CHESS TOURNAMENT.
mmat eight months past the members »tie Qiafton Road Chess Club have been W»g w.st weekly gatherings a chess wrorment, which has exoited considerable among the local players of the games. Each competitor had a".?^??-Punee, and as enly one i_S3; 1? yet t0 flnißh> we are S»«a, with one exception, to <rive the S. J'.^L 1 be seen that Mr. Wood IT. I ~firßt P"2O- whioh consists of S»a«flt of pheesmen, and that the second smaller set of chessmen-lies beu?L uS? H- Lusk and Sloman, » Ptobabuities being in favour of ?>«■ MrG, S. Jakins offered to'wd? tlon prize to the player fa2iT greatest number of games ft£T 18 bO? E on " Cheß'." a°d it w part JJ» Jony of fate that he came desperately ©im l ng lt hi«nself. However, Mr Sr if "lieved him of the dubious »SL. * S. loman Plays his two remainl S2^ ?6Rmst Mr Boylan. We append O f the tournament:StotM. Games. :^ W». Brown. JaSaf " •■ 10 19 1 ■'*££&'.••- ■■ i» is »
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 5468, 28 January 1885, Page 3
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