HEW ZEALAND CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.

Otago Witness, Issue 2604, 10 February 1904, Page 58

HEW ZEALAND CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.

Game played at Wellington between J. A. Ccnnell (White) and W. E. Mason (Black): — Ruy Lopez.

(a) With all these exchanges the game is fairly even up to this point.

(b) Apparently overlooking the immediate forking by the knight.

(c) The forced exchange *naint?ins White's advantage. (d) A rash move, losing the bishop.

(c) Black might as well have resigned now.

(f) In point of fact, the game was played on to the 62nd move before Mr Mason acknowledged himself beaten. This is the only game the champion of !New Zealand lose in the recent contest.

Game played at Wellington between J. C. Grierson (White) and N. Friberg (Black). — Ru? Lopez.

White. Black. 1 P-K 4 P-IC4 2 Kt-KB3Kt-QB3 3 B-Kt 5 Kt-B 3 4 OO P-Q 3 5 P-Q 4 PxP 6Kt x P B-Q 2 7 BxKt Pxß 8 R-Kl B-K 2 9 P-Q B 4 OO 10 Kt-"QB3Kt-Kts 11884 P-QB4 12 Kt-B 3 P-KB3 13 Kt-Q 5 IU-K4 14 P-Q Xt 3 B-Kt 5 15 K-K 3 K-Rl lfißxKt BPxB 17 Ktxß QxKt-A ISQ-Q3 QB3 19 lt-Ql P-QR4 20P-QR4 Q-B5 21 RQ 2 QRQ Xt 1 22 PR 3 BR 4 23 Kt-R2 Q-Kt 4 24R-Kt3 Q-R3 25 Kt-B 1 R-Q Xt 5 26 Kt-K3 Q-85-B 27 Kt-Q 5 Q-B 2 28 Ktxß BPxKt

White. B!ack. 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-Q B 3 3 B-Kt 5 Kt-B 3 4 0-0 KtxP 5 R-K 1 Kt-Q 3 OKt-B3 B-K 2 7Bxlft QPxB 8 KtxP 0-0 9PQ4 B-K 3 10 K-R 1 B-Q 4 11 Ktxß PxKt 12Q-K2 B-B3 138-B4 P-B 3 14 Q-Kt 4 Q-Kt 3 15 Kt-Q 7 QxQP 16 QR-Ql KR-K1 17 P-Q B 3-a Kxßch 18 RxR QxKBP 19 KtxßchK-Rl

White. Black. 29QK3 PR 3 30 K-Q 5 R-Rl 31Q-Q2 Q-B 3 32 R(Kt3)- B-Kt 3 Q3 33 P-B 3 B B 2 34 R-Kt 5 B-K 1 £5 R-Kt 7 Q-Q 1 36 Q-KB2 B-Q 2 37 R-R 7 RxR 38 QxR-c Q-Kt 4 39 Q-B 2. P-R4 40 P-Q E 5 Bx R P-r> 41 P-B 4 PxKBP 42RxB PxP 43 R-KB3 Q-K4 44 X x P K-Kt 1-E 45 R-BSch K-R2 46 QBsch QxQ 47 RxQ P-B5 48PxV P-B3 49 RxP eh K-Kt 3 50 R-R 3 KB 3 51 K-B 2 K-K 4 52 K-K 3 P-Kt 4 53 P-KKt3 i'-Kt6 54 R-R 2 Resign s-f

White. Black, 20 Q-Kt 3 QxQ 21 B x Q P x Xt 22 BxKt-B K-Kt 2 23 P-KR3 R-Ql 24 B-Kt 3 R-Q 2 25 P-Kt 4 P-Kt 3 26 P-Q R 3 P-K B 4 27 R-K 8 P-B 4 28 PxP PxP 2f» K-Kt 1 P-B 3 30 K-QBB P-B 5 318-B2 K-Kt 3 32 R-QRB K-B2 33 RxP RxR 31 B x R K-K 2 35 B Q 4 K-Q 2-c 36 K-B 2 K-B 3 37 K-B 3 K-Kt 4 38 K-B 4 ltesigns-D

(a) Of course, if Q E x Q, then II x H, mate. (b^ White, with a bishop to the %ood. should)

•win now, despite the superiority in. r.umber of Black's pawns. (c) No doubt to prevent the Q R P from queening. (d) White's king is bound to effect a clearance 1 of Black's pawns.

Game played at Wellington 'between F. Woodford, Christchurch (White), and E. J. Miles, Auckland (Black) . —

Evans Gambit.

White. Black. 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 2 Kt-KB3KI-QB3 38-B4 B-B4 4 P-Q Xt 4 B x Xt P 5 P-Q B 3 B-K 4 6 Q-Kt 3 Q-X B 3 7 !J-Q3! J -Q3 P-Q3 8 B-K 3 KKt-K2 9 QKi-Q2O-» 10 <J-O(QR)B Kt3 U P-K It 3 KI-R4 12 QB 2 Xt x B 13 KtxKfc Kt-Kt3 J4 Kt.xß-a RPxKt 15 PQ4 PxP IBBxje QK3

White. Black. 17 PQR4 B-Q2 18 Q-Kt2 KxP 19 U-Q2 KR-Rl 20 PB 4 KxPch 21 B-B3 P-Kt4 22 KB 2 P-K B 3 23 Kt-Q2 Kt-K4 24 Xt x R b Kt-Q •) eh 25 KKt 1 Xt x Q 2(j ItxKt QxKt 27 RQBI Q-Q6ch L 8 QR-B2 1-QB4 2SI K-Kt 2 P-Kt 5 30 R-Q 2 P x B eh 31 RxP Qxßch lltsigris

(a) Injudiciously allowing Black to open up his look's file. (b) A fatal oversight which practically loses the game foi White.