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) |
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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 |