CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.

Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 1, 2 January 1924, Page 7

CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.

j THE SEVENTH ROLTSD. j (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON-, Tuesday. The sixth round of the New Zealand i chess championship tournament was com- | pleted yesterday. Results are:— Vaughan v. Barnes.—A very even : gan,e came out of queen bishop's gambit | offered by Vaughan. Though Barries wa? i kept iong on the defensive the latter j player neatly turned tbe tables late in i the middle game, com:ng out a pawn to j tbe good, but at the end of the game. ■ was contented to accept a araw. | Moir v. Pihl.—Quite a book opening came out of the Ruy Lopez game offered iby Moir. He worked np a fine attack, I which Pihl safely warded off. Pihl in I changing off bishop for knight, and win- ; ning a pawn, left an opening which Moir • accepted, and enabled him to win the game. ; Miller v. Kelling.—Kelling adopted the j centre counter game, (he opening and j middle being very even. Kelling sacrii ficed knight for three pawns. Miller j played very soundly and -yon back pawns ! without loss to himself and won the i game. I Kennedy v. Severne. —Kennedy opened i with queen bishop's gambit. Steady deI velopment led to an even game. In the j late middle game Severne won a pawn ; and this he gave up to queen a pawn. , but Kennedy was able to queen also and 1 a draw resulted. The finished games of tlie seventh i round are: j Hughes v. Pleasants. —A quiet steady 'development of queen bishops gambit gave Hughes the attack. A steady pres- | sure was kept up which Pleasants sought to shake off by a counter attack and in ! this he made an error which cost him the game. ! Hawkins v. Barnes.—Hawkins opened with Ruy Lopez. Barnes making a very | free game. A lively interlude of exI changes left Barnes with tlie uetter posij tion and bis attack that followed proved ! too much for Hawkins who resigned. j Miller v. Crakantbop.—This developed ' into an irregular four Knight's game and | proved bright and interesting. Miller ; attacked boldly but was tempted to put . hi? knight into a trap. Crakanthop now | had a material advantage and neatly j sacrificed a knight to shorten the game j which he won easily.