CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1010, 28 December 1910, Page 5

CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.

THIRD ROUND REACHED.

■":■.."■ ' ffly Telegrapi-Press Association.) • .. Timaru, December 27. v ■''•'■ . . The New Zealand Chess Championship ' , '; , Congress was continued to-day,'/lyhen the ' . first round of matches was finished, and ...-■/, the, second draw completed, with the ex- ■ ■■' ception of the game' between Barnes/and ~. Daviss. The third round was commenced in the'evening. Details:—- ... i.. "''■'■■■'■j.. : : -j : . : .:_ .'■■ \: '-■■' '■'. ofiest EOTJND/';-.'.;>'; :■"- . -'W. E. , -Mason v.. J. Mason : ; . dambit declined) .—On resuming after I •■ , tho adjournment there was a'.''.rapid ex T I.'/-.' ■'■■> change-of pieces, resulting ina.pawn:ad- ■'>'■'■.■■:■ vantage to W. E. Mason; who; gained / ' 'another later, and, getting one"of his.to ■ promotion point, accepted - the champion's "' resignation on. the forty-third ■'-'■•'■. ■-. a game remarkable only for accurn'cy;-." . ■.' '-•'"..''■.'■■.'Barnes' v. Hicks (Ruy Lopez).T-A.-.few; ; -■/■ ■;:• moves after the adjournment• proposed a draw,; which was accepted .-in : v '■■'■■.'-. a most/interesting position, which analysis , ; '■ -' afterwards showed to.bo a win for Hicks, '.',''.': : .'''.. who secured a perpetual check; but . '."■'.. correct: continuation -. was • too obscure ...;."' and', risky-if the -. perpetual check ■ was ;■■■"■.'. '.: abnri doned. .: . . '.-■■ , : "'-. .', ■, /. •■ .Grierson v. Davies'(Queen , Counter).— , f .' : -'.lnteresting;complications sadly infringed. . / '.",.:• oji Gjrierson's.time limit, and, though he V succeeded ,in approaching:.the end 6f. the •'■".' game with> a pawn up.and an.apparent . ' positional Dayies's fine; play ;■■ '■'■'-. •/■■ altered the aspect quickly,'.'and last years ;' .-"■•'.■• runner-up.-,,. succumbed '■'.' on • the . tnirtyr Y-. '■•-. [purth mofe; r ..' : - , '.■:.''.■:'.. :'; , . ;"■■■■'..'.,, Dunlbp v.: Kev. Pox (Evans Gambit).— '?■',-"; From an..even position', the/; Norfolk; ;'/'■'"-..,■ [slander Bccured.a pawn advantage, with ■ Eieces and pawns in rigid array,-.and as '• igh;.tension seldom lasts lpng'.in-' the ] '. ■ \. :> ' game, he had. to lot'a bishop gofor an !. :. i advancing pawn. 1 He' resigned on ■■■. the .■:-'.' '-.'J fifty-fifth move; V -•.'•' : '"v'. ;■'""'. "'■' '■.'■. '■'■ .■■': ' '-.'Beck t...Mara (Scotch: ..Gambit).—Btck ' : , '-■■'.[ outplayed' his opponent for .-.a''., piece, but' ";'.; - ; eoon allowed him r to . call , checkmate \as . . , ; the: result of ,a : palpable, blunder. .'■ .' ! V' , : ' Gyles had a bye. ■"'... ..'■' ct-'-.'' : ;, v -7 : ;;;{;;i' ; .SECOND EOUND.;/ >; : ;. :-'. : - ;'•"■•'", '■:'.'; 3- '.•Maisqn:.v.;'Grierson ■■(Znkertort)i—This .:. . .opening.- invariablyilead?; toj:.β^ctattippd'. '■''■' .- ' game, which Mason favours! ■". Gners'on's ;, -. .'•••.. defence-was not on book'lines,' but his■J'.; ■■''■■■ . opponent gained 'no advantage'.until,a late. ':.'-. ■■<•■'■.••■■: stage,>wheniGrierson's.,neglect;..to.' oaftla; v earlier'contributed to'his; defeat; which ,-• '■'•'-.. resulted on the thirty-ninth, move. ' i ■:■;' ■■-'-."■•.'' 'W. E. Mason v. Hicks (Poi\zioni).— •■;:■■ -■: . .Hicks-had evidently not studied tliis.open- '•':.''■"■''. -ing,: which is rarely adopted in.-match ?! play,\and 60on : had to let a pitfce go ■. ■■■ .'■■'.'