CHESS TOURNAMENT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18447, 7 January 1922, Page 8

CHESS TOURNAMENT

DUNLOP RETAINS THE . SHIP..

(Fee United Pmas Association.) AUCKLAND. January 6. Dunlop won the chess championship, the prize-winners being, as follow-Dunlop, 11 wins, first; Severne and Gyles, 10 wins each, second; Davies, wins, fourth; Hicks, 9 wins, fifth; and Kelling, 7 wins, sixth. : Thirteenth Round., Evans v. Connell. —Connell adopted the French defence, and changed off a bishop lor a knight, doubling Evans’s . bishop’s pawn. Evans pushed forward , his centre pawns, and made good use of the open file. Evans later‘ gained A l 'pawn, but Connell put up a ; stubborn-resistance - to Evans’s attack, and was able to come out 'of a hard gam© with- a- draw. Grierson v.- Hicks.—This was Queen Gambit game declined. Pawns wore exchanged in the centre', and a free and open position obtained. Hicks soon got in a fine attack, and won a pawn in the late middle game. Hicks pressed on his queen flank pawns, threatening to open 'file .by rook takes; pawn. Grierson, in' ’ providing for this attack, lost a piece and resigned the game. Stevens v. Pickett.—Wi th... Sicilian defence adopted' against him, Stevens got a quick development. Castling, he pushpd his king’s side pawns right, forward with a promising attack, supported by queen .and, rooks. Stevens took time and. -made sure of victory,' coming but of the middle, game with queen and bishop ’against two ropks. Pickett' resigned on the 54th- move. Roberts v. Kelling.—This was also queens’ pawn game. \ In opening Kelling got an isolated 1 pawn, but commenced at once building up for attack. • He set d trap - promising Roberts’s capture of ' a piece.- Kelling conducted exchanges to his *own advantage.' coming out 'with a piece up." In the end game Kelling kept his superiority in material,'and Roberts resigned. ' Miller v. Howard.—Howard declined Kings’, Gambit offered. by, Miller. Ah interesting; game,, was., the , outcome,. . Miller attacking strongly., ..The middle game, exchanges left Miller even more strongly placqd. 'buV in ’seeking to capture a pawn he gave Howard, an opening, which led to his winning the game from Miller. Gyles v. Davies. —A keenly contested French defence. In; the end game Gylee gave •up two queen side ■ pawns to give l time to work up’ a mating position wiUx knight and doubled rooks .on the king’s side. Davies saved by giving up a rook for a knight, and by. pushing on the queen side pawns forced Gyles to,resign.,.. ... .fjeverhe v. Dunlop.—ln this Centro Counter game Sevorno .got .his queen locked, up .in .capturing, a rook, and to release; her he had -to. .give up a knight and pawn. Dunlop played the end, game in good style, and I queening a pawn, forced Severpo to resign.