LUCK IN CHESS.
An incident, illustrating the indubitable fact that the element of luck occasionally creeps into ? game of chess, occurred at the close of the British Chess Federation a-t Scarborough (reports the Falkirk Herald). At the finish of the morning session on the last day Mr F. S. Smith had made sure oi the fust prize in the first-class tournament. section A, and Messrs Allcock and Palmer had tied for second and third prizes. No one else had any interest in the prize list except Mr Atkinson, of Hull, who wanted to win an adjourned game with Mr John Crura in order to share the second an<3 third prizes. He eventually urrived at the following positior :—: —
Now, almost ,-every chess treatise- tells t&e. student that a King on the sixtk in front of his pawn against a, single King wins, either with or without the move, except, of course x on the rbok files, and 19 out of 20 first-class players would have resigned in this position, Mr Crura, however, played on. His opponent moved 1 K-B 6, K-B 2; 2 P-Kt 6; and 1 the game is drawn, because White must either -lose his pawn or give stalemate. 1KR 6 would have won in two ox Are© moves. ; Mr Atkinson lost £4 by this slip, end Messrs Allcock and Palmer each received dE6 instead of £4. Was it a matter of luck for the last-named players"? Most of theic friends thought so.
LUCK IN CHESS.
Otago Witness, Issue 2902, 27 October 1909, Page 65
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