CHESS NOTES

Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3614, 15 September 1927, Page 10

CHESS NOTES

(By "A.W.”). Of the S games to bo played in the fifth round of thc tourneys of*'the Palmerston North Club, which round ended on Monday last. 3 are adjourned for various reasons, making a total of 7 gabies marked incomplete to date. The results of the finished games wore, Espiner 5. H. R. Thorburii J; Welch 5, Messenger 5; Fleck 1, Hubbard 0; S’. Gough 1, Stewart 0: Arlidge 0, B. Gough 1. A third round game Espiner v. Wright was won by the former. The drawings for the 6th round to be played on the 13 th and 2Gth inst. together with present scores are:—H. R. Thorburn (25 wins and 5 to play) v. Whitaker (3—5), Welch (Ti —4) v. Espiner (1 i —3), Bruce (1 —5) v. Messenger (1 —3), K. Thorburn (21 — 5), v. Wright (1 —6), L. Thorburn (2 —4) a bye, Hubbard (1 —3) v. Orglas (3 —3); Stewart (3 —2 v. Fleck (5 —2); B. Gough (2 —2) v. S. Gough (2 —2), Arlidge (0 —3) v. Clarke (I—4). THE P.I.D.E. TOURNAMENT. British Champion Scores First Win. The first gam e to be finished in the. great international team's tourney of the recent London congress of the International Chess Federation was a win for the British champion. F. D. Yates. We give the game below, and it is well worth playing over as a specimen of the winner’s machinelike accuracy/ SICILIAN DEFENCE. F. D. f Yates O. Naegcll Great Britain Switzerland White Black 1. P—K4 P—QB4 2. S—KB3 S—QB3 3. P—Q4 PxP 4. SxP S—B3 5. S—QB3 P—Q3 6. B—K2 P—K3 7. O—O B—K2 S. K—lU o—o 9. B—K3 P —QR 3 10. P—B4 ’■ Q—B3 11. Q —Kl B—Q3 12. Q—S3 QR—BI 13. QR—QI ' KR—QI 14. P—K5 S—Q4 15. QSxS PxS 16. SxS PxS ’ 17. B—Q4 B—Bl IS. P—Bs . P—B4 19. PxP. QxP : 20. B—K5 Q —QB3 21. BxSP ’ Resigns. After 21—, BxB; 22 P—B.6 mates or wins the queen, and any other move is also • fatal.