•■': lor a pawn,'with no prospect of reebv- .-'. '.ery. ..The Wellington champion;■■ how-.' ■. . ever, took things too easily, and Hicks ;.- recovered his piece and an even chance. ' '. .Hicks had.fair promise of a draw, but the ,V'.' '..'.-. position did not lend itself to the knight's ; '.'■'. eocentricities.i as against the restricted . ' .field of the bishop, and.Mason queened .'■- : ":'and-'Won.:'-''Y' : ■■'.".'■'■''■ ■•':'■".'.■■'■•■'■■■ --v' , ' : . . •.. Dimlop v. Gvles ; (Ruy- Lopez).—The .'. teharacteristio of. this opening. .'.'.,' was, not -varied, and.'a draw, which 'loomv'■ : . >,-'ed up from the earliest stages was-ahvays '■■'. ■-•■', -in view, and resulted 'on'the forty-sixth I- '•.'.■■■■, ■'■. -move. .' v •/.■■■-■ ■. ■.■ ■■'■.". j .■.;. '•. '•; '• ['■/■' Davies v. Barnes (Queen's Gambit !de,'i - clined).—Neither player took. risks, and '. the game , developed more closely'than is ;' the. wont. of. either. Davies'pursued', a ... -weak, attack, and kept it up nntiU the : ' ■'. •'.- pawns , were abreast, and only rook and /'.■ bishop, each' ineupport, Barnes's'-freer ■■-.. :.; ; dbm: being'.the more restrictive •■'. by c .."-.■;'i: Davies's passed pawn on to 6ixth square. Impeded here, Davies gave up the bishop for a' pawn to capture the opposing V .--bishop a.few moves later. .At this stage -.. sealed moves stopped"'. further progress, ". ;'..■. jaad.the;game;.was adjourned: ■■' ■'•.--. ."; .' •'.-.'■, Fox v. Mara (Euy Lopez).—With two ..pawns-to'the. good'the E-evl ■: Mr-' Fox .*::'. •:• frittered ; away his winning and p ' allowed'his'opponent-to regain the sniplus i'force.' '' The game. ended in a. draw. ;-. ; .•■';-;:Beok; , a'-,bye; - .-"-' ■'''"•■■ '•:'.■; ; : ; - : fi ;; ;'; ' '"■ '■ '■■; '■'/ Third.'■ Bound.; H', : ;■;.'■ , Fox.v. Beck (Euy. Lopez).—Beck played ■ '". 'Eeeves's defence to. the Kuyi whioh is not -... : . iapproved by the highest authorities, yet ..... me maintained equality in a lWly en- ... ■counter, in which the queens soon fell. :■- v Beck,. relaxing his energies, allowed a -..-. couple of pawns to go, and tho Norfolk ■ Island representative should now win. " Gyles v. Mara (Scotch Gambit).—Mara . escaped the hazards of the Scotch Gam- ! bit, and reached mid-game with .even ".. .'•'•■.■' chances, and at the adjournment hour had. secured a slight advantage. ' '. . Hicks v. Davies (Falkheer Counter).—, Hicks-essayed a big task in offering' Davies any variation of the' kine/s . bishop's gambit, so full of traps and pos- .: .. fiibilities, yet the ex-champi6n gained no . advantage, and the game stands over .with even forces, . ' ■ • Grierson y W. E.-Mason (Queen's Gam- .:. bit declined). — tracks were ■;- -■. . followed to-the middle game without any / . '.change in the balance of fdrees. .'Majr j. -! ' lon's position, at advantage cecured him ('■:..--. : a pawn with a passed pawn on the sevH. . ' t-nth square, which -was. difficult to de- '-.'■.• •-■" fend, and it soon fell. A later dovelbp- ';: '■:>:■■■-. mt-nt threatens to secure Mason another ■ .-....,.• . pawn. . .--. ..- . , . .-...-■■ ■' Barnes t. J. Mason (French Defence).— .... llason, as usual, frittered most of - his '■■■:." ■ Ame in the first stage of the game, and, . • rained no compensation in force or in position. He had seventeen moves to , .:. put in in ten minutes when "tearmoves" . ■ . . H'as announced. '- - • • •:;. : ..:■•■' Dunlop/a bye. ' ■ '