CHESS TOURNAMENT

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 81, 30 December 1920, Page 5

CHESS TOURNAMENT

9 SECOND DAY'S PLAY. By 1 Telegraph—Prem Association, Dunedin, Docember 29. Tho New Zealand chess tournament was continued to-dny. Tho following is tho result of the four games played:— Dunlop v. Davies (Queen's Gambit Declined).—After an exchange of pawns the! bishop took a knight at king's bishop, threo to be retaken by ithe queen at move 19. White played a knight to king's four, to which black replied queen to queen's two. White began now to develop an attack. Black played a knight ib knight's five, and the queen took a pawn, offering herself as a sacrifice, which was not acoepted. Rook to queen's square waa next moved, but white replied with rook to queeu'e three, afterwards attacking ilho knight, which could not be defended. On tho twentyninth move Davies resigned a hopeless gamo.

Gyles v. Mason CRuy Lopez),—The gamo opened' in. tho usual way. White won-a pawn on the sixteenth move, and | this led tb an exchange of queens. A j bishop for a knight and a rook were I'eaeh taken off. At movo 2o white went wrong; he lost a piece, but still fought 011. Next came an exchange of rooks. After that some very interesting play j ensued, but white, being a piece short, j was ultimately compelled to resign or. the I fifty-third move. This ; 'was a. very i.ll- - teresting game, and would have been even bettor if (syie« had not mn.de a I mistake.

Rolling v. Fou'i.t (PoKziani Opo'.iirsr).— "'lie flrSt wn." bip'ion ia~ Litter, bishop tnoV knight. -wd fciirht took bishop. At wove twonty-cno qnosn's were exchanged and KtflLng wop a rook for o bishop. AH the queen? side pawns were cleared off at this sbt|;c. At the -59th move rooks were exchanged, 'awl this laft JvclUng with n rook i\rd twit pawns apiir.sfc a knight and tyo powns. Later the rook was exohangid ;cr the knight, anri whit® won the two paw as. The game was resigned oo the (JCth move.

Coon 1)6 v. Severee (Ouesn's Gambit Declined).—At movs 1.1 Coombo played a pawn, tokos queen's ;wwn, isobttoj; a pawn. A series of sxclisjige* took placr, arid at move 20 Gownb-j sacrificed a piece under the impression that, to would git it back, but he did not do ». Later ho lost another pawn and then he tried to force the gams, but Puverno laid himself out to exchange, and offered two rooks 'for a queen, but Coon-.bs' wpvld not accept it. This led to an exchange of rooko, and Seveme mated on tlv 330 d move. ' The following is the score sbest to

date:- , ffms, Losses. ,T. B, Pnnlop 2 0 •A. W. 0. J)nvies 1 1 Ti D. Coombs 0 2 T. Fouhy 0 2 A. W. Gyles 1 1 W. C. Mason 3 0 C, H. Sevorno 1 1 ]?, K. KelHng 1 1