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CHESS CONGRESS

OPENING DAY j ! RESULTS OF GAMES The tuonty-iiintli congress of the New .Zealand Chess Association, hold to jleews tihe Dominion championship,-iw opened in the Education Board rooms yesterday morning. The tournament is held for five years, «■-> tho association largely Mispewled its activities dunn;; the lvar period. The competitor* are as follow:—F. C. Ewen (Auckland Working iW.en's Club), F. 11. Smith (br>bonic), E. A. Hicks (Napier), J. AConnell (Gisborne), W. K. Jlajon and 1. Fonhy (Wellington Chess Club), K- J. Barnes, 1\ K._Kelliii!», and S. Fan lienor. (Wellington Working lien's Club), (.1. 1 . Andeieon (South Wellington Chc=s Club), .7. Lindsay (Xgaio Chess Club). B. Will! (Wellington Watersidcrs' Chess _ aim Draughts Club), E.'II. Severne (Canterbury Chew Club), and 6. F. Dodd.i (Nelson Chess Club). Opening Speeches. Sir Kobert Stout (Chief Justice and n former president of the association) openled "tho proceedings. He said lie recretted that it was many years since lie had played che=«. He had taken up the gaino sixty years h?<o. and had spent yenmany pleasant evenings over it- Tl) e pleasure to bo obtained from chess was very great, and lie was sure 'that none who had ever been followers of fe> game would ever regret it. Ho wished the present tournament every success, ami trusted that it would promote what all such tournaments did—a feeling, cf sociability and brotherly feelin™ among the. players.' He had never vet heard of .a fight over a chess match, and ho did not think there would ever be one. Mr. C. W. Tanner (secretary the association) welcomed the competitors. Ho apologised for the absence of the president (Mr. W. Mackay), who had had the misfortune to lose by death : his brother, Jlr. S. Alackay. Mr. Tanner observed that the fact that Sir Bobert Stout had consented to open the congress carried with it a recognition of tho high.place assigned to o'h«ss among the various forms of recreation. Tho Day's Games. Th'o results of the games finished during the day are given below.— Mason v. Ivelling.—'Vienna Gambit. Tile game opened on book lines, but Kelling's tenth move entailed the loss of <i pawn. In endeavouring to save tiie pawn, ho got into further difficulties and resigned a hopeless game at move 17. Th« game was the first concludod in the tournament. Dodds v. Connell—White .adopted the Giuoco Piano opening. At the 17tli move, black, in taking a pawn, overlooked losing the exchange rook-for-bishop. In endeavouring to grapple with a difficult position due to tho loss of the exchange, lie lost a second rook by a forked check and resigned. Wild Iv. Foul-.y.—A centre counicrgiune. White neglected to, castle early, and eventually found, it necessary lo nioveiiis king. Later an oversight cost him a knight, and although there was a good deal of play left lie resigned rather than prolong a game without much hope of equalising mutters. Barnes v. Faulknor—Kuy Lopez opening. Anticipating the Riga defence, Barnes departed from the usual book lines and a very interesting game, full of possibilities on either side, resulted. On the ?sth move Faulknor made an. .oversight, and lost a bishop. Ho resigned. Ilicks v. Smith—Black at his third movo adopted the Hungarian defence and a good buttle ensued between an exponent of the older school and one .of the younger aspirants. 1 Smith's 19th more' cost him <a pawn, and two moves later lie failed to notice the possibility of bishop pinning queen. He resijued at the 21th move, when a win for the younger playe,r was only a matter of tunc. Lindsay v. Anderson.—Four ICniglits game. The game belwen those debutants was very stubbornly contested, and was the longest game of the first round. In the end-jTame, Anderson sucecedod in winning a knight for a pawn, and though Lindsay fought a brave rearguard action in "hi: final stages he had to resign late in the evening at move 72. Ev.'en v. Se.vernc.—Queen's Gambit declined. This bout between the Auckland and Canterbury champions provided a most interesting struggle. In the middle game Ew-en rapidly threw up his king-side pawns, but did not succeed in establishing the desired attack. Later, Severne forced the gain of a cent-re naivn, and this ultimately determined the issue, tin resuming after tho tea adjournment there was eomo pretty . play on both nides, but a scries of exchanges left .Feverne with two connected passed pawns?- As tlieso could not be stopped, Ewen resigned a most instructive game at move 51. The Ewen-fievcrne contest completed the first round. During the afternoon play a visitor (Mr. W. E. Grantham, of Lower Hutt) offered a tro-guinea -prize for the best end-gr.niD. . The tournament will'be continued today.

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 78, 27 December 1919, Page 5

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CHESS CONGRESS Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 78, 27 December 1919, Page 5

CHESS CONGRESS Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 78, 27 December 1919, Page 5

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