CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 396, 4 January 1909, Page 8

CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.

jj . , KELLING LEADING. J IBr TELEGUAi U—J-fcEiJ ABSOrI/kHUN*) N riunedln, i/anuary 2 Tho seventh round bl the chess championship contest resulted a?" folloTV's ,J - J* * Mason v Edwards (Zukertortta Opening). —By an unfortunate oversight, ifason, on his 24tli move, plajcd a knight where it was captured for nothing ,' held on , tenaciously to the adv ajitage thus gained, and j v ' Mason lesigned on tho 54tji mbveV i Davics v gambit Declined) —At the Foisythiattacked prematurely, therebj 'Jpsmg a rook for m bishop Hβ lostAwo paflnspljut re- ( covered them later. Slganwhilo.Dav'ies's at-1 tack grew irresistiblejCSnd Forsjth\ resigned « on the 36th move *" Gricrson v ,selhng (Caro Karan Defence) t —Gnerson ddTelope;d;"a freei game than his opponent's up to tke4oth move At the<aßth - move the Aucklander nto'ved TTiufghS , pfematnrply, and the 'resulting cxdiangps nere m Kelhng's to inipnson his opponent s, oishqp on tho king's rook's square, and, "keeping \ip,,tho pyessurei forced on tue 43' rd t D&dds had a b\e •> — ■ •- >' - - /. > Davies and Kelling afe Reading for the" i championship Cndytwb cJrsKfii each Tho other r .co'mpeiitoWhavV Ecoied>ai follow —Edwards,*ffourr r wins/ "two 'losses' , Barnes, four wins, ohojdraWS , twoj.; losses, Mason; three wins, one tirai\, thfoo losses, [ , Dodds, two wins,.iour.,Josses f .JEoisj.tb and / Gnerson, one nin,~X)no dran, four losses each j Fo\, one TnuT-fiTo lossed i

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