Chess

The Law Faculty is justly renowned for the capacity of its students to drink vast quantities of alcohol. However this God-given gift shouldn't be allowed to obscure the fact that law students have other talents, primarily the ability to play chees, in fact to dominate chess playing at Vic. LaW student Ross Bloore shows how it's done in the following game.

	White - Tim Spiller	Black - Ross Bloore
1.	d4	Nf6
2.	c4	c6
3.	Nc3	c5
4.	d5	cd5
5.	cd5	d6
6.	c4	g6
7.	Nf3	Bg7
8.	Be2	0-0
9.	0-0	Re8
10.	Nd2	Na6
11.	f3

Black's plan is to put pressure the White centre while White will [unclear: Wmkivrmr] to [unclear: orce] the advance of his centra pawns, hence 11. f4 was more in the spirit of the variation.

11.	. . .	Nc7
12.	a4	b6
13.	Nc4	Ba6
14.	Bf4	Bc4
15.	Bc4	Nh5
16.	Be3	a6
17.	Qd3	f5
18.	g4?

Creating a weakness around White's King.

18.	...	fg4
19.	fg4	Nf6
20.	Bg5	Re5
21.	Bf4	Ng4!
22.	Qf3

If 22. Be5, Be5; Black's attack wins e.g. 23. h3, Bd4ch; and Black wins the exchange.

22.	. . .	Rg5
23.	Bg5	Qg5
24.	Qg3

24. Qf7ch. Khl; 25. Qc7 is too greedy e.g.25. . . . Bd4ch; 26. Khl, Qh4;

24.	. . .	Bd4ch.
25.	Khl	Be5
26.	h4	Qd2
27.	Qg2	Qg2ch.
28.	Kg2	Ne3ch.
29.	Kh3	Nc4
30.	Rf2	Nb2!

and Black won.

Curious Continuations (Sponsored by Paramount and Penthouse Cinemas)

In this week's problem the task is to find out how White rapidly gained a decisive advantage. Solutions should be handed in at the Salient offices by mid-day Wednesday. The first correct entry drawn out of a hat wins to prize of a double pass to either the Paramount or Penthouse cinemas.

Solution to last week's problem is: l...Rc4ch; 2. Kg5, Rh4!. 3. Kh4, g5ch;and 4 . . . Kg7;

Last week's winner was J. Edwards

The next meeting of the chess club will be in the lounge of the Student Union on Tuesday from noon till one.

David Beach