CHESS TOURNAMENT.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1329, 5 January 1912, Page 7

CHESS TOURNAMENT.

TENTH ROUND. . . (By Telegraph—Press Association.) : --. '■■•■• : ; ' Napier,. January:"£.. The chess' championship' tournament was continued to-day. In the tenth round James boat , Jones, "Alason beat Samsbury, Gyles beat Hicks, Grierson boat Jourdnii>, KelJiug aud Jliles playwl a draw, and the game SeTerne v. Connell was unfinished. The official reports on finished games are as follow.— James (white) v.-' Jones (black). — Queen's Pawn game, in -which by steady and good play Jonos worked up a. dangerous, though jiorliaps somewhat premature, attack ou his opponent's king's quarters. By careful play, Jfimes repelled the attack. In the. excitement of the threatened counter attack both players overlooked the fact that Jones had exceeded the time limit. When this was discovered he at once resigned nn interesting and wellplayed game. Grierson (white) v. Joiirdain'(black).— The Auckland representative, Grier«m, adopted the slower variation of the Kuy Lopez. Careful play was shown in the opening game. Jourdain made a satisfactory defence, but on the 18th move Grierson began a line of play which resulted in the. breaking up of his opponent's pawns and winning one of them owing to Jourdain having overlooked an awkward check. A dangerous move with his knight as a- counter attack mado Grierson's game difficult for four or five moves, but it was correctly answered. A further oversight on Jourctain's part lost him a knight aud another pawn, and the exchange of queens being threatened he resigned a bright little game ou the 29th move. . foiling (white) T. Miles (black).—Ruy Lopez game. The attack proceeded ou book lines for the first nine moves. On tho tenth movo Miles lost a pawn and got into a cramped position. In order to free himself he sacrificed the exchange and came out with a rook, two bishops, and fivo pawns, against two rooks, a knight, and six pawns. A long and difficult ending followed, in which Kelling bad tho advantage. His G4th move was possibly not his best, but it is doubtful if there- was more than a draw in tho position. Miles played the defence magnificently, and a draw was agreed to at move 6. Mason iwhite) v. Sainsbury (black); Four Knights game. Sainsbury varied from the usual routine- by advancing his queen's side pawns. Mason pressed forward with a king's side attack, Sainsbury getting a very cramped game. From about the 23r<l move Sainsbury's position appeared to be hopeless, and ten moves later lie resigned. Hicks (white) v. Gyles ( black): Hicks opened with Ihi , King's Gambit, which Gyles declined. On the ninth move Gyles won a pawn, but had to put up vilh one of Iliejts's well-known hurricane attacks. l)v pushing up his renin- pawn?, Gyles w'ns able to cut oil' the attack of a daiiRiiroun bishop. KNelwnpe? followed shortly [iffernards. Gyles maintained his extra p'-uvu, ami a!-o the advantage of a knight .'i»niiisl. a 1-ishop. Hick.} struggled on for o'draw, bui on'tho c>sl li move had to lose hi- bishop for n pnwn, and >n resigned alter n very line end (janio. The eleventh and final round started at 7.;i0. Mi'.'nn boat. Jonos. The other games an , nnlini>hed. The position uoiv is as Inllosrs:— Played. Won. Lost. Drawn. Pis. Ma*on '11 K - 3 T ! Grinrson ... l« ■"' ' '' (ivies HI K - ' «i Hick. in •-, -j n li) Jmmlaiu ... in I n :i ~\ Sainsbury HI ' * - Kelling ..- 10 :i 3 < r. Mile* .. I" :1 3 ' ■lam.* in :: I ■■} I'. s-everne ■■■ •' 1 :1 •' n ! Jones H I 5 -' •■! Connell ■•■■ !l - < 0 The po.Mtinn is extremely interesting en tbo assumption that Hicks c.in it most secure"s dra-,v will) Miles, the latter being thewchanss nnd a pawn t,o thn good. Then if Oylo- Ijeats Gvierson he plays off with Mason for the championship, if frrierfon beats liylc.i wins thf chnmpionship, and if G"riers.iD draws with Gyle* the former plays off with lUiou for tho chainpiooanip.