THE CHESS TOURNAMENT.

Kumara Times, Issue 573, 29 July 1878, Page 2

THE CHESS TOURNAMENT.

The severity'of the weather on Saturday evening interfered with the meeting of the competitors J whose games are required to complete the chess tournament. There are only three games to be played, and these are by Mr A. R. Petrie, who has been un avoidably absent for some weeks in Hokitika j and his opponents to come are Messrs Smart, Ball, and Mortimer. It will be necessary for Mr Petrie to to win two out of these thiee games to place himself before Messrs Giti nnd Hoist, who tie each other with six games won. As we mentioned on Friday last, much interest attached to the game between Messrs Weisner and Ball, the former with a score of S, and the latter 7, neither as then having ’nst a game. Weave enabled to produce the game for the edification of om chess

readers and players. It was a long evenly contested game throughout; ami commenced with the King's Gambit, but was not followed up in the orthodox style by the second player, who, if his opponent had taken tall advantage of the situation at hie 4th move, should have reversed the result of the game. We are indebted to Mr Palmer, of Dunedin Plat, for his assistance in the record of and notes to the game. King’s Gambit, white. black. Mr Ball. Mr Wiesner. 1. PtoK4 1. PtoK4 2. P to K P 4 2. P takes P 3. Kt to KB 3 3. Kt to KB 3 (a) 4. Pto Q 4 (b) 4. Pto Q 4(c) 5. Pto K 5 5. Kt to R 4 6. PtoQ B 3 (d) 6. PtoQ R 3 (e) 7. PtoQß4(f) 7. KttoQß'3 8. QKtto Q 2 (g) 8. Bto K 2 (h) £ *<> K 5 4 (i) 9. Ktto KKt 6 (k) 10. K R to R 2 10. Kt takes B 11. K takes Kt (1) 11, BtoK Kt 6 12. PtoQ Kt 4 i .12. B takes R P 13. QtoQ B 2 13. PtoK Kt 4 (m) 14. Q to Q 3 14. Kt to K 2 (n) 15. Kt takes B 15. P takes Kt 10. R takes P 16. Kt to K B 4 17. R takes B 17. Kt to K 6 (ch) 18. K to K 2 18. Kt takes R 19. Kt to KB 3 19. Kt to K 6 20. B takes Kt 20. P takes B 21. Q takes P 21. Q to K 2 22. Kto Q 2 (o) 22. Castles Q R 23. RtoKB sq. 23. QRto KKt sq. 24. QtoK B 2 24. PtoK R 3 (p) 25. PtoK Kt 3 25. Qto K sq. ' 26. RtoQßsq. 26. PtoK R 4 27. PtoQ Kt 5 27. RtoK Kt 3 (q) 28. QtoK R 2 28. Qto K B sq. 29. RtoKB so. 29. Qto R 3 (ch) 30. K to K 2 30. Qtoß2 31. Kt to R 4 31. R to Kt 5 32. Ktto B 5 32. Rto K sq. 33. Q to R 3 33. K to Kt sq. 34. P takes QR P 34. PtoK B 3 35. Kt to K 3 35. P takes K P 36. K to Q 2 36. Q to R 3 37. P takes K P (r) 37. R takes P on his Q E 5 (s) 38. RtoK B 4 38. Rto R 7 (ch) 39. Kt to QB 2 39. QtoK Kt 3 40. R to B 5 40. Q to R 3 (ch) 41. K to Q sq. 41. R takes P on Q R 3 42. R takes P 42. Q to K Kt 3 43. PtoKt 4 43. Q R ( on R 3) to K 3 44. Q to Kt 3 44. Q to B 2 (t) 45. Kt to K 3 45. R to Q R 3 46. K to Q 2 48. Q to Q 2 47. Q to KB 4 47. Q to Q Kt 4 43. Q to Q 4 48. R to Q sq. 4.9. P to K 6 49. Q to Q Kt 7 (ch) 50. Kt to S 2 50. R to Q R 8 51. Q to Q 3 51. Q to Q B 8 (ch) 52. K to K 2 62. Q to K B 8 (ch) 53. K to K 3 53. Q to Kt 8 (ch) 54.. K to B 4 54. R to Q R 5 (ch) 50. Kt to Q 4 (u) 55. Qto B 7 (ch) (w) ob. K to K 5 56. R to Q R 3 57. Kt to K 2 57. R to Kt sq. 58. R to B 5 58. Q to K R 7 (oh) 09. Kt to B 4 59. Q to R sq. (ch) 80. K takes P (x) 80. Rto Q sq. (ch) 81. K to B 4 61. R to B 3 (ch) And White resigned. Notes. (a) This is a very bad beginning, and should have led to the loss of the game. (b) But White does not take advantage of the error. PtoK 5, followed by 5. P to Qj4, or 6. B to Q B 4 ; or, 4. Kt to K Kt 5, would would have gained much time and a fine position. (A There was no danger in Kt takes

-(d)- A waste of time. BtoK 2, with the object of castling as speedily as possible, was the better course here. Kt to Q B 3 would have been more to the purpose. (e) Losing time. 6. P to QB 4, or 6. B to K 2, are preferable. (f) We incline to 7. BtoK 2. (g) Not having made preparation for castling by removing the K B, this most injudicious move completely hampers White’s game. (h) Just so; this is what White ought to have done moves ago. (i) This is pehaps the best reply, but it is very harassing, and attributable to White’s tardiness in castling. (k). Black now proceeds to take advantage of the situation. (!)• Another blunder ; Kt takes Kt, and White would have recovered his position and been enabled to resume the offensive. (m) If B to Kt 6, White could have taken R P with R. (n) Ingenious; (o) We prefer Rto K B sq. (p) Rto K Kt 3, and 25. KR to Kt sq., doubling the rooks, would have given Brack an irresistible attack, especially if supported by the queen. (q) “I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts.” s # (r). Kto Q 3 seems preferable. (s) R takes P saves valuable time. (t) QtoK sis more conclusive. (u) Entailing the loss of the knight. (w). Which Black (P to B 4) overlooks. I -U- Fatal, though White has had an up-oil] game since his three consecutive bad moves 6,7, 8.