 14 P-B4 15 P × P-QR4
15 O × P Q × Q
16 R × Q P-QR4
Too late. Now this move woakens the QN pawn.
17 B-Q6!
White's blacksquared bishop is now on a strong diagonal
17 — B-R3
18 B × B R × B
19 KR-B1 QR-R1
20 N-KS N × N
Weakening still further the QN pawn.
21 B × N R-K3
22 R × R P × R
23 R-B6
Winning a pawn.
23 — K-B2
24 R × NP R-BI
25 K-Bl
To stop being mated and bring white's cing closer to the centre.
26 — P-R5
The attractive looking move 25 N-Q2 fails after 26 R-N7.
23 R-N7ch. K-N3
27 K-K2 R-BS
28 K-Ql R-Bl
29 P-B3
Stopping N-K5.
29 — R-Q1
Bad. Because of
30 R-K7 R-Kl?
A blunder but black's game is lost I anyway. There Is no way of stopping white from winning another pawn,
31 B × N R-QN1
32 B-KS R × P?
Better is R-Nl because of 33 R × Pch.
33 R × Pch. K-B4
If K-R4 thon 34 P-N4ch. K-R5 35 R-N6 H K-R6 36 R × Pch. K-N7 with an eaay win for white.
34 P-N4 mate