Chess

By PHILIDOR No. 280 W. A. SHINKMAN (Detroit Free Press, 1884.

wurre to play and mate in three moves; solution next week. Solution to No. 279 (Andrade) : Kt— Q 8. I ... K—K 4 ;

2 Q—K Kt 3 ch, K—Q 5 (2 . . K x Kt ; 3 Q—Kt 5);

3 Kt—K 6. ...K —B4; 2Q—QR3 ch, K—Kt 3 (2 . . . K—Q 5 ; 3 Kt—

B 6) ; 3 Kt—Q 5.

• . . . K—B 2; z Q—B 6 ch, etc. r . . . K—K 2; z Q—Q 5, etc. Charming miniature, not at all easy to solve.

Last week I gave a game (Cappello/Gahu-dini) in the Marshall attack : it occurred to me that readers might like to see the famous original ; I take the score from the late Dr Schumer's charming book Chesskts in which all the games are annotated by quotations—in this case from The Ingoldsby Legends.

White, J. R. CAPABLANCA Black, F. J. MARSHALL Opening, RUT LOPEZ (Manhattan Tournament, 5918) P—K 4 P—K 4 2 Kt—K B 3 Kt--Q B 3 3 B—Kt 5 . . . Capablanca must already have suspected that his opponent had a new variation in store because normally Marshall would never defend the Lopez against him.

P--Q_R 3

4 B—R 4 Kt—B 3 5 0-0 B—Kz

6 R—K r

F3•Kt 4

7 B—Kt 3

8 P—B 3 P—Q 4!? The new move—or, to re- quote Schumer 'It's supposed by this trick, He bamboozled old Nick'.

9 P x P . . . If White wants to make any- thing of the game he must accept the challenge. KtxP

zo Ke x P Kt x Kt

rr R x Kt Kt—B 3 It is now generally thought that P—B 3 gives rather better attacking chances. 12 R—K z . . . 12 P—Q 4, Et—Sig R-- K 2 (R—K a transposes) may be a little stronger w /3 . . . Kt—R 4; 14 Q—Q 3, Q—B 3 is thought best, but probably not quite good enough for Black.

12

• P—K R 3 107-$15!

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• Q—B 3! • • And not 14 P x Kt, Q—R sl;

as Q—B 3 (ts P—K Kt 3, K B x PO, B—R 7 chl; z6 K—B B x P; 17 Q—K 4, B—B 51; t8 P—Kt 3, Q—R 7; 19 P x B (19 Q x B??, Q—R 8 mate), Q R—K t l (better than 19 .. Q- R6c11; 20 K—Kt B—B 6; 2.! QxB); 20BxP chl (so &RP,

&R 8 mate), K xB; 21 Q—Q 5 chAR—K 3; 22 R x R (2.2 ch, IC—Kt 2), B x R; z3 Q—B 3, R—K r winning.

z4 • • • 0-11

r5 P—Q 4 Kt x PI5 .r6 R—K 2 . . . And not e6 Q x Kt? which would be met, not by x6 ... B—Kt 6??; yr Q xP ch!, R x Q; a R—K 8 mate, but by a6 ... B—R 7 W.; /7 K—B a, B—Kt fl; x8Q—K2(t8QxPch?,RxQcheck),BxPl;19PKB,QR—Kt! and wins. However 16 B—Q 21 is even better than the text when Black has nothing better than a6 ... B xP; r7 P x B, Kt x P ch! 18 K—B a, Kt—Kt 4 and White should win. i6 . . . B—K Kt 5? He should play e6 . . . Kt—

K

ko t sl; 17 R—K 8! (best), Kt—B 3! with equal chances (Tarta-

wer).

r7 Px13 B—R 7 ch

a IC—B 1 B—Kt 6 r9 R x Kt Q—R 8 ch 20 IC—K 2 B x R 21 B—Q 2 B—R 5

22 Q—R 3 Q R—Kr ch 23 K—Q 3 Q—B 8 ch 24 K—B 2 B—B 7 Black's attack is now dead and White has a decisive advantage in material as he rapidly demon. straws.

25 Q—B 3 Q—Kt 8

26 B—Q 5 P—B 4

27 PxP B x P

28 P—Q Kt 4 B—Q 3 29 P—R 4! starting the final break. through. P—Q R 4

30 R PxP PxP 3r R—ft 6 PxP 32 Kt x P B—Kt s 33 P--Kt 6 B x Kt 34 B xB P—R 3 35 P—Kt 7 R—K 6

36 8 x P ch Resigns 36 R xB (36 K—R 2, Q— B 5 ch; 37 K—R r, R xP mate), 1"—Kt 8 =Q• ch; n IC---It 5' R x P ch; 38 K x R, Q—R 8 ch; 39 K—Kt 4, Q—R 5 flute' Again requoting, 'And remember my tale and the moral it teaches. Which you find much the same as what Solomon preaches, • • • shun riot and revelry, Hocus Focus and Conjuring, and all Fats of devilry; Depend on't you'll find what I say will come true, Old Nick, some fine morning, will hey after your