Otago Chess Club Championship Tourney.

Otago Witness, Issue 2157, 27 June 1895, Page 38

Otago Chess Club Championship Tourney.

Game between, Messrs 11 A. Cleland and J. B. Borton.

(a) 10 P-Q 5 would have cramped Blacks game terribly. (6) As this Xt has to retire again immediately this is a lost move. White had probably in contemplation Xt x B P ; and if k x kt, B-B 4 eh. White would regain the pieca, but would gain nothing mora and probably lose a P. (c) Not very goo I, but one of those moves which a pi iyer is tempted to make when lie sees nothing pu-ticii'arly tempting to do. B-Q 3, PB 3, or B-K 2 are all preferable to the text move. Aa one result of it White loses a P at the l!)th move. (tf) Black having gained one pawn might have ventured 20 bx p eh. He would probably have gained a third pawn for this piece with a good game. For example : £0 b x p eh ; 21 Xt x B, kt-r 5 eh ; 22 K-B 1, r-q 3 ; 23 Q-Q 82, q-kt 3 ; 24 Kt-Q 3, q x p. (c) An error, which endß in losing the game. "22 b-k b 3 would make all secure. (/) An oversight. 'He could have won at least the exchange by 27 b-k r 5 Obviously if 2S Q x Xt, kt kt 6 mate 3. After the text move Black's game is hopeless. The game was continued for 20 more moves, and won by White.

Petroff White. Black. (Clelaiß) (B irton.) IM4 P-K4-2 Kt-K B 3 Kt-K B 3 3 Xt x P PQ 3 4 Kt-K B 3 Xt x P 5 Q-K 2 Q-K 2 - 6 P-Q4 Kt-KB 3 7 KI-QB3 B-K3 88-Kts QKt-Q2 9 O-O-O 000 [0 Q-Q 2 a P-Q 4 [1 Xt-Xt 5-6 P-O R 3 L 2 Kt-B 3 Q-Kt 5 L 3 P-li R 3 Q-R4 L 4 Kt-K 5 li-K 2 .5 P-B i-e P-R 3 JPENINO. White. Black. (Cleland.) (Barton.) 16 B-R 4 Xt Xt 3 17 B-B 2 Kt-Ki, 5 ISP-R3 Ktxß 10 0x Xt BxII P 20 Xt-Xt 1 B-K 2-d 218Q3 KR-K1 22KR-K1 P-QB4e 23 Xt xB P B-B 3 24 P x £ J Kt-ll 5 25 Kt-K 5 Xt x P 2(5 Q-Kt 3 Q-B 2 27 B-Ktti Xt-Xt I ch-f 2S Q x Xt R-Q 3 2IJ2 l J QK 3 X R-Q 1