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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 229, 27 September 1930, Page 7 (Supplement)

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SITE OF NEXT CONGRESS. BLACKBURN CTJP COMPETITION. {By A PALTRY PAWN.) Play was alow 011 the second night oi the Wellington-Canterbury match, and only eleven of the twenty games wsre completed. The score at close oi play was: Wellington C.C., 8 points: Canterbury C.C., 3 points. For Wellington, G. P. Anderson, W. Mackay. D. Purehas, G. Wigham and W. J. Fairfcmxn secured win 3; J. C. McEae drew with H. J. Quarrell, W. H. Hughes draw with S. Khouri, W. R. Jones drew with B. Shillito, F. Grady drew with G. Parkin 3, J. L. Hardy drew with E. Raymond, and Miss Phillis drew with L. Drummond. The nine unfinished games will be referred to the Otago Adjudication Board. Miss Philli3 is to be congratulated on making such a good showing in her first telegraph match. At tne quarterly meeting of the 2Tew Zealand Chess Association, held at Wellington last Friday, the application of the Rotorua Chess Club for the next "congress" (on condition it receives the customary assistance from other centres) was granted. Each of the four major centres is espectcd to guarantee £3 by a shilling levy on members, and other centres £1. Entries for the New Zealand championship meeting much reach Wellington by December 1, so that they can 'je submitted to the Elimination Board which was set up two years ago. Each entrv should be accompanied by the entrant's playing record. The Tramways Chess Club entertained the Newton Club at the Gaunt Street depot on September 17. A most enjoyable evening was spent, and in a match of eight boards the Newton Club secured a victory by 5—3. Following are the scores:—< Newton C.C. Tramways C.G. Holler . . t , . 1 Armitage .... 0 Simpson .}* .. i James ...... s Hemi ...... i G. Smith .... * Hansen ..... 0 Gordon . , , , , i A J. Smith . . 1 Stewart .... 0 McMillan ...» 0 Kerr ..«« , 5 , 1 Taylor 1 AT.B. ..... 0 McLellan . , , . 1 Dent 0 5 ~3 Friends of Mr. J. Clarke, the honorary secretary of the Newton C.C., will regret to hear that illness prevents him attending to his usual duties. The full score of the GisborneHamilton match in the Blackburn Cup competition is a3 follows: — Gisborne C.G. Hamilton C.C. AH. Schlichting 1 E. L. Wilson . . 0 G. H. Seddon .0 E. J. Stevenson I A Gleave . . .. i R. Hears .... 1} H. M. Ritchie .1 F. A Hirst ... (i 0, Blackburn . . 0 E. L. Jones ... 1, R. J. Thompson .1 G. Boyes .... 0 J. T. Weatherly 1 H. Mills .... 0 A Whitehead . 1 Absente« . * 1 , 0 P. J, Venning . 1 T. Shaw .... 0 B. G. Somervell } G. 0. Jones . . i R. Heredith , . 0 E. W. East ... 1 W. Thodey » # « 0 D. Cunningham 1 T 5 Most of the tourneys at the Auckland Chess Club are nearing completion. In the championship, H. N. Maddox has a comfortable win, and has so far gone through the tourney without a loss. He 13 playing D. Jones. In the intermediate level, G. E. Adams has definitely secured first place, though some of the other competitors have still games to play. Last week Gale beat Jeffreys and Lennard beat Sutton. The handicap is at an interesting stage, with several players fairly even. Last week D. Jones {class lb) beat Gale (class 4), Sutton (class 4) beat Jeffreys (class 3), Coyne (class 3) beat Edwards (class 0). There are a few adjourned games to finish. Problem No. 52. White mates in 3 (Feigl). —' Black, G.

White, 11. Kev to No. 50: B—K5. If Pxß; Q—Kts ch. If KxP; Q—B3 ch. There are a number of variations and the problem is "well "worth a little stiidy. Solutions from "Ferry 3" (Northcote), "R.G." (Devonport), "W.P." (Epsom), "W.J.0." (Remuera). "A.TT." (Rotorua) : Q—B3 is a near trv defeated by P —K4, e.g., Q —B3, P—K4; B—B4, KxP; B—K6, K—Kt4. "J.J.F." (Papatoetoe) : K—KS does not seem to fit; send the variations. Late solution to No. 48 from '"J.M.H." (Kaipara). To No. 49 from "J.J.F.'' An N.Z. Brilliancy Game. Mr. J. B. Dunlop secures the brilliancy prize at the New Zealand championship meeting, 1920. Queen's Gambit Declined. J. B. Dunlop. A. W. O. Davies. White. Black. 1. p—Q4 P—Q4 2. P —QB4 P—K3 3. Kt—Qß3 Kt—Kß3 4. B—KKt-5 Kt—Q2 5. KKt—B3 B—K2 6. P—K3 Castle 3 7. B—Q3 PxP 8. BxP Pr-QKt3 9. Q—B2 B—Kt2 10. B—Q3 P—KP3 11. B—B4 R —QB 12. Castles P— 13. Q—K2 BxEt 14. Qxß P*P 15. PxP Kt—Xi 10. QR—Q Kt "~si + r 17. B—Kn Kt—QKto IS. B—Kt QKt— -<Q4 19. Kt—K4 Q-Q 2 xo 20. Q—Q3 P—KKt3 21. O—R3 /P —&R4 •-'2: Kt—Kto Kt-KKt5. .. 23. QkP QKt--B3 24. Q —p,4 KE—Q 25. R—Q3 { . B—B 26. P—KR3 Br"?" 27. PxKt B-— B 2S. R—KB3 Kt—Q-i 29. Bxß ch Resigns After 23, QxP Black's game is less. If 23 .. . KKt—Bo; BxP.

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