CHESS IN DUNEDIN.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 614, 5 December 1863, Page 10 (Supplement)

CHESS IN DUNEDIN.

me touowing is the last oK the series of games by correspondence played through our columns •— GAME VI. £ etween Excelsior and Chess. White (Exeekior) Black (Chess) 1 P toK 4 i PtoK4 2 Xt to X B 3 2 Kb to Q B 3 3KBtoQB4 3KBtoQB4 4PtoQB3^ 4KKttoB3 r £ !°, Q 1 5 P take* P V n rV 8,? o 6BtoQ Xt 5 (oh) 7 Q B to Q 2 7 1! takes B (eh) 8 Q Xt takes B 8 P to Q 8 iVv^lV^ 9<iKtVK2 ni\ t0, Ks o lOKKttoQi 11 P takes P ii q takes I? 12 Castles 12 B to Q 3 13KttoKKt5 18 P to-i?R3 (6) ■ 14-. Xt takes B 14. p takes B 1B§tI?£ U 15 Castles on Q side }?»,^w Sq 16KttoKB4 SS tOi Xi 18PtoQB3 m &*? K jr5 A 20 Xt to Q B 2 21 Xt to X 4 21 Xt talJs P (A 22RtoK7(/) MKUokV* 238t0K87 23 R to Kit 3 24 R to Q sq 2t P to Q B i (a) 25 Xt takes P 25 R, to 0 B 3 26 QR takes Xt (A) 26 Xt toQ3 S 5 ftan% P (0h) 28KtoQil s J q 29 R to Q 7 29 Q to X <:a 3J Q H ta«es Xt (i) 30 H takes It fin! 01)? 5. 11, , 31 tt takes H 32 Q to Q 5 (eh) 32 R to Q B a g Q takes it (eh) . aaStoKtsq. 34 Q to Xt 7 (mate) L (a)Castlins;- would have been a ttreferalrfp mnro and if Black then play, d Q B to X KnS 5 B by moving Q to Q Xt \ wouki galf an'adv^

m \ LI *T not a w8»-PonsMereamove: Black S wrt dva, ntar°^ly castled on Kind's side. ' Tf V-iii .SP 7l S Vf ry in^aetive at'tliis point. h7o^ •?i )S»' Ved l t^\ i hQ tlll>eaten S to take Xt at ?£&« v.R 'i an, d- lf Black retake whh PilWll tal£es the other Xt checking winning the exchange. defiSr QUe6U 1S takea quit 3 away from the (c) It is obvious that Black dare not capture the

(/) Threatening checkmake. [g) From this point ths game was placed over the hoaxvl at the Club.

vi^a }7 e shoul' l n°w have preferred taking Qaeen's m '■"> threatening checkmate. W White could now have given mate in three moves with R takes it (eh), &c. '