CHESS TOURNAMENT

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 82, 31 December 1920, Page 8

CHESS TOURNAMENT

YESTERDAY'S PLAY. By Telegraph—Press Association.. Dunedin, December SO. ' ; The chess tournnment was continued today, keen interest still being maintained. The day's games resulted as follow: — ' Fouliy. v. Gyles' (Queen's Gambits-De-clined).—The opening was correctly placed. At move 8 pawn took pawn, .. pawn took pawn. At move 12 bishop took bishop; queen took Bishop; then knight to queen; bishop took knignt, pawnitook bishop. Pawn to bishop lour forced a weak pawn. At move_2o black got a. strong position by _ pinning u ,l knight. Bishop to bishop sixth follows.'ed, Md white's only reply, was pawn to knigßt three. Pawn to knight four followed this move, and -there was noth. for it but tn sacrifice a pioce, Queen i took queen, followed by the los? of a ■;j pawn, and white was helpless. He resigned on the 31st move. Mnson v. Kelling (Centre Counter Gam;j bit).—On taking , the pawn Kelling nturned to. queen one. At the tenth move knights werfe-exchanged. Bishops wero exchanged on tho sixteenth mov-, , nnd whito started to get tip nn attack. At move 23 white gave up his queen - for a Dawn, and "white checked witn his Took. 'Black went to queen two. • Another check 'with the queen's rook. ' which black covered with his knight. ■ White's knight was handy and checkout at bishop five, then attßefced the queen ! end bishop, Took took bishop. Check, and black resigned on the twenty-eighth '' m'ove. A well-placed game by Masuvi. V .Coombs v. Dunlop (Queen's Gambit Declined).— Bifliops we're exchanged at Move 7, nnd knights a move later. A .. series of exchanges occurred at move 24, Tooks being, changed. Later cmeens were exchiiniredi At move S3 black had 5 pawns and wMte i. Rooks were ex- ■ cKanged at move 38, and black had a ' knight against'a bishop. Black did not ' play as well as usual, so the game ended in ft draw. The score-sheet nowi stands a 9 fol- > lows:—

Wins. Losses. Coombs i 2$ ' Dnnloi» 2J 1 x Davi&s, 2 . i Fonhy 0 3 Gyles 2 1 Kellinf 1 2 Mason 3 0 Seveme 1 2