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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 21050, 29 December 1933, Page 11

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♦ ANNUAL CONGRESS (PKES3 ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) DUNEDIN, December 2C. Play was resumed in the third round of the chess championship this morning, and the afternoon was devoted to unfinished games, the fourth round being started at the evening session. It was announced that two special prizes had been given by competitors, Mr F. K. Kelling having made a donation oi! £2 2s for a brilliancy prize, and Mr Pihl a similar amount for the best recovery prize. The first three rounds have now been completed. Round F. Gyles beat Hicks—Gyles, who had the move, chose the Ruy Lopez Opening, and Hicks defended with the Heinitz defence. Opportunities were missed by both players and Hicks eventually forked bishop and rook with knight. Gyles withdrew the rook, leaving the bishop unsupported. Hicks took the bishop, which resulted in lost position. Round 11. Jones v. Gyles (Queen's Pawn Opening)— Jones, had the move. Gyles defended with the Indian defence. Although not a spectacular game, it was followed by the onlookers with keen interest. It became very complicated, and finally a draw was agree! upon on the sixty-soyenth move. Watt v. Kcllin:; (French Defence)— Kelling, who had the move, missed a chance of gaining two minor pieces for rook in the middle game. Several exchanges followed, and the resulting end game looked like a draw, when Kelling made an unsound sacrifice, losing rook for pawn, which entailed his resignation at move 37. Hound 111. Dunlop v. Jones—The Alekhine defence was transposed into the Vienna opening. Dunlop had the move. Two moves after the exchange of pawns and knights, queens were exchanged, leaving Dunlop in a strong centre position, and on the fifteenth move he captured an isolated pawn. Dunlop developed his attack and Jones resigned on the forty-sixth move. Le Pelif v. Severne (Queen's Pawn Game)—Le Petit had the move, and Severne used the Cambridge Springs Defence, but omitted one of the attacking moves in opening. This allowed his opponent to break up the attack and obtain a rather ! better .game. After exchanges each player was left with two rooks and six pawns, and a draw was agreed upon on the thirty-eighth move. Gyles v. Scott—Scott had the move and played a variation of the Ruy Lopez. He sacrificed a pawn for a strong attack, during which he lost a further pawn. Gyles set up a blockade, and weathered Scott's attack with extra pawns, and won on the fifty-sec-ond move, after a very complicated game, in which Gyles's strategy undoubtedly gave him the advantage. Hicks v. Pihl (Zukertort Opening)— Hicks had the move. After exchange of knights and pawns, on the nineteenth move Pihl, through a careless move, lost his other knight. Eventually Hicks threatened to queen a pawn, and as Pihl was unable to stop it, he resigned on the sixty-fourth move. Kelling v. Didsbury (Queen's Gambit Declined)—Didsbury had the move. The game was level until the thirtyseventh move, when Didsbury. who was pushed for time, lost an exchange. Playing with good judgment he secured compensation in position, and a long battle ensued. Kelling found the right move in several difficult and intricate positions, and just managed to win at move 67. Round IV. The following was the draw for the fourth round:—Smith v. Didsbury Jones v. Walt, Gyles v. Dunlop, Kelling v. Le Petit, Severne v. Hicks, Pihl v. Scott. Jones v. Walt (Queen's Gambit Declined)— Jones had the move. The game proceeded on regular lines, and after a normal number of exchanges Watt had, if anything, the better position. He made a bad mistake in taking the queen's pawn, the result being that ho, in order to avoid mate, would have to sacrifice his queen, so he resigned on the twenty-fifth move. Following is the position to date:— P. W. L. D. Sc. Pihl .. 4 3 ■— 1 3 Jones ~ 4 2 1 1 2\ Gyle.-; • • 2 1 2-V Dunlop .. 3 '» 1 9 Watt ..5 2 _ 3 2 Severne .. 3 1 2 2 Kelling ..3 2 1 ? Scott ..3 i i ! H Hicks ..3 1 l ] if Le Petit .. 3 _ 1 •> 1 Didsbury .. 3 1 'i Smith .. 3 MINIMUM DIRTS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION'S ENQUIRY A AV ELK'S FOOD FOR ."i/lOi '.FROM I.UE OWN COIittESI'ONDtNT.) LONDON, November 24. An important document is published as a supplement to the "British Medical Journal," which sets out to show what is the minimum weekly expenditure 0:1 fcodstuli's necessary for the maintenance of health and working capacity. It is the report of the committee appointed by the ,t>ritish Medical Association last April to enquire into the minimum weekly expenditure on food for families of various sizes. The barest minimum diet to contain an adequate energy value, sufficient nitrogenous food of good quality (m the physiological sense), and just enough minerals and vitamins is found to cost 4s iOjd a week on the scale of food costs worked out by the committee. , A family containing young children must have a relatively more costly diet a "man value," and the report is emphatic that where the family budget is just sufficient to obtain the minimum requirements, the addition of an extra individual must always make a definite increased demand upon the resources. This disposes of the statement, often made, that a good housewife can feed six as cheaply as live. So sne could, says the report'in effect, if she had money to spare. The committee lias constructed a valuable series of specimen diets, ranging from the type of food suitable for an adult mule 1.0 a weekly menu for a man, wife, and three children, aged six to 14 years, the cost of the latter being 22s Gid. The diet lists given refer to actual foodstuffs, and the quantities are given in the ordinary weights and measures used by housewives.