THE CHESS TOURNAMENT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 702, 30 December 1909, Page 5

THE CHESS TOURNAMENT.

i ; SECOND AND. THIRD ROUNDS. ' BARNES BMTS KELLING. ; ■ • (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) ; . Auckland, December 29; • iho second round of the championship chess tourney' was concluded' at the - 5.30 adjournment.. Tho following are tho resuits:—. ' Kollmg v. Barnes (double riiy ■ lopez) • On resuming in ■ the: afternoon ' Barnes began _to force . attack on tho king's side. 'While Kolling's clock was drawing dangerously - near tho perpendicular, he managed;to get in his thirty, sixth rnovo just as the minute-hand pointed to • the zenith, and,' two moves la wr, . resigned.. . ;-It is - questionable whether; longer time would have saved the situation. ■..' ' : .-;... . , • ' Tiird Kound. , Soverno v. Freeman (Guiooo Piano)Freeman rarely follows the books,' and', boverno has. had :to tax all his i resources to maintain an even position, 'which he has succeeded in doing to the adjoiira- : nsent hour. . ; •Davies.*;- Grierson.(queen's gambit' de-< cliucd): Davies again made, a bold bid towards the. disintegration 'of the' Jopponent's forces, but got rather out of his depth at the ' twelfth' move; where Qnerson failed,.to win a pieoe. Six moves jater.panes again, risked the loss of a' knight for a threatened mate. It- looked misty, but Grierson fenced well, and now has the .knight at his mercy.' \- ; Sainsbury v. Mills (Scotch gambit): By playing, B-Q B 4, instead of B-K 2 on the seventh move, Miles suffered tho loss of two pawns. \ The' adjoMned ■ position gives him plenty of-room' for thought. , .' • James.: v. ; Kelling ' (oentre coiinfojrgaMo): James" developed ■ his- forces rapidly, but Kolling parried the-attack ; .Bhdi Won' a jjawn,- which may not, however, be sufficient to compensate for tho .resultant .attack which. James is threat*' enirig .to develop/ - ' Barnes and Mason (Ruy Lopez):' This ' gamo. reached tho nineteenth move with: exactly .equal forces and almost equal chances, except that Barnes had the freer development, with- a .-threat; in ; reserve;' his ' only, cause' foranxiety • being .a' doubled - pawn open to assault. '.Before the adjournment lie captured 'a pawn, whioh- may. ultimately!'; secure'him : a : strong advantage. ' • ' Rutherfurd and Hicks (Queen's . Gambit declined): Hicks defended well, and advanced to tho twenty-eighth move without; loss of advantage. At. the time for sealing the moves the choice of position was slightly' in his favour, with plenty of .possibilities on both sides, ' . ; Adjourned Games. Freeman v. Davies (four knights' de- ■ fence): This adjourned first-round game . was played in .the'afternoon; Davies, adopting his usual tactici, got to the attack early, and secured a. pawn. Towards the', middiv) of the game this ad* vantage was increased by a bishop, and, at the twenty-fourth move, he offered an urtsound sacrifice when a less risky line, •of plav would have scoured mate in a few moves. . Freeman accepted the gift, and Davies resigned. . ' . Grierson v. Miles: This game ;jas adjourned at a 6tage where white could only hope for avstale-mate in 'continuing, but the hope was not realised, andGrrorson. resigned on thei'" fiftji-third I move. . - -" . .