THE CHESS MATCH-KUMARA V. THE LEAD.
The following is ons of the ga'mfes itt the chess match between Bix players of Kuraara and six of The Lead, which took place on Saturday last,. thfc match tesulfr ln £ m A draw, each sida winning three games. The one here given i* between/ Messrs Palmer and Janidn> captains of the respective teams, and was won by thd latter; and it is, we find, the only gam6 in the match that has been recorded*. Jj!o*_ the first 25 or 26 moves, the game api~ pears to have been very evenly contested* each opponent stubbornly contesting his ground inch by inch, as it were; im thV obnoxious doubled pawu of /Black became when advanced to its fifth'squaWi a pow*' erful auxiliary in the coup-domain whica fdlldwedi . ■/. ' '■"■i.'i'Wi.
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Kumara Times, Issue 696, 20 December 1878, Page 2
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