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[Apkil 1, 1899. 



Board No. 1. — Mr. Blackburne, after converting his 

 opponent's Two Knights' Defence into a (luioco Piano, 

 took advantage of the open KB file presented to him, and 

 obtained a slight advantage in position, in spite of an 

 apparently useless manceuvre with his Queen. After the 

 exchange of Rooks, Mr. POlsbury, by a weak advance in 

 the centre, allowed his opponent to establish a Knight at 

 KB5, afterwards losing a clear Pawn by exchanging 

 Queens. Mr. Blackburne does not appear to have selected 

 the quickest way of winning, and Mr. Pillsbury, defending 

 himself with great tenacity, was enabled to prolong the 

 game and almost to save it. 



Board No. 2. — Mr. Atkins selected an unfavourable 

 defence to the Buy Lopez, and Mr. Showalter found him- 

 self with two passed Pawns in the centre. Mr. Atkins 

 might have pressed forward on the Queen's side, but con- 

 fined himself too strictly to defensive manoeuvres, and had 

 to resign on the forty-fifth move. This is Mr. Showalter's 

 fourth consecutive victory iu these matches. 



Board No. 3. — Mr. Lawrence played a variation of the 

 Lopez at one time favoured by Steinitz, and more recently 

 by Janowski. He lost a move with his Queen, and soon 

 found himself with a defensive end-game, his opponent 

 having two Bishops against Bishop and Knight. In the 

 end he fell into a neat trap, the offer of a Pawn, and the 

 Black King promptly marched in to QKt7, winning the 

 QRP and the game. This is Mr. Barry's fourth consecu- 

 tive victory. 



Board No. 4. —Mr 

 the now discredited 



Jackson defended the Lopez with 

 King's Fianchetto. He emerged, 

 nevertheless, with two Bishops against Bishop and Knight, 

 and a nearly even game. Mr. Hodges pressed the attack 

 in the centre, and a Rook and Pawn ending in which Mr. 

 Jackson wasted a move, resulted eventually in favour of 

 his opponent. 



Board No 5. — Mr. Mills played a weak move in the 

 Lopez in order to avoid the exchange of Queens, but in- 

 geniously forced the exchange of Rooks, and was left with 

 Bishop and Knight against two Bishops. Mr. Hymes 

 manceuvred his Bishops with superb confidence in ap- 

 parently dangerous positions, and sacrificed a Pawn in 

 order to Queen a Rook's Pawn. Mr. Mills, by an ingenious 

 resource, obtained a passed Pawn in the centre, but over- 

 looked a win, and though he eventually won a piece, this 

 proved to be insufficient, and he had to be content with a 

 draw. 



Board No. 6. — Mr. Jacobs obtained a bad game through 

 playing the centre Counter Gambit. His opponent un- 

 necessarily gave up one of his Bishops for a Knight, and 

 after an uphill struggle with Rooks and Pawns, Mr. Jacobs 

 eventually obtained equality. 



Board No. 7. — Mr. Locock took advantage of his 

 opponent's defence to the Lopez, and obtained a strong 



attack which led to the win of a Pawn. He unnecessarily 

 gave his opponent an opportunity for counter attack, and 

 in trying to avoid a drawish position, obtained instead a 

 diflicult one. Eventually he found a difficult mode of 

 saving the game instead of a simpler way of winning it. 

 This was the first game finished. 



Boar<l No. 8.— Mr. Wainwright, defending the " stone- 

 wall " attack, overlooked a manceuvre which let his 

 opponent's Bishops right into his game. Becoming 

 eventually tired of the Bishops, he gave up his Queen, 

 remaining with Rook and Knight against Queen and two 

 passed Pawns. His opponent's neglect of one simple pre- 

 cautionary move allowed Mr. Wainwright to win the 

 Queen's side Pawns with his Rook. After this the draw 

 was easy. 



Board No. 9. — Mr. Bellingham, playing the same varia- 

 tion as Mr. Mills, exchanged Queens and continued 

 correctly with the Queen's Fianchetto. His opponent 

 spent all his time in trying to preserve his two Bishops, 

 and Mr. Bellingham obtained an attack which resulted in 

 the gain of a Pawn. He Remained, however, with Bishops 

 of opposite colours, and overlooked his opponent's scheme 

 for forcing the draw. 



Board No. 10. — Mr. Trenchard defended the Lopez with 

 his favourite P to KB4, and succeeded in isolating a Pawn. 

 The players were left with two Rooks and a Bishop each, 

 and eventually with Bishops and Pawns only. Mr. 

 Trenchard tried hard for a win, but his opponent's King 

 arrived just in time to stop the last Pawn. 



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