CHESS CONGRESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11852, 2 January 1902, Page 3

CHESS CONGRESS.

THE fifth round of the New Zealand Championship Chess Tournament was played yesterday, the draw being:- ; Barnes v. Grierson. ■ Jowitt v. Edwards. Jaquet v. Forsyth. Miles a bye. t Barnes v. Grierson: Barnes opened .with the queen's pawn,, and the queen's gambit declined was th result. Play proceeded on regular lines.for some time, and after the bTßlalft °4 h - DS8 bishops had heel forced by Black, White commenced to build un an attack on the king's side, which Black tried to stop with a counter attack, bv advancing', Ins king's pawn. White's sound play however, gave him a position, wnich i ■■; required, the : most,.;''careful" ' na;uUing,on h,s, pan, and. ended •in ;the, exchange oi queens., and the fall of two of Black's: pawns. From this point Barnes) continued to increase his 1 advantage and lilac realising that it was impossible. to stop the advance of the long line of ™wn 3 resigned on the 45th move. ■ . Jacpiet v. Forsyth: .Liquet having the attack, played his favourite opening, pawn to queen's knight's fourth, followed by bishop to nueen's second, an opening known as Hunts opening. Karly ,in the game he attempted to open up an attack on the king's side, where Black had castled, castling himself on the queen's side, but by doing so he exposed himself to a strong and dangerous counter attack. Black gave up a knight for two pawns to gain position, and shortly afterwards won. back the piece with his queen. White made desperate efforts to equalise matters, but failed, and lost the game in a few moves afterwards. Jowitt v. Edwards: Jowitt got on his favourite line of play, viz., pawn to queen's fourth, and pawn to king's bishop's fourth, followed by pawn to king's third. Black defended carefully, and exchanges led to an equal game. After two or three hours' play, Jowitt had two knights to his opponent's bishop and knight, with five pawns each. Manoeuvres and counter manoeuvres followed for same time, both attempting to gain an advantage in position and material. The game was an unusually long one. >On the 91st move, Jowitt sacrificed a piece with the design of queening a pawn, but his opponent managed to queen first with a check, and prevented him from getting a queen. Jowitt seeing his game was hopeless, resigned after Black's 92nd move. After the round was completed for the day, Forsyth and Grierson resumed their unfinished game, and after some further very interesting end play, in which Black with his rook endeavoured to gain; a move on his opponent, who had to play a very careful game with his bishop, Black queened a pawn, and White did the same on the next move, after the rook bad been given up for the bishop. Though White had a pawn in addition to the queen, he could do nothing with it, and a. draw was agreed upon, thus ending a most exciting game. . , ; The score now stands as follows: — '' Wins. Barnes ~, ,„ „. >.. »> 5 Miles ... ... ... ... ... 3£ Forsyth ... ... ... ; ... ... 3 Jaquet ... ... ... 3 Edwards ... ... ... ... ... 2 Grierson ... ... ... ... ... lb Jowitt ... ... ... ... ••• ° This practically . decides the championship, as, though there is another round to be played, the result cannot be altered. There should, however, bo some very interesting play in the. last round fo- second and third places, v V . ' ' This evening the congress will be brought to a conclusion with a little supper [' and smoke concert at the Strand Arcade Cafe, commencing at eight o'clock. Ad members of the club are invited, and it is hoped that as many as possible will be present to assist in entertaining the visitors. <.