CHESS TOURNAMENT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18752, 4 January 1923, Page 6

CHESS TOURNAMENT

UNFINISHED GAMES. THE TENTH ROUND. (Pkr United Prkss Association.) CHRISTCIIURCH. January 2. Following are the chess championship results of adjourned games: The game Dunlop v. Severne was advanced a stage at (.ho afternoon's session. Pawns have neen exchanged, but Severno still has the superior forces, though the ending will require most careful play to give him a win. in the game Gyles v. Kelling, adjourned from the third round the former was able, in about 18 moves, after resumption of play, to force a win. In '.he adjourned game Hicks v. Coombs, IHioks considered his game was hopeless, and resigned witliout further play. TENTH ROUND. Dunlop v. Kelling.—The latter adopted the Caro Kauri Defence, Dunlop setting up a wedge of pawns into King s fifth square. To break this Kelling broke his own queen pawn position. Dunlop attacked strongly with queen and knight's threatening to win two pawns. Kelling saved for a time but later lost a pawn. Dunlop, in prosecuting his attack, neglected to castle, and Kelling, taking advantage of this, checked at queen knight's fifth, and won two pawns, while Dunlop worked his king into comparative safety. Kelling made a teLlint,knight move winning a pawn and threatening Dunlop's queen. Dunlop, however, saved the queen, but lost the exchange with queens and rooks otf. Dunlop made a des,perato effort to queen a pawn, but the pawn and supporting bishop fell for Killing's rook, and Kelling won a brightly played gjime. Buchan v. Gyles.—This game gave a. very even queen pawn's opening, with Gyles's three centre pawns at the fourth square. The exchanges that followed gave Gyles a pawn up, and Buchan an isolated queen s pawn. Buchan strove hard to regain the pawn lost, but Gyles changed off pawns and pieces, and rotained the pawn advantage. Buchan later had a chance, and checked with a queen, winning Gyles's unsupported pawn. Buchan now had the attack, and got Gyles in a mating position. In doing go, however, Buchan left his kii*sj open to perpetual check, and the game ended in a draw. Roberta v. Anderson. —This was the Queen gambit declined, an opening carefully plaved on each side. There was little gamed by "either player in tho middle game until Roberta pushed a pawn to king bishop's fourth. To break this Anderson took the pawn in passing, and gave Roberts the open file. Roberts was unable to make any good use of this opening, and gradually fell away in position and forces before Anderson's attack, and resigned a hard foight game on the forty-fourth move. Severno v. Stevens.—-Seveme again played his favourite game, the Four Knights. The development of pieces up to the 12th more was identical on each side. At the change of tactics Severne seemed to work up a stronger position for attack, and Stevens had difficulty in stemming the tide. Ho failed, too, to make the best use of his knight, and Severne won a pawn later Severne harassed Stevens's queen, and boxed it in on move 46. when the latter resigned. Coombs v. Pihl.—Another Queen's Pawn game. In the opening Coombs was able to retain two knights to Pihl's bishop and knight, but in the middle game exchanges Pihl won a nawn. In the end game, with queen, knignt, and six pawns each, the players roached a blocked position, when Coombs suggested a draw. Pihl refused, and Coombs, adopting a bolder line of play, won two pawns and had chances of winning. Pihl, however, claimed, and was awarded, a draw as a penalty for repetition moves. . . , The following is the position of the players at the end of the tenth round:—

«• Wou. D ruwn. Lost. Point*. Gytes ... . 8 2 — n Diinlop ... Pihl - - 8 6 — 1 1 3 si KflllnR ... S 2 3 6 Peverne ... 4 2 3 A KlckR ... . .1 4 2 ft An&PTPon ■ ft 0 5 Coombs ... 3 3 4 *\ Miller ... 4 1 « *i M'Orea ... 3 2 4 ft Buchanaji 3 2 ft 4 Roberts ... 3 2 ft 4 Stevens .■• 2 1 7 2 * Dunlop. S*v< •rn<* , Hick*. and M'Crea have each a fame unfinished.