GAMES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2686, 6 September 1905, Page 70

GAMES .

Game played between J. Wood, of Christ- I church (White), and J. Edwards, of Dunidin' (Black), in" the recent match by telegraph .between the Otago and- Canterbury Oheßs Clubs :—-. | King's Gambit Decxiseb, 1

(a) Blackburne holds that this is not such a ijooiway of refusing the Gambit as P-Q 4. : • (b) A deplorably weak ,move. \c) A bold move*-which ledeexns the situation, lor" Black. 4 ' (d) The .advance of these pawns is good ' "play. {c) Had Black played Q-B 2 he would have Yon. ? (]?) Reserved for adjudication and adjudged > draw by Mr A. W. O. Davies, champion of , Zealand. Game played between G. D. Wright, of J)unedin (White), and F. A. Cooper, of Christ- | , jhurch (Bkck), in. the,same match.: — j

—Notes by tfie Winner.— j (a) Slack starts to repel the attack. ] '(b) Inviting Black to retreat the Xt to E 3, *hen B x Xt, Ps B; Q x Xt, much to ! /White's advantage. ! - (c) Possibly not the best position for the "£ueen. Black's next few moves practically •;thiow her out of action. _(d) -.The Black king is here secure from IBirect attack. ' <c) The White rook njust stick to the |bishop'e file, otherwise the Black Xt attacks -She queen's side pawn with disastrous results.

White. Black. JP-K4 P-K4 B PK B 4 B-B 4-a 3 Kt-KB3Kt-QB3 A B-B 4 PjtPß EP-Q4 B-K2 6BxP P-Q3 7 0-0 P-84-C SKt-BS P-KR4 yP-K5 P-KKt4 10 P x P P x P 11 B-Q2 P-Kts 32K:t-ICI M 5 , 33Kt-Q5 P-R6-D 34 P-K^Kt3 B -Q2 35 BB:4 JC%fe 3 JB-j:txKt BxKt 37P-B3 Q-K2 iBK:t-,B 2 0-0-0 19E-K1 Q-B 1 White. Black. 20Kt-K"3 Kt-K4 21 B-Q 5 P-Kt3 22K-82. Kt-Kt3 23 Q-Q 3 K-Kt 1 24 QR 6 B-B 1 25 Q«>4 Ktxß ■ 28J»xXt B-Rsch 27 K-Ktl B-Kt 2 28 R-K8 R-B I" 29 Q-Q'3 R-X 1 ! SO B x ß Exß I 31 Q-B 4 Q-B 3 32 Kt-Q5 Q-Ql-B \ 33 Xt-Xt 4 Q-B 2 ! 34 Q-Q sch K-Bl 35 QxPch QQ2 36 Q-Q 5 Q-Xt 2 37 Q-Bscfi-E

White. Black. 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 2P-&B4 PxP 3 Kt-KB3 P-K,Kt4 4 B-B 4 B-Kt 2 SP-Q4 P-Q3 6 0-0 P-KR3 7 P-B 3 Q Kt-B 3 SP-KR3 KtKBS 0-0 IOP-QKt4P-Q>A ll Px P Xt x P 12Q-Q3 Kl(Q4)x , KtP 33Q-K4-B B-Q2 S4PxKt R-Kl 15Q-Xt6-c Rxßch White. Black16 Kir i R B-K3 17 B x B Q x P eh 18R-B1 Pxß 19 QxPch K-RI-d 20 QKt-B3 QxKt 21 R-Ktl Kt-K4 22 BKt 2 Q-B sch 23 Qx Q Xt x Q 24 B x B X x B P5 R-B 1 Kt-K 6 eh 2dK-B2 P-B3 27 Kt-B 3 R-Q 1 28 RB 5 K-B 3 2.9P-Kt4 R-Q 4 30 Resigns-E