Australian Championship Chess Match. (Sydney Mail.)

Otago Witness, Issue 2310, 9 June 1898, Page 40

Australian Championship Chess Match. (Sydney Mail.)

Play between Messrs Jacobsen and Jonas was resumed on Monday at the School of Arts, when the latter resigned the adjourned first game without playing further. The second game presents no points of note. Both combatants played carefully, but the result of superior pawn taciics gave Mr Jacobsen the pull in the ending. At the 30fch move, however, he ngi eed to draw when the position appeared to be in his favour. Score : Mr Jacobsen, 1 ; Mr Jonas, 0 ; drawn-, 1. The second game appears below :— Petroff's Defence. White. Black. White. Black. (Jonas.) (Jacobsen.) (Jonas.) (Jacobsen.) 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 16 B-Q 2 K-Kt 1 2 Kt-K B 3 Kt-K B 3 17 Q-K 4-g Qx Q 3 P-04-a V-Qt-b 18PxQ R-R4 4 PxKP-o KtxK P 198-B4 B-Kt sch 5 B-Q 3 B-K B 4 20 K-K 2 P-K Xt 4 6 Kfc-Q 4 (?) B-Kt 3 21 P-Kt 4 R-R 6 ' 7 B-K 3-tf B-K 2 22 Bx P P-Q 6ch 8 P-KB3(?)Kt-B4 23 P x P QRxP 9Bx B e RPxB 24 Q R-Q 1 Rx R 10 P-K Xt 3-/ Q-Q 2 25 R x R R x P eh 11 Q-K 2 Kt-Q B 3 26 KB 3 R-R 1 12 Xt xKt Qx Xt 27 B-B 4 K-B 1 13 Kt-Q 2 0-0-0 28 B-Kt 5 R-K 1 14 Xt-Xt 3 Xt xKt 29 B-R 4 B-B 4 15 RP x Xt P-Q 5 30 RQ 3 Drawn. (a) Favoured by Steinitz, but unsuccessfully tried by him against both Pillsbury and Lasker. Not in favour with Hoffer, DrTarrasch, and other leading authorities. (b) Played successfully by Shovvalter against J. F. Barry at the Boston Chess Club in May 189S, and probably just as good as 4 p x p. (o) Here Mr Jonas takes the wrong pawn, as can easily be seen on a slight investigation. (*) Already White is at a loss for a good move. Obviously P-B 3 to drive away the Xt would lose right off.

(«) This exchange seems inadvisable, as it compromises the X's position by leaving no safe place for castling Why not 7 O-O, -or 7 Kt-B 5, which last is somewhat risky, but if 7 kt x b ; 8 Q x Xt, q-q 2 ; 9 P-K. 6, pxp •. 10 Xt x Xt P eh, k-b 1 j 11 Q-B 3, Ac, with a great attack (/) This does not appear necessary. If b-r 5 eh, B-K B 2 nppeare a sufficient answer. Instead, therefore, of the text move Sir Jonas might well have brought out his Q Kt.

(g) White's game is seriously compromised. The loss of a pawn is threatened, and there is no satisfactory way of preventing it ; the exchange of queens is perhaps as good as anything, but it leaves his pawns " wild and disorderly " to an extent which should have lost him the game.