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Show CHECKERS o July 28. 1918. S. L. TRIBUTES PSOBLEM NO. 409. Contributed by' L. .1. Vair. Black 1, 6, SI. klDgs S. H, 18. gap m m kak fwk'a Isd iM II H 111 I mmm m White 1, 35 , 27; kings 20, 30, 31. White to play and win. S. L. TRIBUNE PROBLEM NO. 410. Contributed by S. Siegel, Rochester, N. Y. Black 5. 13. kines 17. 23. (b) Hardly the best; 11-15 has a more natural look about it. (c) Keeps tlie game open; 23-1S would ha' made interesting plaj. (d) The tsarae idea prevails here. ' S. L. TRIBUNE GAME NO. SI. "Second Double Corner." V. Cftsrtleman vs. J. Gardiner. Contributed by 3. Siegel. 11-15 4-3 16-1? 22-26 27-2S 24- 19 16-12 23-16 8-1 15-10 15-24 fl-14 11-23 L'S-31 23-13 25- 19 19-9 17-13 T-23 14-9 8-11 S-14 23-26 25-22 22- 18 26-23 16-11 32-25 ' 10-14 11- 16 S-ll 21-30 21-24 1S-20 25-22 22-1S 11-S 28-1? 14-10 H1-20 6-9c 9-14 10-14 23-19 2t-2oa 25-22 22-17 17-1'J 9-6 10-14 2-6 14-18 6-24 73-15 lfl-lfib 30-26 R-4 U-13 21-17 12- 19 7-10 ' 50-25 31-27 21-17 23- 16 22-17 31-27 23-18 22-13 H-2i H-16 1S-22 24-28 6-2 27-1S 26-22 4-8 1S-14 1R-14 Black wins. (a) 2?-i7 i5 better. (b) as-15 losos. (c) 7-10 !a usual. S. h. TRIBUNE GAME NO. 811. 9-13. 22-17. A correspondence game contributed by W. C. Trask. Mechanic; Falls, Me. The Indiana champion. cham-pion. A. R. DosKPtt. played the blaokies. 5-13 6-9 23-14 15-24 23-16 14-15 22-17 17-13 3-8 28-19 7-11 23-14 13- 22 1-6 2-20 8-11 16-7 9-25 25-1$ 2?--5 15-24 27-23 2-U . 30-21 a This Js always dangerous. It needs energetic after play to justify it, but Tnke neer makes an effort to get an attack on the king's side with his advanced pawns, which 2re iheu iiK-rely weak. b Also rather weak. White spends two moves to force an exchange of bishops that does black no barra. c Boldly planting the knight in a position from which it has no epcape. However, it is in a very embarrassing place for white, who feels impelled im-pelled to trade it for his bishop some moves later. d The beginning of an extremely ingenious attack. e The Handbuch shows that if 23 QiQP there would follow R-KR3; 34 K - Ktl iQxKt ch was threaten-dj. Q-Kt6 h: S5 K-Bl, RxKt; 37 RxR, B-Q6 ch; 3S OxB, QxR. , f A beautiful finish. THE SCIENTIFIC . METHOD. Good advice by F. V. Yate. the British che champion, In the Yorkshire Weekly Post. According to rhe sci-rntifi'- method, a thin- Is actually beinge done immediately preparations t.T do H are begun. The pTeparatfons may have little lit-tle relaiiou, but the fact chat there are preparations prepara-tions is a sign that advantage is being laten of idea of t!ie yovng player is to discover tba b&st move. Each position occurring after each move Is treated as something separa te and dis-tinct. dis-tinct. It is examined for some startling mov, and it ie not surprising if miry of ttmm when found fall to come up to expectations. That even a veak player sees many eood mores during a game !s true enough. But they are not usually deep moves, and their effect ie that a strong player woud find that whU should have won at a certain point, and Mack at 8r,othtfr, and so on. This is one of the reasons why a junior player is