GAMES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2714, 21 March 1906, Page 62

GAMES.

». Following are the first two games played i between A. Jordan and F. Tescheleit, in their j present match, foi the London Championship Cup: — ! Game 6095. — " Edinburgh." 1 Black— Jordan. White— Tescheleit. 913 18 11 14 18 26 22 19 24 22 18-A 716 28 24 2 7 27 23 10 15-B 22 18 18 25 31 26 24 27 25 22 4 8 29 22 710 F- BX2 610 18 !5-C 16 20-d 21 17 27 31 23 19 10 19 24 19 E 12 16 12 19 11 16 24 15 3 7 19 3 13 17 18 11 5 9 22 18 10 19 22 13 16 23 30 25' 16 17 14 31 24 27 18 914 32 £7 11 X'> Drawn. S 15 25 22 7 11 3 8 (a) The bal'oted opening, in which White has the stronger side. (») An old favourite line for Black, though the draw is extremely problematical. (c) White's strongest" attack. (d) Given as the losing move in " Draughts Praxis " ; 16 19 leads to a narrow draw. (c) Same as a game between J. Alexander and T. Goldsboro, left unfinished at this point in the last English Championship Tourney.— See " Draughts Praxis," pages 115-116. (f) A terrible " slip," by which White sacrificed all his advantage; 8 11 wins easily. Game 6096. — " Edinburgh." Black— Tescheleit. White— Jordan. 913 4 8 13 17-D 20 24 30 26 22 18 29 25 31 26 23 16 17 13 12 1«-A « 9-C 812 12 19 26 22 18 14-B 26 23 25 22-E 26 23 7 3 10 17 9IS 17 21 19 2tf 22 24 21 14 23 14 19 15 30 23 312 16 JD-c 16 11 16 21 25 11 15 23 lt> 27 23 32 27 28 19 23 19 11 20 610 J6 19 25 30 15 18 24 19 23 18 22 17 15 10 F -19 15 8 11 10 17 3 8 7 11 Drawn. 25 21 21 14 27 23 10 7 (a) Many of the experts consider this move as the best at Black' 9 command; 6 9 is thought well of by others. (b) Some prefer to play 24 19 before taking this " cut." (c) The object of these moves is to weak-en White's centre, his strong point in this open-iß»-ya)i B»ya) The game now seems fairly equal, Black having skilfully overcome the disadvantages of the opening. (c) 19 15, 11 16, 32 27, 16 19, 25 22, 17 21, 22 17, same as the game. (f) An interesting and well-contested game, fought out on original lines. — Leeds Budget. Th« following game wa." played in the Yorkshire tournament. The annotations are by Willie Gardner, and we are indebted to the Sheffield Independent for the game. Gam© 6097.—" Denny." Black— W. Holmes, fe White— J. Whittington. 10 14 16 914 14 18 211 10 15 22 18 23 19 27 23 26 23 19 16 7 3 11 15 15 18 811 18 27 10 15-E 15 19 18 11 3126 c 24 20 32 23 16 7 r- 3 7 815 14 17 17 21 10 15 318 W. wins. 26 22-a 21 14 22 17 23 19 £• 16 i 10-b 10 17 610 15 24 15 18 22 17 25 2a 19 16-D £8 19 16 H 4 8 18 25 12 19 7 10 18 23 17 13 29 22 23 J6 16 7 11 7 (a) 24 19, 15 24, 28 19, 6 10, forming the "Defiance" with the colours reversed, is the more orthodox continuation. 23 19 also leads to an even game. (B) 14 18 was adopted in the Scottish Tourney, with a drawn result. (c) 24 22 seems preferable. The text move is premature. (d) 26 22 would set up a difficult problem for Black to draw. (E) This seem* fatal. 11 15, and then gaining two crown pieces might possibly hare drawn, though the fight would still have been en uphill one for Black. I (f) The game was ontinued, considerably after this. The ending is well worthy of study from ita educational aspect. Full play is given in " Gould's Book oi PTobleni«," where the endirst is known as one of "Boweu's i T-\ vis t ''- -