CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 3, 5 January 1922, Page 8

CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

THE TWELFTH ROUND.

(II TIUORAFM.— miI AIIOCMTION.)

.-.'■-■ AUCKLAND, This Day. I In the twelfth round of the chess championship Kelling met Miller. Miller played the Dutch defence to queen's pawn opening. With an apparently even game both players set up an attack. Miller with advancing pawn* on the king side, supported by look and by bishops, got to work first, but Kelling had &'saving move.- In the . countarattack which Kelling brought on Miller's fame went completely to pieces, mate eing threatened on, 3TUi move. Lwilop v. Evans.—Dunlop played the Vienna game, and king's file wa« opened earlyj Evans checked with his queen in a compromising- position. ; Dunlop i moved king to bishop's second, and from then set up such an attack that Evans, had to suffer the loss of queon for rook. Evans put up a fight; but it was only a matter of time when he was forced to resign. N ■ ■< Gyles v. Howard.^-This was the Vienna game. Howard built up an attack which Gyles manoeuvred to make the best of. In the exchanges from these Gyles took a, piece, which by an oversight he,lost a few moves later. With Gyles a pawn up, Howard got a, beautiful mating position, but the former had one saving move, forcing an exchange of queens and rooks. Later Howard failed to provide against checkmate, which Gyles brought off on the 36t8 move.