CHESS TOURNAMENT.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1326, 2 January 1912, Page 6

CHESS TOURNAMENT.

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) Napier, January 1. The chess tournament was continued to-day, when four games in the sixth round wero completed, the other two being unfinished. The following are details: ,-,, .' . . ■Jourdain beat James. Hicks beat Connell. '• .Jones.beat Gyles... Sainsbury and Miles played a draw. The games Mason.v. Severne. and Kelling v. Gricrson were unfinished. Sainsbury (White) v. Miles (Black):Sainsbury played'/the Max Lauge attack' in Scotch gambit,' and kept .Miles busy, for twenty odd.nipves. Good play.on. the hitter's ..part'-resiilted in a. slackening of the pressure, and a counter-attack . was instituted on Salisbury's forces. White to save himself had to force a draw by perpetual' check! . Jones .(White)"v. Gyles' (Black): Whito opened with the queen's gambit, which Black declined. The game continued on .regularjli.iiesJintiL.the,tenth, move, when-. Black needlessly attacked White's" bishop at.'.knight's fifth". . White replied with pawn to rook's, fourth, a quick development, which gave bin) a vigorous attack. To save the immediate position Black offered a series of exchanges, which left him with a piece and two pawns down. A mating position.was worked by White, and to break this Black would have required to .sacrifice another piece, so he resigned on the. thirty-fifth move. James (White)., v. Jourdain (Black); James opened' with tho queen's gambit, which was declined. The game continued on bopk lines for some time, till James made a weak move with a knight, which enabled Black to .get the attack. Jaines sacrificed a knight ; for n-pawn, but'he was tillable to sustain the.attack, and he resigned on the'fiftieth, move. • Hicks v. Connell:. After the luncheon adjournment Hicks' played very cautiously throughout the end game, and worked bis three pawns up tho .board, succeeding in gaining two" queens and ..checkmating .Connell. The game lasted .five hours, and each player made 91 moves.

Mason v. Severne: Scotch gambit. '.The opening promised la lively game, but after. Severne had forced one or two exchanges it began to assume ,a "drawish" aspect. At the evening adjournment Mason, had managed to work. up an attack which threatened to win a pawn; otherwise the positions were nr/ual. Kelling (white) y. Grierson (black): The latter adopted the Sicilian defence, and soon had an attack from- which, however", an eveu but very interesting and enjoyable game resulted. ''Although the second silting was extended.. half an hour the game is still-unfinished,'-.and will require to bo got off later, on as opportunity offers. The seventh round started after the evening adjournment,, but none of the games had been finished when the closing hour was reached'.' The position is now as follows: — Played. Won. Lost. Drawn. Pt.s. Gvlos 6 -.' ' 4 .2 0 4 Hicks .......g -.'.:s: 1 . 2 4 Grierson ... 5 3 0 2 4 Mason 4 3 ... 0 : 1 :u .Tourdain ... G . 2 - 2 2 3* Severno ... 5 .1.1 3 21 Miles G 1 .2 3 2', Painsbury ... 6 1 - 3 2 2 Kelling ... 3 2 1 n 2 .Tones 6 1 3 2 2 .lames G "..' 0 3 3 1), Council ... 5 '-1 4 0 l" - ' ' '"' 13