Counties Chess Association.—Ladies' Tourney.

Otago Witness, Issue 2076, 7 December 1893, Page 38

Counties Chess Association. — Ladies' Tourney.

White. Black. (Mrs Ludovlci.) (Mrs Vivian ) 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 2 P-K B 4 P-Q 4 3 X Kt-B 3 PxKP 4 Xt x P KKt 133-a 5 B-B 4 B-K3 6 Q-K 2-& BQ B 1 7 P-B 3 P-B 3 BP-Q1 B-Kt 3 98K3 B-B 2 10 Kt-Q 2 P Q Kt4-o 11 B Xt 3 Castles 12 P-K R 3 P-K R3 d 13 P-KKt4 Kt-R 2 14 P-K R 4 ! B-Q i 15 P-KKtscßxKt IGQPxB P-KR4-/ 17 Qx R P IJ-KKt3-;l J -KKt3-; 18 Q R 6 K-lt 1

King's Gambit Declined,

White. B ack. (Mrs Ludovici.) (M'-s Vivian.) 19 P-R 5 ! R-Kt 1 20 P x P K-Kt 2 21 P x Xt Xt Q 2 22 BQ4 ft P-K 6 ! 23 B x P B x R 24 Q x B R x P 25 Q x P-i P-Q R 3 20 B-Q 4 Xt B 1-Jfe 27 P-K (5 ci K-Kt 1 23 P x Pch Rx P 29 P-Kt 6-Z Q-R sch :j.)882 O-K2C 1 ! 31 K-Q 1 R-K I 31 Bxßch K-Kt 2 31 B-Q 4ch K-R '! 34 P-Kt7ch K-R 2 35 P-KtS(B), eh m\tem

not as. (a) Black should have guardel against the threat-.ned attacking move of 5 B-B 4 by playing B-K 3.

(b) By playing 6 B x B, P x B, White would have inflicted on Black tha disadvantage of having two very weak pawns tn the kind's file. (•) Not good on principle A broach is created in the defence through the weakening of the QBP which sooner or later will result in disadvantage to Black. (d) Not advisable when there is a prospect of a King's side attack, as it weakens Black's defence. Thus, if White advances the pawn to Xt 5 the Black pawn on R 3 only help^ White in the design to open up the X Xt or X R file for attack against the king. (c) White ha 3 developed her game on the most approved principle, and conducts the attack in a spirited manner. (/) Probably Black con'iderod this move the minor evil. P x P would certainly have been much worse, for Whits would retake with the R P, foil > wing lip with Q-R 2, winning speedily. (g) A^aiu wt'ak, for the sinn leason as given on Black's twelfth move. After the quejn Ins movcJ, White's V-ll 5 will mw b com) very strong, as it will result ia an itrcsi'-tible attack (70 Another danger which r>Ailted from BlajVs seventeenth raovo of P-K Kt'j. But Wnitoniijht have followed up the tamo idea more effectively by pl.ivin? P. x 13 first. ('0 Another pemlty wh'cli Black pay^ for the offence against the piihciple on ths ttm'.h move (vUU note). (/i) Black had practically no good defence. It) White baa played exceedingly well throughout. This move, of courjo, wins : but 2;) Q R (5 would havo led to a more artistic finish, as Black could not prevent the mate eithor on 11 8 or Xt 7. (m) A very pretty finish.

Blindfold Games Played some year 3 ago with a number of others in a blindfold performance : — Evaxb Gambit. White. Black. (Blackburne.) (Amateur.) IP-K4 P-K 4 2 Kt-K B 3 Kt-Q B 3 3 B B 4 B-B 4 4 P-Q Xt 4 B x P 5 P-Q B 3 BE4 6 Castles P-Q 3 7 P-Q 4 B-Kt3-a 8 P-Q R 4 P-Q R 4 ! 9 Px P B-Kt 5 10 Q-Kt 3 Q X 2 11 P x P Q Q 2 12 P-K 5 B-K3-6 13 Kt-R 3 Kt-Q 1-c 14 R-Q 1 B x B 15 Xt x B B-B 4 10 P x P Q x P 17 Kt-Q6ch BxiKt I IS P x B Q-Q ; 2-tf 19 Kt-K 5 Q-K 3 2JB-R3e Kt-K B 3 21 P-Q 7 eh Xt x P 22 R x Xt Q x Kt-/ 23 Q li-Q 1 l'-R 4 24 Q-Kt 6 Q-ICKt4 White mates in four moves-7. («) P x P should firat 'be played. j (6) If B x Xt, White advances j P-K 0 with terrible effect, i (c) Obviously P x P is answered by Q x B. (d) If Q x P, B-R 3 becomes troublesome. (c) Thte explains in some degree the difference between mere faculty and high art. ! Played over the board this would be exceptionally fine. The j circumstances invest this ending | witli ■ peculiar interest. We > need scarcely point out the mate if Q x Q. (/) If QxQ, 23RK7ch, K-B 1, 21 Kt-Q 7 eh, K-Kt 1, 25 R-K 8 niat j . (g) 25 R x Xt eh, R x R, 23 R- iL 1 eh, Q-K 2, 27 R x Q eh, X moves, 28 Q x R mate. Tnere are variations all leading to the same or a speedier finibh. We should regard this game as among&t the finest example. 1 ) of the art of blindfold play.— The Tunes Weekly Eiitiun.

A good example of Mr Blackburne's blindfold play :— White. Black. (Blackburne) (Jepsou.) 1 P-K 4 P-QB 4 2 Xt X B 3 P-K. 3 3 P-Q 4 P-B4 4 P-K 5 P x P 5 Q x P Kt-Q B 3 6 Q-Q R 4 „ B-B 4 7 B-Q 3 Q-Kt 3 8 Castles X Kt-K2 9 Kt-B:{ Castles 10 Q-K R 4 Xt-Xt 3 11 Q-Kt3 PBS 12 Q-R 3 Q Kt-K 2 13 Kt-K Xt 5 P-K R 3 14 Q Kt-K 4 P-Q 4 15 Kt-B 6 eh K-K, 1 16 Q R 5 Xt x P 17 B x P Xt x X B 18 Q B 7 ! Q-Q 1 19 B B 7 Resigns