GAMES

Otago Witness, Issue 2895, 8 September 1909, Page 65

GAMES

• Following was the third game played between D. Janowski. champion of France (White), and Dr Emanuel Lasker, champion ! of the world (Black), in the match recently contested between the two in Paris: — I Four Knights' Game,

The following " brilliancy " prize game was played between E. T. Marshall (White) and H. Saunders (Black) in the past season* London League matches. The score and notes Are taken from the British Chess Magazine : —

(Black has a fine perception of the possibilities of attack. Incidentally, too, this threatens to *in the weak X P.) lfi Q-K 3 P-Kt 5 I 20 Kt-Q 2 10 Bx Xt BP x P I (We have tried Q-Kt 5 eh ; even then Black emerges with the better game.) I 20QxP 21 QxRP (This, howevei. is obviously weak, and Black's attack, which he "carries out admirably, can no longer be successfully defended.) R-K3 |23P-KKt3 KR-B3 22 P x P R-fi 3 I (Threatening R x R P.) 24 Kt-B 4 Q-R 4 I 26 K-R 2 Q-B 6 25 P-K R4 PxPep 127 Kt-K 3 13-Kt 5 (The sacrifice of Q at Xt 7 is indicated.) £8 Q-Kt 8 eh R B 1 31 X x P B-B « eh £9 Q-Kt 3 Q-Kt 7ch 32 Qx B PxQ eh 30KtxQ PxKtdsch 33 K-Kt 1 R-B 4 ! and wins. (That this move was fatal did not enter into White's calculation. There is no way out of the threatened mate.)

White. Black. 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 2 Kt-K B 3 Kt-Q B 3 . 3 K€-B 3 K^-IJ 3 4 B Xt 5 B-Kt 5 5 0-0 00 6 P-Q 3 P-Q 3 7 B-Kt 5 B x Xt SPxJJ Kt-K2 9BQ B 4 BK 3 10 B-Kt 3 I'xß 11 RPxB Kt-Q 2 12 P-Q 4 P-K B 3 138-K3 KKt-Kt3 14 QQ 3 Kit 1 15 Kt-Q 2 )'-Q R 3 ICP-KB4 PsBP 17 B x P Q-K 2 18BKt3 KH-K1 19 QR X 1 Xt Xt 3 £0 l'-R 4 Xt B 1 21 P-B4 QR-Q1 22 Kt-B 3 Q-B 2 23 B-Q 5 Kt(Kt3.Q2 24 Kt-Q 4 Q-Kt3 S5 Kt-B 5 Kt-K 4 Whitr. Black. 26 B x Xt R x B 27 R-K 3 R-Q 2 2R Q-K 2 Q-K 1 29Q-Kt4 P-KKt3 30Kt-Kt3 R-B2 31 R(K3)-B3 Kt-Q 2 32 U-B 4 R(lt2)-K2 S3 Q B 3 P-K X 4 34P-Kt4 RKt2 35 Q-B 3 P-K Xt 4 »i R-B 5 P x P 37 Xt x P Qx Xt 38 RxQ eh X x R 39 QK R 3 K-Kt. 1 40 R-B 4 R(R4)-Kl4 41 RxRP RxPch 42 Q x R Kt-K 4 43 Q x Rch X x Q 44 KB 2 Xt x P J5 R-R 3 Kt-K 4 46 K-K S PR 4 47 P x P Kt-B 5 eh 48 KB 4 Xt x P 49 RR3 Rcsigts.

While. Back. 1 P-K4 PK4 2 KtKB3 KtQBS 3884 Kt-B3 4 PQ4 PxP 5 PK 5 PQ 4 fi B-Q Xt 5 Kt-K 5 7Kt x P B-Q a 8 Xt xKt Px Xt 9 B-Q A P-K B 4 White. Black. 10 Q-R sch PKt 3 11 Q-K2 B-B4 12 D X 3 QK 2 13 O-O O-O ' KISxB Qxß IB Kt-Q 2 Q R-K 1 16 Kt-B 3 QK 2 17 r-B 4 P-Kt 4