Recent Match Games.

Otago Witness, Issue 2251, 22 April 1897, Page 40

Recent Match Games.

Blackburne's simultaneous exhibition. One of the ser es played a few months ago at Clifton. Vienna Opening. White Black. | White. Black. (Blackburne) (Daniell) j (Blarkburne) (Daniell) 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 20 K-R 1 P-Q B 4 2 Kt-Q B 3 Kt-K B 3 21 P-B 3 Px P 3 P-B 4 Xt-li 3-rc 22 PxP K-B 1 4PxP QNtxP 23 R-B3 BKt 4 5 P-Q 4 Kt-Kt3 24 QR-KBI Kt-Rl 6 Kt-B 3-& P-Q 4 25 K-Ki 3 P-B 3.73 .7 7 P-K 5 Kt-K 5 26QxQ QRxQ 8 B-Q 3 B-Q Xt 5 27 Px P ExP 9 B-Q 2 Xt x B 2S R x R B x R 10 Q x Xt O-O 29 Kt-B 3 B-B 2 11 (>-0 Q-Kl-c 30 Kt-B 4 P-K 6 12 Q R-K 1 P-Q B 3 31 KR 2 K-B 1 13 Q-Kts B-K 3 32 U-B 2 P-K Xt 4 14Q-l!5-fl B-K 2 33 Kt-Q 3 P-K rl 4 15Kt.-K2 Q-Q2 34 Kt(B3)-KSR xX 16 P X R 3 c P-K R 3 35 X x R B-K 3 17 Kt-R 2-f BKt 4 36 K-B 3 P-Kt 3 18 Xt-Xt 3 Q-K 1 37 P> Xt 3 P-R 4 19 Kt-K 2 B-K 6ch '38 B-ll 4

Abandoned eventually as a draw,

(a) Not so good a3 the usual p-q 4, since it enables White to establish a centre with P-Q 4 (6) 6 P-K 5 would bave driven the Xt back to Xt 1 ; the text move allows Black too much time for development. (c) Probably intending p-k b 3. he indirectly defends his knight with the queen.

(fl) If )4 P-K R 4, then b-k 2 ; 15 Q-R 5, p-k r 3, foilowed by <i-q 2, and White's queen would be in danger. (c) If Ki-Kt ?>, then b x kt ; 17 Qx B, q-k 2, etc (J) If 17 B x Xt, then p x b ; 18 Q x P, b-b 4, winning back a better pawn. (</) Forcing the exchange of queens, White has co' more prospects of continuing the attack, whilst he has also to exchange his valuable passed pawn ; the exchange of rooks is forced, and, the ending being then about equnl, a draw was agreed upon.— The Standard.

An interesting game played on February 15, in a match between the Batti Chess Club and that of the Bath Church Institute.

Board No. I.— French Defence.

White. Black (Thorold.) (Rumboll.) 1 P-K 4 P-K 3 2 P-Q 4 P-Q 4 3 Kt-Q B 3 Kt-K B 3 4P-K5 X Kt-Q 2 5 P-K B 4 P-Q B 4 6 P x P Xt x P 7 Kt-B 3 Kt-B 3 8 B-Kt 5 Q-B 2 9 O-O P-Q X 3 10 BxKtch Pxß 11 B-K 3 P-Q R 4 12 Kt-Q 4 B-ll 3 13R-KB3 Kt-K o 14 P-K B 5 P-B 4 15 KKt-Kt5Q-Q2 10 P x P P x P 17 Xt xKt Bx Xt Bristol Time; White. Black. (Thorold.) (Rumboll.) IS Xt x P Q-B 3 19 Kt-Kt.3 till 3 20 K*-Q 4 ISQ2 21 R-Kt 3 P-ll 5 S2 Q-R sch K-Q 1 2,] B-Kt 5 oh K-B 2 24 lt-B 3 eh K-Kt 1 Lsll KB 1 Q-Kt 3 2(5 B-K 3 Q x P 27 R Q 3 Q x R P 18 Xt x P Q x P 29 Ktxß B-Kt4 :J0 Pu x P B x R 31 Q-KBch K-Kt. 2 32 Q-KB7chK-R3 33 Q x )'• eh K-Kt 2 34 Q-Kt sch and wins, und Mirror.