Chess in Dunedin.

Otago Witness, Issue 1994, 12 May 1892, Page 37

Chess in Dunedin.

The following is the fifteenth and last game of the match between Dr Stenhouse and Mr Mouat. As we mentioned last week the match was won by Dr Stenhouse, the final score being Stenhouse 7 wins, Mouat 5 wins and 3 draws :— Evans' Gambit. White. Black. (Dr Stenhouse.) (Mr Mouat.) 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 2 Kt-K B 3 Kt-QB3 3 B-B 4 B-B 4 ' 4 P-Q Xt 4 B x Xt P SP-B3 B-R 4 6 Castles P-Q 3 7 P-Q 4 " B-Q 2 BPxN P x P 9 Q-Q5 B-K 3-6 10 Q-Kt 5-c B x B 11 Q x Q B Q-Q 2-d 12 Q-Kt 5 Castles 13 Xt x P Xt x Xt 14 Q x Xt B-Kt 3 15 QxKt P Kt-K 2 16 Qx B P-e Q R-B sq-/ 17 Q-R 5 Xt-Xt 3-flr 18 Xt- R 3-A. Q-R 5-i 19 Q-K 2 Kt-K 4 20 Kt-B 2-j X R-Kt sq 21 K-R sq Xt-Xt 5-k 22 P-B 3 Kt-B 3 238-K3 R-Kt 3 248x8 RPxB 25 Kt-Q 4 Q R-K Xt sq-J 26 R-B 2 P-R4 27 Kt-B 5 R-K sq-m 28 Q-B 2 Q-B 5 29 P-K 5-n Kt-Q 4 30 Kt-Q 6ch Rx Xt 31 PxR PxP 32 R-Q B sq K-B 2 33 R-Q 2 KtxP-o 34P-KR3-p R-K 6 35 Q-R 7 eh K-B 3 36 R(Q2)-QB2 Q-B 4 37 Q-Kt 7 P-Q 4 38 R x Xt Resigns. a 8 Q-Kt 3 as played by Tchigorin against Steimt? in the late Havanna contest appears to be stronger. b 9... Q-K 2 is stronger than the text move and is supposed to give Black the better game. c 10 Q x Q eh leads to an even game as follows : 10... R xQ, 11 B x B, P x B, 12 B-Kt 2, Kt-B 3, 13 Q Kt-Q 2, Castles, even game. d Which loses a pawn, Q-K 2 or B-Kt 3 was better. c The soundness of White's ■ fifteenth move is questionable, but this move must certainly be condemned as unsound, and should have cost White the game if Black had taken proper advantage of his adversary's weaK play. / Black could have won now in elegant style if he had played the other rook to B sq thus : 16 ...KR-Bsq,l7Q-QB4(if 17 QRsor Q-Kt 3, then 17... RxP, 18RxR, Q-QBch, 19 Qx Q, R x Q mates). R x P, 18 K-R sq (if 18 RxR, then 18.. .Q-Q 8 eh, 19 Q-B sq, B x R eh, 20 X x B, R-B sqch, winning the White queen), Q R-B sq, 19 Kt-Q 2, Q-Kt 5, 20 R x R (if 20 P.Kt 3, then 20... R x R eh, and mates in a two moves). RxR, 21 P Xt 3. Q-Q 8 eh and mates in three more moves. a Black could still have obtamed an excellent attack by 17 ...R x P, 18 R x R, R-B sq, 19 Xt •Q 2, B x R eh, &c. h Much stronger would be 18 B-R 6 followed by Kt-Q 2 and Kt-B 4. i Putting the queen out of play for the rest of the game. Me should still have played 18... Rx P. # j We should prefer R-Kt sq. Jk Black should try to get the queen into play by Q-B 3 and QKt3. I 25... Kt R 4 threatening Kt-B i 5 would be a strong mov p here. ! • in 27... Q-Q 2 would be much better than undoubling the rooks. n An excellent move which wins the exchange and gives White so decided an advantage as to render winning an easy task. o A blunder ; Black took the pawn probably expecting the following : 34 Q x Xt, R-K 8 eh, 35 R x R, Q x Q. Wo Instead of this useless move hite should have played 34 R-