GAMES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2814, 19 February 1908, Page 67

GAMES.

A mocking game from an American paper, demonstrating the \ alue of the fiist mo^e. —

(Notes in Sydney Mail.) (k) An tvnusual starting move. The game soon merges into the King's Fianchetto (b) An exchange which does not seem judicious. (c) 20 P-Q 6 presents complications which require deep analysis. (d) The R had better have gone to Q 2. (E) Leading to pretty chess. .Black wins a piece temporarily (f) Preferable to 25 P x R, as Black s ieply, B x RP, gets tke exchange*

(G) It is not e?^y to find the right play The text move lo«ts linpoi'ant time 2S R-Q 2 seems to jffoid the be=t defence

'H) This bcauiiiul mo\e came as a suipii'-e to the spectsiois

Double I White. Black. 1 P-K 4 Same 2 Kt-K B 3 do. 3 Kt-Q B 3 do. 4 B-Kt 5 do. 5 O O do. 6 P-Q 3 do. 7 B x Xt do. 8 B x P do. Cuy Lopez. '.V White Black. 9 B x R Sam« 10 B-Kt 5 do. 11 Q x B do. 12 B x Xt do. 13 B x X P do. 14 BxKt P do. 15 B x R do. 16 Q-Kt 7, mate. Game played betwee Df Christckurch (Whit< nf Sydney (Black), i: shampionship of New Irhegulaj :n B. Parker, formerly c), and L. Crakairthorp, n the contest for the South Wales — W hite. Black. 1 P-Q3a PQ4 2 P-K Xt 3 P-K 4 3 B-Kt 2 Kt-KB 3 4 B-K Xt 5 B-K 3 5 Kt-K B 3 P-K R 3 (j B x Kt-B Q x B 7 Q Kt-Q 2 Ktß3 8 P-K 4 X B-B 4 9 0-0 Q 0 10P-B3 Q B-Q 11 QB2 B-Kt 3 12 Q R-Q Q X 2 13KR-K BKt5 U P-Q i QB 3 15PxQP RxP IGKt-K4 QK 2 17 P-K R 3 B-R 4 fc Opening. White. BUck. 18 P-KKt4 BKt3 19 P-K R i Px P 20 P-R 5 B-R 2-c 21 P-Q B 4 R-R 4-d 22 P-Q R 3 P-Q 6 c 23 Q-B 3 B x Xt 21 P Xt <• P-B 4 25 P-B 5 r B x P 28 QB 4 eh Q-B g 5:7 Q x Q 11 x Q 2S P x H B x Vt P-g 29 P x P B x P 30 Kt-R 4 KB 31 P-Rfi!H B-B 32 Kt-Kt6ch K-Kt :^3 R-K Sch KR 2 34 R-K R 8, mate.