CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11409, 4 January 1923, Page 6

CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

RESULTS OF MATCHES KEELING DEFEATS DUNLOP AFTER BRIGHT GAME. GYLES IN LEADING POSITION. S - Per Press Association. GHRISTOHURQH, January 3. Ohess championship results of adjourned games are as follow: — DUNLOP v. SEVERN®. This game was advanced a stage at the afternoon session. Pawns have been exchanged, but Severn© still has the superior forces, though the ending will require most play to gjvo him a win in the game. GYLES v. KEELING. This game was adjourned from (lie third round. The former was able in about eighteen moves, after resumption of play, to force a win. HICKS v. COOMBS. Hicks, in an. adjourned game, considered his game was hopeless, and resigned without further play. TENTH ROUND DUNLOP v. KEELING. The latter adopted the Caro-Kauri Defence, Dunlop setting up a wedge of pawns into, king’s fifth square. To break this KeUing broke his own queen pawn position. Dunlop attacked strongly with queen and knights, threatening to win two pawns. Keliing saved for a time, but later lost a pawn. Dunlop, in prosecuting his attack, neglected to castle, and Keliing taking advantage of ,'this checked at queenknight’s fifth, and won two pawns. While Dunlop worked his wav into comparative safety Keliing made a telling knigjht move, winning a pawn and threatening Dunlop’s queen. Dunlop, howeyer, saved the queen hut lost the exchange. With queens and rooks off Dunlop made a diesperate effort to queen a pawn, but the pawn and supporting bishop fell for Kelling’s rook, and Keliing won a brightly played game. BUCHAN v. GYLES.' This game gave a very even QueenPawn’s opening with Gyles’s. three centre pawns at Jhe fourth square. The exchanges that followed gave Gyles a pawn up and Buchan an isolated queep’s pawn. Buchan strove hard to regain 1 the pawn lost, but Gyles changed off pawns ttod pieces and retained the pawn advantage. Buchan later had a chance and checked with his queen, winning Gyles’s unsupported pawn. Buchan now had the attack and” got Gyle® in a mating position. In doing so, however, Buchan left his king open to perpetual check, and the game ended in a draw. ROBERTS v. ANDERSEN. . This was the Queen Gambit Declined. An opening was carefully played on each side. There was little gained by either player, in « the middle game, until Roberta pushed a pawn to kingiiahop’s fourth. To break Andersen took the jpawn in passing, and gave -Roberts the open to fill. Robert* was unable , to make any good use of this opening, and gradually fell away in position and forces before Andersen’s aSjjack, and resigned a hardfought game on the 44th move. SEVERN® v. STEVENS. , Severae,' again played his favourite game, the Four Knights. The development of pieces up to the twelfth move was identical on each side. -, At the' change of tactics Severn© seemed to work up a stronger position for attack, and Stevens had difficulty hi stemming the tide. He failed, too, to make the; best use of his knight, and Severn© won a pawn. Later, Severne harassed Stevens’s queen and boxed it in on move 46th, when the latter resigned. COOMBS v. PIHL. Another Queen’s-Pawn game. In the opening* Coombs was able to retain two knights and Pihl a bishop and knight, hut in the j middle game exchanges Pihl won a :pawn. In the end game with queen knight and six pawns each the players reached a blocked position. When Coombs suggested a draw Pihl refused, and Coombs adopting a bolder line of play won two pawns and had ohanoes of winning. Pihl, however, claimed and was awarded a draw as a penalty for a repetition of moves. ■ POSITION OF PLAYERS The following is the position of the players at the end of the tenth round Won. DrA. Lost. Pts.

Dunlop, Severne, Hicks, and McCrea have each a' game, unfinxtftied.

Gyles ... 2 0 9 Dunlop , 0 1 Pibl 1 3* Kelling .... 5 2 3 6 Severne 2 3 5 4 2 .5 Andersen ..... .... 5 0 5 5 — Coombs .... 3 3 4 4* Hiller 1 5 H McCrea .... 3 2 4 4 Buchan .... 3 2 5 4 Roberts .... s 2 5 4 Stevens .... 53 1 7 2|