The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-05
Rv A. R. BARKER

battle and Fred Norling was held to a draw by F. E. Weaver in the
 only game played in their match.
 Spade opened with the white pieces offering a Queens Gambit
 to which Cornell replied with the Dutch defence. Cornell sacrificed a Knight on the 17th move for two pawns. Spada then centcred his attack on the isolated King $
 Pawn. After bringing his second
 rock in line, he switched part of
 his attack against his opponents
 Kings wing, gaining the Rocks Pawn, and few moves later, tho much fought over Kings PawE.
 Black was in bad, and in attempt ing to save his Queen on the 31st
 move, he was obliged to give up a
 Rock for a Bishop, leaving him a full Rock down. White offered the exchange of Queens which Black
 did not accept, resulting in its loss
 for a rock. Cornell resigned on
 the 10th move.
 In the second game, Cornell hav-
 ing the white pieces, used the Vi-
 enna Opening, and on the 10th
 move sacrificed a bishop for the attack. Spada, on his 12th move,
 made the wrong reply, resulting In a mate in two moves. This Is the shortest game of the tournament,
 so far, and Cornell played it well. Warner, playing white, opened
 with Queens Gambit, which Strong declined, employing rath- CT unusual defence. The game was an open one, and after an ex- change, Strong won pawn on the
 22nd move. Queens were ex- changed on the next move, and be- fore long it was a battle between a knight on each side and some pawns. Warner regaincd his lost pawn on the 39th move and Knights were soon exchanged. Warner on his 47th move, placed a Pawn on k 4 which assured Strong of win. Another error on the 18th move, forced Warmers resignation on the 52nd move. The second game was postponed.
 1Sakalas, having the white pieces, opened with the Kings Bishops Opening, Green countering with the Two Knights Defence. Sakaias sacrificed a knight on the 9th move, and for while maintained very brilliant attack. On the 17th move, after the sacrifice of q rock, he overlooked a brilliant continuation, and only persistent checking with the Queen earned him a drawn game with 31 moves. The second game was postponed.
 Second Game Cancelled
 Over at the Waterbury Chess Club, much interest was centered around the match between Charles O'Brien and A. B. Barker. O'Brien, drawing the white pieces, opened with his dreaded Kings Bishop Opening which Barker turned into Sicillan Defence. Through the opening of the game, each move was carefully analized before play was made. After an exchange, or pieces Barker gained pawn of the 26th move. On the 52nd move, Barker offered the sacrifice of a pawn in the center, which O'Brien accepted, resulting in the loss of his rock for q bishop. The game developed into an open battle, pawns falling on both sides. On the 64th move, Barker sacrificed his rock for a bishop and 3 moves later, Queened a pawn. With t% pawn on k 6, O'Brien fought stub. bornly to force draw, but instead threatened with a mate on the 77th move resigned. The one game lasted three hours and IS minutes, so the second onew as postponed.
 Weaver won the choice of colors, and opened with the Queens Pawn Opening, and in the early part of the game, both players were cou- tious. On the 22pd move Weaver won a pawn, and on the 27th move another. Weaver still maintained this advantage at the 46th move, with both kings out In the center of the board. Weaver sacrificed one pawn of the 4Tth move for po- sition. Faced with the loss of an- other pawn, leaving him in a ratn- CT awkward position, Weaver sac- rificed his rock for a bishop, es- tablishing 6 passed pawn on the Queens Rock file. Norling was forced to give up his rock for this pawn later on, and the remaining pawns were exchanged, leaving white with a lone bishop. a drawn game. The game lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes, and consisted Of 65 moves. The second game was postponed. '"
 Three Hour Match
 De Blasio, playing white, offered a Ruy Lopez, but Perazella turned the game into a Philidor Defence. Exchange after exchange left all even, with good positions on both sides and it looked like draw game. Perazella's 34th move was weak and De Blasio grasped the opportunity to weaken the position in front of Blacks king, winning a pawn on the 41st move. With all pieces exchanged, and a pawn down, PeraZella delayed getting his King into the battle too long, and was forced to resign after 53 moves. In the second games, Pera- zella, having the white pieces, offered a Queens Gambit which was declined by De Blasio. This game was a repetition of the first. after exchange being made rapidly. On his goth move Perazella erred, giving up pawn of rocks, Perazella permitted his pawns to advance too far, and his Rocks Pawn was easy prey for the Black Knight, forcing him to re- sign on the 45th move. The match lasted three hours.
 The schedule, next week brings together the following players at the Waterbury Chess Club: O'BrieE vs Warner, Bellome vs Sakalas, and Spada vs Weaver, while at the Y. M. c. A. Chess Club; Cash- man vs Strong, Perazella vs Green, and Lewis vs Norling. The games are scheduled to start at 2 D. m. and chess enthusiasts are welcome to watch the games. Barker, De