New Zealand Chess Championship Tourney.

Otago Witness, Issue 1950, 4 April 1889, Page 29

New Zealand Chess Championship Tourney.

(Canterbury Times.) The following game was played in the third round: — King's Gambit Declined. White. Black. Mr Mouat. Mr Sexton. IPtoIU P to X 4 2PtoKB4 PtoQ4 3 P fcks Q P Q tks P 4 Xt to Q B 3 Q to X 3 5 B to Xt 5 eh (a) P to Q B 3 '6 Bton4 PtksPdisch 7QtoK2 BtoQ3 8 B to Xt 3 Q to X 2 9 Xt to B 3 B to X 3 10 Castles Xt to X E 3 (b) HBtksß Ptksß 12 Kfc to X 4 Xt to B 2 13 P to Q 4 Xt to Q 2 14 B to Q 2 Castles (Q side) 15 P to Q E i (c) B to B 2 16 P to Q Xt 4 Xt to Xt 3 17 P to Xt 5 (d) P tks P 18 P tks P X to Xt 19 P to B 4 Xt to B 20 B to B 3 (c) X E to X 21KKtoKt(/) PtoQKt3 22 P to B 5 P to X 4 23 P to Q & (g) P tks P (A) 24 Q to X 2 B to Xt 3 25 X to B Q to Q 2 26 P to Q 6(0 Kfc(Qß)fckaP 27 Xt tks Xt P to B 5 (;) 28 Xt to X 4 Q to Q 6 oh 29 Q to X 2 X to Q 4 30 E to Q Q tks Q eh 31 X tks Q R tks P 32 E to Q 7 R to X P 33 E tks Kfc (k) R tks E 34 Xt to Q 6 R to Xt tt 35 Xt tks R R tks B 36 Xt (B 7) tks P R to X 6 eh 37 X to Q 2 P to B 6 eh 38 X to Q X to B 2 39 E to E 2 P to Q R 4 (Z) 40 Xt to B 4 R to X 41 Xt tks B X tks Xt 42 E to E 4 X to Xt 4 43EtksBP PtoEs 44 Xt to Q 4 eh X to B 5 45 Xt to B 2 dis eh X to Xt 6 46 E to Xt 4 eh X to E 7 47 E tks P eh X to Xt 7 48 E to Xt 4 eh X to E 7 49KttoQ4 Ktoß6(m) 50 R to Xt 3 eh X to R 5 51 R tks P R to Q 52 E to Q 3 X to Xt 5 53 Kfc to a 2 eh Resigns. NOTBB. (a) Not commendable. 5 P tks Pls given as best in Cook's Synopsis, continued thus: -5...Q tks P eh, 6 8t0K2,8 to Q 3; 7 Xt to 83.Qt0 X 2; 8 Pto Q4, BtoK3; 9 castles. (6) This Xt would occupy a more influential position on B 3. (c) 15 P to B 4 was more effective. <rf) We should now elect 17 P to B 4. (c) 20 P to B 5 appears to us the proper course. (/) Again 21 Pto B 5 was the strongest continuation. If then 21...P to K4,22 P to Xt 6. P tks P; 23 QtoE 2; or if 21...P to QKt3,22Q to B 4. (g) The advance of the pawn now weakens the attack. 23 Bto Xt 4 should, in our opinion, have been played. (h) We should prefer 23.,,8 tks P (i) Bold and good play, for at the least he wins back hiß sacrificed pawn and improves his attack, however Black may reply. (j) Mr Sexton has defended himself astutely up to this point; but now his rejoinder should have been 27...Kt tks Kh, when if 28 B tks P, Q to X 3 with a safe game. Playing at the rate of 31 moves to the hour, he probabiy overlooked his opponent's reply to his 28th move, which prevents his recovering his lo3t piece. (k) Cleverly played. (1) 39...P to KKt 4 would have been better. (wt) 49...E to X B would delay the inevitable for a little time.