CHESS

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21715, 24 February 1936, Page 5

CHESS

CANTERBURY CLUJB I- Results of the second and v third rounds in. the championship tournaments of the Canterbury Chew Club are as follows:-? v Senior—Round 2: Mrs M. E. Abbott beat W. F. Harding, J. A. Hunter beat E. Dalton, D. J. White beat L. J. Mitchell, E. W. Bennett beat A* p; Grayi Round 3: D. J. White beat H. Kennedy, H. R. Abbott beat E. Dalton, E."W- Bennett beat Mrs E. Abbott . Intermediate—Round 2: B. E. Ricketts beat R. J. Penrose; H;-E. Crockett beat W. A. Dobson,- J. N; Dium>beat J. R. Duff. Round 3: E. Hey beat R. J. Penrose, J, R.DunY beat C. Haga*. Junior—OEtound 2: W» Jones beat I. Baxter, Miss AY WeUaM-King heat Ry Salt F. J. Butler beat A; W, Lord; E. R. Clarke beat-Wi Tuck, A. E; Ault beat L. E. Fox, IL A. Had;ler beat W. Gaskill. Round %3; Miss A. Wellard-King beat I. Baxter, A. W. Lord beat E. R. Clarke. P. Stewart beat W. Jones, L. E. Fox beat W. Tuck, J. I. Mellish beat A. E. Ault. A special meeting of the committee was recently convened to consider the -reposed alterations -to the rules of „ie annual New Zealand Chess Association congress; at \yhich the Dominion championship is decided; The present which admits more pJ|ayers than are required for the 13 grounds to which the tournament is limited, hethe retirement of the wfeaker players, as detennined-by. their progress scores, hfilfway through the contest, and Canterbury appears to beAthe only main centre itt favour of retaining this method :lt warder cided that since a vote to this would .probably be ineffective,'it should be urged that if only 14 entries be admitted; without further elimination during play, each of the four centres should be repfcesentejd; oh the elimination board. It was pointed out ton, the South Island war drastically under-represented, ahd that the select tioh committee, was unable to judge correctly the claims «of a Canterbury representative nommated by the KaiapoT GJub, was declined. It was recommended also that at least, onehogjination fromelchmalßbcenftpf be accepted. v;.v ; v.,;.// v";: '-'■V'': -. '■.',-. '■+■