Chess on the Pacific Slope.

Otago Witness, Issue 2249, 8 April 1897, Page 40

Chess on the Pacific Slope.

Match between Victoria (8.C.) and San Francisco. j

Xt-Xt 6 was recorded by Victoria, and the offer from San Francisco to draw was accepted (J). • (a) This defence 3eems to find favour in the United Stat.es> of America. (b) '1 his is unusual. 6 Q-K 2 is thought to be the strongest move at this point. But the text move doet. not seem bad. (cl This also is unusual, and seems fairly good ; but the result as a whole is more in favour or Black than the mcc usual moves. (d) 14 Q-Q 3 seems better. The idea no doubt was to get the Q into an attacking position, but it does not succeed. (c) There seems uo reason why kt should not take P, but neither side seems disposed to risk anything. (/) Black's advantage lies in the ioslation of White's Q P, but virtually it might be possible to play a whole game in shorter time than would be nee led to finish this one, and in a match by telegraph the elaboration of a difficult end game extending through a long serie3 of moves would be out of place.

White. Black. ('Frisco.) (Victoria.) 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 . 2 Kt-K B 3 Kt-Q B 3 3 B-Kt 5 Kt-B 3-a 4 00 Kfc x P 5 P-Q 4 B-K 2 6 P-Q 5-b Kt-Q 3 7 B-K 2-c P-K 5 8 P x Xt P x Xt 9 PxP eh Bx P 10 B x P O-O 11 B-B 4 B-K 3 12 Kt-Q B 3 P-QB3 13 R-Kl R-Kl 14 BKt i-d Kt-B 4 15 Q-B 3 Kt-Q 5 18Q.R3 Bxß White. ("Frisco.) 17 Qxß 18 Q x Q 10 Q R-Q 1 20 B-Kt 3 21 R-K3 22 K-B 1 23 lit x R 2i R-Q 3 25 P x R 2d l'-K B 3 27 P-Q R 3 28 B-B 2 29 Bxß 30 K-K 2 31 X.-X 3 Black. (Victoria.) QBI QRxQ Kt-FC 3e B-Kt 5 Q K-Q 1 R x Rch R-Q 1 RxR P-K B 3 K-B2 B-B 4 K-K 2 Ktx B K-K 3