said to have too many ideas. The obvious way of meeting ihis difficulty h for the young player to prepare his moves scientifically. scien-tifically. U is only required that he should place a little trust' in the experience or others. If, Instead of looking for the best 'move, he vrould first look for the trend of the game, or, for instance, the direction of the attack, he would find it much simpler to hit on the right con-tinuitioi-.; and continuity of thought goes to the root of good chess play. 18-11 25-22 11-15 19-16 10-U 21-17 S-15 8-11 22-28 12-19 31-26 6-10 21-17 Black Trln3. fa) In the next game Dossett -went 31-27 at this point, drawing as follows: 31-27. 9-'4, 27-23, 5-9, 30-25, 34-17, 25-21, 10-14. 23-18. 14-30, 21-6, 6-10. CHESS. An interesting game from the Los Angeles Times. GIUOCO PIANO. Rubinstein's victory over Schlecter in their recent re-cent match gives the Pole a right to be considered con-sidered as Lasksr's next opponent in a match for the world's championship. Rubinstein has won every match he has played, havfng defeated Mleses, Marshall, Teichmann. Salwe and Schlecter. In my opinion he would give Lasker a harder .struggle than any other player would, not even excepting Capablacca. The following game is one from his match with Salwe. Whlto J. Salw. . Black A. K. BublnstHa. 1 P-K4 P-K4 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 3 B-B4 B-B4 4 Kt-B3 Kt-at 5 P-Q3 p-Qs 6 B-K3 R-KtS 7 Castler; B-Kf5 S Kt-05 KtxKt 9 BxKt Castles 10 P-KR3 n-KR4 11 P-KKN-s r:-Ki3 12 K-Kti K-Rl 13 0-K2 i-K? 14 P-CjRi-b '';-(; 15 P-Rei "-.n" 16 PxB -.--.-. 17 B-Kt5 " is p-b:: .! i? b-b; 1 - ! 20 PxP : ' p 21 Kt-'d-i 22 P-Q4 i-f-.1S- 23 B-Kt3 I'm.rn 24 q-qj r-nj 25 P-B! P-B-d 26 PaP I'-nu ch 27 K-Rl Vi-R.-, 2S B-Bl ' '-:P.P 29 BxKt pxB 30 R-P2 B-K5 3L R-QB1 x R-E3 22 Q-K't4 P-Q7 33 R-Ql-e Q-Ktt . 34 Q-K7 R-0B1 35 R(E2)lP Q-KS ch-f 3"i RkQ P-Bl dis ch 3" QxB PxRQ ch Res 13m'. ET:-i " &$A fw, E,1 I &iJ ma tsi&& SiJ 3 mm ii m m. gst w m m m a M IP wM -Qua 558 K&2 53 mm ivia pm m Ii m m ? tnt V-'i PSS SE1 I m&m M m White 14, 30, kings 9, 10. White to play and draw. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 487. By L. J. Vair. Black 3, 11, 13, kings 25; 28. White 10. 23 27. kings 2, 32. While to plav and win. 2-7 16-20 3-30 tft-S 10-27 11- 16 10-7 11-18 27-24 32-21 7-11 White, wins. L. J. VAIR, SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 4S. By P. J. Lee. Black 12, kingB S, 15. White 32; kings 3, 13. Black to play and win. , - S-ll 5-9 23-M 10-6 13-9 16-19 P-5 26-23 5-1 1,1-10 9-5 26-31 5-9 11-15 9-n 19-23 5-9 23-19 1-10 12- 1C a-9 31-26 9-5 15-6 Black wins. S. L. TRIBUNE PROBLEM NO. 809. 12-16, 22-17. Contributed with notes by J. A. Buchanan, Glasgow, Scotland. Black J. Spruce. White -J. A. Buchanan. 12-lfi 6-9b 1-6 6-10 8-12. 12-16 22- 17 ' 2C-23 27-23 30-263 13-15 27-23 '6-2'a 9 -IS 6-9 10-17 11-1S 20-2-1 17-14 23-14 31-27o 22-1.1 23-14 23 -IS 9-1S 11-15 9-1E S-ll 7-10 10-14 23- 14 24-19 23:4 29-25 14-7 IS-9 : 10-17 15-24 2-6 4-8 3-10 5-14 ; 21-14 2S-19 25-22 26-23 25-21 Drawn. ! (a) This move and S-12 are In much favor. 1 16-19 is quite good and gives more scope for 1 original play. |